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At last, the mid-term exams are over. You’ve done the hard work, b  1.  you can’t relax. You have to prepare for the next exams. Do you hate exams? If you do, you’re not alone. Students in o  2.  countries hate them as well.

Luckily for them, British students have f  3.   exams than Chinese students. And they o  4. have them once a year. Every summer they take a test in each subject. Each test lasts about an hour. These exams don’t count for much. Even if a student does really b  5.  they still progress to the next year. When the results come out they are then placed in an end-of-year report. The report is sent to the child’s p  6.  . It describes how the student studied at school.

   This report is private（私密的）, so only the teacher, the student and his or her parents see it. This m  7.   that the students don’t know how other students scored in the test. Some students choose to tell each other, but others keep it s  8.  .

  Parents’ meetings are held t 9.  a year, at the end of the winter term and then at the end of the summer term. Children go to meet their teachers w  10.  their parents and discuss their performance at school.

 

Social customs and the ways of behaving change. Things that were considered impolite many years ago are acceptable . Just a few years ago, it was considered to be impolite behavior for a man to smoke on the street . No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.
Customs are also different from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or on the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn’t it matter? What about table manners?
The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a wonman or offer their seat to a woman , and so will most Americans. Promptness is important both in England and in America. That is , if a dinner invitation is for 6 o'clock , the dinner guest either arrives close to that time or calls up to explain his delay.
The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a very formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were amused or greatly surprised , but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. I t would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.
【小题1】The underlined phrase” make fool of himself” in the first passage means____

A．make himself strong	B．make himself rich
C．make himself comfortable	D．cause himself to seem like a fool

【小题2】According to the passage , the American and British _____

A．don’t speak the same language

B．don’t have social custom in common

C．do share a lot of social customs

D．do have the exactly same social customs

【小题3】If a dinner invitation is for six o’clock , the guest is supposed to arrive at ____ six

A．nearly a minute or two later than	B．a quarter to
C．a quarter to	D．much later than

【小题4】The last example in the passage shows____

A．The correct way to use a knife at table

B．that it is good manners not to make your guests feel foolish or uncomfortable

C．that social customs and ways of behaving change too fast

D．promptness is important both in England and in America

【小题5】Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?

A．Social Customs and Customs	B．Social Life
C．American and British Customs	D．Promptness is Important

Every year many young people leave school for a few weeks or months and enjoy an unusual type of educational program. They learn new skills by living in a different country and doing unusual jobs. There are several organizations. They help students to find the experience they are looking for. The table below shows a few possibilities for students.

One interesting possibility is helping elephants in Thailand. Most people think o elephants as animals in zoos. In fact, many elephants in Thailand are no longer kept in cages. Now, hundreds of them are homeless. They don’t have owners to care for them. Although they may look well, they are often in poor health and don’t have enough to eat.
One centre in Thailand cares for these elephants. It gives them a safe and natural living space. When they  are at the centre, they stay in a building but are free to walk around. Students come from all over the world to help here. The student helpers work with the elephant keepers. These keepers train the students in caring for the elephants. In the morning, they go to the forest together and lead the elephants to the centre. They clean them and give them food. In the afternoon, they take the animals back into the forest for the night. Helping at the center is interesting and the young people learn a lot.
【小题1】Which country can you choose if you want to prepare yourself for a medical career?

A．India

B．Ghana

C．Thailand

D．New Zealand

【小题2】Which job might be suitable for the students who love children and arts?

A．Teaching young children	B．Health care work
C．Saving elephants	D．Teaching Chinese

【小题3】What does the underlined word “they” in the last paragraph probably refer to?

A．The keepers	B．The doctors
C．The students	D．The elephants

【小题4】What does the writer think of the unusual educational program?

A．It is amazing	B．It is boring
C．It is helpful	D．It is expensive

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Lots of people in the world like listening to folk songs. A folk song is a song that is “from the p 1.”. Every c 2. has folk songs. Usually, they are quiet, simple songs. People often sing them with just a g 3. of a few other instruments. Some folk songs are so o 4. that no one knows who wrote them or when they were written. Other folk songs are by songwriters who are interested in people’s l 5. and experiences. Woody Guthrie was one of those songwriters.

Woody Guthrie was born in a very small town in Oklahoma in 1912. Guthrie first learned to play the guitar from his grandfather in 1917. He soon began to p 6. with other people in the area. Step by step, people liked his music.

In 1929, the economy was bad. Many people were not working, and there were many poor people. Guthrie began to travel around the country looking for work. Guthrie became interested in singing about people and their p 7. during this period.

In the winter of 1940, Guthrie decided to go to New York. On his way, he created “This Land is Your Land.” The song talks about places and things people love. The last line of the song says, “This land was made for you and me.” These words tell people that e 8. is equal.

Woody Guthrie died in 1967, but his music l 9. on. His music is an important part of American h 10. and culture. And to this day, people love to sing the folk songs written by him.

 

Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student, was quite busy over the past winter vacation – and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign.
The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food. “Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Please don’t waste food.” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.
The Clean Your Plate Campaignhas got more and more popular during the past year all over China. It calls on people to reduce food waste.
China in these years had serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.
Chinese people are well known for being hospitable (好客的) and generous（大方的）. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food.
Luckily, the campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner give the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker (贴花). People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers (剩饭剩菜) home.x k b 1 . c o m
To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?
【小题1】What did the 11 students do in the winter vacation?

A．The helped each other with homework.

B．They opened a restaurant together.

C．They volunteered for a campaign.

D．They collected money from customers in restaurants.

【小题2】The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to_____.

A．do volunteer work

B．Work part time in restaurants.

C．cut down on food waste.

D．wash your plate after dinner.

【小题3】From Paragraphs 4-5,we learn that______.

A．wasting food is a serious problem in China.

B．Chinese people waste the most food in the world.

C．Chinese people want to show off that they are rich.

D．most Chinese people are afraid of losing face at the table.

【小题4】Which is true according to the passage?

A．Chinese people waste lots of food because they have enough money.

B．more and more people join the Clean Your Plate Campaign.

C．In a restaurant in Beijing ,if you get ten stickers, you can enjoy a free meal.

D．It’s easy to finish the Clean Your Plate Campaign.