Several months ago，a friend of mine invited a young Chinese lady home for dinner.The young lady had just（9）in America for a work- study year. （10）her hosts knew that Chinese have a（11）sense of politeness in social situations，they expected to have to（12）the young lady repeatedly to help herself（13）the dinner dishes.They had been told that，in China， （14）of proffered food is considered polite and further refusal is even more polite.Some intercultural trainers advised western hosts to（15）three times so that Chinese guests can politely refuse twice and that be persuaded to accept the（16）time. （17），the young lady's first words as she came through the door were，" Oh，I'm starving.I hope you don't mind（18）I eat a lot!" Contrary to the American hosts（19），she didn't hesitate at all（20）herself to the food and didn't need to be urged.（1）

In the early 1990s，an Australian friend and I travelled to Lijiang for a summer vacation.We hired a local（1）Wang who was a gentleman with（2）manners.It was so hot that we took delight in drinking cool（3）.We politely offered Wang but he（4）.We said nothing and drank our beer，while poor Wang watched.One day Wang must have been desperate because he（5）the first offer.Only（6）I saw that Wang in fact liked beer very much，did it then occur to me to ask him（7）maybe in China it was not polite to accept the（8）offer.    Several months ago，a friend of mine invited a young Chinese lady home for dinner.The young lady had just（9）in America for a work- study year. （10）her hosts knew that Chinese have a（11）sense of politeness in social situations，they expected to have to（12）the young lady repeatedly to help herself（13）the dinner dishes.They had been told that，in China， （14）of proffered food is considered polite and further refusal is even more polite.Some intercultural trainers advised western hosts to（15）three times so that Chinese guests can politely refuse twice and that be persuaded to accept the（16）time. （17），the young lady's first words as she came through the door were，" Oh，I'm starving.I hope you don't mind（18）I eat a lot!" Contrary to the American hosts（19），she didn't hesitate at all（20）herself to the food and didn't need to be urged.（1）A.offerB.policemanC.guideD.worker（2）A.poorB.adequateC.goodD.no（3）A.waterB.beerC.sodasD.juice（4）A.acceptedB.refusedC.opposedD.agreed（5）A.acceptedB.refusedC.to acceptD.to refuse（6）A.thatB.ifC.whenD.since（7）A.itB.whetherC.whateverD.to（8）A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.last（9）A.cameB.reachedC.gotD.arrived（10）A.ButB.SinceC.IfD.Hence（11）A.strongB.noC.weakD.many（12）A.enforceB.argueC.helpD.urge（13）A.atB.onC.toD.with（14）A.requireB.reuseC.recordD.refusal（15）A.giveB.offerC.helpD.tell（16）A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.only（17）A.In a wordB.HoweverC.In additionD.Therefore（18）A.thatB.whetherC.ifD.so（19）A.imaginationB.expectationC.impressionD.illusion（20）A.helpB.helpingC.to helpD.Helped