Except for a few times, Americans are not big present-givers. There’s no exchange of presents among business people, and if one American tries to give another a present, it may look like that he wants to bribe (贿赂) him. Americans have learned that in some other countries people like to give presents to others, but among ourselves we don’t see the need for presents.
Even friends may never exchange presents. When I go to foreign countries, I try to bring back little things for close friends, but nobody would feel unhappy if I didn’t. I don’t often remember a friend’s birthday, and few people outside of my family remember mine. If someone gave me presents too often, I’d get unpleasant. But a present from a foreigner — that kind from his or her homeland — won’t go wrong, except to government employees (政府职员) who can’t be given presents.
You usually open a present at once and in front of the person who gives it except Christmas and birthday presents. You should only say, ‘It’s so nice. Thanks…’when you get Christmas or birthday presents.
You may want to bring a bottle of wine (葡萄酒) or flowers to a dinner party, but you’re never asked to. Nobody will mind if you bring wine, but your friend may not use it that evening.
At Christmas we often give presents to our family and sometimes our friends. We also give presents to people who have been helpful during the year like doormen, babysitters, housecleaners , newspaper senders — anyone who has often helped us.
1.What do the underlined words ‘close friends’ mean in the passage?
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A．The friends who are very kind. |
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B．The friends who live close to each other. |
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C．The friends who were once classmates. |
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D．The friends who you like most. |
2.What kind of presents don’t Americans usually open in front of the givers?
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A．The small presents. |
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B．Christmas or birthday presents. |
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C．The expensive presents. |
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D．The presents for dinner party. |
3.Why do Americans also give presents to housecleaners at Christmas?
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A．To pay them. |
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B．To help them. |
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C．To thank them. |
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D．To make them work harder. |
4.Which of the following do you think is right?
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A．American business people don’t want presents because they are rich enough. |
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B．The writer of this passage must be an American. |
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C．Everyone must give presents to one’s family and friends at Christmas. |
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D．Government employees can get little presents from a foreigner. |
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
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A．Present-giving in the United States. |
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B．Customs (习俗) in the United States. |
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C．American people and present-giving. |
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D．When and how to give presents. |
You probably know you should say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ at restaurants. You probably know the rules of a library. You know you should respect and be nice to your classmates. But do you have music manners?
Keep it down! You have to notice the volume of your music. You should not play your music so loud that everyone around you can hear it. Some people might even get angry. Usually, when you play the music loud on an MP3 player, other people can’t hear the words of the song. They just hear a loud sound. Not one wants to listen to this. Very loud music can also be bad for your ears, so even if you are alone when listening to your MP3 player, you shouldn’t have it turned up too high.
Take them off! You need to know when to turn your MP3 player off and put it away. Libraries and schools don’t allow MP3 players. There are other places, like museums, that don’t have rules, but it would be rude to have your MP3 player on. Sometimes, it just doesn’t make sense to listen to your MP3 player at event. Why would you listen to music at a play, a movie or a sporting event? You would miss what is going on and others would wonder why you even came.
Take one out! Sometimes it’s okay just to take out one earphone and not the other. Imagine you are listening to your MP3 player when someone asks you the way. It would not be rude to take out one earphone, tell him the way, and put back the earphone and continue listening. You can also do this when you order food at a fast-food restaurant or when you answer the telephone and it’s not for you.
It’s your choice! There are times when you need to decide what is best. For example, some people can listen to music on their MP3 Players when read books, while others think it is disturbing. In cases like this, you need to do what seems right for you.
1.The underlined word ‘volume’ in paragraph two probably means _____.
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A．the type of music |
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B．the amount of a sound |
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C．the length of a song |
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D．the colour of an MP3 player |
2.We should turn down the music when we are alone because loud music _____.
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A．is not enjoyable |
B．makes us tired |
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C．is bad for MP3 players |
D．hurts our ears |
3.We can take one earphone out when we _____.
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A．show others the way |
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B．talk to fiends on the phone |
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C．watch a sporting event |
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D．have dinner with our parents |
4.It’s all right to use our MP3 player in _____.
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A．schools |
B．libraries |
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C．restaurants |
D．museums |
5.What can be the best title of this passage?
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A．Music Lovers. |
B．Music Manners. |
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C．MP3 Players. |
D．MP3 Earphones. |
One day we invited some friends to dinner. When it was about six o’clock, my wife found that we had little bread. So she asked our five-year-old daughter, Kathy, to buy some.
‘Here’s a dollar,’ my wife said, ‘get two loaves of bread, if they have it. If they don’t have it, get anything. But hurry!’
Kathy hurried off, and we waited and waited. By a quarter past six, all the friends had arrived. But Kathy had not returned. Finally we saw her dancing around the corner with a bright new hula hoop（呼啦圈） whirling（旋转） round her middle.
“Kathy!” her mother cried. “Where did you get that hula hoop, and where is the bread?”
“Well, when I got to the shop, they had sold out all their bread,” answered Kathy. “And you said ‘If they don’t have that, get anything!’”
1.One day Kathy’s parents invited some friends to ________.
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A．have breakfast |
B．have lunch |
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C．have supper |
D．have a party |
2.How much did Kathy’s mother give her?
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A．A dollar. |
B．Two dollars. |
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C．Five dollars. |
D．Six dollars. |
3.Kathy ________ in a hurry.
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A．played games |
B．went to the shop |
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C．went to dance |
D．came back home |
4.What did Kathy buy at last?
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A．Other food. |
B．Nothing. |
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C．Hula hoop. |
D．Two loaves of bread. |
5.Why did she do this?
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A．Because the shop had sold out all their bread. |
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B．Because her mother asked her to get anything if they hadn’t had bread. |
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C．Because she loved playing with hula hoop. |
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D．All the above |
Mr. Black loved his daughter Helen very much. Every day he spent all of his free time 1 with her. One night, he had much work to do, 2 couldn't play with his daughter. In order to keep her 3 , he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. When he 4 , Helen came running to him and was ready to play. Mr. Black said he had 5 time to play with her now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to a map of the world, and then they could both play.
About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said, "Okay, it's finished. Can we play now? "Mr. Black was surprised and said, "That's 6 . Let's go and see." And sure enough, there was the picture of the world, all put together, every 7 in its place.
Mr. Black said, "That's surprising! 8 did you do that?" Helen said, "It was 9 . On the back of the page was a picture of a 10 . When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place. "
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用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。
1.I will visit my grandparents if it ___________(not rain) next Sunday.
2.The railway station was there three years ago, but it_________(change) a lot over the years.
3.Come here if your homework _________(finish).
4.I really don’t know where _______(go).
5.Mum _________ (cook) when I got home a moment ago.
6.__________Simon __________(ask) to clean the classroom after school yesterday afternoon?
7.Look! The teenagers are making cards _________ (show) love to their mothers.
8.Great Changes _________ (take) place in my home town in the past ten years.
9.Mary ________ (not fall) asleep until her parents came back last night.
10.I wonder if they ________ (go) to the park on foot tomorrow.
用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
1.His parents are both________(design) of these games.
2.She thought it was__________(hope) to win Lucy. But she won her at last.
3.He lost his computer on his way to the office. How________(luck) he was!
4.English is _________ (wide) used all over the world.
5.The dirty water from the factory_________(pollution) the river from time to time.
