Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school. When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem. But how wrong I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived. An American asked if he could help me. "Yes," I said, '1 want to give my friend a ring."
"Well, that's nice. Are you getting married?" he asked. "No," I replied, "I just want to tell him I have arrived." "Oh," he said, "there is a phone downstairs on the first floor." "But we're on the first floor now," I said.
"Well, I don't know what you are talking about Maybe you aren't feeling too well after your journey," he said. "Just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better." And he went off, leaving me wondering where on earth I was: At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did meet. Danny explained the misunderstanding: Americans say "to give someone a call", but we English say "to give somebody a ring". When we say "to wash your hands", they say "to wash up". And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans.
1.The writer went to America by ______.
A. plane B. ship C. bus D. train
2.The writer went to America for______ .
A. education B. business C. holiday D. friendship
3.The American thought "a ring" should be a________ .
A. phone call B. present C. person D. letter
4.Englishmen usually wash up________ .
A. after dinner B. after a journey
C. when they are tired D. before they telephone someone
5.The third floor in England is the ______floor in America.
A. first B. second C. third D. Fourth
What can people do when natural disasters (灾难）happen? Can we stop them? No, we can't. The only thing we can do is to 41 after the disasters.
Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and 42 raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used 43 instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes.
Schools 44 and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n) 45 _ world.
Because of the flood, lots of 46 broke out. Because of the dead animals, some people 47 . The soil and other things made the water become very, very 48 _. That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the 49 was still high. The hot weather and really dirty water 50 the air very bad. Hospitals didn't have enough rooms for 51 .
When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “ 52 ” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very 53 .1 think.
We had to 54 our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just 55 that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.
1.A. wake up B. make up C. clean up
2.A. kept B. finished C. stopped
3.A. bikes B. trains C. boats
4.A. started B. closed C. opened
5.A. water. B. fire C. ice
6.A. happiness B. illnesses C. hardness
7.A. ran B. slept C. died
8.A. dirty B. clean C. clear
9.A. temperature B. weather C. water
10.A. had. B. made C. changed
11.A. nurses B. doctors C. patients
12.A. sad B. beautiful C. good
13.A. weak B. strong C. happy
14.A. rebuild B. return C. remain
15.A. want B. hope C. see
Bill asked_________.
A. where did Jack go just now
B. where does Jack go j ust now
C. where Jack went just now
Don't open the door______?
A. aren't you B. don't you C. will you
Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked hard but wasn’t paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able but they couldn’t get enough money for their family.
Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he was good at his lessons. When he was sixteen, he came to the city and began to work in a small factory. He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him and married his daughter to him. The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his parents-in-law. His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered. So the young man tried to save everything and hoped to have his own house.
It was one fine Sunday. The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill. She told Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right. The young man had to listen to her. At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left. The policeman stopped them and told the young man to give his license to him.
“If I did wrong, sir,” said Mr. Hunt, “It was my mother-in-law’s fault(过错). She was driving the car though she sat behind me!”
1.The Hunts were poor because ____.
A. they were lazy B. they were too weak to work
C. they couldn’t make enough moneyD. they weren’t able enough
2.Mr. Hunt left the school because ____.
A. he didn’t like studying B. his family was poor
C. he wasn’t clever D. he hoped to stay at home
3.____, so the old man married his daughter to him.
A. Mr. Hunt became a skilled worker
B. Mr. Hunt was friendly to him
C. Mr. Hunt was paid much in the factory
D. Mr. Hunt worked for six years there
4.The old woman was ____ to Mr. Hunt.
A. good B. bad C. friendly D. useless
5.Which of the following is wrong?
A. The old woman herself drove the car that day.
B. It was the old woman’s fault.
C. Mr. Hunt hated his mother-in-law.
D. The old woman told Mr. Hunt to run the red lights.
When you are in Hong Kong, you must be very careful in the streets, because the traffic drives on the left. It is different from that in other areas of China.
If this is the first time you have come to Hong Kong, you must look to the right side and then the left before you cross the street. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. People on foot can cross the road carefully. But if the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go. People on foot mustn’t cross.
When people go to or come back from work in the morning or evening, the streets are very busy. Traffic is the most dangerous, especially for the children.
When you go by bus in Hong Kong, you have to be careful, too. You must always remember the traffic moves on the left. Have a look first, or you will go the wrong way.
In Hong Kong, there are many big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you can have a good view. It’s very interesting
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
1.The traffic in Hong Kong drives on the right.
2. In Hong Kong，you can sit on the first floor of a bus and have the view of the whole city.
3.If the traffic lights are red, the traffic can go.
4.The traffic in Hong Kong isn’t the same as that in other areas of China.
5.According to the passage, we know we must obey the traffic rules.
