What's going on in other countries? _____3_____ do people live in faraway places? Is there a good sports game somewhere（在某处）? What's life in the deepest part of the sea? If you want to _____4____ these and other questions, just turn on the TV and watch it. Of course people can also learn through reading and listening to the _____5_____, but TV can help them learn better and more easily. Why? Because they can hear and watch too. TV can give us new _____6______. It's an interesting thing.

Paris is the capital of France. Its subway is also very special. You can enjoy its culture when you are in this city. First you can see many people reading books in the subway. Whenever they are in the subway or at the station, there is always a book in the hand.

The subway station in Paris is not big, but each of them has its special facts. Some stations look like ships. Some stations have clothes, caps and shoes. And every station has a big advertisement picture. But many of them are for selling clothes and cosmetics(化妆品).

You can meet some beggars(乞丐) in the subway. But the beggars in the Paris subway are also very special. They often play the violin or guitar in the train. They don’t feel shy at all. Instead they think it is natural. After playing, they will go around the train and ask you to give them some money.

If you want to learn more about Paris, go to the subway and enjoy its culture by yourself.

1. What do many people usually do when they are in the subway?

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2. How do the beggars get money from people in the subway?

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3. What’s the main idea of this passage?

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An old farmer lived with his little grandson. Every day the farmer got up early to read books.

One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I want to read books just like you, but I don’t understand them. What are the advantages of reading?” The grandfather said, “Take this litter basket to the river and bring me back a basket of water.” he boy did, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, “ You’ll have to walk faster next time.”

This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. The boy said, “ See Grandpa, it’s useless!”

So you think it is useless?” the old man said. “Look at the basket.”

The boy looked at the basket and for the first time he realized that the basket was different. It was clean, inside and out.

“That’s what happens when you read books. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read them, you will be changed, inside and out.”

1.The grandfather got up early to __________.

2.The underlined phrase “leaked out” means “______” in Chinese.

3.The passage might be written for ___________ to read.

4. The basket was ________ in the end.

5. What can we know from the passage?