Question

【題目】 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.aheadB.behindC.middleD.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 themB.run before them

C.follow themD.walk after them

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

A.sit beside a guestB.sit at the front seat

C.sit at the back seatD.drive the car

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

短文大意：本文是說明文，介紹了美國人的交際習俗。

【1】題意：在美國，男人通常走在女人后面�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解。A. 走在女人前面；B. 在餐廳吃飯；C. 跟在女人后面；D. 出去吃。根據(jù)開頭“In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women美國和歐洲一樣，男人通常為女人開門”，可知美國男人通常走在女人后面，故選C。

【2】題意：男士們必須走在女士們前面才能選擇座位、打開車門或做其他類似的事情�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解。ahead向前面；behind在……后面；middle在……中間；under在……下面。根據(jù)“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除非男人必須走在女人前面才能選擇餐桌，打開汽車的門或做其他類似上述的事情”，可知男士邀請女士進餐的時候，男士要在女士的前面為她服務(wù)，故選A。

【3】題意：在街上，男人們走在比較靠近車輛的一邊�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解。根據(jù)“On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic在街上，男人們幾乎總是走在或穿過離女士們較近的街道”，可知男士一般在街道的內(nèi)側(cè)行走，故選C。

【4】題意：如果一個男人和兩個女人走在一起，他應(yīng)該走在她們之間�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解。根據(jù)“But if a man walks with two ladies, he should walk between them但是如果一個男人和兩個女人走在一起，他應(yīng)該走在她們之間”，可知選A。

【5】題意：如果格林夫人想讓你坐她的車去她家，你應(yīng)該坐在前座�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解。根據(jù)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們都乘車來接客人吃飯，客人應(yīng)該坐在前排”，可知應(yīng)該坐在前排，故選B。

本文介紹了美國的交際習俗，難度不大，容易理解。題目主要是細節(jié)理解，考生認真閱讀原文，注意細節(jié)對照，即可選出正確答案。例如小題3，根據(jù)文中語句“On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic.”可知，在街上男士一般走在比較靠近車輛的一邊，walk on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic符合題意，故選C。