Living in a foreign country can be exciting, but it can also be confusing (令人迷惑的).A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as “yes” and “no”.
On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked,“Do you have cold drinks?”The woman there didn’t say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows (眉毛), which in Micronesia means“yes”.
Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today?” He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means “no”.
Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some students had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean “yes” or “no”. These Americans teaching English in other countries found that they ______.
| A．should go abroad for vacations |
| B．needed to learn foreign languages |
| C．should often discuss their experiences |
| D．had problems with communications |
People in Micronesia show “yes” by ______.
| A．nodding heads | B．raising eyebrows |
| C．shaking heads | D．saying “no” |
Tom misunderstood his class at first because______.
| A．he did not know much about Indian culture |
| B．he didn’t explain everything clearly enough |
| C．some students didn’t understand his questions |
| D．he didn’t know where the students came from |
The passage is mainly about______.
| A．body language in foreign restaurants |
| B．class discussion in Indian schools |
| C．miscommunication in different cultures |
| D．English teaching in other countries |
A crow(乌鸦) is about twenty inches(英寸) long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests(巢) in the trees. They sleep there at night.
Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns(轮流) like human beings(人类). It is easy to tell(判断) from crow’s sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and some time later it dies too. Crows “live on bad food” means “ _________ ”.
| A．Crows eat old bad food. |
| B．Old bad food is crows’ nests. |
| C．Crows make their nests on old bad food. |
| D．Crows sleep on old bad food. |
Crows are more useful to us because they ________________.
| A．are clean birds |
| B．can move away waste food |
| C．can make our streets clean |
| D．aren’t dirty |
Crows always look for food _________.
| A．in the evening | B．all day |
| C．in the morning | D．at night |
I don’t think crow often talk __________.
| A．together | B．by turns |
| C．noisily | D．quietly |
If a pair of crows loves each other, ________
| A．they will not live together. |
| B．one of them cannot live alone happily. |
| C．they will die |
| D．one of them will die |
When you are in England, you must be very careful in the streets because the traffic drives on the left.
Before you cross the street, you must look to the right first and then the left.
If the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go. People on foot mustn’t cross.
In the morning and in the evening when people go to or come from work, the streets are very busy. The traffic is the most dangerous then.
When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, too. Always remember the traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. Have a look first or you will go the wrong way.
In many English cities, there are big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.The traffic in England __________ that in China.
| A．is the same with | B．is different from |
| C．is better than | D．is worse than |
You can cross the road when _____________.
| A．there is little traffic |
| B．the traffic lights are green |
| C．you’ve looked to the right |
| D．the traffic lights are red |
The visitors to English cities usually like to ______ when they go by bus.
| A．ride a bicycle | B．take a car |
| C．sit on the second floor | D．sit on the first floor |
Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),” the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor fond out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).The thief was trying to get __________.
| A．his neighbor | B．his neighbor’s doorbell |
| C．some cotton | D．a door with a bell on it |
The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be __________ for him to steal the doorbell.
| A．safe | B．difficult |
| C．dangerous | D．easy |
The neighbor ran out probably(很可能) because __________.
| A．he knew his doorbell was being stolen |
| B．he thought someone was eager(渴望的)to visit him |
| C．He realized (意识到) something strange happened |
| D．Both B and C |
The neighbour hit the thief to _____.
| A．give him lessons |
| B．punish (惩罚) him for stealing |
| C．help him with the bell |
| D．be his teacher |
 Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties Hello, Garfield will meet you again on the screen. This time, America’s favourite cat Garfield travels to London. Garfield gets lost . However, he enjoys his new life in his new home. But danger is near him. |
 Superman Returns How exciting to see Superman on the screen again. Like before, he is again saving the world. But his enemy, Lex Luther, is still planning to kill him so that he can control (控制)the world. |
 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest Captain Jack Sparrow again appears on the screen. This time, he finds himself in a heavy debt(负债) to Davey Jones. The only way to get out of it is to find the Dead Man’s Chest. He asks his old friends for help and they start out to the sea. |
The story of Garfield in this movie happens in ______ .
| A．America | B．London | C．the sea | D．the world |
Why does Lex Luther plan to kill Superman?
| A．Because Lex tried to save the world. |
| B．Because Lex never sees Superman on the screen. |
| C．Because Lex finds it hard to like the story. |
| D．Because Lex wants to control the world. |
What is the trouble for Captain Jack Sparrow this time?
| A．He again appears on the screen. |
| B．He turns to his friends for help. |
| C．He is in a heavy debt to Davey Jones. |
| D．He finds the Dead Man’s Chest. |
Nick was a clever college student. His family was not rich, so he had to work after school and during his holidays to get enough money for his studies.
One summer he got a job in a butcher's(肉铺) during the daytime and the other in a hospital at night. In the shop, he learned to cut and sell meat. He did so well that the butcher often left him to do all the things while the butcher went into a room behind the shop to do the accounts(账目). In the hospital, of course, Nick was told to do only the easiest job. He helped to lift people and carry them from one part of the hospital to another. Both in the butcher's shop and in the hospital, Nick had to wear white clothes.
One evening in the hospital, Nick had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the operating-room. The woman was afraid of the operation. When she saw Nick, she cried, "No! No! Not the butcher! I won't let the butcher operate on me!" With these words, she fainted(昏倒).
| A．his father told him to make more friends |
| B．he wanted to become a rich man |
| C．he couldn't go on with his studies without enough money |
| D．he had nothing to do at home |
| A．wanted to become not only a butcher but also a doctor |
| B．got two different jobs at two places |
| C．worked only at night |
| D．worked only during the daytime |
| A．take care of the sick people |
| B．give the doctors advice |
| C．find out what was wrong with the sick people |
| D．carry the sick people from one place to another |
| A．手术 | B．合作 | C．手术刀 | D．手术室 |
| A．she was so afraid that she fainted |
| B．she was too tired |
| C．she was very sad |
| D．she was quite happy |