Ⅰ. 完形填空
Every time you travel to other countries, please 1 their customs. Just as the saying goes, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
When people travel to the US, they often forget to tip. It is 2 to tip those who help you in the US. For example, waiters in the restaurants hope to get a 15% tip on the 3 of your meal. Taxi drivers expect about the same amount. In the UK, make sure to 4 in line even if there are only two of you. It's important to line up there. It's a good idea to talk about the weather. It's a favourite 5 of conversations with the British.
In Arab countries, men kiss one 6 on the cheek. Your host may welcome you with a kiss on both cheeks. It is polite of you to do the same.
In Japan, people usually give business cards to each other when they 7 for the first time. When a person gives you a card, don't put it into your pocket right away. He or she may expect you to 8 it at once.
In Germany, it's a good idea to send flowers to your dinner hostess, but don't get her red roses 9 it means you are in love with her. Don't take thirteen of anything because it's a(n) 10 number. Don't take an even number of anything either.
Don't forget to be careful of your body language in some conversations. A kind of body language in one culture may be impolite in another.
1. A. catch B. watch C. follow D. enjoy
2. A. surprising B. common C. possible D. impossible
3. A. cost B. tradition C. service D. menu
4. A. sit B. cross C. stand D. shop
5. A. saying B. thought C. thing D. subject
6. A. other B. another C. others D. the other
7. A. bow B. meet C. watch D. wait
8. A. talk B. take C. write D. read
9. A. but B. however C. because D. so
10. A. funny B. unlucky C. necessary D. exciting

Ⅰ.本文通过对比不同国家的社交礼仪与禁
忌,强调"入乡随俗"的重要性,提醒旅行者需
要尊重当地文化习惯,以避免误解或冒犯。
1. C 句意:每次你去其他国家旅行时,请遵
守当地的习俗。catch 抓住;watch 观察;
follow 遵循;enjoy 享受。根据"When in
Rome, do as the Romans do."可知,此处
强调要"遵循"当地的习俗,故选C。
2. B 句意:在美国,给帮助你的人小费是很
常见的。surprising 令人吃惊的;common
常见的;possible 可能的;impossible 不可
能的。根据"For example, waiters in the
restaurants hope to get a 15% tip"可知,
给小费在美国是普遍行为,故选B。
3. A 句意:例如,餐馆的服务员希望从你的
餐费中得到15%的小费。cost 费用;
tradition 传统;service 服务;menu 菜单。
根据15% tip可知,小费基于餐费总额,
cost符合语境,故选A。
4. C 句意:在英国,即使只有两个人,也要
排队。sit坐;cross穿过;stand站立;shop
购物。根据in line可知,此处是固定搭配
stand in line"排队",故选C。
5. D 句意:天气是英国人最喜爱的谈话主
题。saying谚语;thought想法;thing事
情;subject主题。根据"talk about the
weather"可知,此处表示天气是谈话的"主
题",故选D。
6. B 句意:在阿拉伯国家,男性会互相亲吻
脸颊。other其他;another另一;others其
他人;the other两者中的另一个。根据
"kiss one ... on the cheek"可知,此处表示
"互相"亲吻脸颊,用固定搭配one another
"互相",故选B。
7. B 句意:在日本,人们初次见面时通常交
换名片。bow鞠躬;meet见面;watch观
看;wait等待。根据"give business cards
to each other when they ... for the first
time"可知,人们会在初次见面时交换名
片,故选B。
8. D 句意:他或她可能希望你立刻阅读名
片。talk谈话;take拿走;write写;read阅
读。根据"When a person gives you a
card, don't put it into your pocket right
away."可推测,收到名片后应立即阅读以
示尊重,故选D。
9. C 句意:在德国,送花给女主人是个不错
的主意,但不要送红玫瑰,因为这意味着
你爱上她了。but但是;however然而;
because因为;so所以。根据语境可知,"it
means you are in love with her"是"don't
get her red roses"的原因,故选C。
10. B 句意:任何东西都不要带13,因为这
是个不吉利的数字。funny有趣的;
unlucky不吉利的;necessary必要的;
exciting令人兴奋的。根据"Don't take
thirteen of anything"和西方文化常识可
知,13被视为不吉利的数字,故选B。

【分析】
这是一篇介绍不同国家文化习俗的完形填空，解题时需结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配及跨文化常识逐一判断选项。每道题先定位空格前后的提示信息，如第1空的谚语“入乡随俗”、第4空的固定搭配“stand in line”，同时结合西方文化常识（如13的寓意、红玫瑰的含义），确保所选选项符合语境与语言逻辑。
【解析】
1. 选项分析：根据谚语"When in Rome, do as the Romans do."（入乡随俗），此处需表达“遵循”当地习俗，catch（抓住）、watch（观察）、enjoy（享受）均不符合，follow（遵循）正确，故选C。
2. 选项分析：后文举例餐馆服务员希望得到15%的小费，说明在美国给小费是普遍行为，surprising（令人吃惊的）、possible（可能的）、impossible（不可能的）不符合，common（常见的）正确，故选B。
3. 选项分析：小费基于餐费总额，cost（费用）符合语境，tradition（传统）、service（服务）、menu（菜单）不符合，故选A。
4. 选项分析：固定搭配stand in line意为“排队”，sit（坐）、cross（穿过）、shop（购物）不符合，故选C。
5. 选项分析：天气是英国人喜爱的谈话主题，saying（谚语）、thought（想法）、thing（事情）不符合，subject（主题）正确，故选D。
6. 选项分析：固定搭配one another意为“互相”，此处表示阿拉伯男性互相亲吻脸颊，other（其他）、others（其他人）、the other（两者中的另一个）不符合，故选B。
7. 选项分析：日本初次见面时交换名片，bow（鞠躬）、watch（观看）、wait（等待）不符合，meet（见面）正确，故选B。
8. 选项分析：收到名片后应立即阅读以示尊重，talk（谈话）、take（拿走）、write（写）不符合，read（阅读）正确，故选D。
9. 选项分析：“不要送红玫瑰”的原因是“它意味着爱上她”，表原因用because，but（但是）、however（然而）、so（所以）不符合，故选C。
10. 选项分析：西方文化中13是不吉利的数字，funny（有趣的）、necessary（必要的）、exciting（令人兴奋的）不符合，unlucky（不吉利的）正确，故选B。
【答案】
1.C 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.D 6.B 7.B 8.D 9.C 10.B
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、跨文化常识、词义辨析
【点评】
本题围绕不同国家的社交礼仪与禁忌展开，既考查词汇辨析、固定搭配运用能力，又渗透跨文化交际知识，引导学生尊重多元文化，是一道兼具语言性与文化性的优质试题。
【难度系数】
0.6