Everywhere in the world there are different ways of behaving. When we meet someone, everything we say and do expresses our cultural background. So if you want to get on with someone from another culture, it helps to understand something about these differences.
Even how we stand depends on our culture. English people talk to each other at an average“ (平均的) distance of 130 cm, while Italians chat at an average distance of 80 cm. So Italians can think that English people are unfriendly because they stand too far away! And English people can think that Italians are too close.
Touching is also cultural. The Frenchmen touch much more than Americans do. A French couple may touch 100 times in half an hour while an American couple may only touch twice! And French teenagers touch each other much more than American teens.
Canada
If you are invited for a meal, you should arrive on time-not early or late.
Indonesia
Never point to anything with your foot.
France
When eating out, keep both hands on or above the table.
1题完成句子；2、3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. According to the passage, Italians stand
2. Who touch much less than French teenagers?
3. What do French people do when they eat out?
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In China, the 12th month of the lunar calendar(阴历) is called Layue. The month is full of interesting festivals and customs.
Laba Festival, which is on the 8th day of Layue, is the first festival in this month. From this day on, people begin to get ready for the Chinese New Year.
On Laba Festival, people eat hot Laba porridge. There are usually eight things in the porridge: rice, red beans, peas, dried lotus seeds, dates, and three different kinds of fruits and nuts. The porridge is not just good for your health, but a blessing for the coming of Chinese New Year.
Laba porridge is not the only tasty food in Layue. Laba garlic(腊八蒜) is popular in the north. People begin to soak garlic in vinegar from that day on, and eat it with dumplings during the Chinese New Year. While in the south, people like making sausages.
Another major celebration before Spring Festival is Xiaonian. It is usually on the 23rd or 24th day of the last lunar month. Traditionally it is an important day when people offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God who looks after the family.
Don't forget to clean your home. This is also an important thing to do to prepare for the Chinese New Year. It means sweeping away the dust of the old year and welcoming a fresh start. Now, the last thing for you to do is to wait for the coming Spring Festival.
1. When is Laba festival?2. What do people often eat on Laba Festival?
3. Is Laba garlic popular in the south?
4. What do people do on Xiaonian?
5. Why do people clean their homes before the Spring Festival?
All around the world, people drink tea. But in different countries, people have very different ideas about drinking tea.
In China, for example, people always serve (提供) the tea when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at home or in teahouses. They like to drink plain tea (素茶) best.
Tea is very important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called the “tea ceremony (仪式)”. It is very old and full of meaning. People do everything in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.
Another tea drinking country is England, and the late afternoon is people’s “teatime”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The British usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, chocolate and a few candies at teatime.
In the United States people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. It is fast and easy to use tea bags to make tea. In summer, many Americans drink “iced tea”.
1. When do people serve the tea in China?2. Is there a special room for serving tea in Japanese homes?
3. Who drink tea with milk and sugar, the British or the Japanese?
4. How do Americans usually make their tea?
5. What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?
【推荐3】Do you like your name? Names are important to us. We have to live with our names for our whole lifetime.
For this reason, some parents in the US and Europe try very hard to give their children special names. Some people even pay a" naming expert(专家)"to pick a name for them.Itis expensive most of the time.
However, not all parents do this. Many people read baby naming books or look online for ideas.
It is common for parents to name their children after a relative(亲戚).Other parents name their kids after well-known like Austin or Brooklyn. Some parents give their children nature related names, like Reed or Autumn.
Some famous people have given their children strange name.For example, one artist named their child Audio Science, while another named their child Pirate(海盗).
1. Why are names important to people?2. The underlined word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to
3. Which is a nature related name, Reed or Brooklyn?
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【推荐1】Space vegetables are grown from seeds (种子). They have been taken to and brought back from outer space. The seeds are influenced by the radiation (辐射) and low gravity (重力) in outer space. When they are brought back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger, healthier and more nutritious (有营养的) than normal vegetables. People needn’t worry, because space vegetables are actually very healthy.
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Space vegetables are better for you than normal vegetables. (B) _________ example, space tomatoes stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal tomatoes.
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“Internet addiction（瘾）” was once used to describe young people who spent too much time watching videos or playing games online. But today, a growing number of old people are becoming victims（受害者）. It is a serious social problem.
According to a report on the Internet use of China’s elderly people, 38. 6% of people aged 60 or over were Internet users. And some surveyed elderly people spent at least 10 hours on the Internet every day. Phone overuse could lead to the higher risk（风险）of many diseases. Besides health problems, elderly people’s phone addiction also brings family problems. For example, their adult children often get sad and worried when they stay up late playing with the phone or shop online blindly（盲目地）.
Why do old people depend heavily on mobile phones? It’s because they have lots of spare time and they wish to communicate with others.
Though it’s natural for the elderly to meet their spiritual needs through the smart phone, they should reduce their time on the Internet and get enough rest at night. As for adult children, they should go home more often to visit their parents. What’s more, they should talk more with their parents to reduce their sense of loneliness. They can also encourage their parents to do healthy activities.
1. What is a serious social problem according to Paragraph 1?More and more
2. How many people aged 60 or over were Internet users?
3. Which word means “过度使用” in Paragraph 2?
It is
4. What problems may elderly people’s phone addiction cause?
It may cause health problems and
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There are
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If you are a shy person, you can also find a way out. 74. First of all, you can make friends with the students who have the same interest and hobby as you. As both of you have much in common, you may have much to talk about. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will find you are also as free to express yourself as others. 75. So be too nervous or too shy , no one will laugh at you.
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