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Different countries have different table customs. If you are in Thailand, this information will help you.When eating a meal with Thais, try to use the correct utensils. Spoons, forks and chopsticks all have their appropriate uses. Rice dishes are eaten with a fork and spoon only, and noodles are eaten with chopsticks. They never use knives. Most food is already cut. If you need to cut things, use the side of your spoon first and then use your fork. The spoon is more important than the fork. If you are right-handed, keep the spoon in your right hand and the fork in your left hand.
People usually have rice in a separate bowl. The rice is not on the same plate with the other food. It is unnecessary to finish all your rice or all your food. It is good to leave a little on your plate. If you eat everything, it means you want more.
Often, the host offers you more food. He will ask you two or three times if you want more food. First, your must say no. Then the host insists again, and you must say no again. The host insists a third time and you finally say yes and take a little. If you really don’t want any more, take very little and leave it on your plate. It is the same with whatever you are drinking. When your glass is less than half full, your host or neighbor will refill it. But never fill your own glass.
The middle is the most important place at a table. An important guest will sit at the middle of the table on one side, and the host will sit at the same position of the other side. This may be confusing when the table is round, but the Thai get it right somehow.
21. Which one of the utensils is NOT mentioned in the reading?
A. Spoons B. Knives C. Toothpicks D. Glass
22. What should you do if you want some more food when you are a guest of a Thai family?
A. You should ask the Thai host two or three times for food you want.
B. You should say yes to the Thai host’s offer for the first or second time and say no a third time.
C. You should say no to the Thai host’s offer twice, and say yes when a third time.
D. You should ask for three bowls of rice, each small dish.
23. Which of the following table customs is Right according to the passage?
A. If you are right-handed, you must keep your fork in your right hand.
B. It’s good manners to eat up all your food on your plate.
C. When necessary, use a knife to cut your food up.
D. It’s impolite to fill your own glass when it is less than half full.
24. Which of the following pictures is the right arrangement by the last paragraph?
