郑州市高中毕业班第二次质量检测
英 语 试 题
2003.5
说明：本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。
第一卷(三部分，共115分)
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What’s the relationship between the two speakers? A.Friends. B.Strangers. C.Classmates. 2.What does the woman say about her job? A.She likes her job.
B.She has just taken a new job. C.She has just changed jobs.
3.What can we learn about the woman? A.She phoned the playhouse. B.She dialed the wrong number. C.She wanted to call Denise White.
4.Where does the conversation take place? A.In a department store. B.In an information office. C.In a hotel.
5.What are the two speakers talking about? A.The woman’s father.
B.A gift for the woman’s father. C.A book about London.
第二节（共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6～8题。 6.What is the woman looking for? A.Her clothes. B.The car key. C.Some medicine.
7.Why is she going to the doctor? A.She has a fever.
B.She has a pain in the back.
C.She doesn’t feel well in the chest. 8.When is she expected at the doctor’s? A.10:00.B.10:30.C.10:40.
听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。
9.Why does Mr Hunt make the telephone call? A.He wants to buy some furniture. B.He plants to have a party. C.He wants to book a table.
10.At what time does Mr Hunt want the table to be ready on Saturday night? A.6:45.B.7:00.C.7:15.
11.What will Mr Hunt probably do on Saturday night? A.Visit his mother.
B.Have dinner with a friend. C.Buy a table.
听第8段材料，回答第12～13题。 12.Where are the speakers? A.In a bookstore. B.In a restaurant.
C.In a lawyer’s office.
13.What can we learn from the conversation? A.The man is a bit impatient. B.The woman is quick in decision. C.The woman is a bit bossy(专横的）. 听第9段材料，回答第14～16题。
14.When did the singer first become well-known? A.In 1943.B.In 1963.C.In 1968.
15.Where does the singer come from? A.Germany.B.England.C.Italy.
16.According to the speakers,what is the most unusual thing about the singer? A.He once had a bad accident. B.He is from a very poor family. C.He learned to sing in a hospital.
听第10段材料，回答第17～20题。 17.What is the topic of the talk? A.Table manners.
B.How to live abroad. C.Ways of eating.
18.Which of the following is considered bad in Britain when you’re eating? A.Use a bowl to have liquid food. B.Lift the bowl for more food. C.Drink directly from the bowl.
19.According to the speaker,in which country is it all right to make a noise while eating? A.Britain.B.Japan.C.Mexico.
20.What advice does the speaker give to people visiting a foreign country? A.Follow the example of the people there.
B.Ask people for advice before you go to a meal. C.Do as you do at home.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21.— What about________ speech?
—It was too tiring,you know,________speech for me. A.a;the B.the;the C.the;/ D.the;a
22.In no country________Britain,it has been said,can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day. A.rather than B.other than C.except for D.more than 23.—Where shall we go for the weekend? —________. A.One to you B.Up to you C.In your opinion D.According to you 24.—The farmers lived near the high way. —________very noisy. A.It must have been B.They must be C.That might be D.There must be
25.They had all the children well looked after________their parents relieved(放心). A.making B.being made C.to make D.made
26.After two hours,they were tired ________picking cotton and had a________. A.of;stop B.with;break C.for;rest D.at;pause
27.She is too slow.She________pass the test,but she________too little. A.would;knew B.will;knows C.would;knows D.will;knew 28.She went to the game late.________,she left her ticket at home. A.What’s more B.That is C.On the contrary D.To make things worse 29.—Mary didn’t turn up last time,did she? —No.She________.We had changed our plan. A.shouldn’t have come B.needn’t have to come C.didn’t need to come D.needn’t have come 30.—How do you like his plan?
—I was not a bit surprised,for I had fully expected________. A.as much B.so much C.that much D.very much 31.—I’m sorry I can’t go with you. —________?Haven’t you agreed? A.How is it B.What is it C.Why don’t you D.What do you think
32.Now children like to go to the fast food restaurant,________as the name says,eating doesn’t take much time.
A.which B.that C.what D.where
33.The manager doesn’t have much free time as his work________nearly all his spare time. A.takes away B.takes in C.takes up D.takes over
34.—Haven’t seen you for ages.Do you still work in Zhengzhou? —________.It’s two years since I worked there. A.Yes,I do B.No,I don’t C.Yes,I have D.No,I haven’t
35.The tourists didn’t stop to rest at each station because it________them down. A.had slowed B.would slow C.should have slowed D.would have slowed 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分；满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Almost 50 years have passed since one-time beekeeper,Sir Edmund Hillary,became the first man in the world to conquer the world’s highest peak,Mt Everest.In an extraordinarily 36 exposition（展览）Auckland Museum pays 37 to this great New Zealander,Sir Edmund Hillary:Everest and Beyond Exhibition at the museum until April 25.
Hillary reached Mt Everest’s 38 on May 29,1953—just in time 39 the Queen’s Cronation(加冕典礼).
Now 83 and 40 by New Zealand as its greatest 41 countryman,Sir Edmund,a Knight of the Garter,prefers to be called just 42 Ed.He and his wife June were guests of honour at the exhibition opening in February,coinciding(巧合) with the museum’s 150th birthday.
Visitors are 43 into his adventure-packed and charitable world through a 44 treasure chest of his memorabilia(大事记),from a well-worn passport to the ice 45 he used to climb that mountain.
A Nepalese schoolhouse,kitchen and Buddhist temple have been 46 to show the place he has 47 40 years of his charitable soul and money to 48 the Himalayan Trust,building schools,hospitals and all manner of infrastructure(基础设施)in the 49 stricken country.
The exhibition also 50 Ed’s climbs in the Southern Alps,a tractor journey he 51 to the South Pole in 1967 and a trip up the River Ganges by jet boat.
52 the exhibition closes it will go to the United States,to 53 Sir Edmund’s jubilee(50年节)year, 54 a celebratory party in London and a 55 with his Sherpa friends in Kathmandu.
36.A.simple B.large C.detailed D.great 37.A.attention B.respect C.admiration D.honour 38.A.top B.peak C.height D.level 39.A.at B.of C.for D.with 40.A.looked upon B.thought about C.looked up D.thought out 41.A.living B.live C.alive D.lively 42.A.short B.plain C.as D.for 43.A.put B.poured C.led D.drawn 44.A.clear B.dear C.real D.new 45.A.knife B.axe C.fork D.spear
46.A.recreated B.recycled C.recovered D.repaired 47.A.spent B.taken C.devoted D.used 48.A.by B.through C.for D.from 49.A.poverty B.storm C.disaster D.earthquakes 50.A.covers B.shows C.tells D.expresses 51.A.paid B.did C.made D.took 52.A.While B.If C.Since D.When 53.A.sign B.mark C.design D.continue 54.A.beginning with B.joining in C.ending up with D.adding up to 55.A.reunion B.repetition C.review D.recovery 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
When he thought of the past,my grandfather would sometimes show us photographs of himself at school.They were brown and faded,and it was hard to believe that the blurred figure of the little boy in the short trousers and socks could ever have been grandfather.Besides,he wore a cap—all the boys in the photographs wore caps pulled so far forward that half of their faces were obscured.When grandfather asked us to pick him out from the group,we would surely point to the wrong boy.
On one such occasion my younger sister,aged six,burst into tears when grandfather proudly guided her finger to the right boy.“How could that boy be you?”she cried,“He should have a beard.”We were,of course,all convinced that grandfathers should have beards,preferably white and bushy,like our own grandfather’s.In fact,we would have been quite ready to argue the point if challenged.
“I was a good scholar,”grandfather would say,wagging his beard over the photographs.“I should have been top of the class if I hadn’t had to get up at six every morning to milk the cows and chop the wood,and again when I came home from school.”
“But Saturdays?What did you do on Saturdays?” “Saturdays,if it was fine,I’d be out all day in the fields with the men,”replied grandfather.“And if it was wet,I’d be helping my mother with odd jobs round the house.There wasn’t much time for studying.”
We all tried hard to imagine what it would have been like to have been grandfather getting up at crack of dawn and never,obviously,having a moment for himself.It seemed we had learnt something from what grandfather had said about his childhood.
56.In the first paragraph of this passage,what the author really tells us is that________. A.his grandfather used to wear short trousers,socks and a cap as well
B.it was difficult to tell which of the boys in the photographs was grandfather
C.he didn’t believe grandfather wore a cap pulled forward when he was at school D.it was fun to watch boys in the photographs wearing caps pulled forward 57.The author’s sister burst into tears because________.
A.she did not get a chance to pick out grandfather in the photographs
B.she was told which was the right boy before she herself could pick him out
C.other children did not agree with her that grandfather should have had beard D.she found grandfather in the photograph did not have a beard
58.When grandfather said“I should have been top of the class…”,he meant________. A.if he had had more time for studying,he would have been the best in his class B.he should have spent more time studying rather than playing ball games C.his school days should not have been so hard and miserable
D.he could have never been the best student even if he had studied still harder
59.In the last paragraph the author said“We all tried hard to imagine…”because________. A.the figures of the boys in the photographs were small and blurred B.the children had never experienced life like that of grandfather C.the photographs grandfather showed them were brown and faded D.grandfather failed to tell them about his childhood in detail
B
Have you ever heard of Angel Falls?It’s the highest waterfall in the world,deep in the jungles of Venezuela.Few people have ever seen Angel Falls.It’s very hard to get there.If you went by land,you would have a travel for weeks through thick jungles.If you went by plane from Caracas,a city on the southern coast,it would take about four hours.
What would it be like to take a trip by plane from Caracas to the falls?For hundreds of miles you would become higher,and you would see mountains with forests.Soon the land would level out to high plateaus(高原).Finally,you would fly toward a deep canyon(峡谷)with steep,rocky siders.
Suddenly you could see a silver thread in the distance.Then as your plane flew closer,you would see the waterfall more clearly.You would see water falling over half a mile straight down the cliff.It is a sight you would never forget.No one knew about this high waterfall until 1930.In that year James Angel,an American pilot,flew over the area.As he was flying over the mountains and canyons,he suddenly saw a waterfall.It was an impressive sight:the water seemed to be dropping straight out of the clouds.
In 1941 an American expedition explored and measured the falls.From the top to the bottom,the water falls 3 200 feet.These falls are over 1 000 feet higher than any other fall in the world.
60.Few people have ever seen Angel Falls,as________. A.it is surrounded by thick jungles
B.it requires a long and difficult trip to go there
C.people have to travel on foot for weeks to get there D.no one but a pilot can fly close to it
61.Angel Falls was probably named after________. A.the man who first explored the waterfall by land B.the American pilot who first discovered it
C.the expedition which first measured the waterfall D.none of the above
62.This passage suggests that________.
A.none of the other waterfalls in the world are over 1 000 feet high B.the second highest waterfall is 2 200 feet
C.the second highest waterfall is not over 2 200 feet
D.all the other waterfalls in the world are not over 1 000 feet high 63.It can be inferred from this passage that________.
A.Angel Falls is a memorable scene which is worth seeing B.since its discovery millions of people have seen Angel Falls C.Angel Falls is located in the jungles near Caracas D.American pilots are very sensitive
C
The concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one.An estimated 90 percent of all illnesses may be preventable if individuals would make second personal health choices based upon present medical knowledge.We all enjoy our freedom of choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society.The structure of American society allows us to make almost all our own personal decisions that may concern our health.If we so desire,we can smoke,drink too much,refuse to wear seat belts,eat whatever foods we want,and live a completely sedentary lifestyle without any exercise.The freedom to make such personal decisions is a fundamental aspect of our society,although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned.Personal choices relative to health often cause a difficulty.As one example,a teenager may know the facts relative to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is the socially accepted thing to do.
A variety of factors,both inherited and environmental,influence the development of health-related behaviors,and it is beyond the scope of this text to discuss all these factors as they may affect any given individual.However,the decision to adopt a particular health-related behavior is usually one of personal choices.There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices.In discussing the morals of personal choice,Fries and Crapo drew a comparision.They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide.Thus,for those individuals who are interested in keeping both quality and quantity of life,personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that are associated with a statistical probability of increased vitality(活力)and longevity.
64.The concept of personal choice concerning health is important because________. A.personal health choices help cure most illnesses B.it helps raise the level of our medical knowlege
C.it is important to personal freedom in American society D.wrong decisions could lead to poor health
65.To “live a completely sedentary lifestyle”in the passage means________. A.to “live an inactive life” B.to “live a quiet life”
C.to “live a life with complete freedom” D.to “live a life of bad habits”
66.Sound personal health choice is often difficult to make because________. A.present medical knowledge is still not enough B.there are many factors influencing our decisions
C.few people are willing to trade the quality of life for the quantity of life D.people are usually influenced by the behavior of their friends
67.To knowingly allow oneself to form unhealthy habits is compared by Fries and Crapo
to________.
A.improving the quality of one’s life B.limiting one’s personal health choice C.ending one’s life on purpose
D.breaking the rules of social behavior
D
Convictions for drink-driving offenses(肇事)are now higher during the summer than at any other time of the year.Mr Paul Channon,the Secretary of State for Transport,said yesterday.
Launching the Department of Transport’s summertime anti-drink-driving campaign,Dr Channon warned motorists of the deadly warm weather,alcohol and a disregard for other road users which claims many hundreds of lives each year.
Two television advertisements,designed to highlight(强调)the“social unacceptability of drink-driving by focusing on the human consequences”,will accompany the campaign throughout the summer.Both advertisements,in dramatic fashion,bring home the extent of the grief and tragedy involved in accidents caused by drink-driving.
The department said,“We cannot afford to forget that up to 1 000 are still killed yearly in accidents as a result of drinking and driving.These numbers are an annual total associated with summer just as much the Christmas festive season.”
Mr Channon,emphasizing that drinking and driving was not just a “young person’s crime”,said,“there are still large numbers of middle-aged male drivers who drink,drive and are prosecuted(受到指控).Their actions encourage young people to cost other people’s lives and their own.”
The transport officials urge people to provide low or non-alcoholic drinks for drivers when acting as hosts and to avoid accepting lifts from drivers who have been drinking.
68.According to the passage,many deaths on the road are mainly caused by________. A.deadly warm weather B.alcoholic drinks C.drink-driving D.all the above
69.According to the passage,it is advisable________. A.to accept lifts from drunken drivers B.to host guests with alcohol
C.to entertain drivers with soft drinks D.to drive immediately after drinking
70.It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A.road accidents are mainly caused by young male drivers
B.road deaths in the Christmas festive season are up to 1 000 per year C.drink-driving drivers are unlikely to be victims of road accidents D.few people realize the consequences of drink-driving
E
Astrology(星占学)had its origins in the centuries before the birth of Christ.Presentday astrological concepts and techniques largely go back to the period 100 to 200 A.D.It was only natural that early civilizations would consider the stars and planets in the heavens as awesome(令人敬畏的)evidence of supernatural powers that could magically affect their lives.Variety was
brought into the picture by the constantly changing aspects of the heavens.No one can blame the Egyptians,the Greeks,the Arabs,or the people of India for having established systems of astrology at times to the days of Copernicus,Galileo,and Keepler—even to the time of Isaac Newton—there were good reasons for exploring astrology.
However,all this changed when the first measurements were made of the distances to the sun,planets,and stars and when the masses of these objects were determined.The foundations of astrology began to crumble when we come to realize how small are the forces exerted by the celestial(天空的）objects on things and people on earth,and how very small are the amounts of radiation associated with them received on earth.The only perceptible and observable effects evident to all of us are produced by the tidal forces caused by the gravity of the moon and sun.To assume that the sun,moon,and planets would exert special critical forces upon a baby at birth—forces that would control the future life of the infant—seems to run counter to common sense.Radiative effects are also dubious.It is even less likely that the stars—each one a sun in its own light and several hundred thousand or more times farther from the earth than our sun—would exercise critical effects on a baby at birth.Some seasonal effects there might well be,for a baby born in northern latitudes(纬度)in April faces initially a warm summer period;one born in October,a cool winter season.
71.It can be inferred from the first paragraph that astrology was set up by________. A.the Egyptians and the Indians
B.the Greeks,the Egyptians and the people of India
C.the Arabs,the Egyptians,the Greeks and the people of India D.none of the above
72.The word “crumble” in the second paragraph means________. A.develop B.fail C.break out D.go up 73.According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE? A.The forces given out by the celestial objects are enormous. B.The tidal forces of the moon are small.
C.The stars have critical effects on a baby at birth. D.The radiative effects of the stars are doubtful.
74.The passage suggests that after scientists had made the measurements of the distances to the sun,planets,and stars and determined the masses of these objects,________.
A.people no longer believed in astrology B.fewer people believed in astrology C.more people believed in astrology D.astrology became a science
75.It can be concluded from the passage that________.
A.there is no evidence of supernatural powers that control the future life of human beings on earth
B.only ancient people believe in supernatural powers
C.Galileo,Keepler,and other scientists did not believe in astrology
D.astrological concepts and techniques stem(起源)from modern civilizations
第二卷(共35分)
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误，对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上划一个（）；如有错误，则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。 注意：原行没有错的不要改！
Balzac was a great France writer,but he was very 76.________ poor before he became famous.He lived in a dirty wet 77.________ room and worried about food.His friends were so poor as he. 78.________ One night,the wind was blowing hard and was snowing 79.________ heavily.Blazac went to bed early but couldn’t fall sleep.He 80.________ didn’t have something for supper.He thought hard but didn’t 81.________ have an idea.At the midnight he saw a man get in through 82.________ a broken window.The man began to search for the bookshelf. 83.________ Balzac got up,lit a lamp,and saying,“Don’t waste time!I couldn’t 84.________ find any money in the daytime.How could you find some in the 85.________ dark?”
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
请根据下列四幅图画用英语写篇故事，以参加校刊的英语环保征文。
注意：
1.故事须包括所有图画的内容，可以适当增加细节，使故事连贯； 2.图中学生为小毛（Xiao Mao); 3.词数：100左右。
参考词汇：写生draw from nature 画板drawing board 斧axe 参考答案 1~5 BABAB 6~10 ACBCA 11~15 BBACA 16~20 CACBA 21~25 DBBAC 26~30 BCDCA 31~35 ADCBD 36~40 CDBCA
41~45 ABDCB 46~50 ACBAA 51~55 CDBCA 56~60 BDABB 61~65 BCAAA 66~70 BCCCB 71~75 CBDBA
76.France→French 77.√ 78.so→as
79.第二个was→it was 80.sleep→asleep
81.something→anything 82.去掉the 83.去掉for
84.saying→said或去掉and 85.could→can 书面表达
One possible version:
Xiao Mao is a primary school student and he enjoys drawing very much.
One day,he went to the small woods not far from town to draw from nature,carrying a drawing board.He was glad to find a tree living although the rest had been cut down.“Let me start work at once,”he thought and began to set up his board.
Just then a strong young man came with a big axe and got down to cutting the tree.Soon he cut it down and pulled it away.
When Xiao Mao got ready and turned back to draw,he found the tree had disappeared. “Dear me!Where on earth is the tree?”Xiao Mao wondered,very disappointedly. 附：听力录音材料 （Text 1）
M:Excuse me,could you help me please?I think I am lost. W:Yes,sure,where do you want to go? （Text 2）
M:Do you think you are in the right job,Anne? W:Oh,yes,I think my job is just right for me. （Text 3）
M:Hello,Denise White!
W:Oh,hello,is this the playhouse?
M:No,you must have the wrong number.This is 443246. W:Oh,yes,I am sorry. M:It’s ok. （Text 4）
W:Can I help you?
M:Yes,please,I am looking for size 12. W:Here you are.
M:Thanks,can I try it on? W:Certainly. （Text 5）
M:Sara,what are you going to buy for your father?
W:Well,I am going to get my dad a book about London. （Text 6）
M:What are you looking for,Mary? W:My jacket,I am going to the doctor. M:Why?What’s the problem?
W:I am not sure but I don’t feel well. M:Do you have a fever?
W:No,I don’t think so,but I have a pain in my chest. M:What time will the doctor see you?
W:10:30,I am afraid I have to leave now.It’s 10 already,bye. M:Good-bye,I hope it’s nothing serious. W:Thanks,see you later. （Text 7）
W:Taffmama Restaurant,hello.
M:Hello,can I book a table for two on Saturday night please? W:Yes,of course.What time?
M:Oh,quite early.A quarter to seven? W:Yes,that’s easy.Your name please? M:James Hunt.
W:So a table for two at a quarter to seven on Saturday. M:Yes,that’s right. W:Thank you,Mr.Hunt. M:Thank you,good-bye. W:Good-bye. （Text 8）
W:Waiter,give me the menu,will you?
M:Just a moment,I am coming.Now what would you like? W:I’d like to see the menu.Would you get me one please? M:Yes,certainly,here you are.
W:Thank you,ah,but this is in French.Would you mind getting me the English menu？ M:It’s written in English too,in smaller print,there.
W:Thanks,I need a few minutes to decide,could you come back in a minute? M:Right,now what are you going to have?
W:I am sorry,I hadn’t decided yet.Do you mind giving me a couple of minutes?
M:All right.But would you be so kind as to make up your mind soon?We are very busy right now as you can see,madam.
（Text 9）
W:Hey,this magazine has an interesting article about that single we saw on TV last night. M:Oh,what does it say?
W:Well,he was born in a very poor family in Germany in 1943. M:1943?Ha?
W:Yeah,and listen to this,in 1963 he was in a really bad car accident.He started singing after that.Guess where?
M:I’ve no idea.
W:He started singing in the hospital. M:In the hospital?That’s interesting.
W:Yes,he learnt to sing from another patient.He was a music teacher.And he learnt to sing not only in German,but also in English and Italian.
M:En,so when did he first become famous?
W:Ah,in 1968 when he was 25,a first prize for his song “we are young”,he sang that in German.
M:Do you mean the song he sang on TV last night? W:That’s right,in a couple of years later,that song became really popular in Europe.And after that,he became German’s “all over the world”—especially in Europe and South America..
M:Then he must have sold many records!
W:Yes,do you know that he sold over a hundred million copies by 1980? M:Wow,what is his most famous song in English? W:Let me see,oh,it is “to all my friends”. （Text 10）
Today I am going to tell you something about table manners in different countries.I think you already know that people in different countries have different ways of doing things.Something that is rude in one country may well be quite polite in another.For example,in Britain,you mustn’t lift your bowl to your mouth when you are having some liquid food.And in Japan,you need not worry about making a noise when you drink it.It shows that you are enjoying it.But that is considered bad manners in Britain.In Britain,we try not to put our hands on the table at all during the meal.In Mexico,however,guests are expected to keep their hands on the table throughout a meal.But in the Arabic countries that we really must be careful with our hands,you see,in Arabic countries,you mustn’t eat with your left hand.This is considered to be very impolite.So what should you do if you visit another country?While,you needn’t worry,you can ask familiar people there to help you and just watch carefully and try to do as they do,not as you do at home.
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