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When you are eating, especially when you 1 最大的蚂蚁 to a dinner party ,you should 2 your table manners and it will help you give good impression to others. Proper posture at the table is very important .Sit up straight , with your arms held near your body .You should 3 lean on the back of the chair nor bend forward to place the elbow on the table.
When should you start eating ? It is common 4 until everyone at the table has received a rving and the hostess has begun eating .You can wait until one or two of 5 guests are already to begin, 6 you are not the only person at the table who 禁止评论 7
When 8 soup ,don’t put your mouth into the bowl. You’d better dip the spoon into the soup ,moving it away from your body .（ If you move it toward yourlf ,it is more likely to splash soup onto your lap When the spoon is 9 full, sip the soup from the side of the spoon ,Don’t put the whole spoon into your mouth.
Remember not to talk 10 your mouth full of food and not to make big nois when eating .
If a bowl of water is rved at the end of the meal ,don’t drink it !It’s for washing your hand.
( )1. A .invite B. invited C. are invited D. are inviting
( )2. A. look at B. know C. think D. mind
( )3. A. neither B. not C. never D. better
( )4. A. to begin B. to wait C. beginning D. waiting
( )5. A. the B. the other C. the all D. the el
( )6. A. in order to B. so that C. as well as D. and
( )7. A. is eating B. are eating C. is waiting D. are eating
( )8. A. eat B. eaten C. to eat D. eating
( )9. A. two-cond B. two-thirds C. cond-third D. cond-thirds
( )10. A. as B. when C. with D. about
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In modern society _(1)_ people feel stresd （有压力的）. Is there any _(2)_ to reduce or lower the stress?
New rearch is showing that adding just a few simple touches _(3)_ your home can make great difference in lowering the stress you feel outside of it.
A recent study found that office workers with tidy desks felt calmer and more concentrated on their work, _(4)_ to people who have tidy homes.
Here are some examples the experts give.
Setting aside one small area for the small things, _(5)_ mails, bills, newspapers and magazines. Don't put them _(6)_ in the room. Clear yourlf a nice, open place.
Adding blue and green colours throughout your home. The _(7)_ colours have the power
to relax, refresh and comfort us. People in green or blue rooms feel more relaxed than _(8)_ in rooms painted warm colours, such as red, yellow and orange.
_(9)_ a few hou plants or hang a landscape print on a wall you pass often. Views of trees, lawns, flowers and water can lower people's heart rates. Looking at or being in nature takes us to a restful mental （精神的）state.
The soft candlelight, the lovely smell of apples or other fruits, and classical music can also make one feel peaceful and _(10)_.
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( )2. A. person B. reason C. way D. example
( )3. A. for B. by C. out D. to
( )4. A. the same B. the opposite C. the different D. the way
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不绝于耳的意思( )5. A. for example B. such as c. look like D. the same as
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( )6.A. here and there B. now and then C. this and that D. sooner or later
( )7. A. warm B. hot C. dark D. cool
( )8.A. that B. tho C. ones D. the one
( )9. A. Buy B. Bought C. Buying D. Buys
( )10.A. more stresd B. less stresd C. more nervous D. less comfortable
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Levi’s, the blue jeans _(1)_ by Levi Strauss in 1873, has become one of the world’s most popular _(2)_ items.
In 1853, Strauss sailed to San Francisco to join in a dry-goods business. In 1872 he _(3)_ a letter from Jacob Davis, a tailor who was one of his regular customer. In his letter, Davis told Strauss about his invention of riveting the pocket corners of work pants to make them stronger. Davis was poor and had no _(4)_ to file a patent ( 专利权 ) on his in
vention and offered to go into partnership with Strauss if he would _(5)_ the fees. It benefited _(6)_ of them. So in 1873 the blue jeans were born.
The blue jeans became very popular among miners, cowboys, workers, and others who needed comfortable, durable _(7)_. Strauss ran factories in San Francisco. He _(8)_ the jeans for about $1.5 a pair.
