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At a dinner you may begin to eat when the hostess pick up her own spoon or fork.()
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At American restaurants and coffee shops, you are usually served tap water before you order. You may find the bread and butter is free and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill (免费再加).
Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and business times for stores or restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. In large cities, especially, stores may be open 24 hours a day.
Servings (上的饭菜量) in restaurants are often large, too large for many people. If you can't finish your meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask your waitress or waiter for a "doggie bag" (“狗食袋”,即打包袋儿). It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everybody knows you're taking the food for yourself,
Supper and dinner are both words for the evening meal. Some people have "Sunday dinner". This is an especially big noon meal.
Tips are not usually added to the cheek. They are not included in the price of the meal. A tip of about 15% is often expected and you should leave it on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a check is brought on a plate and you put your money there. Then the waiter or waitress brings you your change.
Which statement is true?
A.American people like sitting with people they don't know.
B.Hostess always seat a small group at a large table.
C.American people never sit with people they don't know.
D.American people would not light a cigarette if the people who sit at the same table mind their smoking.
For this reason, fast food restaurants have become very popular. These restaurants serve foods such as hamburgers, tacos, French fries. Fast-food restaurants are really fast. You don't have to wait a minute or two for your food. They are also convenient. You may dress casually, and in some places you can even order from your car and drive away with your food without going to the restaurant. Finally, fast-food restaurants are inexpensive.
Fast food has its shortcoming, too. Most fast-food meals are not very healthy. They are often high in fat and cholesterol(胆固醇), and low in other important nutrients(营养). It is advisable not to eat too much those fast food.
Most American people______, so fast-food restaurants have become popular.
A.hate to dine with their family
B.like fast food'very much
C.don't have enough time to eat dinner together with their family
D.live on fast food
Read carefully the following excerpt and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should: ●summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then ●comment on whether our brains will get lazy in a world run by intelligent machines. You can support yourself with information from the excerpt. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. With intelligent machines to do the thinking, will our brains get lazy? Changing technology stimulates the brain and increases intelligence. But that may only be true if the technology challenges us. In a world run by intelligent machines, our lives could get a lot simpler. Would that make us less intelligent? Artificial intelligence is taking over many human jobs. For instance, planes are being flown much of the time by automatic pilots. And the complex problem of controlling air traffic around large modern airports is also achieved by artificial intelligence that operates well beyond the capacity of mere human air traffic controllers. As machines get smarter, they will do more of our thinking for us and make life easier. In the future, the electronic assistant will develop to the point that it serves similar functions as a real living butler, fulfilling requests such as: “Organize a dinner party for six on Thursday, Jeeves, and invite the usual guests.” At that point, our long struggle with challenging technologies is at an end. Like Be Wooster, we can take it easy knowing that the hard work of planning and organizing is being done by a better brain-the electronic assistant. Starved of mental effort, our brains will regress.
It is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning in the USA. If someone is called very early in the morning,while he is shaving or having breakfast,the time of the call indicates great importance of the matter which requires immediate attention of the person called. The same implication is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p.m. at night. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours,he assumes it’s an urgency of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance. Time plays a very important role in our social life as you can imagine. In the USA an invitation should be sent to the guests in advance because guests usually believe that they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not always necessarily true of the case all over the world. In some other countries,it may be taken stupid to make an appointment too far in advance because plans made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The concept of time varies in different regions of the world. Thus,misunderstandings are sometimes inevitable between men of different cultural backgrounds that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in America,for example. A lack of promptness is regarded as being impolite or not being fully responsible. In the US it would be incredible to keep a business partner or a guest waiting for an hour,and it would be too impolite and unacceptable by their social etiquettes. A person who is 5 minutes late is expected to give some words of explanation to the people waiting,though he might not complete his sentence.
16. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. It is not customary to telephone someone in the morning or in sleeping hours in the US.
B. The role of time in social life over the world..
C. If people are not prompt,they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible in the US.
D. Not every country treats the concept of time as the same.
17. What does it mean according to the passage if you call someone during his or her sleeping hours?
A. A matter of work.
B. A matter of life or death.
C. You want to see him or her.
D. You want to make an appointment with him or her.
18. Which of the following time is proper if you want to make an appointment with your friend?
A. At 7:00 a.m.
B. At 4:00 p.m.
C. At the midnight.
D. At 4:00 a.m.
19. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. In the USA guests tend to feel they are highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is expended only three or four days before the party date.
B. There id no misunderstanding between people from different cultures about the concept of time.
C. It may be considered foolish to make an appointment well in advance in the USA.
D. Being on time is highly valued in America.
20. From the passage we can infer that ____________.
A. it’s a matter of life or death if you call someone in daytime
B. the meaning of time differs in different parts of the world
C. it makes no difference in the US whether you are early or late for a business party
D. if a person is late for a date,he needn’t make any explanation
Dining Room: Breakfast is served in the dining room from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Also the room staff (服务员) may bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7 a.m. If this happens, please fill out a card and hang it outside your door when you go to bed. Lunch is from 12 to 2:30 p. m. Dinner is from 7:30 to 9 p. m.
Room service: This operates 24 hours a day; phone the Reception desk, and your message will be passed on to the room staff.
Telephones: To make a phone call, dial(拨) 0 for Reception and ask to be connected. We apologize for delays if the lines are very busy. There are also public telephones near the Reception desk. Tell Reception if early calls are needed.
Shop: The hotel shop is open for presents, gifts and goods from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p. m.
Laundry: We have a laundry in the building, and will wash, iron and return your clothes within 24 hours. Ask the room staff to collect them.
Bar(酒吧):The hotel bar is open from 12 to 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Banking: The Reception staff will cash cheques (兑现支票)and exchange any foreign money for you.
You would see this notice ______.
A.in a hotel bar
B.in a hotel (lining room
C.in a bedroom of a large international hotel
D.at the entrance of a small family hotel
A.It is appropriate to send your invitation cards three or four days before a dinner party date in U.S.A.
B.It may be appropriate to send your invitation to your guests three or four days before a dinner party date in some cultures.
C.It is best for one to make telephone calls at night because it costs much less.
D.If one is less than 5 minutes late,he has to make a short apology.
“The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 P.m…”Here “attached”means
A.taken
B.drawn
C.given
D.shown
______ you are leaving tomorrow, we can eat dinner together tonight.
A.For
B.Since
C.Before
D.While
A.such
B.so
C.of
D.very
Susan: Let's go to the restaurant and have dinner right now!
Marilyn: OK. Let's get in.
Susan: Thanks. _________.
A. After you
B. You go first
C. I'll follow you
D. Have fun
John : Would you like to go out to dinner or to a movie?
Karen: Either one, __________I just want to get out of the house.
A. it's a great idea.
B. it's up to you.
C. if you like it.
D. if you wish.