【Agoodfriendofminewascomplainingabouthersontheotherday．“Didyounotice”shestarted“howhedidn’twaitformetogetmysaladbeforehedoveintohis?”Trueenoughtheboyattackedhisplatefasterthanacatinthe】

　　Agoodfriendofminewascomplainingabouthersontheotherday．“Didyounotice”shestarted“howhedidn’twaitformetogetmysaladbeforehedoveintohis?”

　　Trueenoughtheboyattackedhisplatefasterthanacatinthewild．Withoutmannerswe’renomorethananimals．Actuallythat’snottrue．I’vebeenwatchingandfeedingagroupofwildcatsandtheyshowunusualpolitenesstowardeachother．Evenwhenfoodisscarcetheytaketurnsleavingatleastasmallpartforthenextinline．

　　Mymothereducatedherthreechildrentohavegoodmannersallthetime．WeweremadetofeelveryuncomfortableasifweweresittingonpinsandneedlesuntilwegotusedtosayingpleasethankyoupardonmeandI’msorry．AndIhavetosaywhileitwasapainfullearningexperienceitwasoneofthemostvaluable．

　　Ican’ttellyouhowoftenIsatwithmyfriendseatingattheirdinnertablesandtheirparentsthoughthighlyofmygoodmanners．WhileitwasalittleembarrassingIkneweventhenthatmymother’steachingswerepayingoff．

　　ManyyearslaterwhenIwasattendingseminarsacrossthecountrymymannerswerequiteuseful．

　　WhileIregretthatIhaven’tbeenaperfectexampleI’mstillworkingonit．Isupposeinthisregardmymotherlivesonthroughme．Ididn’thaveherbeautifulsingingvoiceorhergreeneyesbutshedidmakesureIreceivedoneofherfinestcharacteristics．

　　小题1:Whatdidthewriter’sfriendmostprobablycomplainabout?A．Herson’seatingtooquickly．B．Herson’snothavingahealthydiet．C．Herson’snothavinggoodtablemanners．D．Teenagers’nothavinggoodmanners．小题2:Theunderlinedword“scarce”inParagraph3probablymeans“________”．A．toomuchB．notdeliciousC．notenoughD．quitehot小题3:Welearnthatthewriter’smother__________．A．wasstrictaboutherchildren’smannersB．neverpunishedherchildrenC．hadbeautifulblueeyesD．wasnotgoodatsinging小题4:Whatdoesthewriterthinkofherexperienceoflearninggoodmanners?A．Easyan