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(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, ___45_____ you are aware that people judge you by your table manners. You take special pains when you are eating ___46____. Have you ever stopped to realize how much less self-conscious you would be on such occasions if ____47___ table manners had become a habit for you? You can make them a habit by __48___ good table manners at home. Good manners at mealtimes help you and those around you to feel __49___. This is true at home as much as it is true in someone else’s home or in a restaurant. Good __50___ make meals more enjoyable for everyone at the table. By this time you probably know quite well what good table manners are. You __51___ that keeping your arms on the table, talking with your__52___ full, 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__53___ to good table manners? Not only are pleasant mealtimes enjoyable, but they aid digestion. The dinner table is a __54___ for 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. 45. A. because | 
