Some time ago, my wife and I traveled to visit my sister. We had taken more clothes than we needed and struggled onto the train. In front of us, in a face-to-face seat,   16   six young men in their early 20s. They were strong and   17   , and I disliked them immediately. They were laughing loudly, obviously   18   themselves and they   19   a foreign language.

   As we went quickly   20   the countryside, I kept an eye on them as they joked around. Sometimes they took a look in our direction. When two of them go out   21   , relaxed a little. The rest of them   22   to laugh and joke in their own language.

   When we finally arrived at our   23   , only one of them was left on the train. He was obviously   24   too and as I struggled towards him with my heavy luggage(行李)，he reached out and asked in English “Want a hand wth that, mate?”

   He   25   the heavier bag up the station steps for us. We were pleasantly surprised and very grateful.

1.A. sat                B. stood        C. lay              D. lived

2.A. polite         B. quiet        C. lazy             D. noisy

3.A. helping        B. enjoying     C. teaching         D. devoting

4.A. told               B. spoke        C. said             D. talked

5.A. above          B. onto         C. over             D. through

6.A. off                B. up           C. along            D. on

7.A. wanted         B. started      C. stopped          D. continued

8.A. house          B. hotel        C. station          D. shelter

9.A. bored          B. worried      C. excited          D. frightened

10.A. carried       B. left         C. brought          D. bought

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Not long after I first came to China, I had a telephone call from a young Chinese friend, “I’ve just _1_ married,” said the young man . “My wife _2_ I would like you to come to our house _3_ dinner next Saturday.”  “That’s _4_ ,” I said. “I’d love to .I wish to see you and your _5_ very soon.” “She _6_ beautiful , and she can’t cook well. But I hope you’ll come.” When I heard this ,I was very much _7_. Was he _8_ tired of(厌倦) his new wife ? _9_ was he saying this to me?   But when I saw his wife at the door, I found she was a quite beautiful young woman .Only then did I_10_ that he wasn’t saying bad words about his wife .He was just being polite.

1.                A．did            B．got            C．made D．had

2.                A．and            B．but            C．or   D．so

3.                A．with           B．in             C．during    D．for

4.                A．bad            B．wrong          C．wonderful D．quite

5.                A．husband        B．wife           C．son  D．daughter

6.                A．isn’t          B．is              C．wasn’t  D．was

7.                A．glad           B．happy          C．surprised D．frightened

8.                A．yet            B．still            C．also  D．already

9.                A．Why           B．Where         C．What D．When

10.               A．remember      B．regret          C．refuse D．know

One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite   1  at the answer. Thinking he had not made   2   understood or the girl had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” But the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn’t know   3   to say.

What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t   4   a compliment (恭维)in the same way as the American people do. She should answer, “Thank you” instead of “No”. She     5      understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the west, people will feel proud and   6  when they are praised(赞扬). So if someone says the dishes you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you.”

In our country we think being modest is a virtue (美德) and being proud is a bad thing, but in my opinion, being confident does not   7  being proud, so sometimes you should be confident    8   being modest.

  9    you are modest and say, “No, I’m afraid I can’t do it well”, while working in a western country, the others may think that you really cannot do it. If you often say “No”, you will certainly be looked down on by others. When asking for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try ”, he or she will  10  get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence.

1.                A．excited         B．surprised       C．relaxed   D．frightened

2.                A．her            B．herself         C．himself   D．him

3.                A．when          B．which          C．what D．how

4.                A．accept         B．receive         C．refuse    D．disagree

5.                A．hardly          B．really          C．rarely    D．badly

6.                A．kind           B．modest         C．shy  D．confident

7.                A．think           B．say            C．ask  D．mean

8.                A．different from   B．as well as        C．instead of D．the same as

9.                A．Unless         B．Until           C．Whether  D．If

10.               A．expect to       B．fail to          C．succeed in     D．believe in

The worst danger is a house on fire when people are asleep. Always be ready to leave through a window into the garden by making sure you can open it if necessary. If you should be on holiday in a tall building or hotel,make sure you know where the fire easape（太平梯） is . When you can’t find any way out,try to find pieces of cloth and make a rope to get out of a window to safety. If you smell burning in your home,get out right away. If you can’t breathe properly because of smoke on your way out, crawl（爬行） on your hands and knees because smoke rises and the air will be cleaner near the floor.Smoke is a killer and more people have died from breathing it in than actually being burnt.

Fire in a cinema,hall or public place often means people pushing to reach a door. Keep your head up with arms up in front of your chest（胸）.This protects your chest and gives you the best chance to breathe. Above all, don’t get frightened!

1. In a room filled with smoke ,you’d better crawl on the floor because__________.

A .you won’t ger burnt.              B. the floor is cleaner 

C. there is less smoke near the floor     D.you won’t breathe any smoke

2. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. In a fire, more deaths are caused by smoke.

B. The most important thing is not to be frightened in a fire

C. When a public place is on fire, people usually push to leave.

D. Be ready to leave a burning house through a window if there is a garden down below.