根据短文内容，回答下列问题，每空一词。

The ladies club always had a meeting every Friday afternoon and someone came to talk to them about some important things. After that, they had tea and asked questions.

One Friday, a man came and talked in the club about the food problem. “There is not enough food in the world for everybody,” he said, “more than half of the people in the world are hungry, and when these people get more food, they have more babies, as a result they never stop being hungry. Somewhere in the world, a woman is having a baby every minute, day and night. What are we going to do about it?” He waited for a few seconds. Then one of the ladies said, “Why don’t we find that woman and stop her?”

1.What did people often do in the ladies club?

They often _____ a meeting, talked, had tea and _____ questions.

2.What did the man come to talk about one Friday?

He came to talk about the _____ _____.

3.What did the man think about the food problem?

Some people never stop _____ _____.

4.What is the woman’s answer to the man’s question?

She said they should find that woman and _____ her _____ having babies.

5.Do you think the woman’s answer is helpful?

_____, it _____.

Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of each word you see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you don’t understand the culture behind it.
For example, if an American boy asks his mother what’s for dinner tomorrow, she may say “I’ll play it by ear”, that means she doesn’t have plans for dinner and she will decide later. "Play by ear" used to mean playing music using the sheet music, but now people often use it when they’re not talking about music.
There’re many idioms in English. If you learn to use them, your English will be more vivid and colorful. English idioms are more common in spoken English. They can be difficult to remember sometimes. Next time when you hear somebody saying to you, "Give me a hand", you don’t necessarily stretch out your hand to him/her, but you do need to be helpful. And when the situation is out of hand, you usually can do very little to manage all that. What about a green hand? It’s not about the color of your hand! You’re a green hand when you are very new at your work and don’t have much experience. If you and your partner always work together hand in glove, you two definitely work together very well.
Can you guess the meanings of some common English idioms to do with parts of your body?
【小题1】What is an idiom ?
【小题2】What does “ Can you give me a hand “ mean ?
【小题3】Are English idioms more common in written English or spoken English ?

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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.

In England ,people don’t often talk to each other when they travel. If you get on a bus or a train. you can see people sitting and looking out of the window. Other people may read books or newspapers.

When you meet English people, they often start a conversation by talking about the weather . So when you meet somebody in England, you can say, “Nice weather for the time of the year!”

“But it was a little cold yesterday, ”somebody may answer.

“But it will get a bit warmer later,”you can say.

Talking like this, they will think,“How friendly you are!”

1.English people _________on the bus.

A. often talk a lot                         

B. never talk to each other 

C. read newspapers        

D. never looking out of the window.

2.When you meet English people, you can start the conversation by talking about the__________.

A. weather                 B. work            C. family            D. age

3.According to(根据) the passage, if you talk to English people about the weather, they will think_________.

A. you are friendly        B. you are right                      

C. you are English         D. you are clever.

4.Which of the followings is true?

A. English people like traveling by bus     

B. English people often talk about the weather

C. English people are unfriendly.           

D. English people like the cold weather.

C) 根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文内容完整正确。

   People often talk on their mobile phones when they are driving. But talking or sending messages over a mobile phone can be as   1   as drunk driving. They can’t pay more attention to the road safety any more. Because of this, about 330,000 people are hurt and more than 2,000 people   2   every year.

   Now, an American company invented a key by using Bluetooth technology   3   help people drive safely. With the key, a driver can’t talk or send messages when driving a car.

   With Bluetooth technology, when the driver is driving, the phone will   4   all incoming calls and messages by itself with “I am driving now. I will call you later.” The only calls allowed out are to emergency services. When the driver   5   the car, he then can use the phone. This is all about saving lives and safer driving.