53．Why did Paul love his part-time job as an usher?

A．He liked to do part--time jobs．　 　　　　　　　　 　B．He could learn to be an actor．

C．He could enjoy music and plays．　　　　　　　　 D．He liked to work for actors．

52.　 “When in Rome, do as the Romans do” means ____________ .

A. the Romans are people of good manners

B. people in the United States want to learn from the Romans

C. Americans always do the same things as the Romans do

D. You should get used to the local customs wherever you go

E

Paul was a student with a lot of problems．He hated school．He didn’t like living with his family in the industrial city of Pittsburgh．Paul wanted to be surrounded by beautiful things．He loved his part--time job as an usher(引座员)at the concert hall．He helped people find their seats before the concert．Then he could listen to the music and dream of exciting places．

Paul also spent a，lot of time at the local theater．He knew many of the actors who worked there. He used to do little jobs for them．And they would let him see plays for free．Paul had little time left for his studies．So he was always in trouble with his teachers．Finally，Paul's teachers complained again to his father．His father took him out of school and made him take a job in a large company．He would not let Paul go near the concert hall or the theater．

Paul did not like his job as a messenger boy．He began to plan his escape．A few weeks later，Paul’s boss，Mister Denny，gave Paul a large amount of money to take to the bank．He told Paul to hurry because it was Friday afternoon．He said the bank would close soon and would not open again until Monday．At the bank，Paul took the money out of his pocket．It was five thousand dollars．Paul put the money back in his coat pocket．And he walked out of the bank．He went to the train station and bought a one-way ticket for New York City．That afternoon Paul left Pittsburgh forever．

51. A guest at an American’s dinner party should show his politeness by _________.

A. not eating up all the food offered

B. putting more food onto his plate as soon as he has emptied it

C. refuse the offer of food or drink though he is still hungry or thirsty

D. asking for things directly if he wants

50. In the West, people consider it bad manners ________ .

A. to put less food onto his plate

B. to ask for something directly

C.　　　 to eat much at a dinner party

D. to keep asking someone to accept something

49. From the passage we can see that the writer is ________.

A. a Chinese　　　　 B. a Roman　　　 C. an American　　　　 D. a Thailand

48. The UFO was seen _____.

A. by Burdens and his friend

B. brighter in the darkness

C. by several people

D. to have a yellow bottom and a red top in the same way

D

The customs in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it. That often discomforts(让……不舒服)me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I do not want to. I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he very often refuses the offer of food or drink though he’s in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners in China, but it is not in the West at all. In the United States, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something. Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “No thanks.” When an American is served with beer by the host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks. I’ll take some orange juice if you have it.” That is what an American will do. So when you go to the United States, you’d better remember the famous saying: “When in Rome, do as Romans do.”

47. The UFO looked like _____.

A. smoke 　　　　　　　　　 B. a large plate　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. light　　　　　 　　　　D. a jumping object

46. The UFO moved _____.

A. regularly 　　　　　　　 　B. in a changeable way 　　　　　 　C. slowly 　　　　　 　D. fast

45. UFOs are _____.

A. flying high up in the sky 　　　　　　　 B. strange flying objects

C. difficult to believe 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. very interested

44. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Goals help you succeed　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. How to succeed

C. Why we always failed　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. A research on setting goals

C

It is sometimes said that strange flying objects have been seen high up in the sky. People call these strange objects Unidentified Flying Objects(UFOS). These UFOs caused a lot of interest. Some of the reports about them are difficult to believe. Some have been explained in scientific ways. Others have never been explained. Here is an account of UFOs from a report.

Dennis Burdens, who wrote an article, tells us that he once saw a UFO himself. He was having dinner one night with a friend near Tripoli, Libya, and after dinner the two men walked across a yard to his room to look at some papers. Burdens noticed that the moon looked strange that night. “It wasn't the moon”, was the reply.

They watched the light and saw that it was moving. It seemed to be an object rather like a big plate. In some ways it looked like smoke with a light on it, but it wasn't smoke because it didn't change its shape. It was moving in a regular way. That is to say, it didn't go suddenly faster or more slowly, and it didn't go higher or lower. So the two men decided that there must be men in it. After that, Burdens said that he felt eyes looking at him. He was being watched in the darkness.

When it was nearer, they noticed that the bottom parts were brighter than the top. The bottom was yellow and the top red. Then the object suddenly turned away and left Libya, moving very fast.

On a later day Burdens talked to other people about it, and he found some who had seen it. They all described it in the same way. Could they all be mistaken?