请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
My name is Wu Zhou. I have lived in Canada for twenty-three years. In Canada, I call
1 Joe Wu because Joe is an English name that
2 like Zhou.
I have lived here for a long time,
3 I still don't feel like a Canadian. This is probably because North American manners and Chinese manners are so
4.
In China, people are
5 modest. If someone says that your English is
6, you should be modest and say, "No, no. My English is
7 poor." But in North America, this is usually a
8 of being weak and not confident. You should just say, "Thank you."
In Canada, people only ask children about their age. It is
9 to ask about an adult's age. They think it is private. But this is common in many places in China.
In China, it is polite to
10 an elderly person a seat on the bus. In North America, however, an elderly person may feel
11 about being given a seat.
In China,
12 your guests have no food on their plates, it's polite to put food on their plates. In Canada, you pass food to
13, but you don't usually put food on their plates.
It is interesting to
14 two different cultures. I think understanding cultural differences really
15 us to understand each other, live together and work together.
(
C
) 1. A. herself
B. itself
C. myself
D. himself
(
B
) 2. A. looks
B. sounds
C. tastes
D. smells
(
B
) 3. A. and
B. but
C. or
D. so
(
D
) 4. A. interesting
B. boring
C. same
D. different
(
B
) 5. A. never
B. always
C. seldom
D. sometimes
(
D
) 6. A. poor
B. strange
C. formal
D. great
(
A
) 7. A. still
B. only
C. even
D. almost
(
B
) 8. A. sentence
B. sign
C. manner
D. programme
(
C
) 9. A. proper
B. common
C. impolite
D. impossible
(
A
) 10. A. offer
B. lend
C. show
D. prepare
(
B
) 11. A. dishonest
B. uncomfortable
C. excited
D. popular
(
B
) 12. A. before
B. if
C. until
D. though
(
C
) 13. A. cooks
B. waiters
C. guests
D. hosts
(
D
) 14. A. share
B. create
C. manage
D. experience
(
B
) 15. A. orders
B. helps
C. advises
D. teaches
