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（讓……不舒服） me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I do not want to. I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he very 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 it is not in the West at all. In the United States, 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 the 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 Romans do.”

 

65. From the passage we can see that the writer is ________.

A. a Chinese        B. a Roman       C. an American        D. a Thailand

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

A. to put less food onto his plate             

B. to ask for something directly

C.      to eat much at a dinner party

D. to keep asking someone to accept something

67. A guest at an American’s dinner party should show his politeness by _________.

A. not eating up all the food offered

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

C. refuse the offer of food or drink though he is still hungry or thirsty

D. asking for things directly if he wants

68.   “When in Rome, do as the Romans do” means ____________ .

A. the Romans are people of good manners

B. people in the United States want to learn from the Romans

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

D. You should get used to the local customs wherever you go      

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