二、阅读短文，在下面的表格中填入与文意最符合的内容，每空一词。（难度：★★★★★）
When you sit with your family for a meal, have you ever wondered where and when the tradition of using chopsticks began?
●A symbol
People say that the first pair of chopsticks was used in China more than 5,000 years ago. The practice became popular in Korea, Vietnam and Japan. Today they are a symbol of Asian culture.
●Cooking traditions
The different cooking traditions in Asia lead to different kinds of chopsticks. For example, the Japanese use sharp chopsticks because they eat a lot of fish. Sharp chopsticks are good for picking the fish from the bones.
●Spiritual(精神的) meanings
Chopsticks mean something special in China. For example, “weak things united become strong”, which is always used by parents to teach their children to get on well with others, is a saying(谚语) that includes “chopsticks”.
●Table manners
There are also many table manners about chopsticks. For example, never stick your chopsticks upright(直立地) in your rice bowl or tap on your bowl with your chopsticks. People believe it is not polite to the host(主人).
|Chopsticks| |
|----|----|
|A symbol|The first pair of chopsticks was used 1. ________ 5,000 years ago. Today they are a symbol of Asian culture.|
|Cooking traditions|The different cooking traditions in Asia 2. ________ to different kinds of chopsticks.|
|Spiritual meanings|There are some special 3. ________ behind chopsticks in China.|
|Table manners|Many table manners are 4. ________ with chopsticks. If you use chopsticks in a wrong way, people will think you are 5. ________ to the host.|

1. over 2. lead 3. meanings 4. connected 5. impolite