It was May 5. It was Mary’s birthday. She came home, and saw a card on the table. It said, “There’s a present for you, Mary. Go and look for it in your room.” Mary ran to her room. Her parents were watching her. They were smiling. On her bed she saw a new red box. She thought, “What’s in the box?” She opened it. There was nothing but a card in it. Mary took it out and read.

“Dear Mary, I’m your present. My first letter is in the word ‘book’, but not in ‘look’. My second letter is in ‘ink’, but not in ‘thank’. You can find my third letter in both ‘ink’ and ‘book’. And my last letter is in ‘she’, but not in ‘ship’. What am I?”

Mary thought hard. B-I-K-E! She smiled and said, “Aha, I know, Mom. But where is it?” Her mother said, “Look at the back of the card.” Mary turned it over and read, “Come and look for me in the garden.”

Mary hurried to the garden. There under a big tree she found her present—a nice new bike!

“Happy birthday, Mary!” her parents said.

“Thank you, Mom and Dad.”

1.Mary’s birthday was on .

A. March the fifteenth

B. May the fifth

C. March the fifth

D. May the fifteenth

2.Mary’s birthday present was .

A. a beautiful card

B. a beautiful box

C. a beautiful bike

D. a comfortable bed

3. The first card was on the table. The second card was .

A. on the bed B. on the desk

C. in the box D. in a book

4. Mary’s present was .

A. on the back of the card B. on her bed

C. in her room D. in the garden

5. Mary’s parents were .

A. very kind and funny

B. very poor

C. very rich

D. very young

Passage 2
Dear Linda,
I have been in England three months now. I hope you don't think I've forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I've not had much time for writing letters.
I shall soon be starting my studies at King's College. So far I've been learning about England and British ways of living. I won't tell you about London. There are plenty of books you can read and plenty of pictures you can look at. I'm sure you'll be more interested to know what I think about the life here.
I find some of the customs (风俗) new and interesting. People here do not shake hands as much as we do in Europe. During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raise their hats to women but not to each other.
Yours,
Alice
【小题1】The writer came to London from _________.
A. Asia
B. Europe
C. America         
【小题2】The writer __________.
A. has never been of England
B. came to England three months ago  
C. will come to England in three months
【小题3】She has _________.
A. not written any letters
B. a little time to write letters
C. no time to write letters    
【小题4】She came to England to _________.
A. study
B. make a living
C. learn British ways of living
【小题5】 Englishmen ___________.
A. do not often shake hands with friends when they meet
B. often shake hands with friends when they meet
C. do not raise their hats to friends when they meet

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Amanda is an American filmmaker and actress. She came to China three years ago to study Performance at Beijing Film Academy. Last month, she m  1.  to Japan to study Economics at the University of Tokyo. On June 10th, she r   2.   to the USA. She chatted with her parents about the cultural d   3.    between the two countries.

“The people in b  4.   countries are very friendly to f   5. . But they have different cultures. For example, when I spoke Chinese in China, the people there always showed s  6. on their faces. But when I came to Japan, I found it was o   7.   . Most local people there hoped I could talk with them in Japanese, t   8.   I was not good at it,” she said.

Amanda thought this might have something to d  9.  with the fact that the western group in Japan is o  10.   than the one in China. They have stayed in Japan for a long time. And most of them speak Japanese well. But Westerners in China are still quite a new group. They’re usually treated as guests and tourists.