根据中文提示完成下列句子。

1．去年寒假一群美国学生和我们一起呆了几天。

　　Last winter vocation ________ ________ ________ American students stayed with us for ________ ________ ________.

2．一天我们带他们去吃北京流行的食物。

　　One day we________ them________ ________some________ ________in Beijing.

3．当我们正在吃的时候，我爸爸给我们讲述关于饭馆的历史。

　　________we were ________, my father ________ us________ the history of the restaurant.

4．羊肉非常好吃以致于他们吃了很多。

　　The mutton was ________delicious ________they ate ________ ________ ________ it.

5．昨天晚上我们直到九点钟才回家。

　　We ________get home________ nine o'clock yesterday evening.

　　Swimming is very popular（流行的，受欢迎的）. People like to swim in summer because water makes them feel cool. If you like swimming and swim in an improper place, it may be dangerous. These years, many people died when they were enjoying themselves in the water, and most of them were students. Some people are not careful in swimminG．They often think they can swim so well that nothing dangerous will happen（发生）to them in the water. Summer is here again. If you go swimming, don't forget that good swimmers have died in water. They died not because they could not swim but because they were not careful. Don't get into the water when you are alone（单独地）. Don't get into the water if there is a “NO SWIMMING”sign. If you remember these, swimming will be safe.

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A．they feel cool in the water

B．they feel free in the water

C．swimming makes them strong

D．swimming makes them popular

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A．it is popular enough

B．you like swimming very much

C．it makes people excited

D．you swim in dangerous places

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A．old people

B．young people

C．women

D．men

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A．they swim so well

B．they are not strong enough

C．they are not careful

D．they can't swim well

(5) The writer（作者）wants to tell us that __________.

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A．swimming is a good sport

B．we should not go swimming in summer

C．we must be careful in swimming

D．we should not go swimming in the river

　　“The Big Apple”stands for New York City.

　　The phrase was first used in a 1909 book called“The Wayfarer in New York”It was used to show how rich New York is.

　　They said each city in America was an apple on a tree. But New York city, where most fans of their music lived, was“the big apple”. It was there they got the most pay.

　　In the 1970s, the city wanted to make itself more popular with tourists. It started to use an apple as its symbol.（象征）

　　Apples are also hot in the computer world. Apple Computer, a big company in America, uses a picture of an apple with a bite taken out of it as its logo. Some say that the bite（一口）means“learning knowledge”. Also,“bite”sounds similar to“byte（字节）,”a unit（单位）in computer science.

A．The apple can be used for city names.

B．“The Wayfarer in New York”came out in 1909.

C．New York people like eating big apples.

A．The use of“Big Apple”as another name for New York.

B．The Wayfarer in New York.

C．Jazz musicians.

(5) The word“hot”in the last paragraph（段落）means ________.

　　1.因为 __________

　　2.大量;许多 __________

　　3.到处寻找;查看 __________

　　4.不让…进入 __________

　　5.能;会 __________

　　6.过时的 __________

　　7.跌落;下降 __________

　　8.流行的 __________

　　9.担心 __________

　　10.身体健康 __________

阅读理解，判断正误，对的在括号里写“T”,错的写“F”

Taro： I'm interested in gestures (手势).

Helen： Are you? Gestures differ (不同) from country to country.

Taro： Yes, learning about gestures is a lot of fun (很开心).

Helen： I've noticed that Japanese women often cover their mouths when they laugh.

Taro： They think it is impolite to show their teeth.

Helen： I once talked to some students from India. They moved their heads up and down when they meant “no”, and from side to side for “yes”. That looked strange to me.

Taro： Is that right? I thought nodding meant “yes” in all parts of the world.

Helen： No, not in some parts of India. But those students said their gestures were so natural (自然的) to them that they couldn't change them.

Taro： This is one of the most popular comics (最流行的滑稽剧) in my country. Do people in American comics jump this way when they are surprised?

Helen： Yes, they do. comics always use big gestures, you know. (Helen shows Taro a picture of a man.)

Taro： I've often seen this picture. He is shrugging (耸肩) his shoulders, isn't he?

Helen： Yes, he is. It means I don't care or I give up.

Helen： How do you gesture with your hand when you mean “come here” in Japan?

Taro： We hold out our hand with the palm upward, and move it up and down.

Helen： That looks like “Sit down”，“Be quiet”, or“Get away” to us. When we mean “Come here” we hold out our hand with the palm upward, and move our fingers toward our body.

(1) Chinese, Japanese and Indians have one and the same language of gestures.

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(2)  Japanese women often cover their mouths when they laugh.

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(3) The language of Indian students' gestures is quite unlike the American one.

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(4) To Indians, nodding means “Yes, I agree.”

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(5) To Americans, shrugging the shoulders means “I'm sorry, I don't care or I give up.”

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