What do I like best about Britain? The fact is that people here very rarely smoke. I never smoke myself, I think it’s a disgusting habit. But my friends in Spain smoke nearly all the time. It’s so nice to breathe “clean” air in cinemas, on buses and so on. And the few people who do smoke, almost always ask “Do you mind if I smoke?” before they light up.

The old people are so friendly, and they’ve nearly always got time to help you. When you don’t know where you are, they come up to you and say, “Can I help you, love?” or “What are you looking for, dear?” I love the way they call everybody “love” and “dear” like that even completely strangers.

Why does everybody say the weather here’s so bad? I love these cool, grey, cloudy days. They’re a bit sad---perhaps that’s why I like them. I come from Turkey. It’s sunny most of the time there. But here the weather’s so hard to tell. You hardly even know what to expect when you looked out of the window in the morning and it often changes five or six times during the day! It’s raining now, for example, but I’ve got no idea what it’s going to be like this afternoon.

I’m staying an English family. Family life here seems to be much more relaxed than in my country. People eat whatever they like, come in and go out whenever they want to, there aren’t so many rules. When I go out in the evening, nobody asks me “Where are you going? Whom are you going with? What time are you coming home?” You’ve got much more, the chance to live your own life, and do whatever you want.

41. The old men call everybody “love” and “dear” because they want to show that ______.

A. they’re friendly                                      B. they’re old

C. they’re your family members                   D. they’re the owners

42. Which country isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A. Britain                               B. Spain  

C. Canada                                 D. Turkey 

43. What does the under­lined word rarely mean in Chinese?

A. 很少地                                                        B. 批评

C. 赞扬                                                   D. 鼓励

44. The writer the weather in England is _______.

A. bad               B. terrible                     C. sunny            D. hard to tell

45. Which of the following is WRONG according to the passage?

A. The weather in Britain is cool, grey, cloudy.

B. Family life in Britain is much more relaxed than that in Turkey.

C. The air in Britain isn’t clean enough.

D. The old people in Britain are very helpful.

Singles Day (光棍节)falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(庆祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.
An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻将）.
One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles Day.
For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.
【小题1】__________ first called November 11^th Singles Day.

A．The Chinese government

B．People who have been married

C．Four people playing Marjong

D．People who don’t want to get married

【小题2】The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A．盲人聚会

B．相亲会

C．化妆舞会

D．盲人党派

【小题3】Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles Day.

A．some bread

B．noodles

C．4 youtiao

D．nothing

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

A．Singles Day is on November 11th.

B．Singles Day is celebrated by no countries but China.

C．Singles Day is for people who don’t have lovers.

D．To celebrate Singles Day, people play Marjong from 11 in the morning

until 11 at night.

Singles’ Day (光棍节)falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(庆祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.
An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻将）.
One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles’ Day.
For breakfast on Singles’ Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.
【小题1】__________ first called November 11^th Singles’ Day.

A．The Chinese government	B．People who have been married
C．Four people playing Mahjong	D．People who don’t want to get married

【小题2】The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A．盲人聚会

B．相亲会

C．化妆舞会

D．盲人党派

【小题3】Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles’ Day.

A．some bread

B．noodles

C．4 youtiao

D．nothing

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

A．Singles’ Day is on November 11th.

B．Singles’ Day is celebrated by no countries but China.

C．Singles’ Day is for people who don’t have lovers.

D．To celebrate Singles’ Day, people play Mahjong from from 11 in the morning until 11 at night.

Singles’ Day (光棍节)falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(庆祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.
An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻将）.
One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles’ Day.
For breakfast on Singles’ Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.
【小题1】__________ first called November 11^th Singles’ Day.

A．The Chinese government	B．People who have been married
C．Four people playing Mahjong	D．People who don’t want to get married

【小题2】The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A．盲人聚会

B．相亲会

C．化妆舞会

D．盲人党派

【小题3】Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles’ Day.

A．some bread

B．noodles

C．4 youtiao

D．nothing

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

A．Singles’ Day is on November 11th.

B．Singles’ Day is celebrated by no countries but China.

C．Singles’ Day is for people who don’t have lovers.

D．To celebrate Singles’ Day, people play Mahjong from from 11 in the morning until 11 at night.

Singles’ Day (光棍节)falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(庆祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.

An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻将）.

One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles’ Day.

For breakfast on Singles’ Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart.

1.__________ first called November 11^th Singles’ Day.

A．The Chinese government                 B．People who have been married

C．Four people playing Mahjong              D．People who don’t want to get married

2.The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.

A．盲人聚会         B．相亲会           C．化妆舞会         D．盲人党派

3.Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles’ Day.

A．some bread        B．noodles           C．4 youtiao          D．nothing

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Singles’ Day is on November 11th.

B．Singles’ Day is celebrated by no countries but China.

C．Singles’ Day is for people who don’t have lovers.

D．To celebrate Singles’ Day, people play Mahjong from from 11 in the morning until 11 at night.