A couple of years ago, I went to Australia for a meeting with my friend, Chris. We decided to drive across country to Brisbane after the meeting ended. The drive was going to take four days and most of it was across the desert,    81   
The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and laughing at each other's stupid jokes. By the third day of driving in the seemingly endless desert, we began to get bored. We had been quiet for a few hours when in the distance Chris found some kangaroos. We were both excited and decided to get a closer look.   82  We got closer and closer, and Chris was doing 110 kilometers per hour. We were very close to the kangaroos—too close—when we heard a loud BANG!
Chris stopped the car and we got out. Behind the car was a larger kangaroo lying completely still on the ground.    83  He took off his sunglasses and put them on the kangaroo and did the same with his jacket. Then, he put his arm around the kangaroo and told me to take a photo of them together.   84  While I was focusing the camera, I saw the kangaroo move. It suddenly woke up, looked at Chris, and jumped away into the distance before we could do anything.
I started laughing but Chris looked very serious.   85   I started laughing even harder. I stopped laughing, however, when he said that our car keys were also in the jacket!

A．Chris speeded up to catch up with the kangaroos. B．He said his wallet and passport were in the jacket. C．In order to get there in three days, we drove very fast. D．so we had to take food, water, and extra gas with us. E. Chris went over to the kangaroo and put his baseball cap on its head. F. I was still surprised, but I took out my camera.

Before you go to another country it is a great help if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.
When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say, “How do you do? ”and shake hands. Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.
Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.
【小题1】It is ____ if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.

A．not useful	B．not helpful
C．very helpful	D．very bad

【小题2】English people usually shake hands when they ______.

A．meet every time

B．meet for the first time

C．say goodbye to each other

D．say hello to each other

【小题3】Usually English people don’t shake hands _______.

A．when they will be away for a long time

B．when they say “How do you do? ”

C．when they just meet or say goodbye

D．after they haven’t met for a long time

【小题4】Which of the statement（陈述）is right?

A．German people shake hands as often as possible.

B．English people like shaking hands very much.

C．German people hardly shake hands.

D．Neither English people nor Germans like shaking hands.

【小题5】This story is about _______.

A．shaking hands

B．customs

C．languages

D．languages and customs

Before I left to meet Lynne, my friend told me that I had better take some money, but I didn’t listen to him. I thought that Lynne would pay because she invited me.
I arrived at the restaurant on time because I knew Americans like to be on time. Lynne and I sat at a table near the door and soon we began to enjoy ourselves there.
The food there was very delicious. I talked a lot about Saudi Arabia and Lynne told me all about herself. After two hours the waiter came and asked if we wanted one check(账单) or two. Lynne said two. Lynne paid her check, and the waiter gave me mine, I had no money. Then I had an idea, I called my friend. In a few minutes he arrived with some money. He laughed at me all the way home.
Now, I think it’s funny, but I guess you can understand how I felt at that time. So when you visit a foreign country, you have to learn their language and culture.
【小题1】From the first paragraph, we mainly know____________.

A．I invited Lynne.	B．Lynne invited me.
C．Lynne was my best friend	D．I knew Lynne very much.

【小题2】 After the meal,___________________________,

A．Lynne paid only for herself	B．Lynne paid for both of us.
C．I would like to pay for myself	D．I paid for both of us.

【小题3】. From the passage we know, when we visit a foreign country,__________.

A．We’d better pay for ourselves.

B．We should learn their language well.

C．We’d better pay for others after meal.

D．We have to learn both their language and culture.

A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches (英尺) longer.
He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. “The new trousers are too long,” he said. “They need shortening（缩短）by about two inches.
Could one of you do it for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything. But when his mother  finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.
Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’ s trousers. She was a kind girl,so she went quietly upstairs withoutsaying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches.  The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home she,too, remembered her brothers trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done. You can imagine（想象）the look on the young man’s face when he put the trousers on the   next morning.   .
【小题1】What were the young man’s new trousers like at first?

A．They were a bit too long.

B．They were just suitable.

C．They were too short for him.

D．There were about two inches shorter.

【小题2】Why didn’t the young man’s mother and sisters answer him in the kitchen?

A．Because they were very busy.

B．Because they didn’t hear him.

C．Because they didn’t like him.

D．Because they couldn’t do that.

【小题3】When did his elder sister shortened the trousers?

A．In the evening.

B．Before she finished the washing.

C．After lunch.

D．After she came back from the cinema.

【小题4】What did the young man find about the trousers the next morning?
He found that the trousers were ______ inches too short for him. 

A．two

B．four

C．six

D．eight

【小题5】How did the young man feel when he put the trousers on the next morning?

A．Pleasant.

B．Thankful.

C．Surprised.

D．Bored.

After a hard campaign, Barack Obama won the US president election on November 4. He will become the 44th President of the United States---the first African-American in the country’s history.
On the election eve, Obama’s grandmother died---only a few days before seeing her grandson’s victory. Tears ran down the face of Obama as he spoke about his grandmother. “She taught me about hard work.She was the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. She poured everything she had into me.”
In his first speech as the president, Obama declared to tens of thousands of cheering supporters, “…The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even one term, but America---I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as a people will get there…” The crowd broke out into the same chant(咏唱，吟诵), “Yes, we can!”Those three short words have become the defining phrase of Obama’s campaign.
Forty-five years ago, Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. Today the dream has come true.
【小题1】When will Obama begin to work as a president?

A．On November 4	B．Before November 4
C．After November 4	D．On the day he won the election.

【小题2】What happened to Obama before the election eve?

A．His grandmother passed away.	B．His grandmother was killed.
C．His grandmother gave him a lesson.	D．His grandmother was kidnapped.

【小题3】What does the underlined word “campaign” mean in Chinese?

A．公关

B．竞选活动

C．辩论

D．比赛

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Obama makes Martin Luther King’s dream come true.

B．Americans believe Obama will change everything of America.

C．Obama’s grandmother had a great effect on him.

D．Many people support Obama to become the president of America.