Four foreigners in Britain talk about the people and the country…

Nicolac from Romania works in a pub

“British people like children，but they don’t let them go to the pubs（酒馆）or restaurants In my pub we have a rule：’No children under 12’．People in Britain drink a lot of coffee and beer．”

Alexandra from Russia is a student

“This is not a good country for smokers! Many coffee bars and restaurants are ‘No Smoking’．I live with three British students and they don't smoke．When l want to smoke，I must go to the garden”.

Carlos is a teacher from Spain

“People read tile newspaper everywhere-on the train，on the bus，at the bus stop．Cars stop in Britain when you stand on the zebra crossing．Cars don’t stop for you in lily country．”

Marillia from Brazil works for a British family

“I think my British family is typical（典型的）The woman doesn’t cook，but she watches cooking programmer on TV every day The man cooks at the weekend He makes very nice food．”

1．If your sister is 15 years old, can she go to the Nicolac's pub?

2．Where must Alexandra go if she wants to smoke?

3．What do British people often do on the train or bus?

4．What programmes does the woman watch every day in Marillia’s British family?

1.If you go to ______, maybe some people can understand you.

A．Russia            B．Singapore         C．Egypt             D．India

2.The capital of Egypt is _______.

A．Moscow          B．Cairo             C．New Delhi         D．Singapore city

3.From the form(表格), we can see that ______ is the most important language.

A．English           B．Russian           C．French           D．Tamil

The 2018 World Cup __________ in Russia. How ________________ is !

A．will be held ; exciting a news               B．will taken place ; an exciting news

C．will be taken place ; exciting the news        D．will hold; an exciting news

Mexican people have a tradition of greeting each other with handshakes and kisses on the cheek(脸颊). But recently, government officials asked people to   1   this. They have also closed schools and museums, and advised people to stay at home.
This is to stop people from  2   an infectious disease, swine flu. The disease has spread over the country. It has killed 159 people and caused 4,000 to become sick   3    .
What is swine flu ?
Swine flu is a disease that cause respiratory illness in pigs. It spreads to people in two ways. People catch the virus after being with infected pigs, or they get it from an infected  4  . The disease spreads in the same way   5    human flu, through coughs and sneezes and then touching the nose or mouth. However , it  6   be spread by eating pork.
People who have caught swine flu will have a fever , a cough, a sore throat and body aches. In most cases, the infection makes people unwell but their lives will not be   7 .
A few governments around the world have advised their citizens not to visit    8  . Some countries have begun checking air travelers for the disease and have set up quarantines for people who might be infected. Russia, China and other countries have banned buying pork from Mexico,
9    the flu cannot be caught by eating the meat.
Health experts advise people to wash their hands frequently , to cover coughs and sneezes and to stay at home if they feel   10   .