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 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 in 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. |
This passage is most probably written for .
| A．American students |
| B．Chinese students |
| C．Chinese visitors to America |
| D．American visitors to China |
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Choose the best answer according to the passage.The information above is probably taken from___________
| A．a sports report | B．a storybook |
| C．a fashion magazine | D．an advertisement poster |
If the price of the book is 40 yuan, you need to pay_______.
| A．4 yuan | B．36 yuan |
| C．40 yuan | D．44 yuan |
You can get another tie for free________at LOTTE-Mart’s Menswear.
| A．on November 9 | B．on November 11 |
| C．on December 10 | D．on Christmas Day |
How long can you park your car for free at most after spending 108 yuan in RT- Mart?
| A．1 hour | B．5 hours |
| C．6 hours | D．7 hours |
What can Tom get for free after he has spent 7 yuan at Mike’s Café?
| A．A soft drink | B．The best hamburgers. |
| C．The best snacks | D．A delicious meal. |
Greg Heffely is 11 years old. He is a student. In his class, some students get to school on foot.. Some get to school by bus. He lives far from school. He always gets to school by car. He is clever and naughty （顽皮的）He always has a lot of ideas .He likes writing diaries. In his diary, he often writes many interesting stories about his life. He also draws pictures in his diary.
He has a lot of problems in school. And he makes a lot of trouble(麻烦),too. He runs away from a school basketball game. He often plays tricks(捉弄)on others. But he always makes a fool of himself. He is not good at making friends. But he wants to be the most popular in his school. He also has some problems at home. Sometimes he pulls the cat’s tail (尾巴) and knock at others’ door then run away.
Greg is not a good model. We shouldn’t do things like Greg. But US children like reading his diaries. Do you want to read about him ? Go and read the book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid(《小屁孩日记》)。It is very popular in the US.Greg Heffley always gets to school _________.
| A．on foot | B．by car |
| C．by bike | D．by train |
Greg Heffley often writes _______in his diary.
| A． a lot of interesting things about his country. |
| B． his favorite places |
| C． lots of interesting stories about his life. |
| D． his favorite project at school. |
Greg wants to ________in his school.
| A．be the best student |
| B．do well in all his subjects |
| C．give a talk on art |
| D．be the most popular |
Greg makes ______________at school.
| A．a lot of friends | B．lots of trouble |
| C．a lot of noise | D．many delicious dishes |
The writer of the passage asks us_______________.
| A．to do things like Greg |
| B．not to do things like Greg |
| C．to write a diary every day |
| D．to get to school on foot |
Every year we have many holidays, such as summer holidays. May Day and so on. How do you spend during these holidays? Do you like to travel during them ? Can you book holidays or make travel plans on line?
Now let me tell you how to do it. First，you should look up the places that you want to visit online. Then you can decide on which way to travel according to the prices online. If you go to other countries, you’d better take the plane. If you visit some places of interest near your hometown, you can take the train or bus there. Of course, you can drive a car. Next, you can get in touch with some travel companies(公司)，and talk something about travel with them. And you can find the best place to stay at the best price. Finally, you can enjoy happy holidays with the help of the travel company.In winter , you can spend _________with your family together.
| A．summer holidays | B．winter holidays |
| C．May Day | D．Middle-autumn festival |
If you want to travel in holidays, what should you do at first ?
| A．Look up the places where to visit. |
| B．Think over the way to travel |
| C．Know the prices |
| D．Call some travel companies |
You are now in China. If you want to visit New York, you can get their_____.
| A．by car | B．by train |
| C．by bus | D．by plane. |
With travel company’s help, you can_____ during travel.
| A．play basketball | B．have good food |
| C．have a good time | D．make many friends |
Which of the following is RIGHT?
| A．When you want to travel, you can make the plan online. |
| B．If you want to travel, you must have a computer at first. |
| C．If you visit your grandmother, you have to drive you car. |
| D．The passage mainly tells how to travel online. |
If you go to Russia, bring matryoshka or nesting dolls (套娃) back with you. They make great presents.
It looks like any other doll on the outside. But if you open it, you will find a smaller doll inside. Then a smaller one inside that one, and on and on!
In a nesting doll, there are dolls inside one another, from large to small. The largest one can be half a meter high. The smallest is as small as a peanut. Usually, there are eight dolls. But there can be anything from three to 50.
The dolls are often pretty Russian girls in colourful dresses. They wear scarves (头巾).
They sometimes have other kinds of faces on them. There are cartoon people or men with white beards (胡子). They even have great men like President (总统) Vladimir Putin on some of them.
根据短文，判断正误：There are dolls inside one another in a nesting doll.
The largest doll can be one meter high.
People often make dolls look like pretty Russian girls.
Usually, a nesting doll can be eight dolls in one.
People never make dolls look like the president.
判断正误，正确的句子请填A， 错误的句子请填B。
After the long winter vacation, it’s time to go back to school .But do you know US students start school earlier than we do in China ?
In the US, school kids have two winter breaks(假期). One is around Christmas, lasting two weeks. The Other is in February, only one week It can also be called “ski (滑雪) week.” because some students go skiing during the break. Another one-week break is called spring break. It is in April, around Easter(复活节)。
Like Chinese students, US kids also have a long summer vacation. It is about 10 weeks, from mid-June to late August.
Besides(除了) the four breaks, there are quite a few holidays when students do not go to school. So a traditional US school year is 180 days. It is 20 days shorter than it is in China!In the US , school kids have 21 days for winter breaks.
The winter break in February called “ski week “is because it lasts only one week.
There are 160 days traditional China school year.
Besides the four breaks , there is no holidays in the US for kids.,
US students start their school later than we do in China.