Where to sit in a western dinner is often determined by the identities and social sta

cessary arrangements？

Linda: Yes, Mr. Taylor. We will use the conference room （答案？）for the meeting.

John: Thats right. The meeting is very important. Where shall the guests gather before the meeting begins？

Linda: （答案？） . Its spacious there.

John: We will have several foreign guests （答案？）.

Linda: I have arranged for an interpreter to be present. But it is said these foreigners can speak English.

John: Really？ I will also try to speak slowly. How will you arrange （答案？） , Linda？

Linda: We have prepared the name cards to be put （答案？） for guests to sit by. What time would you like refreshments, Mr. Taylor？

John: Well, after my report, there will be a break for refreshments.

Linda: All right, I see.

A. from Spainon

B. on the second floor

C.on the conference table

D.In the VIP lounge

E.the guests seats

the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating, and I never found a companion so companionable as solitude.

We are for the most pan more lonely when we go abroad than when we stay in our chambers, for solitude is not measured by the miles of space that intervene between a man and his fellows. The farmer, who can work alone all day without feeling lonesome, but must recreate with others at night, wonders how the student can sit alone at night; he does not realize that the student, though in the house, is actually at work in his field and chopping his wood as the farmer was in his.

Society is commonly too cheap: we meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other; we meet at meals three times a day and give each other a new taste of that musty old cheese that we are; we live thick and are in each other's way, and I think that we thus lose some respect for one another.

We have had to agree on a certain set of rules, called etiquette and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable; certainly less frequency would suffice for all important and hearty communications between men. It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile, as where I live, for as the value of a man is not in his skin, we need not touch him.

A person can be more lonely among men than by himself at home because______.

A．loneliness is a state of mind

B．loneliness is not the same as being alone

C．solitude is not measured in miles

D．all of the above

()North Americans prefer to sit where they are side-by-side to one another.()

A.but

B.which

C.where

D.for

A.but

B.which

C.where

D.for

e control. It seems a dream in the future. It isn't.

In many ways such driverless cars are already with us. There is partial automation in many cars, such as intelligent braking, lane departure warning and automatic parking. The systems are there {A; B; C} cars can pretty much drive themselves. No one noticed the introduction of cruise control. We've got collision avoidance, and we'll soon have automatic lane change.

Improving this technology should make the roads safer. Machines are much better at following rules than humans. Driveway signs advise drivers to slow down to avoid {A; B; C} jams. They are often ignored by drivers. But it won't happen {A; B; C} a computer. Driverless cars could also choose the best route to avoid traffic jams.

Fewer jams will mean {A; B; C} stop-start driving. Maintaining smooth and constant speeds will improve fuel efficiency. Computers could also be programmed to take the greenest route, rather than the fastest one. Under computer control, cars could also travel much closer together.

They can effectively “slipstream” one another and use less fuel to move themselves forward. They can even form. multi-car “trains” going {A; B; C} high speeds. However, with driverless cars on the roads, there will be potential trust issues between people and machines. We could therefore see guard rails back on the sides of pavements. This would be a backwards step.

1. A. because B. so that C. such as

2. A. creating B. to creat C. creat

3. A. with B. to C. on

4. A. more B. little C. less

5. A. over B. in C. at

A.

答案选项：A. will sit

B. will be sitting

C. is sitting

D. sit

We shouldn’t() those people who need our help urgently.

A sit up

B sit for

C sit down

D sit on

After dinner we sit outside to() the full moon and the moon cakes.

A.enjoy

B.like

C.love

—We want to sit at the table near the window．

—I'm sorry, but it ______ (take)already．