2. You should look up the right    (pronunciation ) of this word in the dictionary.

1. There are a few differences between ______  ( Britain) English and American

English.

  First Frenchman：I once heard someone shout， " Look out！ ”I put my head out of a window and a basin(盆)of water fell on me. It seems that " Look out”may mean " Don't look out.”

  Second Frenchman;Once I was on a ship and heard the captain (船长)shout，" All hands on deck(甲板).”I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.

  Third Frenchman：I once visited an English friend early in the morning and the maid(女仆) who came to the door said, " He's not up yet. Come back in half an hour. " When I went again for him, she said, " He's not down yet."

  "If he's not up and he's not down. Where is he?"I asked.

  She said, " He's still in bed. When I say 'He's not up', I mean ' he has not yet got up'. When I say ' He's not down'，I mean ' he has not yet come downstairs'."

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

(   ) 1. In fact, " Look out" here means    

A.   Look out for the water

B.   Don't look out

C.   Take care

D.   Look everywhere

(   ) 2. The underlined word "them" in the second paragraph means"      

A. my feet    B. my hands

C. the ship    D. the deck

(   ) 3. When the maid said，" He's not up yet.” she meant that      

A.   he has not grown up yet

B.   he has not yet got up

C.   he has not woken up yet

D.   he has not yet come upstairs

(   ) 4. From the stories we can learn that    

A.    English is very interesting if you like it and keep on using it

B.    it is impossible to learn English very

well in a short time

C.    languages keep on developing and changing all the time

D.    words and phrases may have different meanings in different situations

(   ) 5. Which do you think is the best title for this article?

A.   What a Language！

B.   The English Language

C.   Three French Stories

D.   Three Frenchmen in England

 It's known that there are so many differences in culture between China and western countries. For your better understanding, I will set an e 1of the people's behavior in China and America.

  When a young American mother sees a s 2 kissing her baby, she may stop him or her. We can understand the b 3 of this young American mother. In her eyes, it's hard to allow an unknown person to touch or to  k 4 her baby. Because it's a way just like c 5 her baby as a pet. She thinks it's not p 6 and rude.

  But in the eyes of Chinese mothers, they think that it's a way to s 7 love to their babies, and they think others love their babies so much. B 8 in China, we are used to showing our feelings by the movement (动作)of body. However, it's o 9to people of the US. So the difference in culture between China and the US m 10 a lot of misunderstanding among us. We should pay more attention to the difference when we travel to western countries.

1._______ 2.________ 3. _____ 4.___________

5._______ 6.________ 7.________ 8.    

9.     10._______________

5. The family is often__________  _______ (看作)the most important thing in our life.

4. Children are often      (被比作)happy birds.

3. The Olympic rings___      (代表)the five parts of the world.

2.Please              (注意）the differences between the two words.

1. My grandpa is very kind to us，but ____  ____ (有时)he'll be angry

when we are noisy.

5. Li Qiang made many m       in the exam because of carelessness.