C

The customs in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it. That often discomforts me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I do not want to because it is considered bad manners in the west to leave one’s food on the plate. I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he often refuses the offer of food or drink though he’s in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners in China but is not in the West at all. In the United Sates, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something. Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “No, thanks.” When an American is served with beer by host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks. I’ll take some orange juice if you have it.” That is what an American will do. So when you go to the United States, you’d better remember the famous saying: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

11. From this passage we can see that the writer is ________.

A. Chinese   B. American  C. Roman  D. European

12. When a Chinese host kept putting more food onto his plate, the write felt ________.

A. happy   B. sad   C. bad   D. great

13. In the West, people consider it bad manners ________.

A. to refuse an offer at a dinner party

B. to keep asking someone to accept something

C. to eat much at a dinner party

D. to ask for something directly at a dinner party

14. A guest at an American’s dinner party should show his politeness by ________.

A. eating up all the food offered

B. putting more food onto his plate as soon as he emptied it

C. refusing the offer of food or drinking though he is still hungry or thirsty

D. refusing to drink anything

15. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” means ________.

A. the Romans are people of good manners

B. Americans always do the same things as the Romans do

C. you should do things like Romans do

D. you should get used to the local customs where you go