We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang．Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests’ coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.

The guests arrived．I introduced my two daughters to each of them．The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.

Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile．They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.

I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big "to do" over the younger one because she’s the one who seems more easily hurt．We do it with the best of intentions.

But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child．I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined．I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes．I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying.

I said, "What are you doing, my dear?"

She turned to me with a sad expression and said, "Mommy, why don’t people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I ‘m not pretty? Is that why they don’t say nice things about me as much?"

I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.

Now, whenever I visit a friend’s home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.

1.The underlined expression “make a big ‘to do’ over” (paragraph 4) means ______.

A．show much concern about               B．have a special effect on

C．list jobs to be done for                       D．do good things for

2.The guests praised Kelly for carrying coats upstairs because of her ______.

A．beautiful hair                          B．pretty clothes

C．lovely smile                                  D．young age

3.Kristen felt sad and cried because ______.

        A．the guest gave her more coats to carry

        B．she didn’t look as pretty as Kelly

        C．the guests praised her sister more than her

        D．her mother didn’t introduce her to the guests

4.We can conclude from the passage that ______.

        A．parents should pay more attention to the elder children

        B．the younger children are usually more easily hurt

        C．people usually like the younger children more

        D．adults should treat children equally

Perhaps the most famous theory, the study of body movement, was suggested by Professor

Ray Birdwhistell. He believe3s that physical appearance is often culturally programmed. In other

words, we learn our looks--- we are not born with them.A baby has generally informed face features. A baby, according to Birdwhistell, learns where to set the eyebrows by looking at those

around- family and friends. This helps explain why the people of some areas of the UNITED States look so much alike, new Englanders or Southerners have certain common face features that can not be explained by genetics (遗传学). The exact shape of the mouth is not set at birth it is learned after. In fact the final mouth shape is not formed until well after new teeth are set. For many this can be well into grown-ups. A husband and wife together for a long time often come to look somewhat alike. We learn our looks from those around us. This is perhaps why in a single country there are areas where people smile more than those in other areas. In the US for example the south is the part of the country where the people smile most frequently. In New England they smile less and in the western part of New York States still less. Many southerners find cities such as New York cold and unfriendly partly because people in Madison Avenue smile less than people on Peachtree Street in Atlanta Georgia. People in largely populated areas also smile and greet each other in public less than people in small towns do.

1.Ray Birdwhistell believes that physical appearance ___________.

A．has little to do with culture                         B．has much to do much culture

C．is ever changing                                             D．is different from place to place

2.According to the passage the final mouth shape is formed _________.

        A．before birth                                                      B．as soon as one’s teeth are newly set

        C．some time after new teeth are set            D．around 15 years old

3.Ray Birdwhistell can tell what area of the US a person is from by _______.

        A．how much he or she smiles

        B．how he or she raise his or her eyebrows www.91beidou.com

        C．what he or she likes best

        D．the way he or she talks

4.This passage might have been taken out of a book dealing with       .

        A．physics                      B．chemistry               C．biology                       D．none of the above

 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

    Is the customer always right?  1.  Shopping is very much a part of a country’s culture, and

attitudes to shopping and consumers vary from country to country just as much as climate or taste

in food.

Recent economic hardship has given the consumers increased power in Europe because shopkeepers fight to win their share of reduced disposable（可支配的）income．This has meant failing prices，plenty of special offers and a re-examination of what customer service really means． 2. In restaurants in the south of the USA，for example，waiters compliment．（恭维）you on your clothes，ask about your day，compliment you on your wisdom of your order and then return every ten minutes to refill your glass and make sure that everything is to your satisfaction．

Anyone who has waited 30 minutes to be served in fl restaurant may possibly dream of such customer service． 3. a fact，different nationalities expect different types of service．As a friend of mine once told me，"By the end of evening I had spent as much time talking to the waiter as to my wife．"

A Chinese-American friend loves telling people about how her Chinese mother shops for clothes．First of all she waits until they are on sale． 4.And later she finds some small fault with the product and demands a further reduction．She never buys anything at the regular price．Could you imagine trying such ways in department stores in other countries?

Attitudes to service are，of course，affected by employers’ attitudes to their workers．As American waiters heavily depend on tips，they have to provide more service．But is this fair? 5. It might not be a case of"Is the customer always right ?"but a case of” How much service is it fair to expect?"

A．People often point to America as an example of good customer service．

B．It is a question of expectations．

C．Do we think it is fair to ask shop assistants to work late evenings or on Sundays?

D．Then she asks for a discount until she gets an even better price．

E．The answer，it seems，depends on which country you are in．

F．The way we shop shows the way we get along with other people．

G．However，do Europeans really want US style service?

下边一篇短文中有10处错误。请你进行修改，每句中最多有两处，错误涉及一个单词的增加，删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用（/）划掉

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2．史允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Walter’s goal in life was become a successfully doctor. He knew he had to finish high

school first, so he put his heart into his study—in particular, biology, chemistry, and maths.

Because he worked hard at these subjects. Walter became good at it. However, Walter forgot

that he needed to master some other subjects beside those he had been chosen. As a result,

Walter fails both English and Latin in the end of the second school year. But he had to repeat

these subjects and he was almost unable to graduate like planned. Walter learned a good lesson.

某校高三年级对如何填报高考志愿作了一次问卷调查，结果如下图所示，请根据图中信息简要介绍这次调查结果并发表你个人看法。

    注意：词数：100词左右。

 Today ________ number of people learning English in China ________ increasing rapidly.

A. a; is                  B. the; is               C. a; are                D. the; are

 Almost _____ of the students in this class ______ glasses, that is _____ of them.

        A. two thirds; wear; 60 percent                B. two thirds; wear; 60 percents

   C. two third; wears; 60 percent                D. two third; wears; 60 percents

---Could you please tell us about the activities in your school right now?

   --- All right. I _____ to that.

    A. come               B. have come               C. am coming       D. came

You can hardly believe what great difficulty we had ______ on with the man.

A. to get                 B. got                  C. getting           D. get

 ---I didn’t expect the job would be so hard.

---You _________ of that earlier.

A. must think                                                  B. ought to think     

C. should have thought                              D. must have thought