2012职称英语等级卫生C类精选阅读题五

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Dining Custom
Every land has its own dining custom, and the United States is no exception. Americans feel that the first rule of being a polite guest is to be on time. If a person is invited to dinner at 6: 30, the hostess expects him to be there at 6: 30 or not more than a few minutes after. Because she usually does her own cooking, she times the meal so that the coffee and meat will be at their best at the time she asks the guest to come. If he is late, the food will not be so good, and the hostess will be disappointed. When the guest can not come on time, he calls his host or hostess on the telephone, gives the reason, and tells at what time he thinks he can come.
1 I1 G1 T  k0 `# N1 }$ L. hAs guests continue to arrive, the men in the group stand when a woman enters and remain standing until she found a chair. A man always rises when he is being introduced to a woman. A woman does not rise when she is being introduced either to a man or a woman unless the woman is much older.
4 p/ {6 L2 M' YWhen the guests sit down at a dinner table, it is customary for the men to help the ladies by pushing their chairs under them.
) T7 s" Q2 L; X; J: ~/ u" D0 KEven an American may be confused by the number of knives, forks, and spoons besides his plate when he sits down to a formal dinner. The rule is simple, however: use them in the order in which they lie, beginning from the outside. Or watch the hostess and do what she does. The small fork on the outside on the left is for salad, which is often served with the soup. The spoon on butter spreader, on a small bread-and-butter plate at the left. As the bread is passed, each quest puts his piece on the bread-and-butter plate.
1. At formal American dinner, the knives, forks, and spoons besides the plate are placed in a certain order.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
9 p5 [$ o6 k7 J; N3 F2. At a formal dinner, bread is usually served together with salad and soup.
4 r9 _) `' C$ b2 g7 C: T1 i! f" _A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
3. A woman usually rises when she is being introduced to an aged gentleman.
/ N* @1 o' D# g& b' K: lA. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
; Z* o7 [) l( N( B, w+ G4. At a dinner table, it is customary for the men to arrange chairs for ladies.
# M' P$ r+ P7 s0 J" P( k/ O. jA. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
5. As a country of immigrants, the U.S. does not have its own dinning customs.
; `9 w  x$ Z3 K& N  _A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
: T  v4 n3 s8 H6 l9 D& Z6. The right order to use the knives, forks and spoons at a formal dinner is from the left to the right.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
7. The guest is expected to arrive on time because the coffee and meat will be at their best at the time he is required to come.
0 P' N3 V! v9 {# _A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned

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1. 答案为A。该问题说“在正式的美国宴席上，盘子旁边的刀，叉子和调羹按一定的顺序摆放。”。答案查找的相关线索词：knives, forks and spoons(刀，叉子和调羹)。于是不难发现在第三段的第一句发现knives, forks and spoons，并在随后的一句发现提到了顺序。该句说“原则是按照它们摆放的顺序使用。”，所以刀，叉子和调羹是有摆放顺序的。</p>2. 答案为C。该问题说“在正式的美国宴席上，面包通常和色拉和汤一块儿吃。”。答案查找的相关线索词：bread 和soup。于是不难在原文的第三段的四句中发现“色拉和汤一块儿吃”的说法，但并没提到面包，所以答案为C。
# _/ [% `: @* R9 ^8 h$ r2 f9 D6 }3. 答案为B。该问题说“当一个妇女被介绍给一个年长的男人时，她通常站起来。”答案查找的相关线索词：woman(妇女)和an aged gentleman(一个年长的男人)。于是先在第二段的最后一句中找到woman和old( aged的近义词)。而该句说的是“年长的人的妇女”这种情况，而不是年长的男人，所以该说法不正确。
8 O7 ^  `/ o" j% |* ^4. 答案为C。该问题说“在餐桌上，按照习俗男人应为女人安排座位。”答案查找的相关线索词：arrange chairs for ladies(为女人安排座位)或该短语的同义短语/句子。于是不难发现原文中并没提到该动作，所以答案为C。
5. 答案为B。文章第一段的第一句是说“每个国家都有自己的饮食风俗，美国也不例外。”
5 n9 h! i# ?) \) [# m8 l( U- t6. 答案为B。该问题说“在正式的美国宴席上，盘子旁边的刀，叉子和调羹的使用顺序是从坐到右。”。这道题与前一题相关，在前一题我们已发现了涉及刀，叉子和调羹摆放顺序的句子，而该句说“从外到里”，所以应是从右到左，而不是从坐到右。
" ?0 k6 @; m3 J& z7. 答案为A。答案查找的相关线索词：on time(准时) 和coffee and meat(咖啡和肉)。于是先在第一段的第二句中找到on time，并在该段的第四句发现coffee and meat，再看该句的语义：“因为女主人计算时间做饭，以便当客人在预期的时间里到达时可以享受到最可口的咖啡和饭菜”，所以该说法正确。