[单项选择]In our childhood, we were often ______ by Grandma to pay attention to our table manners.
A. asked
B. allowed
C. reminded
D. hoped

[单项选择]We often provide our children with toys, footballs or basketballs, ______ that all children like these things.
A. thinking
B. think
C. to think
D. thought

[单项选择]We often express our happiness with a smile.
A. 我们通常传达我们的幸福和微笑。
B. 我们通常表达我们的幸福面带微笑。
C. 我们通常用微笑表达我们的幸福。
D. 我们通常传达我们的幸福面带微笑。

[单项选择]We often hear our teacher ______ in the teachers' office.

[单项选择]When we were in the mountains, we often found ourselves entirely enveloped by the fog.
A. confined
B. surrounded
C. darkened
D. blocked

[单项选择]When we arrived at the airport, we were told our flight ______.
A. had been cancelled
B. had cancelled
C. has been cancelled
D. cancelled

[单项选择]While we were visiting our navy , the soldiers took us twice ______ in the open sea.
A. gliding
B. cruising
C. piloting
D. patrolling

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We often feel blindly proud of our great achievements in economy, and even of our culture. As a matter of fact, our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but also that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell.
Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World WarⅡ and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm’s length away from others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable.
Our linguistic and cultural blindness and the casualness with w
A. stand still
B. jump aside
C. step forward
D. draw back

[单项选择]The director of our' office often says, "We must never let any _____________ success go to our heads."
A. accidental
B. intentional
C. occupational
D. professional