Football is a very popular game in China．There are eleven  1  in a team．Many young people like it．

    Li Lei is a middle school student．He’s 2  at football．Tomorrow is Sunday．There is  3  to do，so he is going to  4  a football game．He wants Sam to go  5  him．Sam is  6  America．He is good at football，too．He likes  7  football games very much．  8  he says American football is  9  ours．It’s not round．The football has  10  name in English，soccer．

1．A．players                     B．games                     C．balls                      D．play

2．A．fun                          B．good                       C．bad                        D．liking

3．A．anything                   B．nothing                   C．something              D．everything

4．A．get                           B．playing                    C．have                      D．watch

5．A．before                      B．beside                     C．with                             D．after

6．A．in                      B．leave                       C．for                         D．from

7．A．taking                       B．watching                 C．playing                   D．having

8．A．But                          B．And                        C．So                         D．Then

9．A．like                          B．different from         C．far                         D．the same

10．A．other                      B．others                     C．another                  D．one another

The customs in different countries are rather different．If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it．That often discomforts me greatly．I have to eat the food even if I do not want to because it is considered bad manners in the west to leave one’s food on the plate．I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he often refuses the offer of food or drink though he’s in fact still hungry or thirsty．This might be good manners in China but is not in the West at all．In the United Sates, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something．Americans have a direct way of speaking．If they want something, they will ask for it．If not, they will say, “No, thanks．” When an American is served with beer by host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks．I’ll take some orange juice if you have it．” That is what an American will do．So when you go to the United States, you’d better remember the famous saying: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do．”

1．From this passage we can see that the writer is          ．

A．Chinese            B．American          C．Roman            D．European

2．When a Chinese host kept putting more food onto his plate, the writer felt         ．

A．happy             B．sad               C．bad               D．great

3．In the West, people consider it bad manners                ．

A．to refuse an offer at a dinner party

B．to keep asking someone to accept something

C．to eat much at a dinner party

D．to ask for something directly at a dinner party

4．A guest at all American’s dinner party should show his politeness by            ．

A．eating up all the food offered

B．putting more food onto his plate as soon as he emptied it

C．refusing the offer of food or drinking though he is still hungry or thirsty

D．refusing to drink anything

5．“When in Rome, do as the Romans do．”means             ．

A．the Romans are people of good manners

B．Americans always do the same things as the Romans do

C．you should do things like Romans do

D．you should get used to the local customs where you go

　　　 Tiffany, a 16-year-old girl, was very, shy. Last September, her best friend, Sophie, moved abroad with her family because she had to continue her studies in America. She even said she would not come back for at least a few years. Tiffany became 　 80　 and helpless. "I was really sad the moment I heard the bad news and I didn't know what to do," Tiffany recalled (回忆). "I 　 81　 myself in my room for a whole week. It was then that my aunt took me to a sports club one Saturday and I saw' so many young people playing various sports there. I signed up for a beginners' course in volleyball and since then I have been playing this sport. Now I practise twice a week there. It is wonderful playing sports in this club and I have made lots of 82　 as well. What's more, I feel I am much healthier than before."

　　 The most basic aim of playing sports is that you can improve your health even if you are not very good at sports.　 83　 , you can get to know a circle of people at your age while playing sports. Tiffany used to be a very quiet girl. Since she joined the sports club, she has opened up herself and now she has become very 　 84　 and enjoys meeting and talking with others.

　　 For most people, that is one of the attractions of joining a sports club. You can get to know other young people who have similar interests. You don't have to sit down and talk to strangers.

You go in for sports and it is easier to understand your partners on the same team. Now Tiffany is quite 　 85　 her friends and she has also gained more confidence.

　　 Try to do regular sports. The mind needs exercise as well as the body.

80. A) angry　　　　 B) lonely　 　　　　　C) tired　　　　　　　 D) surprised

81. A) shut　　　　 B) hurt　 .　　　　 　C) enjoyed　　　　　 　 D) helped

82. A) trouble　　　 B) mistakes 　　　　　C) money　　　　　　 D) friends

83. A) So far　　　　 B) In addition　　　　 C) Once again　　　　 D) After all

84. A) active　　　　 B) strong　　　　　　 C) lucky　　　　　　 D) independent

85. A) generous to　 B) different from　　 C) popular with　　　 　D) disappointed in