大学英语A——复习题(08)

大学英语A——复习题8

一、阅读理解

From the time we were babies we have been taught our manners. We are taught how to hold a knife and a fork and not to talk with our mouths full. We are taught how to shake hands and when to stand and when to sit and the way to introduce people.

Sometimes good manners in one place are very bad manners somewhere else. Almost everywhere eating together means that you are very friendly to each other. But in parts of Polynesia it is bad manners to be seen eating at all. They politely turn their backs on each other when they are taking food.

Some East Africans spit four times as a kind of blessing（祝福）. They do it to show that they want a sick person to get well, or to bless a new born baby. In most other places, spitting means just something completely different. It's something to do to show that you hate someone.

When we go to visit someone we say "Hello" and "How are you" and things like that. If you were visiting an East African village, everyone would be very careful not to pay any attention to you. The polite thing there would be for you to go quietly, without speaking to anyone, and sit beside your friend. You would wait until he had finished what he was doing and then he would begin talking to you.

In a village in Arab, a visitor walks behind all the tents until he gets to the one he wants to visit. If he passed in front，he would be invited into each tent and asked to eat. It was rude to refuse.

1、We have been taught________.

A、it's bad manners to stand and to sit

B、it's good manners to hold a knife and a fork

C、it's good manners not to talk with our mouths full

D、how to shake hands when we introduce people

参考答案:C

2、In parts of Polynesia it's not polite________.

A、to be eating alone

B、to stand eating

C、to be seen eating

D、to take food away

参考答案:C

3、In most places，spitting means________.

A、a kind of blessing

B、you want a sick person to get well

C、you give a new-born baby the blessing

D、you hate someone

参考答案:D

4、If you visit an East African village, you________.

A、had better say "Hello" or "How are you" to others

B、will keep quiet and not to speak to anyone

C、should be very careful and not to pay any attention to others

D、must wait until the villagers have finished their work and then begin to talk to them

参考答案:B

5、If you pass in front of the tents in Arab, ________.

A、you would be invited in and eat in each tent

B、you just refuse to go into the tent

C、you can walk behind all the tents

D、you can't get to the one you want to visit

参考答案:A

6、In the eyes of visitors from the outside world, ___________.

A、rude taxi drivers are rarely seen in the US

B、small-minded officials deserve a serious comment

C、Canadians are not so friendly as their neighbors

D、most Americans are ready to offer help

参考答案:D

7、It could be inferred from the last paragraph that ___________.

A、culture exercises an influence over social interrelationship

B、courteous convention and individual interest are interrelated

C、various virtues manifest themselves exclusively among friends

D、social interrelationships equal the complex set of cultural conventions

参考答案:A

8、Families in frontier settlements used to entertain strangers ___________.

A、to improve their hard life

B、in view of their long-distance travel

C、to add some flavor to their own daily life

D、out of a charitable impulse

参考答案:C

9、The tradition of hospitality to strangers ___________.

A、tends to be superficial and artificial

B、is generally well kept up in the United States

C、is always understood properly

D、has something to do with the busy tourist trails

参考答案:B

10、What’s the author’s attitudes toward the American’s friendliness?

A、Favorable.

B、Unfavorable.

C、Indifferent.

D、Neutral.

参考答案:A

二、词汇与语法

11、John was _______ a car accident yesterday.

A、involved in

B、related to

C、included in

D、damaged by

参考答案:A

12、Most of the workers were _______ until the firm received new orders.

A、laid off