What do you usually do after school? Playing football? Watching TV? Come on, we need something new! Let’s see how kids in foreign countries spend their free time!

Mess Around with Dress-up

Do your parents have any old clothes? See if you get an old box and start collecting hats, shoes and clothes now! Then, when your friends come over after school,? you can play dress-up.? See if you? can make yourself into a doctor，or a cowboy,? or even a spaceman! Use glitter paint and old material to decorate the clothes the way you like them.

If you are really clever, you could even put on a show for your family!? Let your imagination run wild!

Want to learn new things after school? Want to make new friends who aren’t in your class? You can get both of them in clubs.? In other countries, schools, there are usually all kinds of clubs for kids to join.? There is French club，student government, theater, choir (合唱队）and photography club.

Take photography club as an example.? One may learn all the necessary skills about taking photos.? For example, you will learn how to choose a camera，how to use the light and how to develop pictures.? Sounds cool, right?

But that’s not all.? One can also make a lot of friends in clubs.? It’s always good to enjoy your spare time with friends，isn’t it?

1.What is the best title for _____？

A. Start a? Club? B. Learn a Club

C. An Important Club? D. A Photography Club

2.From the first paragraph we know________.

A. foreign kids don’t like watching TV

B. Chinese kids like playing football with foreign kids

C. playing football is not popular with foreign kids

D. foreign kids have some different ways to spend their free time

3.When you join a photography club，you cannot________.

A. enjoy your free time? B. get a camera for free

C. make some new friends? D. learn to take pictures

4.The text mainly talks about________.

A. how to take a good picture

B. how to join a photography club

C. after-class activities in foreign countries

D. putting on a show in foreign schools

Do you know what are good manners (礼貌)？In fact , having good manners is    46    in different countries . In some Asian countries , it is good manners to take off your   47    before you go into a house .   48    in European countries , even if they sometimes are very dirty, this is not done. If you are a guest (客人)in a Chinese house , when you have a meal , you usually do not   49    food . You often leave a little to show that you have had    50   . But in England , a guest always finishes food to show that he   51    it . We must know the customs (风俗) of other countries , so that they will not think    52    bad--mannered . People all over the world   53   that a well—mannered person should be kind and   54     to others. If you remember this , at least you will not go far wrong . Everybody likes a person   55    good manners , and no one likes a person with bad manners. Keep your manners, please . 

1.A. the same         B.different   C.  the good      D. wrong

2.A. hat              B. coat      C.shoes           D. glasses

 3.A. So              B.If          C. But             D. Although

4.A.buy               B. cut up     C. eat up           D.cook

 5.A. enough          B. most        C. more           D.little

6.A. hates            B. takes       C. enjoys          D.forgets

7. A.him              B. us          C. me             D. them

8.A.agree            B. guess       C.invent           D find

9. A. strict           B. helpful      C. careful          D.hard-working

10.A.for              B. to          C. in              D. with

Do you know something about the Akuapem people? They live in eastern Ghana (加纳), where the sunshine hugs all the time. They are very friendly. Now let’s have a look at how the Akuapem people receive a visitor.
A visitor is often welcomed warmly in a family of Akuapem. After the visitor is welcomed into the house, he is offered a seat and water at the very beginning, for the host (主人) thinks that the visitor must have come from a very long trip and is in need of water. Then the host family greet the visitor by saying “Akwaaba.” More interestingly, if there is a group of visitors, the host will greet the visitors from right to left. And the host shakes only with his right hand, because the left hand is regarded dirty according to the Akuapem people.
Next, the visitor is asked how his trip was and why he has come. While the conversation is going on, the wife and children, especially girls, are cooking food for the visitor. The visitor can choose the food. After the visitor has finished eating, the host and the visitor continue their conversation. Usually this is a short one since the visitor is getting ready to say goodbye.
When the visitor is leaving, he is often given some food to take along. He is also accompanied (陪伴) by one of the children to the nearest station. The child who accompanies the visitor will not come back home until the visitor leaves safely.
No matter if he is a close friend or just a passer-by (过路人), this is always the way that the friendly Akuapem people receive a visitor.
B）阅读表达。阅读第I卷第三大题D篇短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题。（共5小题，计10分）
【小题1】What is the visitor offered at first by the family of Akuapem?
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【小题2】Why does the host shake only with his right hand?
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【小题3】Who are cooking food while the host is chatting with the visitor?
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【小题4】When will the child who accompanies the visitor to the station come back home?
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【小题5】What does the article mainly talk about？
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Have you ever thought of taking a train and having an adventure (奇遇)？Riding the train can be a real adventure.That is how I feel every time I take Amtrak.I often take a four?hour trip to visit my children.Every time I take this trip I never know what will happen.

Last week when I was on the train and over an hour into the train ride，there was a man sitting by himself in the back of the train carrying on a mobile phone conversation— in another language.It was loud and disturbed most of the people on the train.I think it was annoying.

Fortunately I sat next to a wonderful old lady who was taking a two?day trip by train.She said her two daughters were distraught at the thought of her driving for three days to reach her home，although she had no trouble driving.The train ride was the only choice for her.She loved to look out of the window and watch the world go by on the train.

She was fun to talk to and asked me when my children started being parents.That is a very good question.Both of us are old and have children.She asked that same question from time to time.

There are always many people on the train from all walks of life，different countries，and many languages.Riding the train is a great way to increase your knowledge and take in all kinds of cultures.If you get hungry，you can buy food in the food car at any time.If you need to use the restroom there is always one available.

It sure beats driving the car，which has to stop for food and restrooms.And it is better than taking the bus.

1．According to the passage，the purpose of the author’s train ride was________.

A．to do business　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．to see her children

C．to visit places of interest 　　　　　　　　　 D．to see her old friends

2．Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “distraught” in Paragraph 3?

A．Disappointed. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Satisfied.

C．Worried. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Pleased.

3．Which of the following is TRUE about the old lady sitting next to the author?

A．She is too old to drive now.

B．She does not like to take trains.

C．Although she is old，she has a good memory.

D．Her daughters live far away from her home.

4．In the author’s opinion，on the train Amtrak________.

A．the services are quite good

B．the food is terribly expensive

C．all the passengers are polite

D．all the passengers are American

5．What is the best title for this passage?

A．Train ride—a cultural experience

B．A painful experience on the train

C．The history of Amtrak

D．A wonderful lady