Traveling to all corners of the world is getting easier and easier. We live in a global village,but how well do we know and u 1 each other? The customs in many countries are quite d 2 Here is a simple test. Imagine you will have a meeting at four o'clock in the afternoon,what time would you expect your foreign business friends to a 3 ? If they are Germans,they will come on time. If they are American,they'll probably be fifteen minutes e 4 But British are opposite to American. They'll be fifteen minutes late.
The British think since the English language is w 5 used in the world,what they do is certain to be widely understood. Very soon they find they are completely w 6 They have to change their ideas,as they realize that they have a lot to learn about how to c 7 with foreign business friends. For example,the British are happy to have a business lunch and d 8 business matters with a drink during the meal. The Japanese prefer not to work while e 9 Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know each other,and they don't drink at lunch. The Germans like to talk about business before dinner. The French like to eat first and talk I 10 They have to be well fed before they discuss anything.
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1. understand 2. different 3. arrive 4. early 5. widely
6. wrong 7. communicate 8. discuss 9. eating 10. later
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请用英语表述下面的内容，要点如下：
1. Mr. Smith是我们的英语老师,他上周生病住院了；
.2. 明天是星期六，同学们要到医院看望Mr. Smith;
3. 大家早上九点在校门口集合，乘公共汽车去；
4. 请你建议带一样礼物，并说明理由。要求：1. 不要逐句翻译；2. 字数60~80.
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Susan had long blonde hair and big blue eyes. So did most of the other 1 in her school class,which troubled her a lot. "I look like everyone else!I'm not special!I'm boring！ " Susan 2 to her mother.
She decided to try to make herself look 3 She painted big pink spots on her neck and when she didn't get attention,she stuck a long plastic nose on top of her real nose. Nobody noticed that,4 She took ink (墨水) and poured it all over her 5 She wore clown (小丑) clothes to school and stuck leaves in her ears. 6 no matter what she did,she still didn't get any 7 and nobody thought she was special. One morning her 8 went to wake her up and told her to get ready for school. She made Susan 9 the ink out oi licr hair and clean her neck. "I'm not going to school 10 !I'm boring！ " She buried (埋藏) her head 11 the quilt and cried.
"Susan," her mother said, " you are different. You are unique (独一无二) and special. 12 in the world looks just like you. Some people have blonde hair like you and some have blue eyes like you,but none of them has your smile or the twinkle in your eyes or your pink face. Nobody laughs like you,either. Now 13 and get ready for school."
Susan went to school that day and looked at all the other kids in her class. " Mom was 14 Nobody looks just like me. " Susan smiled. "I am special. I am unique and I am not 15 ！”
( ) 1. A. children B. boys C. men D. women
( ) 2. A. complained B. listened C. talked D. spoke
( ) 3. A. beautiful B. simple C. different D. happy
( ) 4. A. too B. either C. also D. neither
( ) 5. A. neck B. nose C. eyes D. hair
( ) 6. A. Though B. So C. But D. And
( ) 7. A. attention B. help C. prize D. answer
( ) 8. A. father B. mother C. sister D. brother
( ) 9. A. pull B. wash C. throw D. turn
( ) 10. A. tomorrow B. next week C. next year D. today
( ) 11. A. under B. on C. before D. beside
( ) 12. A. Everybody B. Somebody C. Nobody D. Anybody
( ) 13. A. get up B. get off C. put up D. put off
( ) 14. A. wrong B. right C. special D. common
( ) 15. A. moving B. interesting C. tiring D. boring
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Months ago,lots of Beijingers were asked if they like firecrackers and 80% said "yes"！
"I still haven't f 1 a better way to celebrate the Spring Festival than firecrackers," said Huang Hai,a manager.
Liu Ting,a 14-year-old girl a 2 with Huang. "I like listening to the4 bang' of the firecrackers. It is big fun d 3 the Spring Festival. But I have to go to the c 4 with my father to light firecrackers. How I wish I could e 5 them near my home!"
Now people are able to light firecrackers in Beijing city during the coming Spring Festival. Beijing officials made their final d 6 on Friday.
Still,some people have w 7 .
Some think safety is a big p 8 Liu Xuan,a teacher said, " Allowing firecrackers is dangerous. People can be injured while they are playing with firecrackers. And also it causes many f 9 every year."
But the new law should make firecrackers s 10 than before. Experts are thinking about how to do so.
1. f 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. e
6. d 7. w 8. p 9. f 10. s
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Do you know who invented tea? In fact,tea,the most popular drink in the world (after water) ，was invented by accident (偶然) .According to an ancient Chinese legend (传说) ，the emperor Shen Nong 1 tea when he was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby bush (灌木丛) fell into the water and remained there for 2 The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a 3 smell. Later he decided 4 the hot mixture (混合物) .It was quite delicious. And 5 ,one of the world's favorite drinks was invented.
China is the home of tea,6 has more than 4,000 years of history. People throughout China drink tea daily. 7 the three major drinks―tea,coffee and cocoa,tea is drunk by 8 people in the world. Tea from China,along 9 silk and porcelain,began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export 10
Tea leaves 11 mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River,in the provinces of Zhejiang,Jiangxi and Fuji an,because of the mild 12 and rich soil there. Longjing,Wulong,Pu'er and Tieguanyin are all 13 kinds of tea.
Over the past centuries,Chinese people 14 their unique tea culture,which includes tea planting,tealeaf picking,tea making,tea drinking and so on. Tea is 15 a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances,songs,poems and novels.
( ) 1. A. invented B. found out C. discovered D. tried out
( ) 2. A. sometimes B. some time C. some times D. some days
( ) 3. A. pleasant B. pleased C. bad D. terrible
( ) 4. A. not to taste B. to taste C. tasting D. taste
( ) 5. A. by the way B. on the way C. on its way D. in this way
( ) 6. A. who B. which C. where D. when
( ) 7. A. In B. For C. Of D. By
( ) 8. A. the number of B. a number of
C. a large number of D. the largest number of
( ) 9. A. between B. with C. except D. Besides
( ) 10. A. at that time B. from now on C. since then D. since now
( ) 11. A. produce B. are produced C. make D. are made
( ) 12. A. climate B. weather C. condition D. environment
( ) 13. A. interesting B. important C. famous D. normal
( ) 14. A. had developed B. have developed
C. developed D. are developing
( ) 15. A. too B. as well C. either D. also
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Mrs Matthews lived in a small town 1 there was a jeweler's shop. It also took in watch 2 ,although it had to send them off to London for the work to be done,as there was not enough business to keep an expert watch repairer occupied.
When Mrs Matthews's old father died,she inherited (继承) his gold watch,which had belonged to his father and grandfather before her. It was big and heavy and worth a lot of 3 ,but it was broken,so Mrs Matthews took it to be 4
The man in the jeweler's shop was very interested to see such an 5 watch,and when he had examined its insides,he said he could certainly have it repaired for her. " It'll 6 a long time once that's been done," he said. He wrote out a ticket and gave it to Mrs Matthews,saying, " Please bring this when you come to pick up the watch. But it might take a bit of time,because it isn't a 7 watch."
The 8 was that she completely forgot about the watch that she had taken in for repairs,and about the ticket for it,which she had put away in a drawer to keep it 9 Then,while she was looking through some old drawers one day,she found the 10 for the watch repair.
She thought back,suddenly she remembered , " My father's 11 watch!Didn't I pick it up? When did I take it in?" She looked at the ticket.
"How old is this ticket?" she said to herself. It was five years old.
Mrs Matthews had heard that shops could sell things that people had left with them if they didn't pick them up and pay for them before a 12 time. " But the watch might still be 13 ," she thought. "I'll go and see if I can get it back. It might have been sold,but I hope not."
She took the ticket to the jeweler's and the shopkeeper looked at it and then went to look for the watch without saying a word.
"That's good," Mrs Matthews thought. "He didn't seem to mind about the 14 "
The man came back after a few minutes and said, "It won't be 15 until Friday."
( ) 1. A. what B. when C. where D. how
( ) 2. A. repairs B. shows C. displays D. owners
( ) 3. A. time B. money C. food D. treasure
( ) 4. A. taken B. shown C. repaired D. sent
( ) 5. A. strange B. new C. usual D. unusual
( ) 6. A. spend B. pay C. last D. have
( ) 7. A. old B. strange C. modern D. wonderful
( ) 8. A. result B. thing C. matter D. trouble
( ) 9. A. clean B. new C. careful D. safe
( ) 10. A. menu B. check C. tip D. ticket
( ) 11. A. modern B. new C. gold D. old
( ) 12. A. certain B. some C. good D. any
( ) 13. A. there B. here C. home D. abroad
( ) 14. A. day B. date C. year D. month
( ) 15. A. unready B. ready C. finishing D. completing
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When you are learning English,you find it not w 1 to translate an English sentence,word for word,into your own language. T 2 the sentence "How do you do?" for example. If you look up each word in the dictionary,o 3 at a time,what is your translation? It m 4 be a wrong sentence in your own language.
Languages do not just have different s 5 They are different in many ways. It's i 6 to master the rules for word order in the study of English,too. If the speakers put words in a wrong order,the listener can't understand the speaker's sentence e 7 Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed,the meaning of the sentence changes. But sometimes the order is changed,the meaning of the sentence doesn't change. Let's see the difference between the two p 8 of sentences：
"She only likes apples.Only she likes apples."
"I have seen the film already. ”"I have already seen the film."
When you are learning English,you must t 9 your best to get the spirit of the language and use it as the English speaker d 10
1.w 2. T 3. o 4. m 5. s
6.i 7. e 8. e 9. t 10. d
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It all started at the beginning of the ninth grade. Carmen found she couldn't see things 1 all the time. She became very worried,but she hoped 2 would know that. When her mother asked her to see the eye doctor,she didn't 3 But her mother's mind was made up.
Three days later,Carmen got new glasses and instructions 4 her doctor. " All of the kids will think I'm silly," Carmen said. Her mother 5 and shook her head. "You look just as beautiful as before," she said. But Carmen didn't believe her.
The next day,Carmen kept the 6 in her pocket as she walked into the schoolyard. She stood alone away from her friends,feeling 7
Suddenly,she heard her friend Theresa shout. Carmen ran over to the other girls. " What's the 8 ?"she asked.
"My ring is gone!" Theresa cried. "My sister sent it to me from California. It's very 9 and I can't lose it."
Carmen and her friends began to 10 the ring in the grassy area of the playground. Carmen realized that she could do better 11 she could see better. She took the glasses out and put them on. Everything looked so 12 !So clear!She looked down at the ground and a bright light caught her 13 . It was the ring.
"Here it is”， she shouted. She handed it to Theresa.
"Thanks,Carmen," she said. "I 14 thought we'd find it." She paused (停顿) . "Hey,I didn't know you wore glasses. They look great!"
Carmen had 15 that she was wearing the new glasses. "Thanks," she replied."Maybe wearing glasses won't be so bad after all." Carmen thought.
( ) 1. A. clearly B. carefully C. freely D. quickly
( ) 2. A. everybody B. anybody C. somebody D. nobody
( ) 3. A. explain B. care C. agree D. understand
( ) 4. A. by B. from C. like D. to
( ) 5. A. relaxed B. cheered C. smiled D. jumped
( ) 6. A. ring B. keys C. book D. glasses
( ) 7. A. tired B. unhappy C. afraid D. serious
( ) 8. A. matter B. reason C. question D. secret
( ) 9. A. special B. common C. cheap D. heavy
( ) 10. A. ask for B. wait for C. look for D. pay for
( ) 11. A. though B. if C. because D. as
( ) 12. A. natural B. new C. dirty D. different
( ) 13. A. ears B. feet C. eyes D. hands
( ) 14. A. still B. ever C. never D. often
( ) 15. A. heard B. forgotten C. found D. imagined
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A new term has begun. Teachers are 1 about the fact that new students are not easy to deal with. They like to bring cellphones and MP3 players to school. What is 2 ,some students even use cellphones 3 out-of-class matters in class,or sometimes just for fun. Some 4 students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.
Are these new students really that 5 ? "Yes," says Delaney Kirk,a professor at Drake University. 6 she adds it's not their fault. 7 ,the teachers should be blamed. Mrs Kirk first began thinking about students' manners six years ago. " I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that 8 well had nothing to do with them," she says. "At first,I got worried about this,but then I said to 9 ,you're giving 10 ,and you need to manage this kind of situation. These students need to know more about manners. It's time to help them develop some good 11 They shouldn't waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later,they may regret the time they 12 ”
Mrs Kirk also 13 a list of suggestions to help teachers better manage their classes. The following are among her suggestions：
. On the first day of class,tell students how they will benefit by taking the class and the importance 14 listening carefully in class.
. Do not allow them to bring cellphones or MP3 players to the class at all.
. Tell them how to use cellphones or MP3 players 15 .
( ) 1. A. excited B. worried C. surprised D. interested
( ) 2. A. bad B. worse C. good D. better
( ) 3. A. do B. doing C. to do D. did
( ) 4. A. other B. the other C. others D. another
( ) 5. A. rude B. polite C. friendly D. boring
( ) 6. A. But B. However C. And D. So
( ) 7. A. Such as B. For example C. Instead of D. Instead
( ) 8. A. learn B. learned C. learning D. learns
( ) 9. A. me B. myself C. I D. mine
( ) 10. A. math B. English C. Chinese D. lessons
( ) 11. A. ideas B. speeches C. habits D. classes
( ) 12. A. had wasted B. waste C. have wasted D. will waste
( ) 13. A. makes B. brings C. gets D. takes
( ) 14. A. on B. of C. at D. by
( ) 15. A. careful B. carefully C. proper D. properly
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