Question

【題目】Do you want to know more about western table manners? Let’s take a look at them together!

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HOLDING A KNIFE AND FORK

1. Hold your fork in your left hand, tines (尖齒) downward.

2. Hold your knife in your right hand, an inch or two above the plate.

3. Use your fork to lift food to your mouth.

At informal (非正式的) meals, the dinner fork can be held with tines upward.

PLACING A KNIFE AND FORK

When taking a break, place your knife and fork on your plate near the center in the shape of V. The knife and the fork point toward each other
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When you finish eating, place the knife and fork parallelwith the handles in the four o’clock position on the right of the plate.

CLEARING THE PLATES

At a formal meal, plates are cleared by a professional staff. But as most informal meals are served without help, the hostess clears the plates, often with the help of a guest or two. At a family meal, members clear their own plates.

【1】How should you put food to your mouth when using a knife and fork?

A.With the right hand.B.With the left hand.

C.With both of the hands.D.With the help of a plate.

【2】The underlined word “parallel” means ________ in Chinese.

A.垂直B.交叉

C.平行D.傾斜

【3】If you are at an informal meal, what are you expected to do after the meal?

A.Clear your own knife and fork.

B.Sit and wait for a professional staff to clear the plate.

C.Leave as soon as you put down the knife and fork.

D.Help the hostess clear the plates and the table.

【4】In which part of the newspaper can we find the passage?

A.SCIENCEB.INVENTION

C.TRAVELD.CULTURE

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

本文介紹了西方餐桌上的禮儀，如何握刀和叉，如何擺放刀和叉以及收拾盤子。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“1. Hold your fork in your left hand, tines (尖齒) downward.2. Hold your knife in your right hand, an inch or two above the plate.3. Use your fork to lift food to your mouth. ”可知，左手拿叉，右手拿刀，用叉把食物放進嘴里，因此用左手把食物放進嘴里，故選B。

【2】詞義猜測題。A. verticality垂直；B. cross交叉；C. 平行parallel；D. lean傾斜。根據(jù)文中的圖畫可知，刀和叉是平行擺放的，故選C。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“But as most informal meals are served without help, the hostess clears the plates, often with the help of a guest or two.”可知，在非正式的一頓飯后，應該幫助女主人收拾桌子和盤子，故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Do you want to know more about western table manners? Let’s take a look at them together!”可知，本文介紹西方的餐桌禮儀，因此在報紙上關(guān)于文化的那一部分可以看見它。故選D。