Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy lean? It leans because of a mistake. It has leaned almost since the day the tower was built.

   In 1173, the people of Pisa, Italy, wanted to build a bell tower. They wanted the tower to be the most beautiful bell tower in all of Italy. The city also needed a bell tower because the church did not have one.

   However, there was a problem. As soon as the first floor of the building was finished, the tower started to lean. Builders tried to make the building straight again as they added more floors, but they couldn’t figure out how to make it stop leaning.

   It took almost 180 years to finish the tower. Since then, the tower has leaned by another millimeter every year. Today, the Leaning Tower has eight floors and is 54.5 meters tall. By 1990, it was leaning by about 4 meters to one side. It was also slowly sinking into the ground. Many people became worried that it would soon fall apart.

   In 1998, repair works began on the tower, and by the end of 2001, it had been moved back by 45 centimeters. The tower will still lean, however, so it will need to be repaired again---in another 200 years.

1.why did the people of  Pisa want to build the tower?

     A. They needed a new church         B. They wanted to build the tallest tower in Tower         C. They  needed a bell tower.            D.  They wanted to build a leaning tower.

2.When did the tower begin to lean?

     A. from the first day it was built          B. after the first floor was built

     C. after the last floor was built           D. 180 years after it was built

3.When was the tower finished?

     A. in 1173     B. in 1180      C. in 1353    D. in 1474

4.Before being repaired,, the tower leaned every year by another _______

     A. 1 millimeter    B. 45 centimeters    C. 54.5 millimeters    D. 4 meters

5.Which of the following is NOT true about the tower?

 A. It was sinking into the ground      

 B. People were worried it might fall apart

C. It was repaired between 1990 and 1998.    

D. It will need to be repaired again in 200 years.

However much _______, it will be worth it.

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You might think body language is universal. After all, we're the same species, right? But basics like what is considered a polite greeting and definitions of "personal space" vary widely from culture to culture. Americans, for instance, are considered rather reserved in the way they greet friends, and they define personal space more broadly than most other cultures. Knowing how another culture's basic body language differs from yours may be of use next time you travel internationally.

Mind how you meet and greet. Americans and Canadians, male and female, tend to greet each other with a nice firm handshake. In Asian countries, the polite form of greeting is to bow, and the lower you bow, the deeper respect you have for the person you are bowing to. In Spain, Portugal, Italy and Eastern Europe, men kiss each other on the cheek.

Be careful about eye contact. In America, intermittent(断断续续的) eye contact is preferable in a conversation--unless it's someone you care deeply for. In Middle Eastern countries, intense prolonged(持久的) eye contact is the norm, and the person you're speaking with will move very close to you to maintain it. The Japanese, on the other hand, consider it an invasion of privacy, and rarely look another person in the eye.

Americans, in general, smile when they meet or greet someone. Koreans, however, think it's rude for adults to smile in public--to them, smiling in public is a sign of embarrassment.

Don't point. Most Americans think nothing of pointing at an object or another person. Native Americans consider it extremely rude to point with a finger, and instead they point with their chin. It's also rude to point with a finger in China; the polite alternative is to use the whole hand, palm facing up.

Give the right amount of space. In Asian cultures, particularly China, the concept of personal space (generally defined in America as a three-to-four-foot circle for casual and business acquaintances) is nearly nonexistent. Strangers regularly touch bodies when standing in line for, say, movie tickets. People in Scandinavian countries, on the other hand, need more personal space than we do.

Title: How to (71)_______ Body Language in Different Cultures

We’ll have to finish the work, ____.

Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute mile? For years people believed that it is impossible for a human being to  1  a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it  2  in 1954．Within one year, 37 runners  3  the belief barrier．And the year after that, 300 other runners did the same thing．

    What happens if you put an animal in a  4 ? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through．What happens when someone, who does not know how to swim, falls in deep waters? You  5 ．If an animal who has not learned swimming could  6  by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal does not．

    These  7  show the power of beliefs．There is no other more  8  force in directing human behavior than belief．Our beliefs have the power to  9  and to destroy．

    In a way it is our beliefs that determine how much we’ll be able to  10  our potential．So pay attention to some of your  11 ．Do you believe you are weak in mathematics? Do you believe that other people dislike you？Do you believe life is full of  12 ？

    Belief is not  13 , however．It’s nothing but the generalization of a past incident．As a kid, if a dog bit you, you believed all dogs to be  14 ．To change certain behavior, identify the beliefs associated with it．Change those beliefs and a new pattern is  15  created．

1．A．run                        B．walk                    C．swim                   D．jog

2．A．right                    B．wrong                  C．fake                    D．true

3．A．broke                     B．built                   C．faced                  D．lowered

4．A．cage                       B．desert                     C．forest                D．pond

5．A．drown                    B．swim                   C．float                       D．sink

6．A．struggle                B．escape                 C．drown                 D．leave

7．A．samples                B．cases                       C．situations         D．periods

8．A．terrible                     B．reasonable              C．considerable      D．powerful

9．A．damage                 B．provide               C．create                D．withdraw

10．A．discover              B．realize               C．show                    D．perform

11．A．problems             B．beliefs               C．possibilities          D．subjects

12．A．surprises                 B．choices                C．problems             D．possibilities

13．A．beautiful                 B．changeable          C．strong                D．mysterious

14．A．safe                    B．rude                   C．merciless           D．dangerous

15．A．occasionally       B．immediately         C．accidentally           D．automatically