Social customs differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn‘t it matter? What about table manners? Should you use both hands when you are eating? Shouldyou leave one in your lap, or on the table?The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time.Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seat to a wolan, and so will most Americans.Promptness is important both in England and in America. That is, if a dinner invitation is for 7 o'clock, the dinner guest either arrives close to that time or calls up to explain his delay.The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable --especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were amused or shocked, but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.1、The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs.（）​2、America and England people kiss when they meet each other for the first time.（）3、According to the text, the best host tried his best to make his guests feel uncomfortable.（）4、The guest was polite when he picked up his knife and began eating in the same way.（）5、This passage mainly tells us something about eating at home.（）

A.vary

B.very

C.modify

D.revise

A.customs

B.accustom

C.custom

D.accustoms

Customs refer to short-established social rules that are considered acceptable or normal behavior. in any situation.()

A) is a sign of their customs

B) is an indication of their level of knowledge

C) symbolizes their social system

D) varies from culture to culture

A、The definition for taboo

B、The definition for culture

C、The definition for customs

D、The definition for an individual style

many rotten apples off a tree.

A: sociable

B: social

C: society

D: socialize

phy, agriculture, literature and art, history, religion, social customs and so on.()

此题为判断题(对，错)。

（)refers to some words or expressions which are to be avoided because tradition or so

cial customs strongly frowns on their use and some topics which are to be avoided.

A.Honorifics

B.Terms of humility

C.Euphemisms

D.Verbal taboos

ciples l 反映: a demonstration of; demonstrate ... l 礼仪习俗: social customs l 古代江南: the ancient Chinese people in the south l of the Lower Yangtze River.

A.To a certain extent, the scale of Chinese funeral rites are determined by the age and social position of the deceased.###SXB###B.To a certain extent, the scale of Chinese funeral rites and burial customs are determined by the height of the status and position of the deceased in society.###SXB###C./###SXB###D./

"Culture consists of all shared products of human society" (Robertson, 1981 ). This means not only such material things as cities, organizations and schools, but also non-material things such as ideas, customs, family patterns, languages. Putting it simply, culture refers to the entire way of life of a society, "the ways of a people".

Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Some social scientists consider it the keystone of culture. Without language, the maintaining of culture would not be possible. On the other hand, language is influenced and shaped by culture, it reflects culture. In the broadest sense, language is the symbolic representation of a people, and it comprises their historical and cultural backgrounds, as well as their approach to life and their ways of living and thinking.

We should not go further into the relationship between language and culture. What needs to be stressed here is that the two interact, and that understanding of one requires understanding of the other.

Social scientists tell us that cultures differ from one another, that each culture is unique. As cultures are diverse, so languages are diverse. It is only natural then that with differences in cultures and differences in languages, difficulties often arise in communicating between cultures and across cultures. Understanding is not always easy.

Learning a foreign language well means more than merely mastering the pronunciation, gram mar, words and idioms. It means learning also to see the world . as native speakers of that language see it, learning the ways in which their language reflects the ideas, customs, and behaviors of their society, learning to understand their "language of the mind". Learning a language, in fact, is inseparable from learning its culture.

According to the first paragraph, the term "culture" refers to ______.

A．things like cities, organizations and schools

B．ideas, customs, family patterns, and languages

C．all things produced by human race

D．the total that constitute a society