I attended a birthday party in 1991. My teacher was then 59 years old. But her fellow teacher said that we were celebrating her 39^th birthday! We were all surprised and puzzled.

      After the party I was told by the fellow teacher that American women have a special saying about birthdays. If a woman is over 40, or even if she is 80, her birthday is always the 39^th. If she is in her thirties, her birthday will be the 29^th. And in her twenties, it’s the 19^th. They usually have their “real” birthday when they are below 20.

      This shows that American women, especially elderly women, are very sensitive(敏感的) about their ages. But my teacher always says, “We want to be younger,” so about the age of Western women, my advice is that if you don’t know it, don’t ask about it; if you really know it, don’t mention it.

 1. The writer felt the birthday party he attended was ___________.

     A. very interesting    B．very strange     C．very common  D．very sensitive

2.The writer must be from______________.

    A．Western countries            B．Eastern countries

    C．China                      D．the United States

3.In order to please an old Western woman , you can say to her,“____________”

    A．You are so old that you shouldn’t do that.       

B．How old are you?

   C．You look so young and beautiful.        

D．Can I help you, granny?

4.The writer wants to tell us__________________.

     A. that a Western woman always celebrates her 39^th birthday                     

B. not to ask a Western woman’s age whether you know her well or not

  C. to ask a Western woman’s age freely                         

D. not to attend an old Western woman’s birthday party

-- Why do you look so worried ?
-- My MacBook Pro broke down and my paper _____ unfinished ever since.

—Why do you look so worried?

—My Macbook Pro broke down and my paper _____unfinished since.

—Ken, why do you look so tired? 
—I _____ myself _____ the climate since I came here.

—why, Jack, you look so tired!

 —Well, I _____the house and I must finish the work tomorrow.

A. was painting    B. will be painting   C. have painted  D. have been painting