Before you go to another country it is a great help if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.

When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do?” and shake hands. Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.

Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station,

they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.

1.It is ______ if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.

A．not useful         B．not helpful         C．very helpful        D．very bad

2.English people usually shake hands when they ______.

A．meet every time                        B．meet for the first time

C．say goodbye to each other                D．say hello to each other

3.Usually English people don’t shake hands ______.

A．when they will be away for a long time       B．when they say “How do you do?”

C．when they just meet or say goodbye         D．after they haven’t met for a long time

4.Which of the statements is RIGHT?

A．German people shake hands as often as possible.

B．English people shake hands as often as possible

C．German people hardly shake hands

D．Neither English people nor Germans shaking hands.

5.The story is about ______.

A．shaking hands                          B．languages

C．customs                              D．languages and customs

  One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early, so I        my car by a small park, and        for her.
As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running    on the grass as his mother   from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been    free from some sort of prison. The boy would then fall to the grass,    up, without looking back at his mother, run as    as he could, again, still with a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened .
At that moment, I thought to myself, “Why aren’t most adults this way?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even  a second attempt. They would be so         that they would not try again if someone saw them fall. Or, because they fall, they would find a good      for themselves that they’re not fit for it. They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure.
However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a    experience. They try again and again until they  . The answer must be that they have not connected “falling down” with the word “failure”. As a    , they are not discouraged in any way. Besides, they _   think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words, they allow themselves to make     , so they remain energetic.
I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (坚持不懈) and the manner in which he did.
【小题1】A. left            B. stopped              C. repaired
【小题2】A. waited             B. cared                      C. prepared
【小题3】A. carefully           B. anxiously              C. freely
【小题4】A. watched           B. noticed              C. surveyed
【小题5】A. cut                 B. kept                      C. set
【小题6】A. hold              B. get                  C. end
【小题7】A. well              B. long                      C. fast
【小题8】A. make             B. provide              C. practice
【小题9】A. confused          B. embarrassed        C. excited
【小题10】A. cause         B. sign                      C. excuse
【小题11】A. learning        B. running                C. teaching
【小题12】A. progress        B. improve             C. succeed
【小题13】A. decision         B. result                    C. reason
【小题14】A. hardly         B. perfectly              C. probably
【小题15】A. mistakes     B. choices              C. plans

Every year many young people leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several organizations. They help students to find the experience they are looking for. The table below shows a few possibilities for students.

One interesting possibility is helping elephants in Thailand. Most people think o elephants as animals in zoos. In fact, many elephants in Thailand are no longer kept in cages. Now, hundreds of them are homeless. They don’t have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don’t have enough to eat.
One centre in Thailand cares for these elephants. It gives them a safe and natural living space. When they  are at the centre, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help here. The student helpers work with the elephant keepers. These keepers train the students in caring for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the centre. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.
【小题1】Which country can you choose if you want to prepare yourself for a medical career?