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大学英语A——复习题8

一、阅读理解

Fromthetimewewerebabieswehavebeentaughtourmanners.Weare

taughthowtoholdaknifeandaforkandnottotalkwithourmouthsfull.Weare

taughthowtoshakehandsandwhentostandandwhentositandthewayto

introducepeople.

Sometimesgoodmannersinoneplaceareverybadmannerssomewhereelse.

Almosteverywhereeatingtogethermeansthatyouareveryfriendlytoeachother.

ButinpartsofPolynesiaitisbadmannerstobeseeneatingatall.Theypolitely

turntheirbacksoneachotherwhentheyaretakingfood.

SomeEastAfricansspitfourtimesasakindofblessing（祝福）.Theydoitto

showthattheywantasickpersontogetwell,ortoblessanewbornbaby.Inmost

otherplaces,spittingmeansjustsomethingcompletelydifferent.Itssomethingto

dotoshowthatyouhatesomeone.

WhenwegotovisitsomeonewesayHelloandHowareyouandthings

likethat.IfyouwerevisitinganEastAfricanvillage,everyonewouldbeverycareful

nottopayanyattentiontoyou.Thepolitethingtherewouldbeforyoutogo

quietly,withoutspeakingtoanyone,andsitbesideyourfriend.Youwouldwait

untilhehadfinishedwhathewasdoingandthenhewouldbegintalkingtoyou.

InavillageinArab,avisitorwalksbehindallthetentsuntilhegetstotheone

hewantstovisit.Ifhepassedinfront，hewouldbeinvitedintoeachtentandasked

toeat.Itwasrudetorefuse.

1、Wehavebeentaught________.

A、itsbadmannerstostandandtosit

B、itsgoodmannerstoholdaknifeandafork

C、itsgoodmannersnottotalkwithourmouthsfull

D、howtoshakehandswhenweintroducepeople

参考答案:C

2、InpartsofPolynesiaitsnotpolite________.

A、tobeeatingalone

B、tostandeating

C、tobeseeneating

D、totakefoodaway

参考答案:C

3、Inmostplaces，spittingmeans________.

A、akindof