An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this, “I’m afraid it’ll have to be someplace cheap, as I have little money.” The other person may say, “OK, I’ll meet you at McDonald’s.”
This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, “Oh, no, I want to take you to lunch at Smith’s,” or “I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there. They are great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may just say, “Thank you. That would be very nice.”
American custom(風(fēng)俗) about who pays for dates(約會(huì)) are much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in business world will usually pay her way during the date. If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours, it means “Come, as my guest(客人).” So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning.
【小題1】The passage mainly tells us ________.

　　An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this: “I'm afraid it'll have to be some place cheap, as I have very little money.” The other person may say: “OK, I'll meet you at McDonald's.”

　　This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say: “Oh, no. I want to take you to lunch at Johnson's,” or “I want you to try the steak (牛排) there. It's great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him and you needn't pay for the meal. You may just say: “Thank you. That would be very nice.”

　　American customs (風(fēng)俗) about who pays for dates (約會(huì)) aremuch the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university (大學(xué)) girl or a woman in the business world will usually pay her way during the date. If a man asks her to dinner, outside the working hours, it means “come as my guest (客人)”. So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning (開始).

(1) In the old days ________ often paid for all the meals.

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(2) “To go Dutch” means to ________.

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A．go to play outside

B．eat out

C．pay for oneself

D．go to a cheaper eating-place

(3) “McDonald's” here means ________.

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(4) If you feel friendly to the person, ________.

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A．you should pay for him

B．you needn't pay for him

C．you can accept his invitation

D．you can't accept (接受) his invitation (邀請(qǐng))

(5) We'd better know who will pay for the meal ________.

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A．a(chǎn)t the beginning

B．a(chǎn)t the end

C．in the middle of the meal

D．a(chǎn)fter drinking

　　An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this, “I'm afraid it'll have to be some place cheap, as I have very little money.” The other person may say, “OK, I'll meet you at McDonald's.”

　　This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, “Oh, no. I want to take you to lunch at Smith's”, or “I want you to try the Chinese dumplings. They're great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him and you needn't pay for the meal. You may just say. “Thank you. That would be very nice.”

　　American customs about who pays for dates are much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in business world will usually pay her way during the day. If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours, it means “Come, as my guest.” So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make question clear at the very beginning.

（1）The passage tells us ________.

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A．what to eat out

B．who pays for the meal

C．how to eat out

（2）If you have little money, ________.

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A．you'll have a cheap meal

B．you'll borrow some from others

C．you'll ask your friend to pay

（3）“ Go Dutch” in this passage means ________.

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A．去飯館　　B．就餐　　C．各自付款

（4）Sometimes your friend takes you to lunch. It means ________.

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A．he's going to lend some money to you

B．he'll be angry with you

C．he's going to pay for your meal, too

（5）In American, some girls and women ________ now.

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A．a(chǎn)sk men to pay for their meals

B．try to pay for the men's meals

C．try to pay for their own meals