Bill is from Australia. He lives in Sydney. He can speak French and English, but he can' t speak Chi­nese. He has a pen pal in the United States. Her name is Lisa and she lives in New York. Bill' s favorite sport is basketball and he can play the guitar. Lisa' s favorite sport is tennis. She can't play the guitar, but she can play the piano and sing very well.

1.Bill is from                 .

2.Lisa is an            .

3.What languages does Bill speak?

4.What is Bill' s favorite sport?

5.Which sentence is NOT right?

A. Bill has a pen pal in the USA.

B. Bill can play the piano and Lisa can play the guitar.

C. Bill and Lisa like different sports.

D. Lisa lives in New York.

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【小题1】There are some ____________ at school. (boy)
【小题2】Is this ___________ classroom? (we)
【小题3】There are five _________ in the room. (child)
【小题4】Are there ___________ boats in the river? (some)
【小题5】There are three __________ and four __________ in the picture. (man, woman)
【小题6】Mary, is this ___________ bottle of coke? (you)
【小题7】Daming ______________(be not) in Class Three.
【小题8】I have two _______________. (pencil-box)
【小题9】Bill is from ______________. (American)
【小题10】What are _____________.(that)
【小题11】Are you in ____________ One? (grade)
【小题12】There are two ___________ on the wall. (picture)
【小题13】Look! These ____________ are good. (cake)
【小题14】Are these _____________ apples? (you)
【小题15】Lingling is from _____________. (Chinese)

There are hundreds of funny and strange expressions in the English language. A lot of them include country names or nationalities. Take these examples:

The Dutch（丹麦人）are the target of most English expressions about nationalities. Why are there so many jokes about the Dutch in English? And what do these expressions mean? In the 17th and early 18th centuries, there were three wars between the British and the Dutch, and Dutch became a bad word. So double Dutch means something that has no meaning or is impossible to understand. A Dutch uncle is someone who gives much stronger advice than they need to. There are later expressions, which are funnier and kinder, like to go Dutch, which is nowadays a popular expression. It means to pay for your part of a bill. This often happens when a group of friends have a meal together, and each person pays for the food they ate. I’m a Dutchman is another commonly used expression. This means not being able to believe something.

An expression with a similar meaning to double Dutch is it’s all Greek to me, which means I don’t understand. The expression was made famous in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar although the expression is actually hundreds of years older.

If you take French leave, you are not present or leave somewhere without permission. For example, you could take French leave from a classroom or the place where you work. This expression is from the 18th century when French people left parties without saying goodbye to the host or hostess.

There are Chinese whispers, which mean confused（令人困惑的）messages. This describes the fact that a message can often change as it is passed from person to person. This expression comes from the First World War when foreigners were often confused by Chinese language.

Many people find English expressions confusing, but now that you know about some of them, you can easily have fun finding out many more funny English expressions.

1.Are there many jokes about the Dutch in English?

2.When did Dutch become a bad word?

3.What does “French leave” mean?

4.Which three expressions mentioned above have similar meanings?

5.What do the funny and strange expressions in the passage have in common?