阅读理解(Reading comprehension)

　　A French girl outside Buckingham Palace said:“I was so excited. I saw the Queen! She came out in a Rolls Royce. I've been interested in your royal family since I was a little girl. I've read all the stories, especially about Charles and Diana, in French newspapers and magazines. They tell me what your royal family really do. Your newspapers can't tell the truth about them!”

　　An Italian boy, who was in Britain for the first time, talked about the weather. “I can' t understand it. I've been here for over a week, and I still haven' t seen any fog!”

　　A Japanese student from Tokyo said：“I've been in Britain since April, and I' m living with a British family. I've noticed one big difference between British and Japanese families. British men do jobs like cooking, washing up and ironing. They're jobs which I've never seen Japanese men do. They think it' s women's work. But I don' t agree!”

　　A German student, at a language school in Oxford said:“I thought Britain was a modern European country, you've been in the EEC for years now. So why do you still use miles, pints, and pounds, instead of kilometres, litres and kilos? And why do you still drive on the wrong side of the road?”

　　A Danish girl in Brighton said:“I came to Britain a month ago. I've noticed one very strange thing here. After British people have washed the dishes, they never rinse(remove…with water) them. They just take them out of the dirty, soapy water and leave them to dry!”

　　A Swedish girl said:“I've watched a lot of television since I arrived in Torquay two weeks ago. British television's wonderful! But the “programmes” which I've enjoyed most are the advertisements. They're very funny a very clever, or both. Back home in Sweden we don't have any TV advertisements at all!”

　　Who said what?

Who do you think said these things? Write them on your answer sheet.

1．□

It makes shopping very difficult. For example, I don't know what size shoes or jeans to ask for.

2．□

Did you know that he did not speak to her at that time, except in public?

3．□

I enjoy guessing what they're for, you know beer or toothpaste or whatever, before they actually name the product.

4．□

I help too－my friends at home would be very surprised if they could see me.

5．□

In fact the sun hasn't stopped shining－it's not at all like in old films and Dickens novels.

6．□

Surely it's not difficult to put them under the cold tap for a moment.

根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成单词，使句子正确、句意通顺。将答案写在题后相应的横线上。

1．There are some clouds in the s          ．

2．Today many families in China can a         to buy a car．

3．There are five people in the classroom, i        the English teacher．

4．At first the boy was a         to speak in public．

5．Taiwan b           to China for ever．

6．We should often exercise if we want to stay           (健康的)．

7．Our English teacher often gives US some            (建议)．

8．He didn't use             (打) volleyball．

9．              (幸运的是), I passed the exam．

10．I was         (吃惊的) to learn that Li Yang would come to our school to give us a lecture．

Making sense of how the US shows humor
Living in a new country gives me many surprises. The first surprise was the way that the US people speak
One day I saw someone was having a public speech in a square. I thought it would be a serious speech. But I soon found it became a kind of entertainment show.
The speaker told the audience to protect the environment with humorous words. Later he said some people’s behavior didn’t go with their words. He took the example of Taylor Swift’s song We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.[
He said that since Swift doesn’t want to be with the boy any more, she doesn’t need to speak it aloud, she doesn’t need to sing unless she still keeps in touch with that guy. It sounds like she is a hypocrite.
Then he sang the song in a funny way. The audience laughed out loudly. I felt a little angry because Swift is my favourite star. I couldn’t understand why they laughed at Swift.
As time goes on, I find many US people make fun of others. But they don’t mean to hurt them. They do that to show closeness and humour. And people who are laughed at seldom get angry. Now I understand the speaker at the square. Now I’ve got used to the way the US people speak.
It’s easy to find culture shock when you’re in a new place. But everyone should learn to understand different cultures and customs. 
【小题1】The man in the square was _______________.