Social customs (习俗) and ways of behaving change all the time. Things that were considered impolite many years ago are now acceptable. Just a few years ago, it was considered to be impolite behavior for a man to smoke on the street. No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make a fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.

Customs also differ from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn’t matter? What about table manners (行为)?

The Americans and British people not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England, people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seats to women, and so will most Americans. Promptness (准时) is important both in England and in America. That is, the dinner guest (客人) either arrive close to the time that has been made or calls up to explain his delay (耽误).

The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable —especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a very formal dinner party. When the food was served (服务), one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were amused or greatly surprised, but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. It would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.

1.The underlined phrase “make a fool of himself” in the first paragraph means        .

    A. make himself strong                      B. make himself rich

    C. make himself comfortable                 D. make himself seemed like a fool

2. If a dinner invitation is for six o’clock, the guest is supposed to arrive at        six.

    A. nearly or a minute or two later than         B. a quarter past

    C. a quarter to                             D. much later than

3.The last example in the passage shows       .

    A. the correct way to use a knife at table     

B. that it is good manners not to make your guest feel foolish or uncomfortable

C. that social customs and ways of behaving change too fast

D. that different counties have different customs

4.The best title of the passage is         .

    A. Different Customs                        B. Social Customs

    C. Customs Are Changing Fast                D. Different Countries, Different Customs

      Who's building the new China? It's not the factory owners or the businessmen. It's the people who have left their homes to follow their dreams, the dreams of a better life.

We can see them every day, on every street corner, on every construction site （建筑工地） in cities. They work day and night even in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas, and the supermarkets. They even clean up our rubbish. They're China's migrant workers. Young and old, men and women are building the new China.

    More than 140 million workers have left their homes in the countryside to look for jobs in big cities all over China. They hope to be rich, but they realize there will be many difficulties such as prejudice（偏见）and discrimination（歧视）from the people in cities．

      So many things need to be changed．The first is discrimination! They may not make as much   money as some people in cities，they may not have everything people in cities have，but they are good and honest people just tying to live better．These workers are very important and necessary to China’s economic development and have become an important force（力量）for the change of Chinese society．They’re building the new China．So we should lend our hands and help them．

1．The writer thinks _________are building the new China．

    A．the factory owners of China                     B．the business men and women

    C．the migrant workers of China                             D．the people in Chinese cities

2．The words “migrant workers” mean________．

    A．房地产开发商          B．IT业人才        C．农民工        D．下岗工人

3．When and where do they work to make their dreams come true?

    A．every day and everywhere in the countryside

    B．every clay and everywhere in big cities

    C．On weekdays in the factory

    D．On weekends in the countryside

4．Which one is WRONG about China’s migrant workers?

    A．They should be helped by us.

    B．More than 140 million migrant workers have been in cities in China.

    C．They are not welcomed by the people in cities.

    D．They are refused to give medical care by the governments.

5．What does the report mainly tell us?

    A．Though migrant workers work hard, their condition is bad.

    B．The condition of the migrant workers needs to be changed.

    C．The people in cities aren't polite to the migrant workers.

    D．China's development only depends on the migrant workers.

　　Bats are the only flying mammals(哺乳动物) in the world. They can't see very well. It was long believed that all bats are blind. “Blind as a bat” is often heard.

　　Yet they have no trouble flying on the darkest nights and finding their way around very well. How can bats fly and see at night? They fly by radar(雷达).

　　The bat's radar system(雷达系统) works the same way as the one that ships and planes use. As a bat flies through the air, he makes a sound that is too high for our ears to hear. When the sounds hit things, they come back. The bat's ears receive the messages. In this way they are able to tell the bats where the things are.

　　Bats go out to look for food at night. Some people have the bats as bad animals. In fact, they are useful animals.

1．This article (文章) tells us about ________ .

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A．the bat like a bird with things

B．the radar

C．a blind man

D．the bat used for playing table tennis

2．The bat is ________ .

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3．“As blind as a bat” means a person who is ________ .

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4．Bats have no trouble flying on the darkest nights because ________ .

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A．they have very poor sight(视力)

B．they have a kind of radar system to help them

C．they have to look for food

D．they can see things in the dark nights

5．Bats go out to look for food ________ .

[　　]

A．at noon

B．in the afternoon

C．during the day-time

D．after the sun sets and before the sun rises

We know good manners are important. Today I am going to tell you something about manners in different countries. I think you already know that people in different countries usually have different ways of doing things. ①Something that is rude in one country may be quite         in    

      . ②For example, in Britain you mustn’t raise your bowl to your mouth when you are having soup. That is considered bad manners in Britain. But in Japan you needn’t worry about making noise when you drink something. It shows that you are enjoying it. In Britain we try not to put our hands on the table at all during a meal. ③Guests are expected to keep their hands on the table during a meal in Mexico. In Arabic countries, we must be careful with our hands. You see, in Arabic countries you mustn’t eat with your left hand. This is considered to be very impolite. So, what should you do if you visit a foreign country? Well, you needn’t worry. You can ask the native people there to help you and you can just watch carefully and try to do what they do.

1.将①处句子补充完整，每空一词。

Something that is rude in one country may be quite           in          .

2.翻译②处句子。

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3.对③处划线部分提问。

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