2019年6月大学英语四级阅读练习题：简化餐桌礼节

1、2019 年 6 月大学英语四级阅读200 篇汇总Whenfamilies gather for Christmas dinner, somewill stick to formal traditions dating back to Grandma s generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code will be Sunday-best.But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has giv

2、en way to stoneware （ 粗陶 ）-and-stainlessinformality,with dresses assuming an equally casual-Fridaylook. For hostsand guests, the change meansgreater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, it spells economic hard times.Last week Royal Doulton, the largest employer in Stoke-onTre

3、nt, announced that it is eliminating 1,000 jobs-one-fifthof its total workforce. That brings to more than4,000 the number of positions lost in 18 months in the pottery （ 陶瓷 ） region. Wedgwood and other pottery factories made cuts earlier.Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role i

4、n the downsizing, the layoffs in Stoke have their roots in earthshaking social shifts. A spokesman for Royal Doulton admitted that the company “has been somewhat slow in catching up with the trend ” toward casual dining. Families eat together less often, he explained, and more people eat alone, eith

5、er because they are single or they eat in front of television.Even dinner parties, if they happen at all, have gone causal. In a time of long work hours and demanding family schedules, busy hosts insist, rightly, that it s better to share a takeout pizza on paper plates inthe family room than to wai

6、t for the perfect momentor a “ real ” dinner party. Too often, the perfect moment never comes, Iron a fine-pattened tablecloth? Forget it. Polish the silver? Who has time?Yet the loss of formality has its down side. The fine points of etiquette（ 礼节 ） that children might once have learned at the tabl

7、e by observation or instruction from parents and grandparents（ “Chewwith your mouth closed. ” “keep your elbows off the table. ” ）must be picked up elsewhere. Somecompanies now offer etiquette seminars for employees who may be competent professionally but clueless socially.练习题：Choose correct answers

8、 to the question:1 .The trend toward casual dining has resulted in A. bankruptcy of fine china manufacturersB. Shrinking of the pottery industryC. restructuring of large enterprisesD. Economic recession in Great Britain2 .Which of the following may be the best reason for casual dining?A. Family memb

9、ers need more time to relax.B. Busy schedules leave people no time for formality.C. People want to practice economy in times of scarcity.D. Young people won t follow the etiquette of the older generation.3.1 t can be learned from the passage that Royal Doulton isA. a retailer of stainless steel tabl

10、ewareB. a dealer in stonewareC. a pottery chain storeD. a producer of fine china4 .The main cause of the layoffs in the pottery industry isA. the increased value of the poundB. the economic recession in AsiaC. the change in people s way of lifeD. the fierce competition at home and abroad5 .Refined t

11、able manners, though less popular than before in current social life, A. are still a must on certain occasionsB. are bound to return sooner or laterC. are still being taught by parents at homeD. Can help improve personal relationships1 .B 推理判断题。首先依据题目中的 casual dining 找到第 2 段中的 informality 。 其后有两个for

12、 引导的介词短语， 后一个说 “对于英国精致瓷器的制造商来说，这(informality) 意味着经济困难时期” ; 此外 , 第 3 段用数据具体指出陶瓷业裁员之严重，说明陶瓷业在 萎缩，即B。A D均属夸大事实，C与文章内容无关。2 .B 事实细节题。根据倒数第 2段第 2 句中指出现今休闲文化流行的背景： 工作时间长， 家庭生活节奏紧张,B 中的 Busy schedules与文中的 demanding family schedules 对应，故为答案。3 .D 事实细节题。 Royal Doulton 在文章中出现过两次：第 3 段说它裁员，因为人们用餐越来越随意（ 不再讲究餐具的精致）; 第 4段 中 “ A spokesman for Royal Doulton admitted that the company. ” ，暗示公司的性质，可以推断它是精制器皿的生产者。4 .C 事实细节题。根据题目中的 the layoffs 找到文章第4段首句，其中的 have their roots in 相当于题目中的