TablemannersintheUSADuringthemealyoushouldbecarefulnottoleaveaspooninasoupbowlacoffeecuporotherdish.Thecoffeespoonshouldbeonthesaucer(碟子)andthesoupspoonshouldbeontheplateunderth

　　TablemannersintheUSA

　　Duringthemealyoushouldbecarefulnottoleaveaspooninasoupbowlacoffeecuporotherdish.Thecoffeespoonshouldbeonthesaucer(碟子)andthesoupspoonshouldbeontheplateunderthebowl.Whenyouarehavingsoupmakeaslittlenoiseasyoucanandusethesideofyourspoonnotthefront.Donotpickupyoursoupbowltodrinkthelastdropsofyoursoupfromthebottomofthebowl.

　　Veryoftenthereareonlyonemaincourseandasaladfollowedbysomethingsweet.Ifyouhaven’thadenoughsay“Ohit’sdelicious.”andaskforsomemorechickensteakorwhateveryouhavejusthad.Thehostesswillbeveryhappythatyoulikehercookingandwillgiveyoumore.ButifyoufollowtheChinesewayofbeingpoliteandsay“Nothankyou.”whenthehostessoffersyoumoreyoumaystarvelater.Americanswillneverforceyoutoeatmore.Yetitisnotpolitetokeepsilentandnottotalktothepersonnexttoyou.Itisgoodmannerstouseyoursilverware(银餐具)carefullysothattheydon’tmakeanynoise.Whenthecoffeecomesdrinkitfromyourcup.Thecoffeespoonshouldbeputonthesaucerwhileyouaredrinking.Andsmokingofcourseisrarelyseenatadinnertable.Wellwhenthemealisfinishedtheguestsputtheirnapkinsonthetableandstandup.Themenhelptheladiesmovetheirchairs.

　　Afterthedinnertheguestsusuallystayforanhourortwoandthentheywouldsay“WellI’mafraidImustgetgoingnow.”Thehostandhostesswouldofcourseaskeveryonetostaylonger.“What?Already?Won’tyouhavesomemorecoffee? ”Theguestsmightsay“I’dlovetobutIhavetobeupearlytomorrow.Thankyouforamostenjoyableevening.Goodnight.”

　　Ifyoustayovernightorfortheweekenditisnicetosendathank-younotetothehostorhostessthefollowingdayveryoftenwithasmallgiftsuchasaboxofchocolatesorsomeflowersasasignofthanksfortheirhospitality(好客).

　　Questions:

　　1.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

　　A.Tomakethehostesshappyyoushouldaskformorefoodevenifyouarefull.

　　B.Duringthedinneryou’dbettermakeaslittlenoiseaspossible.

　　C.It’spolitetoleaveaspooninasoupbowl.

　　D.Nevertalkwithpeopleattable.

　　2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword‘course’mean?

　　A.Aseriesoflesson