电大08秋英语作业Read the passage and give a brief analysis to the d

电大08秋英语作业
Read the passage and give a brief analysis to the discussion questions.
Linda Walker is a new American teacher in her fifties and has asked her new colleagues to call her Linda.She's been invited for dinner to the home of her young Chinese colleague Xu,who is also an English teacher.When Linda arrives,she is introduced to Xu's 5-year old daughter.
“Hello,granny,” said the little girl in English.
“No,not granny,” the mother hurriedly corrected.“This is Linda.”
“But why?She's so much older than you!How can you be so impolite!” The little girl was puzzled and protested in Chinese.Then Linda's face flushed and didn’t know what to say…
Fortunately,Linda didn’t understand Chinese,though she could sense something was wrong from the little girl’s reaction.
Questions for Discussion:
1.What was the reason for the awkwardness in this situation?
2.Why did the little girl think it was impolite to call Linda by her first name?
3.Suppose you are the mother,what would you explain to both the little daughter and Linda?
一、单项选择题（共 10 道试题,共 70 分.）
1.The _________ of a person is his or her family name.
A.given name
B.middle name
C.surname
D.initials
满分：7 分
2.English surnames can show various sorts of information about people,including the place a person is from,the job he has,family relationships,ethnic identity and personal _________.
A.consideration
B.knowledge
C.politeness
D.characteristics
满分：7 分
3.Nowadays in England,people usually call each other _________.
A.Sir or Madam
B.by their first name
C.Mr,Mrs,Miss,or Ms
D.by their last name
满分：7 分
4.Unlike in China,the kin terms used for relatives do not distinguish between _________ relatives in Britain.
A.internal and external
B.old and young
C.maternal and paternal
D.male and female
满分：7 分
5.In America _________ is the collective informal term for addressing a group of friends.
A.guys
B.girls
C.boys
D.mates
满分：7 分
6.In China nowadays a lot of people are getting used to sharing the cost of the meal equally between them,_________,as we say.
A.to buy a round
B.to foot the bill
C.to go Dutch
D.to go to Dutch
满分：7 分
7.In the West,it is regarded polite to open gifts as soon as they are given to express _________.
A.greediness
B.misunderstanding
C.gratitude
D.appreciation
满分：7 分
8.Guests invited to dinner in the West frequently bring _________ of wine.
A.only one bottle
B.two bottles
C.a dozen bottles
D.a pack
满分：7 分
9.We Chinese are brought up to initially refuse friendly offers to demonstrate ______ in seeming not to wish to put our host to any trouble.
A.invitation
B.tradition
C.politeness
D.personality
满分：7 分

The reason is that professor Xu invited Linda to her home and introduced her 5-year-old daughter to Linda.
Because she thinks that Linda is older than her mother.
Sweeties,although it is right to call granny when you saw some elder person,every women wants to keep younger and younger.So you should call Linda as a young woman.
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