单选题
阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A项；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B项；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请选择C项。

{{B}}Dining Custom{{/B}}
Every land has its own dining custom, and the United States is no exception. Americans feel that the first rule of being a polite guest is to be on time. If a person is invited to dinner at 6: 30, the hostess expects him to be there at 6:30 or not more than a few minutes after. Because she usually does her own cooking, she times the meal so that the coffee and meat will be at their best at the time she asks the guest to come. If he is late, the food will not be so good, and the hostess will be disappointed. When the guest can not come on time, he calls his host or hostess on the telephone, gives the reason, and tells at what time he thinks he can come.
As guests continue to arrive, the men in the group stand when a woman enters and remain standing until she found a chair. A man always rises when he is being introduced to a woman. A woman does not rise when she is being introduced either to a man or a woman unless the woman is much older.
When the guests sit down at a dinner table, it is customary for the men to help the ladies by pushing their chairs under them.
Even an American may be confused by the number of knives, forks, and spoons besides his plate when he sits down to a formal dinner. The rule is simple, however: use them in the order in which they lie, beginning from the outside. Or watch the hostess and do what she does. The small fork on the outside on the left is for salad, which is often served with the soup. The spoon on butter spreader, on a small bread-and-butter plate at the left. As the bread is passed, each quest puts his piece on the bread-and-butter plate.

单选题 As a country of immigrants, the US does not have its own dinning customs.

单选题 The guest is expected to arrive on time because the coffee and meat will be at their best at ,the time he is required to come.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 可利用的答案线索词(特征词)：on time(准时)和coffee and meat(咖啡和肉)。先在第一段的第2句中找到on time，并在该段的第4句发现coffee and meat，再看该句的语义“因为女主人计算时间做饭，以便当客人在预期的时间里到达时可以享受到最可口的咖啡和饭菜”，所以该说法正确。

单选题 A woman usually rises when she is being introduced to an aged gentleman.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 该问题说“当一个妇女被介绍给一个年长的男人时，她通常站起来。”可利用的答案线索词(新信息词)：woman(妇女)和an aged gentleman(一个年长的男人)。于是先在第2段的最后一句中找到woman和old(aged的近义词)。而该句说的是“年长的妇女”这种情况，而不是年长的男人，所以该说法不正确。

单选题 At a dinner table, it is customary for the men to arrange chairs for ladies.

单选题 At formal American dinner, the knives, forks, and spoons besides the plate are placed in a certain order.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 该问题说“在正式的美国宴席上，盘子旁边的刀、叉子和调羹按一定的顺序摆放。”可利用的答案线索词(特征词)：knives，forks and spoons(刀、，叉子和调羹)。于是不难发现在第3段的第一句发现knives，forks and spoons，井在随后的一句发现提到了顺序。该句说“原则是按照它们摆放的顺序使用。”所以刀、叉子和调羹是有摆放顺序的。