西安交通大学考博英语2011试题与答案解析.pdfVIP

专业 ▪ 权威 ▪ 轻松 ▪ 快乐 西安交通大学考博英语历年真题 西安交大 2011 年博士研究生入学考试英语试题 PART Ⅰ CLOZE TEST Direction: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. (20 points) In Great Britain today good manners at table include eating with the mouth closed; not letting any of the food (1) the plate; using the knife only for cutting; and not trying to take food across the table. In other parts of the world there are also rules for people to follow when they are eating, (2) they are not the same as those of Britain. (3) , what are considered good table manners in some other countries are what British people try hardest to avoid. In Arabia, (4) , the people at a feast take pieces of food with their fingers and belch loudly to show that they (5) it. The richer and more educated people in the East have, (6) , to a great extent taken up the table manners and customs of Western people. Tables and chairs (7) the cushions of the past, and the lady of the house (8) at one end of the table in the same way that Western women do. Many Japanese, however still feel it would be wrong to eat unless they (9) on a cushion before a low table with a tray of food on it. In many parts of the world both traditional and Western styles of eating exist (10) . In the West there are differences between table manners in various countries, although they are not so (11) . In North America it is polite to (12) meat and then put the knife down, take the fork in the right hand and eat with it .Most European people , like the British ,keep the fork in the left hand and the knife