Question

    In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above. On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic. But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them. Then if the host (男主人) or hostess (女主人) or both of them come in a car to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though there is no people sitting on it.

1.In America, men usually ________．

A.walk ahead of women

B.eat in a restaurant

C.walk behind women

D.eat out

2.The men have to be ________ of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above.

A.ahead B.behind C.middle D.under

3.In the street men ________.

A.cross the street ahead of the ladies

B.walk on the right side of the ladies

C.walk on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic

D.walk on the left side of the road

4.If a man walks with two ladies, he should ________.

A.walk between them B.run before them

C.follow them D.walk after them

5.If Mrs. Green wants you to her house in a car, you should ________．

A.sit beside a guest B.sit at the front seat

C.sit at the back seat D.drive the car

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

短文大意：本文是说明文，介绍了美国人的交际习俗。

1.题意：在美国，男人通常走在女人后面。考查细节理解。A. 走在女人前面；B. 在餐厅吃饭；C. 跟在女人后面；D. 出去吃。根据开头“In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women美国和欧洲一样，男人通常为女人开门”，可知美国男人通常走在女人后面，故选C。

2.题意：男士们必须走在女士们前面才能选择座位、打开车门或做其他类似的事情。考查细节理解。ahead向前面；behind在……后面；middle在……中间；under在……下面。根据“unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above除非男人必须走在女人前面才能选择餐桌，打开汽车的门或做其他类似上述的事情”，可知男士邀请女士进餐的时候，男士要在女士的前面为她服务，故选A。

3.题意：在街上，男人们走在比较靠近车辆的一边。考查细节理解。根据“On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic在街上，男人们几乎总是走在或穿过离女士们较近的街道”，可知男士一般在街道的内侧行走，故选C。

4.题意：如果一个男人和两个女人走在一起，他应该走在她们之间。考查细节理解。根据“But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them但是如果一个男人和两个女人走在一起，他应该走在她们之间”，可知选A。

5.题意：如果格林夫人想让你坐她的车去她家，你应该坐在前座。考查细节理解。根据最后“if the host or hostess or both of them come in a car to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat如果主人或女主人或他们都乘车来接客人吃饭，客人应该坐在前排”，可知应该坐在前排，故选B。