(A)

    Are your table manners much better when you are eating at a friend’s home or in a restaurant than they are at your own home? Probably so.    1you are aware that people judge you by your table manners. You take special pains when you are eating    2. Have you ever stopped to realize how much less self-conscious you would be on such occasions if    3table manners had become a habit for you? You can make them a habit by    4good table manners at home.

    Good manners at mealtimes help you and those around you to feel    5. This is true at home as much as it is true in someone else’s home or in a restaurant. Good    6make meals more enjoyable for everyone at the table.

    By this time you probably know quite well what good table manners are. You    7that keeping your arms on the table, talking with your    8full and wolfing down your food are not considered good manners. You know also that if you are mannerly, you say “please” and “Thank you” and ask for things to be passed to you.

    Have you ever thought of a pleasant attitude as being    9to good table manners? Not only are pleasant mealtimes enjoyable, but they aid digestion. The dinner table is a    10for enjoyable conversation. It should never become a battleground. You are definitely growing in social maturity(成熟) when you try to be an agreeable table companion.

11A. because           B. but              C. unless               D. though

12A. in public         B. at home          C. at ease              D. in a hurry

13A. such              B. no               C. some             D. good

14A. acting                B. enjoying         C. practicing           D. watching

15A. comfortable       B. stressed         C. depressed            D. outstanding

16A. dishes                B. manners          C. atmospheres      D. friends

17A. mention           B. prefer               C. doubt                D. realize

18A. stomach           B. bands                C. mouth                D. bowl

19A. essential         B. considerate          C. obvious          D. unusual

20A. time              B. place                C. chance               D. way

 (B)

    There is a tendency to think of each of the arts as a separate area of activity. Many artists,   1., would prove that there has always been a warm relationship between the various areas of human  activity.    2., in the late nineteenth century the connections between music and painting were particularly    3.。 Artists were invited to design clothes and settings for operas and ballets, but sometimes it was the musicians who were inspired(给…以灵感) by the work of contemporary painters. Of the musical compositions that were considered as    4.to the visual arts, perhaps the most famous is Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

    Mussorgsky composed the piece in 1874 after the death, at the age of 39, of the artist victor Hartmann.   5.their friendship had not been a particularly long-lasting one, Mussorgsky was shocked by Hartmann’s    6.death. The following year the critic, Vladimir Stasuv, who decided to hold an exhibition of Hartmann’s work, suggested that Mussorgsky try to    7.his grief by writing something in memory of Hartmann.

    The exhibition served as Mussorgsky’s inspiration. The ten pieces that made up Pictures at an Exhibition are intended as   8.rather than representations of the paintings in the exhibition. Between each is a promenade(舞曲中的行进)，   9.the composer walks from one painting to another. The music is sometimes witty and playful, sometimes almost alarming and frightening. Through a range of surprising    10.. Mussorgsky manages to convey the spirit of the artist and his work.

11.A. therefore            B. however          C. moreover         D. otherwise

12.A. For example      B. On the contrary      C. In general           D. On the other hand

13.A. separate         B. unknown          C. close                D. relevant

14.A. links                B. additions            C. responses            D. keys

15.A. Before               B. Though           C. As               D. If

16.A. unavoidable      B. undiscovered     C. unnecessary      D. unexpected

17.A. control              B. relieve              C. conceal          D. represent

18.A. symbols          B. imaginations     C. contributions        D. subjects

19.A. but              B. for              C. once             D. as

20.A. paintings            B. topics               C. contrasts            D. visions