阅读下面短文,根据所给中文正确拼写单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。(10分)

Before you go to another country, it is a great   66  (帮助)if you know the language and some of the customs of the country. When people  67  (见面)each other for the first time in Britain, they 68 (说)“How do you do.”and shake hands. Usually they do not shake hands  69  (在…以后)they haven’t met for a long time. Last year a group of German  70(学生)went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told  71  (他们)that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their 72  (背).The English students had learned that Germans shake hands as often as  73  (可能),so they put their hands in front and got  74  (准备)to shake hands with them. It made both of them  75  (笑).

B. 根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一次。

James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves(奴隶). His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.

“J.C.,” he replied.

She thought he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.

Owens ran his first race at the age of 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time in order to pay for his education. As a second year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.

A week before the Big Ten games, Owens fell down when he went downstairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he was helped in and out of the car that drove him to the games. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he should give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.

The stage was set for Owens’ success at the Olympic Games in Berlin(柏林) the next year, and his success would come to be considered as not only athletic but also political(政治的). Hitler(希特勒) did not give congratulations to any of the black American winners.

“It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didn’t go to Berlin to shake hands with him, anyway.”

After returning from Berlin, he received no telephone calls from the president of his own country, either. In fact, he was not honored by the United States until 1976, four years before his death.

Owens’ Olympic success made little difference to him. He earned his living by looking after a school playground, and racing against cars and dogs.

“Sure, it worried me,” he said later. “But at least it was an honest living. I had to eat.”

In the end, however, his gold medals changed his life. “They have kept me alive over the years,” he once said. “Time has stood still for me. That golden moment dies hard.”

1.In the Big Ten games, Owens         .

A．hurt himself in the back

B．was successful in setting many records

C．tried every sports event but all failed

D．had to give up all events

2.We can infer from the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because         .

A．he was the grandsonof black slaves

B．he was the son of a poor farmer

C．he didn’t shake hands with Hitler

D．he didn’t talk to the US president on the phone

3.When Owens says “They have kept me alive over the years”, he means that the medals          .

A．have been changed for money to help him live on

B．have made him famous in the US

C．have encouraged him to face difficulties in life

D．have kept him busy with all kinds of jobs

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A．Jesse Owens — A Great American Sportsman B．The Big Ten Games

C．Making a Living As a Sportsman             D．How to Be a Successful

 

阅读理解

Dear Fang,

How are you these days? I have been in England for two months. It’s not a long time for a newcomer, and there are still a lot of things to do. Sorry for not being able to write to you soon.

London is an old but beautiful city. There are lots of places of interest to visit. Last weekend I went along Thames River with some friends from Japan, Korea and some other countries. The modern skyscrapers(摩天大楼) among the old buildings impressed(给…留下印象) us deeply. The classes started two weeks after I arrived here alone. Besides the language, I’m trying to learn about the culture as well. British people are quite different from the Chinese. Do you know the people here do not shake hands as much as we do in China? And it’s never a good habit to make noise when you eat. They think it’s impolite.

There is so much to say, but I have to stop.

I will write to you soon again.

Love,

Harry

1.Harry came to London from ________.

A．France

B．Japan

C．Korea

D．China

2. Two months ago Harry came to London _________.

A．with Fang	B．with his friends
C．with his parents	D．alone

3. Harry has studied in London _______.

A．for about two weeks	B．for about two months
C．for about one and a half months	D．for about a month

4. Last weekend Harry was impressed by _____________.

A．London’s long history

B．the modern skyscrapers

C．London’s old buildings

D．the English culture

5. English people _______________.

A．do not often shake hands with their friends when they meet

B．often shake hands when they meet their friends

C．talk aloud when they have dinner

D．usually make noise when they eat

 

Making friend is a skill. Like most skills, it improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing（乐意） to take some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone.

Join a club or group, talking with those who like the same things you do is much easier. Or join someone in some activity.

Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.

Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are giving an opinion about us-finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same away. Try to accept(接受)yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease(不拘束). You’ll both feel more comfortable.

Try to keep self-confident(自信)even when you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall(趾高气扬)and straight, look directly at other people and smile.

If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation.

Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person-friendship is based on each other’s liking and “give and take”. They take time and efforts to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.

1.If you want to meet people and make friends, what should you do?

   A. Join a club or group.      B. Talk with those who like the same things.

   C. Join someone in some activity.      D. All of the above(上面)

2.In the sentence “After all, meeting strangers means facing the unknown.”, the word “unknown” means _____.

   A. without somebody knowing      B. without somebody liking

   C. unfriendly                    D. unpleasant

3.How do you feel more comfortable when you are with new people?

A. Shake hands with others

B. Accept yourself as you are, and put the other as ease

   C. Don’t talk with those who don’t like.

D. Walk tall and straight.

4.If you’d like to speak to someone, what should you do?

    A. You should wait until the person says something.

  B. You should stay home alone.

    C. You should cough until the person notices you.

 D. You should say something at first.

5.Friendship is based on______

    A. meeting for the first time    B. each other’s liking and “give and take”

    C. keeping self-confident      D. facing the unknown

 

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 statement（陈述）is right?

A．German people shake hands as often as possible.

B．English people like shaking hands very much.

C．German people hardly shake hands.

D．Neither English people nor Germans like shaking hands.

5.This story is about _______.

A．shaking hands

B．customs

C．languages

D．languages and customs