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Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He found it was strange.
‘I don’t know why, but I frightened your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a purse from Huai’an. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider (蜘蛛) on the table, and I killed it for her. She seemed very unhappy. Do English people like spiders?
‘Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop front, so there was a ladder. Grandmother stopped me from walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought some lovely rose soap for my mother, a smart umbrella for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to check if it was all right. Your grandmother came in and screamed!
‘Then I broke a small mirror in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left, I gave your grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She didn’t like them.’
I explained to Lu, ‘My grandmother follows the old customs. You must not give someone an empty purse, or they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider”, or the same will happen. Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table. An open umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is also a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid.’
1.Why did Lu frighten the writer’s grandmother?
A. Because he could not speak English.
B. Because he did many unlucky things.
C. Because he understood British customs.
D. Because he went shopping in England.
2.What do many British people think of spiders?
A. They are afraid of them.
B. They keep spiders as pets.
C. They hope to see every kind of spiders in their houses.
D. They think some kinds of spiders are lucky.
3.What did the writer’s grandmother feel when she saw the umbrella?
A. Excited. B. Satisfied. C. Afraid. D. Happy.
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Thirteen is an unlucky number in England.
B. It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table in England.
C. For most British people, breaking a mirror means bad luck.
D. People never give purses as presents in England.
5. How many wrong things did Lu do altogether?
A. 5. B. 6. C. 8. D. 10.
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On my first day of the sixth grade, I noticed one little girl called Amy on the school bus. “Don’t her,” Lauren said, who sat beside me, “or they will make fun of you.”
Amy had many physical differences—lots of reasons for other kids to make fun of her. Her eyes weren’t straight. Her glasses were an inch thick. And she had really ugly teeth.
Every day we drove to and from school, kids would shout insults (侮辱) at Amy. “God, what a(n) face! Stop looking at me!” “Mr. Rolland (the driver)! Amy took off her hat. Make her put it back on!” For a while I shouted my share of insults, just so I’d fit in (合群). , I didn’t want them to treat me the same way they treated Amy.
But while I was insulting her, my heart for the girl. I could see that the insults were making her look uglier, because she was so ashamed and alone. Then I wanted to her. I just didn’t know how to stop my schoolmates the night of our class roller-skating party.
Our whole class was there, including Amy. Amy didn’t know how to skate, but I could see how much she wanted to like the rest of us. So I skated over to her and took her by the hand. We began the journey together around the skating rink (溜冰场). She just smiled, and sometimes she would laugh in .
On the school bus the next morning there was much news about Amy and me together, nobody insulted her or me. And they didn’t do that for the rest of the year.
After graduation, I never Amy again. However, I never forget her and I’ve always if I changed her life for the better. But I know for sure she changed my . After becoming her friend, I no longer tried to impress people by trying to like them. I became myself.
1.A. laugh at B. ask about C. talk to D. be afraid of
2.A. as B. though C. after D. before
3.A. pretty B. strange C. ordinary D. lovely
4.A. Instead B. After all (毕竟) C. If so D. Therefore (因此)
5.A. beat B. lost C. ached D. opened
6.A. invite B. deal with C. help D. believe in
7.A. until B. except C. before D. after
8.A. catch up B. have fun C. sit down D. fall over
9.A. fear B. surprise C. comfortable D. joy
10.A. talking B. chatting C. skating D. traveling
11.A. so B. because C. still D. but
12.A. wrote to B. laughed at C. heard from D. made fun of
13.A. hoped B. wondered C. thought D. considered
14.A. life B. mind C. interest D. friend
15.A. study B. fight C. play D. act
─ Daddy, will you come home for dinner with us? ─ , but I may be a little late.
A. It's hard to say B. I'm so busy
C. You are welcome D. No problem
─ My mother says that we won't go on a trip to Malaysia because it is too dangerous.
─ ! You were looking forward to it.
A. Never mind B. Enjoy yourselves
C. Don't worry about it D. What a pity
─ Have you heard about the temperature of the Earth will rise to 59℃ in 2018.
─ Don't worry! The news be true.
A. must B. can’t C. needn't D. should
Amy thinks moon cakes are too sweet. She eats them.
A. often B. always C. usually D. seldom