Some of these cultural dining etiquette rules may seem random and strange, but they are important in various countries.   40   , the more con for table you'll begin to feel with its foreign cultural practice. 

A. The more friends yomake in your lifetime 

B. The more time yospend in any given country 

C. Mexicans consider it inappropriate to eat with utensils 

D. Don't get caught making an embarrassing mistake at a restaurant 

E. It's a good sign for the chef if yomake a mess around your plate 

F. Never stick them upright in your food or cross them as youse them 

G. It may seem like a simple request to ask for salt and pepper at a meal 

第三部分  语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分) 

第一节 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分) 

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Yocan tell a lot about a man by how he treats his dogs. 

For many years, I enjoyed living with my dogs, Tilly and Chance. Their   41   was nearly enough to keep my loneliness at bay, Nearly. Last year. I started dating, but with   42   . When I first dated Steve, I   43   he had a dog. Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was   44   that he was an animal lover, I   45   that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack   46   , the cat. 

The next week we   47   our dogs together. It was a hot day. When we paused to catch our   48   , Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing (求婚)? I liked him too. But so   49   ? He poured water from a bottle into his hand and offered it to my dogs.   50   , I began to fall for him. 

We   51   to date, though neither of us brought up the future. And then in late November, Tilly had an operation on her   52   . I took the dogs out four times a day, and I worried that Tilly   53   climbing the stairs could reopen the wound. Then Steve   54   his house. All worked   55   . The three dogs formed a pack that, with coaching,   56   Flora's space; Steve and I formed a good team   57   for Tilly. We made good housemates. 

A year later, much to my   58   this man produced a little box with a ring and proposed to me. He did not kneel (跪) down, nor did I   59   him to. That's only for giving   60   to the dogs that brought us together. 

41. A. ownership         B. membership         C. companionship        D. leadership 

42. A. reservations        B. expectations         C. confidence           D. prejudice 

43. A. feared             B. doubted            C. hoped               D. learned 

44. A. unsatisfied         B. amused             C. terrified              D. thrilled 

45. A. predicted           B. worried            C. regretted             D. insisted 

46. A. Flora              B. chance             C. Molly                D. Tilly

47. A. tied                B. walked            C. bathed               D. fed 

48. A. breath              B. balance            C. attention             D. imagination 

49. A. calm              B. sure                C. soon                D real 

50. A. By the way          B. In that case         C. By all means          D. In that moment 

51. A. continued           B. decided            C. intended              D. pretended

52. A. eye                B. tail                C. ear                  D. leg

53. A. secretly             B. constantly          C. eventually            D. unwillingly

54. A. left                 B. sold               C. suggested            D. searched

55. A. late                 B. hard              C. fine                 D. free

56. A. emptied              B. respected          C. occupied             D. discovered

57. A. looking              B. caring             C. waiting              D. calling

58. A. delight               B. credit             C. interest               D. disadvantage

59. A. beg                  B. trust              C. need                 D. aid

60. A. toys                 B. awards             C. food                 D. water

第二节 ( 共10小题:每小题1.5分, 满分15分 ) 

阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式. 

A visually-challenged man from Beijing recently hiked (徒步) 40 days to Xi'an, aha first step   61   (journey ) the Belt and Road route (路线) by foot. 

On the 1,100. Kilometer journey, the man Cao Shengkang,   62   lost his eyesight at the age of eight in a car accident, crossed 40 cities and counties in three province. Inspired by the Belt and Road Forum for Interactional Cooperation   63   (bold) in Beijing. Cao decided to cover the route by hiking as a tribute (致敬) to the ancient Silk Road.   64   friend of his, WFan, volunteered to be his companion during the trip.