“Let’s go Dutch, shall we?” Jim said after a dinner to his friends in a restaurant. What does Jim mean?

Long ago, there was a kind of dinner called Dutch treat (款待). At a Dutch treat, the invited guests were expected to pay for their own share of the food and drink. Now, Dutch treat means when friends go out to have fun, each person pays his or her own share.

There are many other expressions related with “Dutch” in American English. However, most of them were first used in England in the 17th century. At that time, the British and the Dutch were war enemies. So when British people talked about something wrong or bad, they would like to use the word “Dutch”.

A common expression heard a few years ago was in Dutch. A friend may tell you, “You are in Dutch. The teacher is angry with you. Be careful!” When a soldier took Dutch leave, he left the army without permission. Dutch courage was the false courage produced by the effects of drinking wine.

There is one expression that did come from the Dutch. That is to talk like a Dutch uncle. The Dutch were known for the strict and serious way they educated their children.

59. What did people mean by saying “Let’s go Dutch”?

A. The guests should leave first.

B. Each person should pay his or her own bill

C. The food should be better next time.

D. People should go to another restaurant.

60. According to the passage, the British in the 17th century ___________.

A. first used the word “Dutch”            B. were mistaken for Dutch people

C. got along well with the Dutch people     D. used the word “Dutch” for something bad

61. If your friend says that he is in Dutch, he most probably means that ___________.

A. he is happy       B. he is lucky      C. he is in trouble     D. he is on vacation

62. If someone spoke to you in a very serious way, you may say that he ___________.

A. was like a Dutch uncle                 B. would take a Dutch leave

C. had Dutch courage                    D. had a Dutch treat

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　　Dad said it would be an unusual present, and he was quite right. He said, “Go to the telephone and call a ten-figure number. It must begin with 010. Got that 0l0-?, you can please yourself about the other seven figures. ”

　　I called the number 010-6132597 . A few moments later I heard a man's clear voice at the other end, the voice said, “Kikri 2597. Don Flower speaking.”

　　I said, “Hello, Mr. Flower. I'm Robert West, and this call to you is one of my birthday presents. I'm thirteen today.”

　　“Oh, that's great. Many happy returns of the day! Where are you calling from, Robert? You sound very clear.”

　　“I'm at home in London. Where are you?”

　　“You're in London! Well, well—I've never had a call from London before. I live in Kikri, Australia. About a hundred miles from Kikri actually, but it's the nearest place . I've got a small farm here, with about ninety thousand sheep on it. You ought to come and visit me one day. ”

　　“I'd like to very much. Your farm must be very big, Mr. Flower, if you've got ninety thousand sheep on it. ”

　　“Well, there may be only eighty thousand by now. I'm not too sure. There's not a lot of feed for them, you know, and two of my wells have gone dry this month. So we've been driving the sheep around a bit. If you go straight across the middle of my farm, it's a hundred and ten miles. That isn't a great size for a farm in Australia, but it's big enough for me ! ”

　　We talked for three minutes, and it was very interesting. I gave Mr. Flower my telephone number. He promised to ring me on my birth-day next year.

1．If you live in London, what number calls Australia?

[　　]

A．010-2597.

B．6132579.

C．010-6132597.

D．Kikri 2597.

2．As far as we can tell from the passage, ________.

[　　]

A．Robert West had never rung Australia before

B．telephone calls to Australia are expensive

C．Mr. Flower is a friendly man

D．Mr. Flower wishes that he had a large farm

3．Which of the following is untrue?

[　　]

A．Mr. Flower lives in a big city.

B．Australia can have periods with no rain.

C．Robert did rat know Mr. Flower when he first spoke to him.

D．We do not know exactly how many sheep Mr. Flower has on his farm.

4．From the passage it seems that ________.

[　　]

A．Australia has the best conditions for sheep farming

B．to make a living in Australia, you must lave a large farm to raise sheep

C．Mr. Flower is finding it difficult to raise sheep successfully because he has a small farm

D．sleep farming in Australia can be a difficult job at times

5．The best title for the passage is ________.

[　　]

A．A Surprise Phone Call

B．An Unusual Present

C．A Phone Call to Australia

D．A Ten- Figure Number

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　　Dad said it would be an unusual present, and he was quite right. He said, “Go to the telephone and call a ten figure number. It must begin with 010. Got that 010-? You can please yourself about the other seven figures. ”

　　I called the number 010-6132597. A few moments later I heard a man’s clear voice at the other end, the voice said, “Kikri 2597. Don Flower speaking. ”

　　I said, “Hello, Mr. Flower. I'm Robert West, and this call to you is one of my birthday presents. I'm thirteen today. ”

　　“Oh, that’s great. Many happy returns of the day! Where are you calling from, Robert? You sound very clear. ”

　　“I'm at home in London. Where are you? ”

　　“You’re in London! Well, well-I've never had a call from London before. I live in Kikri, Australia. About a hundred miles from Kikri actually, but it's the nearest place. I've got a small farm here, with about ninety thousand sheep on it. You ought to come and visit me one day. ”

　　“I'd like to very much. Your farm must be very big, Mr. Flower, if you’ve got ninety thousand sheep on it. ”

　　“Well, there may be only eighty thousand by now. I'm not too sure. There’s not a lot of feed for them, you know, and two of my wells have gone dry this month. So we’ve been driving the sheep around a bit. If you go straight across the middle of my farm, it’s a hundred and ten miles. That isn’t a great size for a farm in Australia, but it’s big enough for me! ”

　　We talked for three minutes, and it was very interesting. I gave Mr. Flower my telephone number. He promised to ring me on my birthday the next year.

1．If you live in London, what number calls Australia?

[　　]

　

2．As far as we can tell from the passage, ________ .

[　　]

A．Robert West had never rang Australia before

B．telephone calls to Australia are expensive

C．Mr. Flower is a friendly man

D．Mr. Flower wishes that he had a large farm

　

3．Which of the following is NOT untrue?　　 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 [　　]

A．Mr. Flower lives in a big city.

B．Australia can have periods with no rain.

C．Robert did not know Mr. Flower when he first spoke to him.

D．We do not know exactly how many sheep Mr. Flower has on his farm.

　

4．From the passage it seems that ________ .

[　　]

A．Australia has the best conditions for sheep farming

B．to make a living in Australia, you must have a large farm to raise sheep

C．Mr. Flower is finding it difficult to raise sheep successfully because he has a small farm

D．sheep farming in Australia can be a difficult job at times

　

5．The best title for the passage is ________ .

[　　]

A．A Surprise Phone Call

B．An Unusual Present

C．A Phone Call To Australia

D．A Ten-Figure Number

On the first day of class, Mr. Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature(生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that.

When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else's in our class.

What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn't wait to get the answer.

Very simple, Mr. Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?

Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?

We should have guessed it out, Mr. Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat's), hadn't he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct.

1.We failed in the test because we didn't ______.

A. take notes while listening

B. show interest in what Mr. Whiteson said

C. listen to the teacher carefully

D. think carefully

2.We got angry because ______.

A. Mr. Whiteson didn't tell us the truth about cattytiger

B. we failed in the test

C. we didn't know why he played the joke on us

D. there was no cattytiger

3.We didn't find out it was a lie for ______.

A. we simply believed our teacher very much

B. we took notes carelessly

C. we hadn't watched the skull carefully enough

D. Mr. Whiteson spoke too fast

4.Mr. Whiteson meant that ______.

A. teachers couldn't make any mistakes

B. textbooks might be wrong sometimes

C. we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong

D. we shouldn't believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies

 

On the first day of class, Mr. Whiteson gave us a lecture about a creature(生物) called cattytiger, a kind of cat-like animal that completely disappeared during the Ice Age. He passed round a skull (头骨) as he talked, and we all felt interested and took notes while listening. Later, we had a test about that.

When he returned my paper, I was very, very surprised. There was a very large cross through each of my answers. And so it was with everyone else's in our class.

What had happened? Everyone was wondering and couldn't wait to get the answer.

Very simple, Mr. Whiteson explained. He had made up all that story about the cattytiger. There had never been such an animal. So why none of us noticed that and how could we expect good marks for the incorrect answers?

Needless to say, we got very angry. What kind of teacher was this?

We should have guessed it out, Mr. Whiteson said. After all, at the very moment he was passing around the cattytiger skull (in fact, a cat's), hadn't he been telling us that it completely disappeared during the Ice Age? Clearly he was telling a lie. But we just kept busy making notes and none used his head. We should learn something from this. Teachers and textbooks are not always correct.

51. We failed in the test because we didn't ______.

A. take notes while listening

B. show interest in what Mr. Whiteson said

C. listen to the teacher carefully

D. think carefully

52. We got angry because ______.

A. Mr. Whiteson didn't tell us the truth about cattytiger

B. we failed in the test

C. we didn't know why he played the joke on us

D. there was no cattytiger

53. We didn't find out it was a lie for ______.

A. we simply believed our teacher very much

B. we took notes carelessly

C. we hadn't watched the skull carefully enough

D. Mr. Whiteson spoke too fast

54. Mr. Whiteson meant that ______.

A. teachers couldn't make any mistakes

B. textbooks might be wrong sometimes

C. we should speak up if we thought our teacher or the textbook was wrong

D. we shouldn't believe our teachers because sometimes they might tell lies