For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap. Tap a gap to choose your answer.
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Dining Customs
Sharing a meal is widely (0) REGARDED as one of the oldest forms of friendship, yet the rules that surround it vary enormously from one culture to another.
As far back as the ancient (1), generous hosts were admired for the trouble they would take to please a visitor. Remarkably, a number of those early traditions have (2) into the modern age, despite centuries of social change.
In many homes around the Mediterranean, if a dinner guest praises a particular dish, the cook will instantly (3) to share the recipe, or even send them home with a portion. At a formal French table, by contrast, a diner is (4) to keep both hands visible above the table at all times.
In parts of the Middle East, a host may break (5) a piece of flatbread and offer it as the meal begins, as a sign of welcome. Confusion can arise when (6) visitors arrive from abroad, since they may worry that they have been served an unusually (7) meal. In reality, the host is merely being polite by refilling every plate again and again, and many guests are far too shy to (8) anything down.