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      阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

My family moved to America last year from a small town in north China.

I had a part-time job as a  1   was serving food to a middle-aged cou in a Chinese restaurant. One day, when Iple, the wife asked me how I could bring their food so  2   . I told her I always respected the elderly. I found her    3    when she heard that. My manager heard my words. He took me aside and told me that Americans were sensitive (敏感的) and 4    the description (描述) of “old”. I then walked back to the table and    5    said sorry to the wife. After they learned about the 6   , they understood that the problem was caused by cultural    7   , so they laughed. 

In the USA, people think “growing old” is a problem. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by    8  , like jogging or swimming. When I told the couple I respected the elderly, they got angry because this made them feel they    9   to stay young. They didn’t want to hear that.

Now I have changed the way I treated the elderly. I still respect them, but now in a different, less   10    way.

【回答】

er   2. quickly   3. unhappy

4. hated   5. politely  6. reason

7. differences   8. exercising 

9. failed   10. direct

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