— What’s 　　　　 matter?

— A car is in 　　　　 way.

A．a; a              B．/; the             C．the; a            D．the; the

The word “day” has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using “day” to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night, we are using “day” to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning（旋转）of the earth. At the equator（赤道）day and night are sometimes the same length（长度）. They are each twelve hours long. The sun rises at 6 o’clock in the morning and sets at 6 o’clock in the evening. For six months the North Pole is tilted（倾斜）toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere（半球）gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere. Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days.
（  ）6.When the Western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ________.
　　     A. both day and night              B. day
　　     C. neither day nor night            D. night
（  ）7. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by ________ of the earth.
　　     A. the pushing                    B. the pulling
C. the spinning                    D. the passing
（  ）8. At the equator day is as long as night ________.
　　        A. sometimes     B. never       C. usually        D. always
（  ）9. When the North Pole is tilted toward the sun, the Northern Hemisphere gets ________ sunlight.
　　    A. less           B. more       C. all            D. no
（  ）10. When it is winter in China,  ________.
　　    A. the USA is tilted toward the sun
　　    B. the South Pole is tilted away from the sun
　　    C. the North Pole is tilted toward the sun
　　    D. the North Pole is tilted away from the sun

If you go to Finland, you’ll be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high class Benz with a fare (票价) of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then get off without paying your fare. And the driver would not show the least sign of worry.
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends and dine free of charge.
With so many loopholes (漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “pretty advantages”. But the strange things is, all the taxi-passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. As the Finns always act on good faith and always show an attitude of “which is which” and “what is what” in everything they do, so to live in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”. In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to take precautions (预防措施) against others?
【小题1】The word “foolish” probably means _____________.

What happened while Linda was ______ the telephone?

A. in         　 　 B. at  　　 C. on    　 　 　 D. into

　The ladies club(妇女俱乐部) always   l  　a meeting   2  　Friday afternoon and someone came to talk to them about   3  . After that, they had tea and asked　  4  .

    One Friday a man came and talked to the club about the food problem. “There's not 5 food in the world for everyone,” he said. “More than half of the people in the world are hungry. And when they have   6  　food, they have more babies,   7  　they never   8   being hungry. Somewhere in the world, a woman is having a baby every minute day and night. What are you going to do about it?” He   9  　for a few seconds. Then one of the ladies said, “Well, why not   10   that woman and stop her?”

1.A. held 　　　 B. made 　　　 C. took 　　　 D. left

2.A. in 　　　　 B. at 　　　　 C. on 　　　　 D. for

3.A. something important             B. everything important

C. nothing important               D. anything important

4.A. problems　　 B. questions C. the man　　 D. the ladies

5.A. good　　　　 B. clean　　　 C. enough　　　D. pleasant

6.A. better 　　　B. more 　　　 C. less 　　　 D. fewer

7.A. but 　　　　 B. since　　　 C. as 　　　　 D. so

8.A. stop 　　　　B. enjoy 　　　C. like 　　　 D. keep

9.A. waited　　　 B. asked　　　 C. looked　　　D. played

10.A. see 　　　　B. look 　　　 C. find 　　　 D. watch