In England, recently three foreign 1. came to a bus stop and waited. About five minutes later, the bus they wanted came along. They were just going to get on when suddenly there was a loud noise behind them. People rushed onto the bus and tried to push them out of the way. Someone shouted at them. The bus conductor came rushing down the stairs to see what all the trouble was about. The three foreigners seem all at sea and looked2. . No one had told them about the British customs of lining up for a bus that the first person who arrives at the bus stop is3. person to get on the bus.
Learning the language of a country isn't enough. If you want to have a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the 4. and customs of your host country. You will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own. A visitor to India would do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table. The left hand is 5. to be used for washing yourself. Also in India, you might see a man shaking his head at another to show that he doesn't agree. But in many parts of India a shake of the head means 6. . Nodding your head when you 7. a drink in Bulgaria will most probably leave you thirsty.
In that country, you shake your head to mean "yes"-a nod means "no". At a meal in countries on the Arabic Peninsula, you will find that your glass is repeated refilled as 8. as you drink up . If you think that you have had enough, you should take the cups or glasses in your hand and give it a little shake from side to side or place your hand over the top.
In Europe, it is quite usual to 9. your legs when you are sitting talking to someone even at an important meeting. Doing this in Thailand, however, could bring about trouble. Also , you should try to avoid(避免) touching the head of 10. adult---it's just not done in Thailand.
完成对话。在对话空格中填上适当的单词，使对话完整正确；一空一词（含缩写词）。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）
A: Tommy, do you know that a plane of Malaysia Airlines was missing?
B: Yes. I heard about the news after the first class. At that time, I was taking a 1. with my friends outside the classroom.
A: What bad news it was! I was really 2. when I heard the news.
B: The plane was 3. from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 passengers on it.
A: Right, but the 4. of Chinese on the plane is 154. Do you think they 5. asleep when the accident happened?
B: Maybe. So far, 6. knows what happened to the plane and the passengers.
A: The plane has been out of contact for a 7. of days. People all over the world feel both sad and worried.
B: 8. do I. I watch news about it on CCTV every day.
A: It is reported that 26 countries 9. the team to find the plane.
B: I hope people can find the plane as soon as 10. and all the people are safe.
A: I hope so. They must be able to come back some day.
Have you ever complained about why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your Lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don't you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fiel ds will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest(丰收).
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can't be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we're afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, "Failure is the mother of success."
Attitude decides everything. With an optimistic (乐观的 ) attitude, life is easy and pleasant. Let's smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.
1.People sometimes complain .
A. the sky is always dark
B. their studies are not successful
C. life is tiring
2.According to the passage, in school, .
A. the students don't like their lessons
B. the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobs
C. the teachers don't like their teaching
3.If there is a timely rain, .
A. you want to go out
B. you can listen to a concert
C. crops in the fields will grow better
4.When we face failure, we .
A. must be confident in ourselves.
B. should give up hope
C. shouldn't face it
5.The best title of this passage is _______.
A. Complaining about Life
B. Failure is the Mother of Success
C. Smile and the World Smiles to You
The police do many things for us. They help keep our things and us safe. They help keep cars moving safely. They help people out of trouble when these people are in danger. They catch bad people, like criminals to make our society safe. They take care of people who are hurt. Then they see these people get to a doctor.
The police go around town to see that everything is all right. They get around town in many ways. Some of them walk or go by car. In some big cities, some of the police ride on horses. It is strange to see these animals in the street.
As they go around town, the police help people. Sometimes they fin d lost children. They take the children home. If the police see a fight, they put an end to it right away. Sometimes people will ask the police how they can get to a place in town. The police can always tell the people which way to go. They know all the streets and roads well.
Some police stand at crossings. They are the traffic police. They tell the cars when to go and when to stop. They make sure that the cars do not go too fast. They help children cross the street. They also help people who can't walk too well.
Without the police, our streets would not be safe. Cars might go too fast and hurt people. Lost people might never be found. The police do a good job. We need them. And we should thank them for a job well done.
1.The police do many things for us. They help keep our things and us______.
A. safe B. healthy C. warm
2.How do some of the police get around in some big cities?
A. By taxi. B. On horses. C. On bus.
3.In th e third paragraph of the text, “put an end to” means"______".
A. cut B. fly C. stop
4.The text is mainly talking about the _ _of the police.
A. road B. life C. job
5.Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. The traffic police can show people the directions.
B. Without the police, our life would be dangerous and inconvenient.
C. In fact, the police don't offer so much help for people.
Los Angeles---Thousands of people waited in line on Thursday at Apple Stores, hoping to buy new iPhone.
Cindy Smith, 20, waited in line at Los Angeles Apple Store at 10 pm Wednesday, and wanted to buy her new iPhone before going to work. Stores opened at 7 am. Her old iPhone was broken two months ago, and she waited for the new model. "I can work from it and have fun, she said. Cindy was lucky and she got it, but hundreds of others waited in line on all sides of the shopping mall.
By the end of the day, Apple's latest iPhone was all sold out across the US. "It is working to get more phones. They can't get here soon enough, "said Melissa, Wal-Mart spokeswoman.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling wouldn't say how quickly stores would get more phones. He said, "We are working hard to get them to everyone as quickly as possible. It will take about a month for stores to get fully stocked. "Apple said it sold 600,000 in early orders.
1.A lot of people waited in line at Los Angeles Apple Stores to buy new iPhone.
2.Cindy Smith wanted to buy new iPhone because she lost her old one.
3.Melissa is the Apple spokeswoman.
4.Steve said they would get more iPhones to people as quickly as they could.
5.It will take about a week for stores to get fully stocked.
Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They say their parents don't understand them. They often think their parents are too strict them. Parents often find difficult to win their children's trust and they seem how they themselves thought when they were young. For example, young people like to do things without much thinking. It's one of their ways to that they grow up and they can solve some difficult problems. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead and don't like their plans to be changed. So when you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success you ask before you really start doing it. Young people often make their parents angry by clothes they wear, the music they enjoy and something else. But they to cause any trouble. They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people's world and they want to make a new culture 7 their own. And if their parents don't like their music or clothes or their way of speech, the young people will feel so sad. Sometimes going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home and do what they like. If you plan to do something, you'd better win your parents' trust and get them to understand you. your parents will certainly let you do what you want to do.
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2.A. that B. one C. it
3.A. to forget B. forgetting C. to remember
4.A. learn B. s how C. find
5.A. since B. if C. because
6.A. don't mean B. mean C. like
7.A. at B. over C. of
8.A. instead B. instead of C. besides
9.A. alone B. lonely C. silent
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