In some western countries, many children do chores to get pocket money (零花钱). They usually start to do this when they are ten years old.
School students have to do homework and study for tests. They don’t have much free time on weekdays. They often do chores on weekends.
Young kids only do easy chores. So they don’t get much money. But that’s enough. Many of them only want to buy candy. And candy is cheap! They often help do the dishes, sweep the floor, or feed the pet cat or dog.
When they get older, they want to buy more and more things. They want things that are more expensive than candy. So they have to work harder! They often help their parents wash the family car, cut the grass, or cook meals.
Some jobs are a good way for kids to learn new things. For example, they can learn how to use a lawnmower (割草机) or how to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first.
1. How do many children get pocket money in some Western countries?| A．They study hard. | B．They do chores. |
| C．They do part-time jobs. | D．They ask their parents for it. |
| A．At the age of 10. | B．At the age of 13. | C．At the age of 15. | D．At the age of 17. |
| A．do the dishes | B．feed the pet cat | C．cook meals | D．sweep the floor |
| A．Kids can learn how to cook with the help of their parents. |
| B．School students often do chores on Saturdays and Sundays. |
| C．If kids get older and want something more expensive, they have to work harder. |
| D．Young kids do easy chores because they can get much money from their parents |
| A．find jobs | B．learn new things | C．study at school | D．get pocket money |
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Different countries have different customs (习俗) in the world. It’s very important for you to know about them.
When you go to the US, someone often says to you “give me five”. What should you do? Do not get five dollars from your pocket! It will make others laugh! The person is not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, “Give me five” or “give me the high five” is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means hitting each other’s right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams. If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor (皇帝). This showed the person raising his arm did not have a sword(剑) in his hand.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?
1. “Give me five” can be a gesture to ________.| A．raise your arm | B．make people laugh | C．say hello to others | D．give me five dollars |
| A．heads | B．hands | C．arms. | D．fingers |
| A．lose your money | B．go back home | C．win a football game | D．are angry |
| A．old Rome | B．America | C．China | D．the UK |
| A．Because they were very afraid of their emperor. |
| B．Because they were happy to see the emperor. |
| C．Because they wanted to give the emperor a welcome. |
| D．Because it could show there were no swords in their hands. |
【推荐2】A lot of boys and girls in western countries are wearing the same clothes, and many boys have long hair, so it is difficult to tell whether they are boys or not.
One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington and when he was tired, he sat down on a chair by a swimming pool. A young person was standing on the other side of the pool.
“Oh!” the old man said to the person sitting next to him, “Do you see the person with the loose clothes and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?”
“A girl,” said the person, “She is my daughter. ”
“Oh!” the old man said quickly, “Please forgive me. I don’t know that you are her mother. ”
“I’m not,” said the person, “I’m her father. ”
1. What did the old man see on the other side of the pool?| A．A girl. | B．A boy. | C．An old woman. | D．A man. |
| A．a woman | B．a man | C．a girl | D．a boy |
| A．I’m not sure. | B．I’m surprised. |
| C．I’m sorry. | D．I’m not living here. |
| A．Most people in western countries wear the same clothes. |
| B．The old man thought the person next to him was a man. |
| C．It’s difficult to tell boys from girls because they wear the same clothes. |
| D．Sometimes men also have long hair as women in western countries. |
| A．Are They Wearing the Same Clothes? |
| B．Can You Tell Boys from Girls? |
| C．Are They Boys or Girls? |
| D．What’s Wrong with the Boys? |
【推荐3】Do you like drinking coffee? If you are polite when ordering in a cafe (咖啡馆) in America, you may pay less for your order.
The cafe in America has tried to encourage customers (顾客) to be more polite in a new way. The cafe offers rewards to those who are polite to others. There is a sign outside the cafe. It says different prices for a cup of coffee depending on how polite the customer is. The cafe owner writes down prices with the typical expressions that the customers might use when they are ordering. They include: “A small coffee” at 5 dollars, “A small coffee, please” at 3 dollars and “Hello, one small coffee, please” at 1.75 dollars.
This isn’t the first time that a coffee shop has tried to teach customers a lesson. A cafe called Petite Syrah in France also encourages customers to be more polite with different prices. Customers need to pay 5.96 pounds for “A coffee”, but 3.62 pounds for “A coffee, please”.
The manager of Petite Syrah talked about the reason, “At lunchtime, people would come under great stress and were sometimes impolite to us when they ordered a coffee.” And he added, “I know people may say that our service can be impolite, but it is also true that customers can be impolite when they are busy.”
The American cafe is copying the French cafe because it has got great success in changing customers’ behavior (行为). The manager of Petite Syrah says that he has seen great differences in his customers’ behavior since the sign was put up.
1. The Chinese meaning of “rewards” in Paragraph 2 is ________.| A．宣传 | B．帮助 |
| C．表扬 | D．奖励 |
| A．the names of polite customers |
| B．the expressions of ordering coffee |
| C．the size of the coffee |
| D．the prices of the coffee |
| A．5 dollars | B．3.62 dollars |
| C．3 dollars | D．1.75 dollars |
| A．An American cafe |
| B．A French cafe |
| C．An American restaurant |
| D．A French store |
| A．when customers are busy or under great stress, they might be impolite |
| B．the idea of encouraging the customers to be polite is not good for the cafe |
| C．customers’ behavior didn’t change much after what the cafe has done |
| D．customers didn’t know how they could get rewards when ordering coffee |
【推荐1】An INTERESTING experiment
It takes a little skill to do this experiment, but the result is truly SURPRISING.
What do you need? Several rubber balloons Wooden skewer（木签） Vegetable oil Paper towel |
| Step l Blow up a balloon, let some of the air out of it, and tie it closed. |
| Step 2 Rub some oil on skewer with paper towel. | |
| Step 3 Gentle twist（搓捻）and push skewer into end of balloon opposite the knot. If balloon pops（爆 炸），go back to Step 1. | |
| Step 4 When skewer is in balloon, slowly twist and push it out of balloon near knot. | |
What will happen? |
| ____▲______ The balloon does not pop, even though it has a skewer in it. |
Why won’t it pop? | Rubber is made out of long chains of molecules （分子）. The skewer pushes these molecules aside. The molecules mix with the oil and they stick together tightly. The oil on the skewer seals the hole and air cannot get out. | |
1. Which is the most suitable word for “ ▲ ”?
| A．Topic | B．Result | C．Step 5 | D．Reason |
| A．It’s easy to push a skewer into and out of a balloon when doing the experiment. |
| B．You’d better blow as much air as possible into a balloon to make it big enough. |
| C．There’s no need for you to use the oil and paper towel while doing the experiment. |
| D．It’s hard for the air to get out of the hole as molecules and oil stick together. |
【推荐2】Los Angeles—Thousands of people waited in line on Thursday at Apple Stores, hoping to buy new iPhone 4. The new iPhone starts at $199 with a two-year renewal(换新).
Randy Cruz, 25, waited in line at Los Angeles Apple Store at 10 p.m. Wednesday, and wanted to buy her new iPhone before going to work. Stores opened at 7 a.m. Her old iPhone was broken two months ago, and she waited for the new model, “I can work from it and have fun,” she said. Cruz was lucky and she got it, but hundreds of others waited in line on all sides of the shopping mall.
By the end of the day, Apple’s latest iPhone was all sold out across the US, “It is working to get more phones. They can’t get her soon enough,” said Melissa O’Brien, Wal-Mart spokeswoman(代言人).
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling wouldn’t say how quickly stores would get more phones. He said, “We are working hard to get them to everyone as quickly as possible. It will take about a month for stores to get fully stocked(储藏).” Apple said it sold 600,000 in early orders.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. A lot of people waited in line at Los Angeles Apple Stores to buy iPhone 4.
2. Randy Cruz lost her old iPhone on the way home two months ago.
3. Randy Cruz got the iPhone at Los Angeles Apple Store.
4. Steve Dowling said that they would get more iPhones to people as quickly as possible.
5. It will take about half a month for stores to get fully stocked.
【推荐3】When someone says “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music”, it does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this or that, and why you did not do this or that. Sour music, indeed, but it has to be faced.
The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the expression come from?
The first information comes from the American writer James Fennimore Cooper. He said in 1851 that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on stage. After they got their cue to go on, they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And that is exactly what they did—face the orchestra （交响乐团） which was just below the stage.
An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out.
So, “to face the music” came to mean having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.
The other explanation comes from the army. Men had to face inspection （检阅）by their leader. The soldiers worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment（装备）clean—shiny enough to pass inspection? Still, the men had to go out, and face the music of the band, as well as the inspection. What else could they do?
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最恰当的答案。
1. According to the passage, the word “music” means ________.
| A．your boss’s criticism （批评） | B．your leader’s inspection |
| C．something unpleasant to be experienced | D．sour pop music |
| A．all the Americans | B．the American writer James Fennimore Cooper |
| C．some American actors | D．the American orchestra |
| A．his performance might not satisfy most of the audience |
| B．he might not remember what he should say on stage |
| C．he had to face the unfriendly audience |
| D．most of the audience might be his friends |
| A．to be examined about their equipment | B．to be found weak |
| C．to show themselves up in public | D．to be inspected by their leader |
| A．the meaning of the phrase “to face the music” | B．how to deal with something unpleasant |
| C．the phrase “to face the music” in America | D．how to go through difficulty |
