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If you are sitting at a table with people you don’t know, it is impolite to smoke without first asking if it will disturb them. At American restaurants and coffee shops, cold water is usually served before you order. You may find the bread and the butter are free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.

Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing time for stores and restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. Especially in big cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day. Serving in restaurants are often large. If you can’t finish the meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask the waiter or the waitress for a “doggie bag”(剩菜袋). It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everybody knows you are taking the food for yourself. Tips are not usually added to check. You should leave a tip of about 15% on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a waiter or waitress often brings your check on a plate, and you can put your money there. Then the waiter or the waitress brings you your changes.

1.______is usually served before you order at American restaurants or coffee shops.

A. bread                 B. Butter              C. Coffee           D. Cold water

2.American people always _____ when servings are too large for them.

A. take the food home for their dogs  

B. leave the food on the table and go away

C. take the food home in doggie bags for themselves. 

D. ask the waiter or the waitress to keep the food for them. 

3.If you spend $120 for your meal, you’ll probably leave a tip of________.

A.$10                    B. $18                C. $30             D. $50

4.How can you give tips in America?

A. They are usually added to the check.

B. They are added to the price of the meal.  

C. A tip is usually 1/5 of the price of the meal.

D. You can leave them on the table when you leave.          

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. It’s bad manners to smoke if the people who sit at the same table mind it.

B. At American restaurants and coffee shops, bread, butter and coffee are all free.

C. American people never sit with people they don’t know.

D. Few cities and towns make rules for bars in America.

根据句意及汉语提示，填写句中所缺的单词。
【小题1】They have English and math on _______(星期一) morning．
【小题2】We often borrow some books from our school______ (图书馆)．
【小题3】I don’t know if Mary is ______ (好) at swimming．
【小题4】Can you tell me the ______ (首都) of Canada?
【小题5】September is the ______ (九) month of a year．
【小题6】We should take an ______  (积极的) part in physical exercises．
【小题7】We are strongly against dropping litter ______ (到处).
【小题8】Lucy often plays tennis to relax ______(自己) after sch00l.
【小题9】The boy is so ______ (聪明的) that he can work out the problems easily.
【小题10】It is impolite to ______  (指) at anyone with your chopsticks while eating meals.

阅读表达 阅读短文,按要求完成短文后的各项任务。

What must you do when you receive a gift for your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you note. The words “thank you” are very important. We have to use them on many occasions. We say them when someone gives us a drink, help us to pick up things, hands us a letter, lends us a book or gives us lift.

(1)______ important word is “please”, _____ many people forget to use it. (2)It is impolite to ask someone to do something without saying “please”. We have to use it when we ask for something , too. It may be a book or a pen, more rice or more milk, help or advice. It may be in the classroom, at home, at the bus stop or over the counter. We have to use “please” to make request pleasant.

We have to learn to say “sorry” too. When we have hurt someone’s feeling, we will have to go up and say we’re sorry. When we have told a lie and feel sorry, we will have to use the same word. When we have forgotten something or broken a promise, we will have to explain with that word, too. “Sorry” is a healing word. We can make people forget wrongs by using it sincerely.

“Thank you! Please! Sorry!”—these words are simple but important. Man had to use them long ago. We have to use them now. Our children will have to use them again.

1.在(1)句空白处填上恰当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺:

____________ 、____________

2.将(2)句译成汉语。____________________________________________________

3.回答问题：What will you say if your friends help you?

___________________________________________________________________________

4.在文中找出与下列句子意思相近的句子。

When we haven’t told the truth, we must use the word “sorry”.

___________________________________________________________________________

5.找出文中或写出最能表达该短文主题的句子。

____________________________________________________________________________

根据句意及汉语提示，填写句中所缺的单词。

1.They have English and math on _______(星期一) morning．

2.We often borrow some books from our school______ (图书馆)．

3.I don’t know if Mary is ______ (好) at swimming．

4.Can you tell me the ______ (首都) of Canada?

5.September is the ______ (九) month of a year．

6.We should take an ______  (积极的) part in physical exercises．

7.We are strongly against dropping litter ______ (到处).

8.Lucy often plays tennis to relax ______(自己) after sch00l.

9.The boy is so ______ (聪明的) that he can work out the problems easily.

10.It is impolite to ______  (指) at anyone with your chopsticks while eating meals.

People in different countries have different ways of doing things. Something that is polite in one country may be quite impolite in another. In Britain, you mustn’t lift (举起) your bowl to your mouth when you are having some soup. But it’s different in China. And in Japan you even needn’t worry about making a noise when you have it. It shows that you are enjoying it. Making a noise is considered as (被认为) bad manners (举止，礼仪) in Britain. If you are a visitor in Mongolia, what manners do they wish you to have? They wish you to give a loud “burp” (打嗝) after you finish eating. Burping shows that you like the food.

In Britain, you should try not to put your hands on the table when you’re having a meal. In Mexico, however, they hope you keep the hands on the table during a meal. But Arabians consider you must be very careful with your hands. You mustn’t eat with your left hand. Arabians consider it very bad manners eating with left hands. So, what should you do if you are on a visit in another country? Well, you can ask the local people to help you or just watch carefully and follow them if you are on a visit in another country.

1.It is impolite to lift your bowl to your mouth when you are having some soup in _________.

2.In Mongolia, burping after eating shows that _________.

3.What’s the main idea of the passage?