《2025年基础知识同步训练10分钟八年级英语上册沪教版深圳专版》

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My name is Jack. When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect the elderly. Unluckily, this rule led to my first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One day, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respected the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long talk about how sensitive (敏感的) Americans were and how they disliked the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and said sorry to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood the cultural difference, so they laughed and were no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.
(B) 21. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because ______.
A. the manager asked him to do so
B. he thought he should respect the elderly
C. the couple wanted him to do so
D. he wanted more pay
(A) 22. What does the underlined word “embarrassment” mean in the paragraph 1?
A. Uncomfortable feeling B. Short of money
C. Bad impressions D. A great success
(A) 23. What can we know from the writer’s hometown?
A. people are proud of being old
B. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
C. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
D. people dislike being called “old” because they can’t learn from others
(C) 24. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
C. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.
D. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
(D) 25. The passage most probably comes from ______.
A. an English dictionary B. a fashion magazine
C. a TV guide D. a culture magazine

答案： 21. B
22. A
23. A
24. C
25. D