一、朗读句子,根据意群,用“/”标出停顿的地方。
1. People will usually offer you some tea or coffee when you visit them.
2. French table manners are so confusing that I'm a little worried.
3. Could you please tell me the proper way to use the chopsticks?
4. If you get confused about how to behave at table, watch what everyone else does.
5. Do you know what culture shock is?

1. People will usually / offer you some tea or coffee / when you visit them.
2. French table manners / are so confusing / that I'm a little worried.
3. Could you please / tell me the proper way / to use the chopsticks?
4. If you get confused about how to behave at table, / watch what everyone else does.
5. Do you know / what culture shock is?

意群停顿需依据句子的语法结构，将语义相关的词语划分为一组，每组之间停顿。八年级阶段的此类题目，一般在主语与谓语之间、谓语与宾语/状语之间、主从句之间、短语之间进行停顿划分。

二、英文释义配对,在括号中填入对应的正确释义的选项。
()1. confusing A. make a person or group look foolish in public
()2. forgive B. a bad quality or weakness of one's character
()3. fault C. difficult to understand
()4. culture D. stop feeling anger toward sb. or stop blaming sb.
()5. embarrass E. the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a society, group, place, or time

1.C 2.D 3.B 4.E 5.A

1.confusing意为“难以理解的”，对应选项C；2.forgive意为“原谅，不再对某人生气或责备某人”，对应选项D；3.fault意为“性格上的缺点或弱点”，对应选项B；4.culture意为“社会、群体、地方或时代的信仰、习俗、艺术等”，对应选项E；5.embarrass意为“使某人或某群体在公众面前看起来愚蠢”，对应选项A。