People from other contries will find many different suprising things in Britain.

Greek: A man from Greece sees a special way of driving in Britain. People drive on the left in the British street, but the British people never feel surprised. The Greek man said,“I’ve been in Britain for nearly a month now. But at first, I couldn’t always remember to drive on the left. Every time,my friend reminded me.”

Japanese:Japanese people can’t ucderstand why British people keep their shoes on at home. In Japan,people walk in the room without shoes. If visitor keeps his shoes on at home in Japan, the Japanese people think he is very impolite.

Spanish:The Spanish people mind the way that the British people greet each other. They themselves seem to be afraid of touching（接触）.When they meet,they just smile or nod but never kiss or hug（拥抱） in Spain. But the British people think kissing is a very usual greeting when they meet!

There is an old saying,“When in Rome,do as Romans do.”When we go to a foreign country, we should follow the etiquette of country.

1.The Greek visitor________.

  A.always drives on the left

  B.used to drive on the left

  C.drove correctly in Britain with his friend’s help

2.______think it’s impolite to wear shoes at home.

  A.The Japanese          B.The Greek           C.The English

3.When greeting,the Spanish _______.

  A.kiss each other         B.hug each other        C.smile at each other

4._____seem not to be afraid of touching each other.

  A.The Spanish           B.The British           C.The Japanese

5.Etiquette in the world______.

  A.is the same            B.is important         C.is sometimes different and interesting

Accident Report Form

1.What time did Mrs Green call the police?

  A.At 9:30 am           B.At 9:30 pm            C.At 9:40 pm

2.How many people were trapped in the car?

  A.One                 B.Two                 C.Three

3.Whose left leg was hurt?

  A.Mrs Green’s          B.Mr Green’s            C.Mrs Green’s daughter’s.

4.How was the weather that day?

  A.It was sunny          B.It was snowy          C.It was rainy.

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

  A.The car crashed into a wall.

  B.The policemen arrived half an hour later and sent the victims to the hospital.

  C.The car accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Harbin.

Jenny was my grandmother’s sister and she was an amazing woman. She was born in 1901 and   1.   in 2000. It was a pity that she didn’t live to celebrate（庆祝）her 100th birthday,  2.   she had a good,long life.

She had already been a professional   3.   before many women had jobs.She taught in Africa for many years. Then she moved to Malaysia and taught English there for a few years. At that time,people didn’t tralvel  4.   a plane, so she had to travel there by ship. It took her three months  5.   from England to Malaysia in those days. In 1947,she traveled by plane for the first time. This made traveling  6.  easier and quicker. She continued to teach around the world until she was 75 years old.

Jenny really loved teaching and she was also good at telling stories. I always loved to hear her   7.   her stories. They were  8.   interesting that I would like to listen to her when I was free. It was  9.   that she could remember everything even though she was so old. I think it was because she never stopped   10.  .My grandmother’s sister was really an amazing woman.

11.A.death             B.die                  C.died

12.A.but               B.and                  C.or

13.A.singer             B.teacher              C.manager

14.A.on                B.at                   C.by

15.A.to sail             B.sailing               C.to fly

16.A.too               B.much                C.more

17.A.talk to             B.talk with             C.talk about

18.A.so                B.such                 C.very

19.A.boring             B.relaxing              C.amazing

20.A.work and think      B.working and thinking   C.to work and think

  1.   the future can be difficult. There are many famous predictions   2.     never came true.Before 1929, there was no sound in movies. The head of one of the     3.   movie companies in the United States predicted that no one would want to see actors   4.   . Of couse,he was wrong! In 1979,the head of the largest computer company in the United States said,“No one will want to have a computer in his or her home.” He thought that computer would never   5.    by most people.

6.A.Predict             B.Predicting             C.Predicted

7.A.who               B.what                  C.that

8.A.big                B.bigger                 C.biggest

9.A.talk                B.talked                 C.to talk

10.A.use                B.be used                C.are used

— Could you tell me _____?

— Yes. He _____to Australia.

A.where is he;has gone   B.where he is;has gone   C.where he is;has been

We had to _____our discussion because one of us suddenly got ill.

  A.take off               B.turn off             C.break off

— Would you mind my taking this seat? — ______.

  A.Sorry, I can’t        B.No,not at all        C.It’s a pleasure

— ____can we board our plane? — In twenty minutes.

  A.How soon               B.How long             C.How often

My e-mail______to you last night.　Have you received it____?

  A.sent;yet               B.is sent;already      C.was sent;yet

Several days has passed_______the air crash（空难） happened.

  A.since                  B.after                C.as