C
It was at least tow months before Christmas, when nine-year-old Almie Rose told her father and me that she wanted a new bike. Her Barbi bike was just too old, and it needed repairing as well.
As Christmas came nearer, her dream for a bike seemed to disappear, so we thought, for she didn’t mention it again. We were busy buying some beautiful storybooks, a doll house, a holiday dress and toys. Then much to our surprise, on December 24, she said she really wanted a bike more than anything else.
Now we didn’t know what to do. It was just toot late. We were busy with Christmas dinner and packing children’s presents, parents’ presents, a brother’s present and friends’ presents till midnight.So there was no time to take to buy the “right bike” for our little girl. Thinking that we were parents who would make their children unhappy, we felt guilty and sad.
Suddenly my husband came up with an idea. “What if I make a little bike out of clay(泥土) and write a note(便条) that she could trade in(交换) the model bike for a real one?” So he spent the next five hours carefully working with the clay to make a small bike.
On Christmas morning, we were so excited for Almie Rose to open the little box with the beautiful red and white clay bike and the note. She opened and read the note loudly.
She looked at me and Ron and said, ”So does this mean I can trade in this bike for a real one?” Smiling, I said, “Yes.”
Almie Rose had tears in her eyes when she replied, “I would never trade in this beautiful bike that Daddy made me. I prefer to keep it rather than get a real bike.” At that moment, we would have moved the God to buy her every bike on the Earth.
1.Rose’s wish was to____ on Christmas Day.
A．get a new bike B．make a clay bike
C．receive a doll house D．repair her old Barbi bike
2.Rose’s parents didn’t buy her a bike because she____.
A．didn’t want a bike any more
B．changed her idea to some story books
C．didn’t mention it in the last tow months
D．asked for it only on December 24
3.The word “guilty” in the third paragraph(段落) means____.
A．unhappy B．worried C．happy D．sorry
4.Rose’s father got a good idea to____.
A．spend five hours finishing making a small bike with clay
B．make a small bike red and white
C．make her old bike red and white
D．put the present in the box
5.From Rose’s words in the last passage , we know that she____
A．still wanted to get a real bike
B．didn’t know the meaning of the note
C．preferred a real bike to a model bike
D．was greatly moved by what her father had done
Social customs and the ways of behaving change. Things that were considered impolite many years ago are acceptable . Just a few years ago, it was considered to be impolite behavior for a man to smoke on the street . No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.
Customs are also different from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or on the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn’t it matter? What about table manners?
The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a wonman or offer their seat to a woman , and so will most Americans. Promptness is important both in England and in America. That is , if a dinner invitation is for 6 o'clock , the dinner guest either arrives close to that time or calls up to explain his delay.
The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a very formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were amused or greatly surprised , but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. I t would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.
1.The underlined phrase” make fool of himself” in the first passage means____
A．make himself strong B．make himself rich
C．make himself comfortable D．cause himself to seem like a fool
2.According to the passage , the American and British _____
A．don’t speak the same language
B．don’t have social custom in common
C．do share a lot of social customs
D．do have the exactly same social customs
3.If a dinner invitation is for six o’clock , the guest is supposed to arrive at ____ six
A．nearly a minute or two later than B．a quarter to
C．a quarter to D．much later than
4.The last example in the passage shows____
A．The correct way to use a knife at table
B．that it is good manners not to make your guests feel foolish or uncomfortable
C．that social customs and ways of behaving change too fast
D．promptness is important both in England and in America
5.Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?
A．Social Customs and Customs B．Social Life
C．American and British Customs D．Promptness is Important
A
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These days computer games have become more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy streets have ___1___ into computer game houses in order to get more ___2___. These places are always crowded with teenagers.In the computer game houses, teenagers ___3___ a lot of money on the games.
It’s ___4___ for one to beat（打赢） a computer, but one can get ahead(重新) after trying again and again. People want to win when they play computer games. The ___5___ they pay , the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t live without it.
The results （结果） for school boys are ___6___. They couldn’t set（放在） their mind on their lessons. When school is over, they rush to the computer game houses near their schools. Some of them can get enough money from their parents. Some of them are not ___7___ to get the money. So they steal(偷) others’ ___8_ and become bad.
Computer game addiction (上瘾) is a __9___ problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it. ID card is good for _10___it.
1. A．got B．became C．changed D．gone
2. A．boys B．money C．computers D．houses
3. A．take B．spend C．cost D．pay
4. A．time B．easy C．good D．hard
5. A．more B．many C．game D．miss
6. A．even worse B．changed C．better D．well
7. A．happy enough B．enough lucky
C．enough happy D．lucky enough
8. A．bike B． money C． computer D．watch
9. A．serious B．good C．happy D．well
10. A．to stop B．stoping C．stopping D．stop
He used to be afraid of the dark so he used to go to sleep _______the light _______.
A．with , in B．with , on C．by , on D．by , in
Do you ever practice ___English with your friends?
A．to speak B．speak C．speaking D．spoke
