Passage 4 Cultural differences in business entertaining include issues such as whom one entertains and where, and how one entertains. In countries in which status is important, it is not advisable to invite people of different statuses（身份、地位）to the same dinner party. Americans will often invite people to their homes. Whereas in some societies the home is considered too private, unworthy, or embarrassingly small to serve as an appropriate forum for business entertaining. In some countries there is a "help yourself" approach to entertaining done in the home. This approach does not work well when entertaining people whose culture teaches them to wait to be asked three times before accepting an offer of food. In one instance, a Chinese guest spent an entire evening without eating though he was quite hungry because he was too embarrassed to take food after only being asked to do so once. In another case, an American woman executive was being entertained at tea in London. After having the tea served, the American woman helped herself to cream and sugar rather than waiting to be served. The English woman was embarrassed by the implication that she was not serving quickly enough.

16.It is no good inviting people of different social positions to the same party in the country where ______.


A、 people care much about their statuses

B、 people don.t pay any attention to their positions

C、 entertainment is advised

D、 entertainment is not advised
17.________ is considered as an unsuitable place for business entertaining in some societies.

A、 An office

B、 Home

C、 A company

D、 A hotel
18.The Chinese guest is taken as an example to show______.

A、 a “help yourself” approach does not work well in some cases

B、 a “help yourself” approach does work well in this case

C、 that offering food should not be made too early

D、 that accepting an offer of food should be made later
19.The passage infers that American woman likes ________.

A、 waiting to be served

B、 a “help yourself” approach

C、 cream and sugar all

D、 a slow service
20.What is the best title for this passage? ________

A、 Business Entertaining: One Way or Another.

B、 Cultural Differences among Countries.

C、 Forum for Business Entertaining.

D、 “Help Yourself” in Entertaining.

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