The 2012 London Olympic Games will be held on July 28^th. Do you have time to go there? If you do, maybe you will meet some foreign friends. But do you know their characteristics(特征)?
The Germans are very quiet and they always keep calm. They don’t like to speak more words. They look very serious. They like different kinds of amusements. The Germans are very hard-working. They like tidiness, especially the women, who always keep their home clean.
In some ways, the Englishmen look the same as the Germans. They are very quiet and never talk too much with the strangers. They are really polite, so we often hear they say “Thank you.” or “Sorry”. The gentlemen are also the Englishmen.
The French’s holidays are very long. They like traveling and usually spend their long time staying in other countries. The Frenchmen are more outgoing than the Germans. It is very easy to make friends with them.
Compared to the Frenchmen, the Americans are more outgoing. And they are even opener than all of the Europeans. They don’t like to depend on others. So it is very common that the students do part-time jobs in their free time. And in Americans’ eyes, success is an important part in their life.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “tidiness” mean in Chinese?
A.整洁                 B.安静                     C.时尚        
【小题2】In the writer’s eyes, the gentlemen are__________.
A. the Americans       B. the Frenchmen           C. the Englishmen        
【小题3】You can find it easy to __________ the Frenchmen.
A. depend on           B. make friends with       C. do part-time job with
【小题4】According to the passage, __________ are very quiet.
A. only the Germans        B. only the Englishmen
C. Both the Germans and the Englishmen
【小题5】Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Characteristics of the foreigners are the same.
B. All of the Europeans are as outgoing as the Americans.
C. It’s important to be successful in Americans’ eyes.

Some children want to be writers some day. They mean that they want to write stories or books for people to read. That's good! It's good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they really are good writers. They should read a lot of books, and read for hours and hours every day instead (代替) of watching TV and spending a lot of time playing games when they are free.

If you are a good reader, it doesn't take you long to do the reading homework. Then you have time to read many other books for fun. Because you read so well, you have more fun in reading and you want to look for more books to read.

Before you decide to be a good writer, you'd better say to yourself, "I must read and read and read more and more!"

1.This article (文章) mainly (主要的) tells us that __________.

A. some children wish to be writers some day

B. it is good to write something for people to read

C. reading can make you a good writer

D. writers like to read more books for fun

2.Some children want to be writers __________.

A. because they want to be good readers

B. to write stories or books for people to read

C. to find good work some day

D. to get more money to keep a family

3.It's good for children __________.

A. to do a lot of reading                 B. to watch TV in the evening

C. to have wishes sometimes               D. to be good writers right now

4.Reading can __________.

A. help you to be a good player            B. help you write well

C. make your work better                    D. make you watch more TV at home

5.From the article we know that __________.

A. all children like to be writers

B. people like to read for children

C. all writers are children

D. children need to read more and more books

You have ________ time to catch the train.

1. A.
   plenty of
2. B.
   many
3. C.
   a lot
4. D.
   a lots of

The 2012 London Olympic Games will be held on July 28^th. Do you have time to go there? If you do, maybe you will meet some foreign friends. But do you know their characteristics(特征)?

The Germans are very quiet and they always keep calm. They don’t like to speak more words. They look very serious. They like different kinds of amusements. The Germans are very hard-working. They like tidiness, especially the women, who always keep their home clean.

In some ways, the Englishmen look the same as the Germans. They are very quiet and never talk too much with the strangers. They are really polite, so we often hear they say “Thank you.” or “Sorry”. The gentlemen are also the Englishmen.

The French’s holidays are very long. They like traveling and usually spend their long time staying in other countries. The Frenchmen are more outgoing than the Germans. It is very easy to make friends with them.

Compared to the Frenchmen, the Americans are more outgoing. And they are even opener than all of the Europeans. They don’t like to depend on others. So it is very common that the students do part-time jobs in their free time. And in Americans’ eyes, success is an important part in their life.

1.What does the underlined word “tidiness” mean in Chinese?

A.整洁                  B.安静                      C.时尚        

2.In the writer’s eyes, the gentlemen are__________.

A. the Americans        B. the Frenchmen            C. the Englishmen        

3.You can find it easy to __________ the Frenchmen.

A. depend on            B. make friends with       C. do part-time job with

4.According to the passage, __________ are very quiet.

A. only the Germans         B. only the Englishmen

C. Both the Germans and the Englishmen

5.Which is TRUE according to the passage?

    A. Characteristics of the foreigners are the same.

B. All of the Europeans are as outgoing as the Americans.

    C. It’s important to be successful in Americans’ eyes.