Module 4.4 Planes,ships and trains Unit 3 Language in use（同步课件+练习）

外研版英语八上 Module 4.4 Planes ,ships and trains Unit 3 阅读理解 When?my?family?moved?to?America?in?2010?from?a?small?village?in?Guangdong,?China,?we?brought?not?only?our?luggage,?but?also?our?village?rules,?customs?and?culture.?One?of?the?rules?is?that?young?people?should?always?respect(尊敬)?elders.?Unluckily,?this?rule?led?to?my?very?first?embarrassment?in?the?United?States.? I?had?a?part-time?job?as?a?waiter?in?a?Chinese?restaurant.?One?time,?when?I?was?serving?food?to?a?middle-aged?couple,?the?wife?asked?me?how?the?food?could?be?served?so?quickly.?I?told?her?that?I?had?made?sure?they?got?their?food?quickly?because?I?always?respect?the?elderly.?As?soon?as?I?said?that,?her?face?showed?great?displeasure.?My?manager,?who?happened?to?hear?what?I?said,?took?me?aside?and?gave?me?a?long?lecture?about?how?sensitive(敏感)?Americans?are?and?how?they?dislike?the?description?“old”.?I?then?walked?back?to?the?table?and?apologized?to?the?wife.?After?the?couple?heard?my?reason,?they?understood?that?the?problem?was?caused?by?cultural?differences,?so?they?laughed?and?were?no?longer?angry.? In?my?village?in?China,?people?are?proud?of?being?old.?Not?so?many?people?live?to?be?seventy?or?eighty,?and?people?who?reach?such?an?age?have?the?most?knowledge?and?experience.?Young?people?always?respect?older?people?because?they?know?they?can?learn?from?their?rich?experience.? However,?in?the?United?States,?people?think?“growing?old”?is?a?problem?since?“old”?shows?that?a?person?is?going?to?retire?or?that?the?body?is?not?working?well.?Here?many?people?try?to?keep?themselves?away?from?growing?old?by?doing?exercises?or?jogging,?and?women?put?on?makeup,?hoping?to?look?young.?When?I?told?the?couple?in?the?restaurant?that?I?respect?the?elderly,?they?got?angry?because?this?caused?them?to?feel?they?had?failed?tostay?young.?I?had?told?them?something?they?didn’t?want?to?hear.? After?that,?I?changed?the?way?I?had?been?with?older?people.?It?is?not?that?I?don’t?respect?them?any?more;?I?still?respect?them,?but?now?I?don’t?show?my?feelings?through?words.?? 1.Jack?brought?the?couple?their?food?very?fast?because?_____.? A.?the?manager?asked?him?to?do?so ? B.?he?respected?the?elderly C.?the?couple?wanted?him?to?do?so ? D.?he?wanted?more?pay 2.When?Jack?called?the?couple?“elderly”,?they?became?_____.? A.?nervous? B.?satisfied C.?Unhappy D.?excited 3.In?Jack’s?hometown,?_____.? A.?people?dislike?being?called?“old” B.?people?are?proud?of?being?old C.?many?people?reach?the?age?of?seventy?or?eighty? D.?the?elderly?are?the?first?to?get?food?in?restaurants 4.After?this?experience,?Jack?_____.? A.?lost?his?job?in?the?restaurant B.?made?friends?with?the?couple C.?no?longer?respected?the?elderly? D.?changed?his?way?with?older?people 5.Which?of?the?following?is?TRUE? A.?The?more?Jack?explained,?the?angrier?the?couple?got.? B.?Jack?wanted?to?show?his?feelings?through?words?after?his?experience.? C.?The?manager?went?back?to?the?table?and?apologized?to?the?couple.? D.?From?this?experienc ... ...