Britain Today

Food

British people like good food, and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month . Fast food is also very popular— 30% of all adults have a hamburger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!

Cinema and TV

Films are very popular in Britain, and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about three hours every day — two hours more than women.

Holidays

British people love going on holiday, and have 56 holidays every year. Most of these holidays aren't in the UK—27% are in Spain,10% are in the USA, and 9% are in France , 15% are in China. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn't very good!

1. Which food could be more popular among British adults, a hamburger or fish and chips?

A. A hamburger.   B. Fish and chips.  C. Both.       D. Neither.

2.How long do British women spend watching TV every day?

A. Three hours.    B. Four hours      C. Two hours   D. One hour

3.Among the following countries , British people's least favorite country for a holiday is ____.

A. Spain          B. France         C. America    D. China

There are over 800 boarding (寄宿) schools in the UK with students from home and foreign countries. Boarding schools started hundreds of years ago in the country. But the earliest boarding schools were set up for white, rich boys only. Now both boys and girls can go to boarding schools from the age of 7 to 18.

What to do

In the UK, boarding schools have three terms in a school year, with about 13 weeks in each term. Students study and live together. They can’t go outside if they are not allowed to. In some schools, each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools have lots of other facilities for their students, including music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres. Most boarding schools have a “light out” time. So when it’s time to go to bed, all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off. There are house-masters to take care of students all the time, especially after school hours.

What to wear                                                                            

Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie, and girls wear a white blouse, sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older, the rules become less strict.

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In the UK, boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. And there is always self-service for salad (沙拉), other side dishes and a dessert. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen, or drink tea or have a snack between meals.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to (根据) the passage?

A. Only white children were allowed to attend the earliest boarding schools.

B. Students in a boarding school are looked after only after school hours.

C. As students get older, the rules about wearing school uniforms become stricter.

D. Students can have different activities in a boarding school.

2.Which is the best title for the last paragraph?

A. What to eat       B. When to eat    C. Where to eat          D. How to eat

3.The underlined word ‘facilities’ means _____________.

A. 教师          B. 设施         C. 活动                   D. 课程

America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship .This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China ,we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends : It is opposite in America ,Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full ,warm and real.

For Americans , it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!

1.The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1may mean “_______”.

A. keep out                  B. give up                     C. pay no attention to          D. continue

2.Which of the following is the typical（典型的）way of American hospitality?

A. Treating friends at home.

B. Taking days off to be with friends.

C. Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.   

D. Sharing everything they have.

3.Which of the following statements in True according to the passage?

A. Americans are always generous with their time.

B. Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D. Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

Close contacts between Japan and the rest of the world were created in the twentieth century. In the last forty years, business contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. Many foreign companies now have offices in Japan and Japanese businessmen do business around the world. Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder foreign businessmen and make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.

　　The American businessman, for example, wants to start talking business immediately. He does not want to wait. The Japanese businessman， on the other hand， likes to arrive at decisions after giving them serious thought. Another thing foreign businessmen have difficulty in understanding is when a Japanese means “Yes” or “No”. This is because of cultural differences between Japanese and Western society(社会)， Which make it difficult for a Japanese to say “No” directly.

In the USA， it is easy to say “No” to something one does not want to do. But in Japan， it is very difficult to say “No”. To refuse an invitation or a request(请求) with “No” is felt to be impolite. It is thought to be selfish and unfriendly. So instead of saying “No” directly， the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid(避免) saying “No”. These can help them avoid hurting other people’s feelings. However， this often makes their ways of doing business rather difficult for foreigners to understand and follow.

1.What often makes foreigners feel difficult to do business in Japan?

A. Their different ways of doing business.

B. Their different lifestyles.

C. The fact that the Japanese never say “No”.

D. The fact that the Japanese are slow to take action.

2. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined expression “bewilder foreign businessmen” in Paragraph One?

A. cause foreign businessmen to change their minds.

B. give a feeling of surprise to foreign businessmen.

C. attract foreign businessmen’s attention.

D. make foreign businessmen think wrongly.

3.What fact does the passage lead you to believe?

A. American businessmen do things more slowly than Japanese ones.

B. American businessmen like to say “Yes” and “No”.

C. Americans usually say what they are thinking.

D. Americans do not say what they think or feel clearly.

4.From the passage we can infer(推断) that __________.

A. Japanese businessmen are good at business

B. foreign businessmen should try to know Japanese ways of doing business

C. foreign businessmen must be more polite

D. you must learn from Japanese businessmen if you want to succeed

根据句意和汉语注释，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出单词的正确形式。

1.Jack is so         (急躁的) that he is always angry with others easily.

2.I will give you some          (建议) ，I’m sure they will be useful .

3.What important        (决定) you have made !

4.The therapy was ___________ (证明)to be false by this scientist.

根据句意，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

1.Who do you want to celebrate ___________ (father) Day with ?

2.The leader is __________ （satisfy）with my design than yours .

3.Rub this oil into your skin and your headache will soon      (appear)! Have a try!

4.The police are searching for the __________ （thief）. Because they have stolen much money .

用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线处（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）

1.He with his friends       (drink) black tea when I came in .

2.Her parents heard she           (sing) with the famous star on the stage the next day .

3.— Why did you leave Shanghai for Nanjing yesterday?

— Because I         (receive ) an invitation from my best friend.

4.If you need our programme list, I’ll be happy          (send) you one.

5.She feels very sad now ,because her team           （lose）the match .

6.If he can’t pass the exam , he         (punish) by his father .

7.The boss was very cruel , he always made his workers           (work)all day .

8.Six years has passed since Millie’s cousin           (join)the club .

 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的单词。使短文完整。所填单词必须在答题卡标有题号的横线上完整写出。

In Denmark, parents are a__1.   to set up a new school if they are not satisfied with the s__2.___ in the area where they are living. Although these schools have to follow the national courses, they have a lot of c__  3. __ in deciding what to teach. Some of these new schools are called "small schools" because the n____4.___ of pupils is only sixty, but at l_5.  __ there should be twenty-seven pupils.

        Cooleenbridge School in Ireland is a small school s____6.    to the ones in Denmark. It was set up by parents who came from Holland, Germany, England and o_ 7.__ parts of Ireland. They came because they wanted to live in the countryside and to grow their own food. In June 1986, they decided to start a school.        

The teacher say, "The i____8.___ thing in school is doing, not sitting." And so the c__9.___ include yoga, cooking, knitting, kite-making, music, fishing , drama and environment studies, a 10.   well as reading, writing, Maths and Science.

按所给的汉语，用英语完成下列句子，并将答案写在答题卡标有题号的横线上。（本大题共6小题，每小题1.5分，共9分）

1.当这个医生在国外时，他一直担心迷路。

He                   _____ when the doctor was in abroad .

2.南非总统曼德拉在医院安静地离开了人世。

The president of The Republic of South Africa , Mandela , _______________ in the hospital  .

3. 当小女孩身无分文时，她别无选择只能向妈妈求助。

The little girl                       when she doesn’t have any money with her .

4.请你帮我把收音机打开好吗？

Would you mind                                           ?

5.在他的报告中他告诫我们,这些企业将会对城市的环境造成不良的影响。

In his report , he warned us that these factories                             the city .

6.他因闯入别人的家而被逮捕。

He                             other’s house .

请你以学校学生会的名义，用英语写一份有关即将在本校举办2014年英语夏令营活动的书面通知。请你根据表格中的内容，写一份完整的通知。

(英语夏令营:The English Summer Camp)

要求：

1. 须包括所给的内容要点，要求语句通顺、意思连贯。

2.词数80字左右，开头已给出，不计入总词数。

NOTICE

June 6，2014

Dear students ,

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