Welcometoourschool.Youcandoalo-优题课

One day a few years ago, a very funny thing happened to a neighbor of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag , and he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人体骨架）to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase. At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back, he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
Who wrote the story?

A．Rupert's teacher.	B．The neighbor's teacher.
C．A medical school teacher.	D．The teacher's neighbor.

Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?

A．He needed it for the summer term in London.

B．He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

C．He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

D．He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

What happened at the airport?

A．The skeleton went missing.	B．The skeleton was stolen.
C．The teacher forgot his suitcase.	D．The teacher took the wrong suitcase.

Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident?

A．He was angry.	B．He thinks it very funny.
C．He feels helpless without Rupert.	D．He feels good without Rupert.

Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

A．The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.

B．The teach

er got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.

C．The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.

D．The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.

Many Chinese students who have learnt English for more than ten years are still unable to speak English very well when they meet a foreigner. They seem to have mastered the basic language structure(结构), but a conversation in English will make them feel uneasy. They are afraid that other people might find out their mistakes.
It's uncommon that many students who are bad speakers of English can write English perfectly. This proves that they are unable to organize their idea in English. The center of the problem is that they lack practice and confidence (自信).
Why should you be afraid? Do you fear those foreigners with whom you are speaking? Don't be shy, they will not laugh at you just for a little mistake you make. The best way to get rid of trouble is to learn to speak by speaking more. I am sure that constant practice will help you succeed.
What's the best topic for the passage?

A．How to Speak to Foreigners	B．How to Study English Well
C．How to Organize the Idea in English	D．Practice Speaking English All the Time

Many Chinese students can write English very well, but they cannot speak English fluently because _______________.

A．they seldom

meet foreigners

B．they seldom practice speaking English

C．they had no chance to speak English

D．they think it's enough to master the b

asic language structure only

So many Chinese students are afraid to speak to foreigners because __.

A．they are afraid they can't understand foreigners

B．they don't think their English is poor

C．they worry about making mistakes in their speaking

D．they didn't like speaking to foreigners

According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．We can speak English fluently by doing more speaking.

B．If you can write English perfectly, you are able to organize your idea in English.

C．If you can write good English composition, you can speak English very well.

D．Any Chinese students can't speak English fluently because they are afraid of making mistakes.

In the last paragraph, the expression "get rid of" means_______.

A．throw away

B．free oneself from

C．give up

D．do with

What exactly is a lie? Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example, suppose a friend wants to borrow some money from you. You say “I wish I could help you, but I am short of money myself.” In fact, you are not short of money but your friend is in the habit of not paying his debts and you don’t want to hurt his feelings by reminding him of this. Is this really a lie?
Professor Jerald Jellison of the University of southern California has made a scientific study of lying. According to him, women are better lies than men, particularly when telling a “white lie”, such as when a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress when she really thinks it’s terrible. However, this is only one side of the story. Other researchers say that men are more likely to tell more serious lies, such as making a promise that they have no intention of carrying out. This is the kind of lie politicians and businessmen are supposed to be particularly skilled at: the lie from which the liar hopes to profit or gain in some way.
Research has been done into the way people’s behavior changes in a number of small, unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that if they are sitting down at the time, they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual. To the trained observer they are saying “I wish I were somewhere else now”. They also tend to touch certain parts of the face, particularly the nose. One explanation of this may be that lying causes a slight increase in blood pressure. The tip of the nose is very sensitive to changes and the increased pressure makes it itch.
Another gesture that gives liars away is what the writer Decmond Morris in his book Man Watching calls the “mouth cover”. He says that there are several typical forms of this, such as covering part of the mouth with the fingers, touch the upper lip or putting a finger of the hand at one side off the mouth. Such a gesture can be understood as an unconscious(未察觉的) attempt on the part of the liar to stop himself from lying.
Of course, such gestures as rubbing the nose or covering the mouth, moving about in a chair can not be taken as proof that the speaker is lying. They simply tend to happen more often in this situation. It is one gesture alone that gives the liar away but a whole number of things, and in particular the context(上下文) which the lie is told.
According to the passage, a white lie seems to be a lie ______.

A．that other people believe

B．that other people don’t believe

C．told in order not to hurt someone’s feelings

D．told in order to take advantage of someone

Research suggests that women _____.

A．are better at telling les

s serious lies than men

B．generally lie for more than men do

C．often make promises they intend to break

D．lie at parties more often than men do

Researchers find that when a person tells lies _____.

A．his blood pressure increases measurably

B．he looks very serious

C．he is likely to make some small changes in his behavior

D．he uses his unconscious mind

The writer of the passage______.

A．hates lying

B．enjoys lying

C．often tells a lie

D．tries to study about lying

Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage as a sign of lying ?

A．Touching one’s ears	B．Rubbing the nose
C．Moving in a chair	D．Covering the mouth

A traveler hurried down to the hall of an American hotel and went to the cash-desk. He had just 15 minutes to pay his bill and get to the station. Suddenly he remembered that he had left something in his room.
"Look here, boy," he said to the bellboy, "run up to my room and see if I have left a parcel on the table there. Be quick about it."
The boy ran upstairs. Five minutes passed. The traveler was walking up and down the hall, looking very angry. At last the boy appeared.
"Yes, sir," he reported to the traveler," you have left the parcel there, it's right on the table in your room."
The traveler _______.

A．ran down the street

B．came downstairs hurriedly

C．ran so quickly that he fell down

D．came into the hotel hall very quickly

Whichh statement is true?

A．He had to pay his bill and arrived at the station in 15 minutes .

B．It took him 15 minutes to go to the station from the hotel.

C．He could pay his bill in 15 minutes and then go to the station .

D．He had nothing but 15 minutes.

According to the passage, a bellboy is _____.
A. a boy whose work is to ring the bell
B. a boy who plays with a bell
C. a boy whose work in a hotel is to help guests with their bags
The traveler asked the boy _____ .

A．to go upstairs

B．to look for his parcel

C．to fetch the parcel he had left in his room

D．only

to see if the parcel was on the table in his room

Five minutes later, the boy ______ .

A．ran up to the room

B．came downstairs

C．reported to the traveler in the room

D．came down to the hall but brought nothing back

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
The writer of this passage must be ______.

A．an American

B．a Chinese

C．a professor

D．a student

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

A．warmly welcomed at the airport

B．offered a ride to his home

C．treated hospitably at his home

D．

treated to dinner in a restaurant

The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A．strict with time	B．willing to spend time
C．careful with time	D．serious with time

A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A．Friendship

s between Chinese

B．Friendships between Americans

C．Americans’ hospitality

D．Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendship

Timetable
Sunday 8:30---11:30 Personal（个人的） Inventions（发明） You can see many inventions by the students; you may also bring your own inventions.	Monday 19:00---21:00 Space and Man Dr. Thomas West If you want to know more about the universe(宇宙).
Wednesday 19:30---21:00 Modern Medicine Mrs. Lucy Green Would you like to know medical science?	Friday 18:30---21:00 Computer Science Mr. Harry Morison from Harvard University（哈佛大学） Learn to use Windows XP.

A．8:30 to 11:30 on Sunday	B．19:00 to 21:00 on Monday
C．19:30 to 21:00 on Wednesday	D．18:30 to 21:00 on Friday