How Old Are You?
In English, when we meet people for the first time, there are some safe topics to talk about, such as weather, or which part of the country they come from. We wouldn't ask them whether they were_____（31）, or how much they earned, or how_____（32）they were．
We learn these politeness rules very_____（33）on in life, from around age three. “How old are you?” asks Auntie Ann at little Jimmy's fourth birthday party. "I'm four", _____（34）Jimmy. And then he says, "How old are you?" But Auntie Ann won't say. And_____（35）, Jimmy learns that one thing you should never_____（36）is ask a lady her_____（37）!
This is one of the rules of polite_____（38）which is found in cultures and languages in many parts of the_____（39）, but not everywhere. In some Asian cultures questions about age are very_____（40）. It's just their way of being friendly.
A. conversation
B. age
C. married
D. says
E. common
F. generally
G. early
H. asks
I. gradually
J. do
K. old
L. world
1. C 2. K 3. G 4. D 5. I 6. J 7. B 8. A 9. L 10. E
