America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don ’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship .This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending(延伸)deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand . Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China ,we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends .It is opposite in America , Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes , the welcome will be full , warm and real. For Americans , it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality(好客)at home and enjoy your visit in America!The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.
A.keep out | B.give up | C.pay no attention to | D.continue |
Which of the following is the typical (典型的)way of American hospitality?
A.Treating friends at home. |
B.Taking days off to be with friends. |
C.Meeting friends at the airport at midnight. |
D.Sharing everything they have. |
Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?
A.Americans are always generous with their time. |
B.Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon. |
C.Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear. |
D.Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships. |
Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their names? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual name because he wants to be different.
People have a lot of reasons for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other famous people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary, or that have special sound. They chose the “new name” for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them when they were born.
Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. But with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country.
In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband’s after she gets married(结婚). But today, many women are keeping their own family name and not using their husband’s. Sometimes, women use their own name in some situations(情况) and their husband’s in other situations. And some use both their own name and their husband’s.Hanna changes her name to Anne because “Anne” is __________ for
people to remember.
A.louder | B.easier | C.prettier | D.harder |
Famous people want their new names to ________________.
A.have special sound | B.be ordinary |
C.have no meaning | D.be unknown |
Mr Li uses his new name when he___________________.
A.stays with his family | B.is at his job |
C.is among Chinese friends | D.comes back to China |
What is the best title(标题) of this passage?
A.Family Names | B.Women’s Names |
C.Changing Names | D.Special Names |
Which of the following is NOT true ?
A.Some women don’t change their own family name after they get married today. |
B.Some women use their husband’s family name after they get married. |
C.Some women don’t have family name after they get married. |
D.Some women use both their own name and their husband’s |
Dear Tom
How are you? I'm at a new school this term. And I'm writing to you about my school now. My new school is big and nice. There are one thousand and four hundred students and one hundred and forty teachers at my school. I like the teachers. They are very kind to me. My classmates are very friendly, too. They teach me Chinese and I teach them English.
There are trees, flowers and green grass at my school. They are very beautiful. Behind my school there is a small river. The water in it is quite clean. We can swim in it.
We have no classes on Saturdays or Sundays. Sometimes I go to play football or basketball with my classmates. Sometimes I stay at home and watch TV. Sometimes I go to shops with my father and mother. We all like China.
Please write to me soon!
Yours
JackJack is at a/an ________ school.
A.English | B.Chinese | C.small | D.Japanese |
There are ________ students and ________ teachers at Jack's school.
A.1,400; 104 | B.1, 040; 104 |
C.1,400; 140 | D.1, 040; 140 |
Jack's teachers ________.
A.teach him English very well |
B.only teach him Chinese and English |
C.don't like him at all |
D.are quite good to him |
Jack ________ his new classmates.
A.doesn't get on well with | B.doesn't like |
C.makes good friends with | D.is going to learn English from |
Which is TRUE?
A.Jack goes to school every day. |
B.Jack doesn't have classes every day. |
C.Jack has no classes only on Saturdays. |
D.Jack has no classes only on Sundays. |
Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small children Others are teenagers(青少年). Many are adults(成年人). Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English language over the radio, on television or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own(自己的) language, Maths and English. Some people learn English because it is useful(有用的) for their work. Many people often learn English for their further studies, because at college or university(大学) some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers and magazines in EnglishMany students in China ________ English
A.are learning | B.aren’t learning | C.learning | D.learn |
If one wants to learn another language well, he must ________.
A.learn at school | B.study by himself |
C.work hard | D.study on television |
The underlined sentence ’1t is difficult to answer that question, means ’ .’
A.That question is not difficult to answer |
B.That question is not hard to answer |
C.It is easy to answer that question |
D.It is hard to answer that question |
’Their own language’ means ________.
A.Chinese | B.English | C.French | D.Japanese |
The underlined phrase 6study by themselves’ means ’________’ in Chinese.
A.和他们一起学习 | B.自学 | C.向他们学习 | D.通过学习 |
Lin Tao and Chen Hai are good friends. They are in the same class. They are in the same team. Lin Tao sits behind Chen Hai. Now it is four o’clock. School is over. They often go to play games after school. They can’t look after their things very well. So their mothers don’t give them watches. They don’t have watches. They don’t know the time. But they can ask a man under the big tree. His watch is very nice. They can also see the clock on the wall of the classroom. Now it’s about five in the afternoon. It’s time to go home. They must put on their clothes and go home.Where do Lin Tao and Chen Hai sit in the classroom?
A.They sit in the same row (排). | B.Chen Hai sits behind Lin Tao. |
C.They sit in the same class. | D.Lin Tao sits behind Chen Hai. |
What do they do after school?
A.They go home. | B.They do their homework. |
C.They look after each other. | D.They play games. |
Why don’t they have watches?
A.Because they don’t need watches. |
B.Because they can’t look after their things well. |
C.Because their watches are in their desks. |
D.Sorry, I don’t know. |
How can they know the time?
A.They can see the teacher’s watch |
B.They can ask the man under the big tree. |
C.They can go home and ask their mothers. |
D.They can see the sun |
What time do they go home in the afternoon?
A.At about 10 a. m. | B.At about 5 a. m. |
C.At about 5 p. m. | D.At about lo p. m. |
In the bushes of Northern Africa, a baby lies warm and safe in a cave(山洞). He lies among baby wolves(狼), next to Mother Wolf, and he is not afraid. Outside the cave, Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, shouts angrily, wanting to kill. “No!” says Mother Wolf. “He belongs to me. He will live to run with the other wolves and be like my son. And I will call him Mowgli.”
The years pass, and Mowgli—the man’s baby, grows up with the wolves. He learns the Law of the Jungle(森林法则) from his teachers, Baloo, an old brown bear and Bagheera, a white elephant. He has many adventures(冒险经历), and many friends among the animals of the jungle. But he still has an enemy. Shere Khan the tiger has not forgotten him. He waits for the day when he can catch the man’s child—and kill him.
If you want to know more about the story, just read The Jungle Book!Shere Kham is ___________.
A.a wolf | B.a tiger | C.a bear | D.an elephant |
Where does this story happen?
A.In Northern Africa. | B.In Southern Africa. |
C.In Eastern China. | D.In Western America. |
Who teaches the man’s baby the Law of the Jungle?
A.Shere Khan and Mother Wolf. | B.Mowgli and Mother Wolf. |
C.Baloo and Bagheera. | D.Baloo and Shere Khan. |
What is The Jungle Book?
A. A storybook. B. A. TV programme. C. A comic book.D. A film. Which sentence is right according to the passage?
A.One of Mowgli’s teachers is a monkey. |
B.Mowgli doesn’t have any adventures because his friends help him. |
C.Mowgli is frightened when he lies in a cave. |
D.Mother Wolf takes care of a man’s baby. |