完形填空(本题有15小题,每小题1分,共15分)
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. people always respect old people. However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a since “old” shows that a person is going to retire(退休) or that the body is not working well.
After I moved to , I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. Once, when I was to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so . I told her that I had made they got their food quickly because I always respect the old. I said that, her face great displeasure. My manager, who happened what I said, took me aside and gave me a long talk about how they the description “old”. I then walked back to the and said sorry to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer .
After that, I changed the I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, now I don’t show my feelings through words.
A.Young B.Old C.Poor D.Rich
A.luck B.fact C.problem D.fun
A.Japan B.America C.Australia D.Italy
A.serving B.cooking C.getting D.putting
A.silently B.quickly C.slowly D.easily
A.head B.much C.idea D.sure
A.Before B.If C.Although D.As soon as
A.told B.found C.showed D.noticed
A.hearing B.heard C.hears D.to hear
A.dislike B.like C.agree D.disagree
A.kitchen B.table C.chair D.corner
A.begun B.invented C.caused D.turned
A.angry B. happy C.afraid D.interested
A.idea B.way C.life D.mind
A.nor B.then C.and D.but