Question

Good manners are important, but you can easily make a social blunder when you visit a foreign country, because sometimes good manners in one place are bad manners in other places.

Suppose you visit some friends in Mongolia and they ask you to eat with them. What kind of manners do they want you to have? They want you to give a loud “burp” after you finish eating. Burping shows that you like your food. But in some other countries, if you give a loud “burp”, you are supposed to say, “Excuse me, please.”

In many places people like to eat together. But in some parts of Polynesia it is bad manners to be seen eating together. People show their good manners by turning their backs on others while they eat.

What are manners like in an East African town? The people try not to see you. When you are visiting a friend, he may not see you at all. If you are polite, you will sit down beside him. You will wait until he finishes what he is doing. Then he will talk to you.

If you visit a friend in Arabia you should walk behind other tents until you come to his tent. If you pass in front of other tents, you will be asked into each one. The people will ask you to eat with them. And it is bad manners if you say no.

Manners are different all over the world. But it is good to know that all manners help people show that they want to be friends.

1. People turn their backs to others while they eat in some places in______.

A. Mongolia 

B. an East African town

C. Polynesia

D. Arabia

2. In an East African town, people try not to see you. This is because______.

A. they are not your friends

B. they don’t want to talk with you

C. it is good manners

D. they are waiting for you to talk with them

3.Which is true according to the passage?

A. People show they are friendly in different manners.

B. Good manners are the same in different countries.

C. In the East African town the people who try not to see you are not polite at all.

D. In Arabia it is polite to say no when people invite you to eat with them.

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

【解析】

试题分析：有礼貌很重要，但是世界各地有礼貌的标准是不一样的，本文介绍了几个地方的好的礼仪。

1. C细节理解题。文章第三段But in some parts of Polynesia it is bad manners to be seen eating together. People show their good manners by turning their backs on others while they eat.可知答案为C。

2. C 细节理解诶题。根据第四段内容What are manners like in an East African town? The people try not to see you.可知在东非的城镇，人们不看你是因为那就是他们的礼貌。故选C。

3. A 推理判断题。根据文章表述Sometimes good manners in one place are bad manners in other places.，世界各地有礼貌的标准是不一样的，本文介绍了几个地方的好的礼仪。故这里答案A正确。

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【名师点睛】

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（1）先精读问题，了解题后做到心中有数。

（2）用目光略读全文，捕捉有关信息。可利用标题、主题句等。例如，读记叙文时我们要问5W，即为何(Why)、什么(What)、谁(Who)、何时(When)、何地(Where)、怎样(How)。例如要找一个人名，我们可以直接找到含有这个人名的句子。（3）停下来读这个句子。如果是答案。我们这个问题就解决了，如果不是，可以继续搜寻查找。同时注意一些关键的提示词和标点符号。如本文的25小题， In an East African town, people try not to see you. This is because_____．根据第四段内容What are manners like in an East African town? The people try not to see you.可知在东非的城镇，人们不看你是因为那就是他们的礼貌。故选C。