What do I like best about Britain? The fact is that people here very rarely smoke. I never smoke myself, I think it’s a disgusting habit. But my friends in Spain smoke nearly all the time. It’s so nice to breathe “clean” air in cinemas, on buses and so on. And the few people who do smoke, almost always ask “Do you mind if I smoke?” before they light up.

The old people are so friendly, and they’ve nearly always got time to help you. When you don’t know where you are, they come up to you and say, “Can I help you, love?” or “What are you looking for, dear?” I love the way they call everybody “love” and “dear” like that even completely strangers.

Why does everybody say the weather here’s so bad? I love these cool, grey, cloudy days. They’re a bit sad---perhaps that’s why I like them. I come from Turkey. It’s sunny most of the time there. But here the weather’s so hard to tell. You hardly even know what to expect when you looked out of the window in the morning and it often changes five or six times during the day! It’s raining now, for example, but I’ve got no idea what it’s going to be like this afternoon.

I’m staying an English family. Family life here seems to be much more relaxed than in my country. People eat whatever they like, come in and go out whenever they want to, there aren’t so many rules. When I go out in the evening, nobody asks me “Where are you going? Whom are you going with? What time are you coming home?” You’ve got much more, the chance to live your own life, and do whatever you want.

41. The old men call everybody “love” and “dear” because they want to show that ______.

A. they’re friendly                                      B. they’re old

C. they’re your family members                   D. they’re the owners

42. Which country isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A. Britain                               B. Spain  

C. Canada                                 D. Turkey 

43. What does the under­lined word rarely mean in Chinese?

A. 很少地                                                        B. 批评

C. 赞扬                                                   D. 鼓励

44. The writer the weather in England is _______.

A. bad               B. terrible                     C. sunny            D. hard to tell

45. Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A. The weather in Britain is cool, grey, cloudy.

B. Family life in Britain is much more relaxed than that in Turkey.

C. The air in Britain isn’t clean enough.

D. The old people in Britain are very helpful.

把短文中的划线部分译成汉语。

The best about Britain?

　　What do I like best about Britain? The fact that people here very rarely smoke. (1) I never smoke myself. I think it's a disgusting habit. But my friends in Spain smoke nearly all the time. It's so nice to be able to breathe “clean” air in cinemas, on buses and so on. (2) And the few people who do smoke, almost always ask “Do you mind if I smoke?” before they light up.

　　The old people are so friendly, and they've nearly always got time to help you. When you don' t know where you are, they come up to you and say, “Can I help you, love?” or “What are you looking for, dear?”(3) I love the way they call everybody “love” and “dear” like that, even complete strangers.

　　Why does everybody say the weather here's so bad? I love these cool, grey, cloudy days. They're a bit sad, perhaps that's why I like them. I come from Turkey. It's sunny most of the time there. But here the weather's so hard to tell. (4) You hardly ever know what to expect when you look out of the window in the morning and then it often changes five or six times during the day! It's raining now, for example, but I've got no idea what it' s going to be like this afternoon!

　　I'm staying with an English family. Family life here seems to be much more relaxed than in my country. (5) People eat whenever they like, come in and go out whenever they want to－there aren't so many rules. When I go out in the evening, nobody asks me “Where are you going? Whom are you going with? What time are you coming home?” You've got much more, the chance to live your own life, and do whatever you want.

Mary didn’t understand such sentences as “She is blue today”, “You are yellow”, “He has a green thumb”, “He has told a white lie” and so on. And she went to the teacher Mrs. James for help.

Mary:    Mrs. James, there is a colour in each of the sentences. What do they mean?

Mrs. James: In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad, yellow afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one.”

Mary:     I’m afraid I don’t understand them all. Would you give me an example for “a white

lie”?

Mrs. James: Certainly. Now I just give you some cakes. In fact you don’t like it, but you don’t want to let me know it. Instead you say, “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s a white lie.

Mary:      It sounds very interesting. Thanks very much.

Mrs. James: You are welcome. Colours are meaningful. I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future. Please come to me if you have any questions.

1.Blue sometimes means sad in _______________ English.

A．good

B．spoken

C．usual

D．poor

2.I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants ________________.

A．die off

B．grow well

C．look nice

D．are good

3.David is yellow and he is ___________ to climb the tall tree!

A．happy

B．clever

C．brave

D．afraid

4.He didn’t like me to know ___________ of the accident. He told me a white lie at last.

A．the reason

B．the true story

C．the meaning

D．the answer

5.He is ______________today. He is told that his father is seriously ill.

A．blue

B．yellow

C．green

D．white

 

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。

That cold February afternoon, I was walking back to my home-stay, feeling a bit sad. I (1) _______（study）English at the language school for 3 months. Now it was all over. I knew the time for me to say goodbye to my hostess（女房东）was coming.

“How was your day, Kim?” my hostess greeted me as I (2) __________ (open) the door. “Not too bad.” I answered .She (3) __________ (prepare) supper for me in the kitchen. “I (4) _______(come) to help you .”I said to her－she had some trouble walking properly because she had her foot hurt the other day when doing sports .

“No help is needed now. Just have a rest and supper is soon ready.”

I helped her (5) __________ (take) the dishes to the dining room and set the knife and fork on the table.

“Well, Kim, this is the last supper we are having together. It has nice to have you in my family. You have been so kind and helpful.”

Miss Foster,” I said with tears in my eyes.” Thank you for looking after me so well. I will never forget what you (6) _________ (do) for me.”

   It’s nice of you to say so. I think we (7) _________ (talk) on the phone or chat on the Internet if we (8) _________ (miss) each other. Well, I (9) _________ (drive) you to the airport tomorrow but you see I can’t. But I have called a taxi for you. It will come to pick you up at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning. The taxi (10) _________(pay) by the school. So enjoy a good dinner and have a good sleep. You’ll see your family when you get up tomorrow.”

Mary didn’t understand such sentences as“She is blue today”，“You are yellow”，“He has a green thumb”，“He has told a white lie”and so on．And she went to the teacher Mrs James for help．

Mary：Mrs James，there is a colour in each of the sentences．What do they mean?

Mrs James：In everyday English，Mary，blue sometimes means sad，yellow afraid．A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one．

Mary：I'm afraid I don’t understand them all．Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?

Mrs James：Certainly．Now I just give you some cakes．In fact you don’t like it，but you don’t want to let me know it．Instead you say，“No，thanks．I’m not hungry．”That’s a white lie．

Mary：It sounds very interesting．Thanks very much．

Mrs James：You are welcome．Colours are meaningful．I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future．Please come to me if you have any questions．

1.Blue sometimes means sad in ________ English．

A．good         B．spoken       C．usual         D．poor

2.I don’t have a green thumb，so all my plants________．

A．die off       B．grow well    C．look nice      D．are good

3.He is ________today．He is told that his father is seriously ill．

A．blue        B．yellow        C．green         D．white