Ⅳ.短文填空:用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,使短文完整正确。(每个单词限用一次,每空限填一个单词。)
polite, hate, happy, bring, always, by, wait, different, change, because
My family moved to America from a small town in northern China last year. I had a part-time job as a 26. in a restaurant. One day, when I was serving food to an old couple, the wife asked me how I could 27. their food so quickly. I told her I 28. respected the elderly. But I found that she was 29. when she heard my words. At that moment, my manager heard my words. He took me aside and told me that Americans were sensitive (敏感的) about age and 30. the description related to the word “old”. Suddenly I knew everything. I walked back to the table and said sorry to the wife in a 31. way. After they learned about the reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural 32. .
In the USA, people think growing old is a problem. Many people try to keep themselves away from growing old 33. exercising, such as jogging and swimming. When I told the couple that I respected the elderly, they got a little unhappy 34. this made them
feel they were not young. Since then, I have 35. the way I treat the elderly. I still respect them, but now in a different and indirect way.
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26.waiter/waitress 27.bring 28.always
29.unhappy 30.hated 31.polite
32.differences 33.by 34.because
35.changed