1、1第七节 阅读理解If youre invited to your British or American friends home for a meal at home，you should learn some table manners about their countries.Their dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 pm.and end at about 11 pmAsk your hosts what time you should arrive.Its polite to bring flowers，chocolate
2、s or a bottle of wine as a gift.Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks(小吃)If you want to be more polite，say how much you like the room，or the pictures on the wall.But rememberits not polite to ask how much things cost.In many families，the husband sits at one side of the table and the wife
3、 sits at the other end.They eat with their guests.Youll probably start the meal with soup or something small，then youll have meat or fish with vegetables，and then dessert(甜点心)，followed by coffee.Its polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it.Did you enjoy the evening？C
4、all your hosts the next day，or write them a short “thank you” letter.British and American people like to say “thank you，thank you” all the time!1Its impolite_.Ato ask about the price of a certain thingBto say “thank you” to hostsCto take something with you when you are invited to dinnerDto eat up ev
5、erything on your plate2When you are invited to a dinner party，youd better_.Aask what time you should arrive Btake your wife with youCdrink as more as p ossible Deat more snacks as you can3Youll probably start the meal with_.Ameat Bcoffee Cdessert Dsoup4The meal ends with_usually.As oup Bcoffee Cmeat
6、 or fish Ddessert5Which of the following is true?AThe hosts like the people who sit closer to them.BThe hosts like the people who ask them time，price，age，etc.CThe hus band and the wife usually sit together.DYou can call your host the next day or write a letter of thanks after that.参考答案【篇章导读】本文主要讲述了英
7、美国家的餐桌礼仪。1A 解析：由第三段的最后一句“.its not polite to ask how much things cost.”可知答案选A。2A 解析：由第二段第二句“Ask your hosts what time you should arrive.”可知答案选 A。3D 解析：由第四段的第三句“Youll probably start the meal with soup .”可知答案选 D。4B 解析：由第四段的第三句“.and then dessert(甜点心)，followed by coffee.”可知甜点之后是喝咖啡。故选 B。5D 解析：由最后一段的倒数第二句“C all your hosts the next day，or write them a short thank you letter.”可知答案选 D。
