Question

 Do you know something about the Akuapem people? Akuapem is in the Eastern part ofGhana. The natural friendliness and sense of hospitality (熱情好客)are seen as special features of people who 1     there. Now let’ s have a look at 2     Akuapem people receive a visitor.

A visitor is often welcomed 3     in a family of Akuapem. After the visitor is welcomed into the house, he or she is 4     a seat and water at the very beginning. For the host thinks that the visitor 5     have come from a very long journey and is in need of water. Then the host family greet the visitor by 6     “ Akwaaba. ” More interestingly,    7     there is a group of visiors， the host would greet the visitors from right to left. And the host shakes only with his right hand, the left hand is 8     unclean according to the Akuapem people.

Next, the visitor 9     how his or her journey was and why he or she has come. While the conversation is going on，the wife and children， 10     girls, are preparing food for the visitor. This food can be of the visitor’s choice. After the visitor has finished 11      ，the host and the visitor continue

their conversation. Usually it is a 12     one since the visitor is getting ready to say goodbye.

When the visitor is 13        ，he or she is often given some food to take along. He or she is also accompanied by one of the children to the 14     station. The child who accompanies the visitor will not come back home 15     the visitor leaves safely.

No matter if he or she is a close friend or just a passer-by，this is always the way that friendly Akuapem people receive a visitor.

(   ) 1. A. work    B. study

C. live    D. stay

(   ) 2. A. how    B. why

C. when    D. where

(   ) 3. A. quickly    B. warmly

C. carefully    D. easily

(   ) 4. A. invited    B. taken

C. bought    D. offered

(   ) 5. A. needn’t    B. must

C. can’t    D. would

(   ) 6. A. speaking    B. talking

C. telling    D. saying

(   ) 7. A. if    B. because

C. though    D. whether

(   ) 8. A. expected    B. watched

C. regarded    D. noticed

(   ) 9. A. asked    B. is asked

C. asks    D. has asked

(   ) 10. A. gradually    B. finally

C. hardly    D. especially

(   ) 11. A. eating    B. cooking

C. cleaning    D. chatting

(   ) 12. A. big    B. short

C. long    D. new

(   ) 13. A. arriving    B. coming

C. waiting    D. leaving

(   ) 14. A. oldest    B. best

C. nearest    D. cheapest

(   ) 15. A. since    B. when

C. after    D. until

Answer 1

 1.    C 2.    A 3.    B 4. D    5.    B    6. D    7.    A    8. C

9. B    10. D    11. A    12.    B    13.    D    14.    C

15. D