第二节、完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分,共30分）
A young British woman had shortly arrived in Hong Kong and had not yet 36 anything
about the Chinese 37 . One day she went to the home of a Chinese friend and was 38
given a cup of Chinese tea .She was not 39 and she also found this type of tea
rather40.however,since she had been given the 41 ,she felt she should 42 it .Hoping
to finish it 43 so that she would not feel about having to drink this tea which she
did not 44 ,she started to drink as much of 45 as she could .But 46 her cup became
half-full,the host(主人) 47 giving her more .Several times she told the host that
she had had 48 ,but it seemed to have no 49 .Her cup kept being .
50 ,and sae kept on drinking .During the time of her 51 ,she drank abut 12 cups of tea .Later did she find out that she should have just 52 the tea ,and that this would have meant that she had had enough.Influenced(受影响)by her 53 cultere ,she felt it too 54 to leave the tea and could not 55 why the host took no notice of her protdsts(抗议)that she had had enough!
36.A.got B. learnt C. taught D. remenbered
37.A.culture B. language C. food D. habit
38.A.hardly B. certainly C. carefully D. immediately
39.A.tired B. happy C. thirsty D. interested
40.A.bitter B. sweet C. nice D. cold
41.A.cup B. tea C. present D. water
42.A.refuse B. receive C. taste D. drink
43.A.in time B. slowly C. all D. quickly
44.A.take B. have C. like D. buy
45.A.it B. them c. tea D. water
46.A.as soon as B. while C. as D. because
47.A.practiced B. insisted on C. stopped D. tried
48.A.some B. enough C. all D. a little
49.A.value B. end C. effect D. importance
50.A.filled B. moved C. changed D. emptied
51.A.talk B. visit C. party D. inspection
52.A.left B. drunk C. sucked D. fiiled
53.A.modern B. ancient C. Western D. Eastern
54.A.impolite B. polite C. easy D. uneasy
55.A.guess B. understand C. forget D. Remember