2．信中不可用真实姓名，只能用“Li Hua”。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 June 8, 2003

Dear Li Hua,

I’m sorry to hear that SARS was once very serious in part of China. But luckily, you Chinese people have done your best to stop it. Could you tell me what people do in daily life? And do you have any other ideas to keep healthy?

Please write to me soon.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Yours,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Tom

参考词汇：SARS 非典　 keep the air fresh使空气清新　 personal health　个人卫生

habit 习惯　 food and drink 饮食　 spit　 vi. 吐痰　 overwork 　vt. 使……过于疲劳

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76. Is it expensive to rent a videotape for one day?

75. How do people usually get videotapes to watch 　　

　 films at home?

74. What has changed people’s way of watching films?

73. Why does a visitor always finish the food at dinner in his friend’s home in England?

Passage 6

The way that people all over the world watch films has changed these years. People don’t just go to the films any more. They take the films home! The VCR (录像机), has made this possible, and it has helped change people’s lives.

VCRs make it possible for us to watch films at home instead of the cinema. People can just go to a video store near their houses, rent (租) one or more films for a day or a weekend, and watch them in their own homes. They cost just a few dollars each day. Many different films are on videotape, from exciting films to interesting plays.

Watching a film at home can be very easy, and a lot cheaper. VCR owners can make　 snacks (零食) and sit back and enjoy a film with family and friends. They can stop the film to make more snacks, answer the phone, or take care of the baby. There are no lines to stand in, no tickets to buy, and no uncomfortable (不舒适的) cinema seats.

72. In which country do you have to take off your shoes when you enter your host’s house?

71. When can you enter the room if you visit a friend in China?

Passage 5

Different countries and different people have different manners (礼貌). We must find out their customs (习俗) so that they will not think us ill-mannered (不礼貌). Here are examples of the things that a person with good education does or does not do.

If you visit a Chinese family, you should knock at the door first. When the door opens, you will not move before the host (男主人) says “Come in, please.” After you enter the room, you would not sit down until the host asks you to take a seat. When a cup of tea is put on a tea table before you or sent to your hand, you will say “Thank you” and receive it with two hands, not one hand, or they will think you are ill-mannered. Before entering a house in Japan, it is a good manner to take off your shoes. In European countries, even though shoes sometimes become very dirty, this is not done. In a Malay house, a visitor never finishes the food on the table. He leaves a little to show that he has had enough. In England, a visitor always finishes a drink or the food to show that he has enjoyed it. This will make the host pleasant.

70. Does the writer think it is necessary to know different customs in different countries?

69.(　)Who made Tom take the wrong train?

　　　　　　　　　 A. The train driver.　　　　　　　　　 　　　 　 B. The ticket seller in the station.

　　　　　　　　　 C. All the people at the station.　　　　 　 D. The people behind him on the platform.