Question

【題目】I have lived in France for nine years, but I cannot walk down the street without being recognized(認(rèn)出) as an Englishman from 50 metres away before I open my mouth. Why?

In France, the quickest way to recognize an Englishman is that he'll be the one with the belly(肚子) and the shirt hanging out. Englishmen often wear shapeless black T-shirts, either too big or too small. However. Frenchmen are more formal in dressing. Their T-shirts have collars(領(lǐng)子). Shorts have buttons and zips rather than drawstrings(拉繩). Shoes look expensive.

Englishmen think of lunchtime as 1 p.m. but for Frenchmen it is 12 o'clock, one hour earlier. This may explain the sad looks if an Englishman arrives at a local restaurant at 1:30 p.m. At that time most restaurants don't have waiters. All the cooking and serving may be done by the boss and his wife. When you are shown to your table, just sit there and wait. Don't wave your hands to the waiters. Englishmen think guests should do something to make the waiters pay attention to them. But in France some bread and water will come first, then the waiters will take your order according to the rhythm(節(jié)奏) of the restaurant. Have enough patience!

Some 【1】 betweenEnglishmenandFrenchmen
	Frenchmen	Englishmen
Dressing	wearT-shirtswithcollars wearshortswithbuttonsandzips wearshoeswhich 【2】much	wearT-shirtswhichareshapeless wearshortsmostlywithdrawstrings wearshoeswhichmaybecheap
Lunch	havelunchatnoon followtherhythmoftherestaurant	havelunchatorafter1pm dosomethingtoattractthe 【3】 attention
Conclusion	Englishmenwear【4】 formalclothesthanFrenchmen. Englishmencan’tbe 【5】 enoughformealswhileFrenchmencan.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】diffferences

【2】cost

【3】waiters’/ waiter's

【4】less

【5】patient

【解析】

試題短文大意：我在法國住了九年。英國人與法國人有著很大的不同，在法國，認(rèn)識到一個英國人最快的方式是：英國人不注重外表和衣著，而法國人更注重這一點(diǎn)。接下來作者又從兩個國家的人在飯店中吃飯的方式進(jìn)行了對比。

【1】細(xì)讀短文可知該文是在介紹英國人與法國人有著很大的不同，所以填寫名詞differences，不同。

【2】根據(jù)第二段中However, Frenchmen are more formal（正式）in dressing. Their T-shirts have collars(領(lǐng)子). Shorts have buttons and zips rather than drawstrings . Shoes look expensive 可知法國人穿的鞋很貴。所以填寫cost。

【3】根據(jù)文中Englishmen think guests should do something to make the waiters pay attention to them.可知英國人認(rèn)為客人應(yīng)該做點(diǎn)什么讓服務(wù)人員注意他們。明確答案為服務(wù)人員的注意，用名詞所有格的形式。所以填寫waiters’/ waiter's。

【4】根據(jù)第二段中Frenchmen are more formal（正式）in dressing.的描述可知英國人穿衣不如法國人正式，所以填寫less。

【5】根據(jù)短文最后But in France some bread and water will come first, then the waiters will take your order according to the rhythm(節(jié)奏) of the restaurant. Have enough patience!可知法國人有足夠的耐心等服務(wù)員，但英國人不能，所以填寫patient。