Learning the language of a country isn't enough. If you see the manners of your foreign friends, you will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own.

　　A visitor to India should remember that they are impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table. The left hand is for washing yourself. Also in India, you might see a man shaking his head at another to show that he is disagreeing. But in many parts of India a rotating（转）movement of the head is to show agreement. In Bulgaria you shake your head to show “yes”—a nod to show “no”.

　　In Europe it is quite usual to cross your legs while sitting and talking to someone, even at an important meeting. But doing this could cause offence to a Thailander. Also touching the head of a grown-up is impolite. It's just not done in Thailand.

　　American informality is well known. But we Chinese are very likely to regard it as a lack of respect when we first encounter（遇见）it, especially in the business world. The almost immediate use of first names upsets Chinese who are not used to it.

　　We should not be surprised if Americans don't shake hands with us. They often just nod or smile. And they simply say “Hi”or“Hello”. Americans at a party are not likely to say“goodbye”to everyone when they leave. They just wave their hands or say something informal to the whole group such as“Well, see you tomorrow”or“So long everybody”. Then they disappear, no handshakes, for Americans have different senses of timing and pace from us. We need to understand this if we want to understand Americans.

　　Knowing about manners is useful when you are traveling, but you need to know the language used to express for ritual（礼节）.

(1) Generally speaking, in India people ______.

[　　]

A．usually use their left hand impolitely

B．don't often use their left hand to pass food at a table

C．use their left hand to pass food at a table

D．don't use their left hand to wash themselves

(2) Shaking your head means “yes” _____.

[　　]

(3) A Thailander will be angry if you ______.

[　　]

A．touch his head

B．cross your legs while you are talking to him

C．shake your head

D．both A and B

(4) From the passage, we can know American are ______.

[　　]

(5) We can infer from the passage that ______.

[　　]

A．you should not touch a grown-up's head in India

B．you should not cross your legs at an important meeting in Europe

C．different countries have different manners

D．we must have good manners in every country.

阅读理解：

阅读下列短文，从所给四个选项中，选出最佳答案．

　　　I had just gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. It was an eccentric (怪僻的) farmer. I had never met him before although I had often heard people talk about him. He sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before I understood anything.

　　　Even then all I could make out was that someone called Milly had had a very bad accident. I hadn't the slightest idea who she was but I obviously had to go.

　　　It had been snowing heavily that day and I didn't know the way. I had been driving for at least an hour when I finally found his place. He was standing there, waiting for me. It seemed Milly had died. “She meant more to me than anyone…even my own wife!” he said. I could see that he had been crying. I thought something terrible had taken place, a possible scandal (丑闻). I was even more shocked when he told me he had put her in the barn (厩). “I wouldn't leave her out in the cold!” he said.

　　　Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barndoor. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the ground. “She was such a good cow! I wouldn't let anyone but a doctor touch her!” he said, and burst into tears again.

(1)The underlined phrase make out in the first paragraph means ________.　　　　　　

[　　]

A． expect 　　　B． understand　　　C． see clearly　　　D． hear clearly

(2)Before he arrived at the farmer's house, the writer expected to see Milly lying ________.　　　

[　　]

A． on the ground of a barn　　　B． on the floor of a room

C． in bed in a room　　　　　 D． in bed in a barn

(3)What do we know about Milly from the story?　　　

[　　]

A． She had met with an accident.

B．She had caused a scandal.

C． She was seriously ill.

D． She was hidden somewhere.

(4)The farmer wished that the writer might ________.　　　

[　　]

A． look into the matter　　　　 B． bring Milly back to life

C． free him from a scandal　　　D． keep the whole thing a secret

(5)The person who told the story is probably a ________.　　　　　　　　　

[　　]

A． farmer 　　　　　　　　　B． policeman

C． country doctor 　　　　　　D． newspaper reporter

阅读理解：

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案．

　　　The man from the West stopped and drew back his arm.“Yor're not Jimmy Wells.”he said in a quick and angry way, “Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man's nose from a Roman to pug.”

　“It sometimes changes a good man into a bad one, ” said the tall man, “You've been under arrest for ten minutes, Silky Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and phones us she wants to have a word with you. Going quietly, are you ?That's sensible. Now before we go to the station here's a note I was asked to hand you. You may read it here at the window. It's from Patrolman Wells.”

　　　The man from the West opened the little piece of paper handed him. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little by the time he'd finished. The note was rather short.

　　　Bob: I was at the right place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldn't do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man (便衣) to do the job.

(1)The man from the West had been waiting for ________.　　　

[　　]

A． his friend

B． his companion

C． Bob

D． Jimmy

(2)The man from the West must have broken the law ________.　　　

[　　]

A． in Chicago

B． in New York

C． in the West

D． somewhere else

(3)The man from the West recognized the tall man not to be the one he had been waiting for because the tall man ________.　　　

[　　]

A． had a different accent

B． had a different nose

C． was much taller

D． said“Chicago wants to talk with you.”

(4)The two men might have walked ________.　　　

[　　]

A． for ten minutes

B． arm in arm

C． face to face

D． both A and B

(5)We can suppose Jim ________.　　　

[　　]

A． was afraid of the man from the West

B． got another man to help him

C． had an appointment 20 years ago

D． had something else to do and couldn't come himself

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案.

　　Looking ahead to 2010, it appears financially（资金上）impossible to accommodate 85,000 new students in classrooms at public four-year universities. Fortunately, such an approach（方法）is not necessary. Indeed, it's not even appropriate（合适的）.

　　Several forces are riding to the rescue. The two most important are distance learning and community and technical colleges. These will not eliminate the traditional setting where bachelor'（学士）and graduate degrees are earned. But they will be able to handle much of the growth in enrollments and the demand for higher education.

　　“When faced with a problem created by technology, apply more technology,” a late journalist once asserted. Higher education seems to be an example. New learning technology is a crucial tool in teaching new technical skills.

　　William Richardson, president of Johns Hopkins University, praised “Western Governors' University”--a virtual institution（虚拟大学）that uses the Internet and other information technology to overcome the vast distances of the West and reach people with education. “Just as the extremely controlled high school of old was perfect training for an assembly-line work force, so today's college is equally appropriate as a setting for a society whose members must acquire and manage knowledge from a wide variety of sources,” he notes.

　　Eastern Washington has long been a leader in this movement. For the past decade, Spokane's Education Service District 101 has brought the best teachers in the region to rural classrooms via satellite uplink. Washington State University（WSU） president Sam Smith reports that, during the same period, WSU managed a one-third increase in students with only 2 percent more faculty.

　　It's been done by holding growth at the main campus almost flat, setting up three branch campuses, locating learning at community colleges, and offering an extended degree program where students learn at home. In each case, technology is used to extend the “reach” of faculty.

　　The other cost-effective strategy is reliance on community and technical colleges. Here, Washington State has an edge. Its public two-year colleges provide the most extensive coverage in the nation. Jean Floten, president of Bellevue Community College, notes the system served 425,000 adult enrollees last year-a tenth all the state's adult population. Almost half were there for job training versus 40 percent for academic preparation.

（1）According to the author, to enroll more students, universities do not have to ________.

[　　]

A. enlarge their campuses

B. gain additional technical support

C. retain the traditional academic setting

D. accommodate more faculty members

（2）When the author says “Higher education seems to be an example” Paragraph 3, he means problems with higher education can be solved by all EXCEPT ________.

[　　]

A. applying new learning technology

B. using Internet and other information technology

C. teaching new technical skills

D. setting up more technical colleges

（3）It is implied in Paragraph 4 that to cope with the new problem, we should ________.

[　　]

A. set up new campuses

B. train more assembly-line workforce

C. provide knowledge through diverse means

D. reinforce high schools of old

（4）What has made possible “a one-third increase in students with only 2 percent more faculties”? _______.

[　　]

A. Technical and community college

B. New advances in science and technology

C. More learning centers

D. New school curricula

（5）Which aspect of education is mainly discussed in the text? ________.

[　　]

A. Traditional approaches

B. Top-ranked universities

C. Cost-effective strategies

D. Technology-based business

阅读理解

　　HUMANS have spent years exploring space, but how much do we know about deep inside the planet on which we live? The idea of exploring the earth's core (地核)was detailed in an article called“Modest Proposal (建议)”. It was written in May by American scientist David Stevenson. It is similar idea to an American sci-fi movie that was released in March, The Core.

　　So, because they deal with the same topic, it wouldn't be too strange to compare a scientific report with a sci-fi movie.

　　Why explore

　　The report: The solid inner core of the earth is fluid(不固定的)and responsible for the earth's magnetic field (磁场). * Scientists don't know exactly why all this is so, nor do they know the exact make-up or temperature of the core. *

　　The movie: An unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating (旋转). With the planet's magnetic field rapidly decreasing, our atmosphere starts to come apart.

　　The result is deadly: birds lose their ability to fly in the right direction and the earth eventually (最终)becomes like a microwave oven (微波炉), cooked by the sun.

　　How explore

　　The report: A nuclear explosion (核爆炸)would be the best way to create a hole big enough to enter the earth. The crack (裂缝)needs to be as long and as deep as several football fields, but only about 30era wide. * The event would be as powerful as an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter Scale (里氏震级).*

　　At least 100,000 tons of hot iron would be poured into the crack, along with a metal probe (探测器)the size of a grapefruit (柚子).

The weight of the iron, which is much denser than earth' s outer regions, would open a gap all the way to the planet core, about 3,000kin below. The probe would fall at about 16kin per hour as the crack doses up behind it. * Stevenson said the amount of iron needed is equal to what' s produced in factories around the world in a week. *

　　The movie: Send a manned vehicle that looks like a windowless subway (地铁)train into the earth's core. Virgil, the ship, is made of a metal that can stand the extreme temperature and pressure found in the core.

　　Virgil began its journey when it was dropped in the middle of the ocean because this is where the crust (地壳)is thinnest.

　　What to do

　　The report: The weeks-long mission would measure the temperature and chemical composition (make-up)of the core.

　　The movie: Blow up five 200-megaton (兆吨)nuclear bombs to restart the core.

Choose the best choice according to the story________.

(1)What do the report and the movie have in common?

[　　]

A．Both deal with exploring space.

B．Both deal with going deep to the inside of the earth.

C．Both offer the same reason to explore the earth's core.

D．Both consider it possible for the core to stop rata- ring.

(2)In the movie, a nuclear explosion would ________.

[　　]

A．help man enter the earth

B．create a big crack that leads to the earth's core

C．produce hot iron

D．make the earth's core work again

(3)How long would it take the probe to reach the core according to the report? ________.

[　　]

(4)What does the underlined word“stand”mean? ________

[　　]

(5)We can infer from the passage that the core________.

[　　]

A．is in the danger of stopping rotating

B．still has a lot for us to explore

C．controls the birds' sense of directions

D．might blow up

阅读理解：

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选处最佳答案．

　　　Marco Polo was a Venetian traveller, whose accounts of his journey across the world from Venice to China and back, make one of the greatest books of all his time．

　Marco Polo was born either at Venice, or perhaps at Korcula, a place on an island off Dalmatian coast in 1254． His father, Niccolo Polo, and his father's brother, Matteo set out in 1261, on a long trading journey which led them to the court of Kublai, the Great Khan, who ruled over China． After seven years they returned to Italy．

　Two years passed before the brothers decided to start again on their travels, and this time, they took with them Niccolo'c son Marco, then 17 years old． They trvelled to Acre and from there rode overland to Hormuz on the Persian Gulf． From there they turned northward and made their way through Persia to Balkh, and Khotan． From there they passed near Lop Nor, crossed the Gobi Desert and entered China by way of Su—chou． At length, in 1275, after a journey lasting three years, they introduced themselves to Kublai Khan at his summer palace at Shangtu．

　　　Marco records that he made rapid progress in the Great Khan's favour． He studied the Mongol language and the emperor asked him to look after the travelling groups made up of foreign visitors from different parts of the world and show them around his kingdom． He became skilful(娴熟)and clever at business． Marco made careful notes of his journey, the state of the cities, the customs (风俗)of the people, and the kinds of crops and other products． After 17 years travelling in the service of the Khan, Marco, together with his father and uncle, returned to Venice． The journey took them 3 years and they arrived in 1295．

1． Marco Polo was born perhaps______________．

[　　]

A． on an island

B． on the coast of Dalmatian

C． in Persian Gulf

D． in Gobi Desert

2． Which of the following is true according to the article?

[　　]

Marco Polo first travelled to China in about_______, arrived at the emperor's summer palace in _____and left China for Venice in _________．

A． 1275;1278;1292

B． 1268;1275;1295

C． 1270;1275;1293

D． 1270;1278;1295

3． What's Marco Polo's main achievement according to the article?[　　]

A． His journey to China, his careful notes of his business in China and his rapid progress in the Great Khan's favour．

B． His journey to and from China, his success in business in China and his account of what happened in China．

C． His journey to China and his account of Mongol language, Mongolian crops and the people．

D． His journey to and from China and his account of the Mongolian empire, its people and ther customs, and its geography．

4． In this article, “rode overland”means“________”．

[　　]

A． went to a place named ‘Overland’on horseback

B． made a long journey across land on horseback

C． made a long journey without a rest

D． travelled to a place across a piece of land

5． Which of the following routes is correct according to the article?

　Trees are useful to man in three very important ways: The first important way is that they provide man with food, wood and other products (产品)．Trees provide not only man with food, but also many animals with food, Without trees many animals could not live on the earth．It's not easy for man to live on the earth, either．

　The second important way is that trees give us shade．On a hot summer day, people are eager to have a rest under the shade of a tree after they have walked a long way．You can imagine how important the shade of tree is to man, as well as to animals．

　The third important way is that trees help to prevent drought (干旱) and floods (洪水)．However, in many areas of the world, man has not realized the third important way．He has cut trees down in large numbers, In the end he finds that he has lost the best friends he had．

1．The first use of trees is ______ ．　　　

[　　]

A．to give a certain man food

B．only to give animals food

C．to give animals food

D．to give food both to man and to animals

2．Which of the following is not true?　　　

[　　]

A．Without trees many animals could not live．

B．It is not easy for man to live on the earth now．

C．For man, trees are one of the best friends．

D．Without trees man could hardly live on the earth．

3．On a hot summer day ______ ．　　　

[　　]

A．people are eager to have a rest　　　

B．animals don't need any shade

C．the shade of trees is very important to man and animals

D．people usually walk a long way

4．The word “he” refers to ______．　　　

[　　]

A．a farmer　　　B．man

C．a worker　　　D．a man

5．The article tells us ______．　　　

[　　]

A．trees are of great importance to man

B．a farmer cut down a lot of trees

C．man has not realized the importance of trees

D．trees can help to prevent floods．

阅读理解：

阅读下列短文， 从所给的四个选项中， 选出最佳答案．

　Nancy walked back and forth in the hall of the theatre． Inside it her new play was about to begin．

　She was too nervous to watch it herself． This was the opening night for the play． She said to herself,“If tonight's audience (观众) thought the play was funny, it would probably be a success． But if they did not like it， the play would soon close．”

　Nancy listened hard． She was hoping to hear the audience laughing loud and often． But she heard very little laughter during the first act． When the first ended, about one fourth of the audience left the theatre． As she watched the people leave, she knew that the future of the play had been decided．

1． Who was Nacny? She was ________．

[　　]

A． an actress in the new play．

B． the director of plays．

C． the writer of the play．

D． an ordinary worker of the theatre．

2． Nancy was nervous because ________．

[　　]

A． she was anxious to know if her new play could be a success．

B． she was afraid of the dark hall of the theatre．

C． there were too many people in the theatre．

D． the play she wrote was terrible indeed．

3． Why did some people leave the theatre when the first act ended? Because ________．

[　　]

A． it was just a one—act play．

B． Nancy had told them to do so．

C． it was quite late at night．

D． they were not interested in the play at all．

4． Nancy had tried to make the play ________．

[　　]

A． instructive　　　  B． funny．

C．unforgetable　　　D． difficult to understand

5． When she saw the people go out one after another, she felt ________．

[　　]

A． excited．　　　B． hopeless　　　C． encouraged　　　D． satisfied

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　Frank W． Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852． His family was very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat． Frank decided he did not want to be a farmer． He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city．

　Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for displaying goods to arouse people's interest, but he soon learned something more important． One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends（小商品） for as much as he could get． Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said：Five Cents Each． People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared．

　Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents． But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful． That is, if you want to make money by selling low price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories． Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives． The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year． In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half．

　By 1919, Woolworth had over 1,000 stores in the USA and Canada, and opened his first store in London． He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world． He always ran his business according to strict rules, of which the most important one was：“The Customer（顾客）Is Always Right．”

1．Frank took a short business course in order to ________．

[　　]

A．earn more money for his family

B．learn something from a salesman

C．get away from the farm

D．get enough to eat

2．Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because________．

[　　]

A．he knew how to get people to buy his goods

B．he cut down the price by half

C．he had spread the goods on a table in a very nice way

D．the sign he put on the table was well designed

3．The price of the knives was cut down by half because_______．

[　　]

A．the factory workers worked 24 hours a day

B．knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory

C．the knives made in Germany, where labour was cheap

D．the knives were produced in one factory

4．________ made Woolworth a world-famous man．

[　　]

A．His business skills and his wealth

B．The low price of the goods he sold

C．His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives

D．His natural skill for displaying things

5．The belief that “The customer is always right!” suggests that _______．

[　　]

A．whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customer is always right．

B．shop assistants should always show respect for and be polite to their　　 customers during business hours．

C．stores must always follow the customer's wishes if they want to make more money．

D．stores should do their best to meet the customer's needs if they want to be successful．

阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案

　Tom Smith was a writer． He wrote detective （侦探）stories for magazines． One evening he could not find an end for a story． He sat with his typewriter in front of him, but he had no ideas． So he decided to go to the cinema．　　

　When he came back, he found that he had had a visitor． Someone had broken into his house． The man had had a drink, smoked several of Tom's cigarettes and had read his story． The visitor left Tom a note：　　

　I have read your story and I don't think much of it． Please read my suggestions and then you can finish it. By the way, I am a burglar（入屋盗窃者）, I am not going to steal anything tonight． But if you become a successful writer, I will return!

　Tom read the burglar's suggestions． Then he sat down and wrote the rest of the story． He is still not a successful writer, and he is waiting for his burglar to return. Before he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half finished story near his typewriter．

1．Tom Smith wrote about ______ ．　　　

[　　]

A．animals　　　B．policeman　　　C．children　　　D．soldiers

2．Tom went to the cinema because ______ ．　　　

[　　]

A．he hoped to get ideas　　B．he wanted to meet a visitor

C．he was feeling lazy　　　D．he could not finish a story

3．The man broke into Tom's house ______ ．　　　

[　　]

A．to steal something　　　B．to have a drink

C．to see Tom　　　　　　D．to read Tom's story

4．The man ______ in his house．　　　

[　　]

A．drank a cup of tea　　　　　 B．left Tom some advice

C．paid for his cigarettes　　　　 D．left Tom some money

5．Tom is waiting for the thief to return ______ ．　　　

[　　]

A．to meet him　　　　　　　　　B．to get more ideas from him

C．to have stories stolen　　　　　  D．to be robbed more often