If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person is not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular action. You can see it often in moves or on TV. It means the slapping (拍) of each other's raised right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.
This action may come from the old Roman action of raising the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a knife in his hand. Why not try to give the high five to your friends?
1.“Give me five” is an action to _______.
A. make people laugh B. ask for money
C. celebrate success D. search one's pocket
2.The action “give me five” is the slapping of _______.
A.toes B.hands C.arms D.legs
3.When you ______, you give your friends high fives.
A. lose your money B. go back home
C. win a football game D. do badly in exams
4.The action started in _______ according to the story.
A. Rome B. America
C. China D. Britain
5.Why did the Romans raise the right arm for the emperor? Because ______.
A. they were proud of their emperor
B. they were happy to see the emperor
C. they wanted to show there were no knives in their hands
D. We don't know
Life in Britain
Homes and families
Many British people live in Houses, not apartments. Most houses have gardens.
Daily life
Most office workers start work at about nine in the morning, and finish at about five or six in the afternoon. Most people don’t go home for lunch, and they just have a quick meal.
School life
Children start school at about nine am, and finish at about three thirty pm. Most children have lunch at school. All children go to school when they are four or five years old, and leave when they are sixteen or seventeen.
Shops
Most shops open at about nine am and close at about six pm. Usually, they don’t close for lunch.
1.Many British people live in _______ .
A. apartments B. parks
C. houses D. gardens
2.Most offices start work at about ______ in the morning.
A. ten B. nine C. eight D. seven
3. Most office workers and school children don’t have lunch _____ .
A. in the garden B. in the shop
C. at home D. at school
4.The children in Britain usually study at school for_____ .
A. sixteen or seventeen years B. twelve or thirteen years
C. four or five years D. four years
5.Can you buy things in the shops at lunch time?
A．No. They close for lunch.
B. Yes. But there is no people in the shop.
C. No. Shops open at 1pm.
D. Yes. They don’t close for lunch.
Nowadays lots of people stop drinking cola because it is bad for our bones, especially for women’s bones.
More and more people to drink energy drinks（功能饮料）. Energy drinks look cool. Their makers say they give you energy and you better at sports. So, many students drink them before exams to help them stay .
But wait! To keep you awake, most energy drinks have caffeine（咖啡因）. They are like a strong cup of coffee or tea. If you drink a lot of them, your will beat faster. You will feel nervous. You could have sleeping problems and find it hard to live without them. Tom Brown is a US junior high school student. He drinks energy drinks every day. He started to do this a year ago before his piano lessons. But now, Tom says, “I drink them I feel weak or before a test. I can’t help drinking them.”
In fact, the energy you get from the drinks helps for a short time. You may feel good for an hour or so, but then you’ll feel even than before.
1.A. refuse B. forget C. start D. used
2.A. let B. feel C. bring D. make
3.A. alone B. awake C. tired D. nervous
4.A. few B. little C. kinds of D. lots of
5.A. heart B. head C. eyes D. legs
6.A. too B. as well C. either D. also
7.A. 15 years old B. 15-year old C. 15-years-old D. 15-year-old
8.A. however B. whenever C. whatever D. whoever
9.A. ever B. only C. yet D. even
10.A. better B. best C. worse D. worst
--I think Where Are We Going, Dad? is the hottest show this year.-- People of all ages like it.
A. How come? B. Without doubt it is.
C. It’s hard to say. D. I can’t believe it.
I ___to do well in the exam, but I still failed it .
A. made an effort B. made a effort
C. try an effort D. try an effort
We should ___the children ____the Internet because it’s not good for their study.
A. keep; away from B. let, away from
C. keep from D. let ; from
