Some English and American people like to invite friends to a meal at home. You should not be upset if your English friends don’t invite you home. It doesn’t mean they don’t like you.
Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 pm and end at about 11 pm. Ask your hosts what time you should arrive. It’s polite to bring flowers, chocolates, a book or a bottle of wine as a present.
Do you want to be pretty polite? Say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember — not to ask how much things cost.
You’ll probably start the meal with soup, or something small as a “starter”, then you’ll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then a dessert, followed by coffee. It’s polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it. Some people eat bread with their meal, but not everyone does.
Most people ask “Do you mind if I smoke?” before they take out their cigarettes after the meal.
Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short “thank you” letter. Perhaps it seems funny to you, but English and American people say “thank you, thank you, thank you.” all the time.
1. If your English or American friends don’t invite you to dinner at home, ___________.| A．it shows they don’t like you |
| B．it shows they have no time to get together |
| C．it shows they don’t want to make friends with you |
| D．it doesn’t show they don’t like you |
| A．you shouldn’t take anything with you |
| B．you may go at any time |
| C．you must take an expensive present with you |
| D．you may take a small present with you |
| A．ask the price of things | B．eat all food on your plate |
| C．talk to your hosts | D．eat too fast |
| A．dessert — meat or fish with vegetables — coffee — soup |
| B．coffee — soup — dessert — meat or fish with vegetables |
| C．soup — meat or fish with vegetables — dessert —coffee |
| D．meat or fish with vegetables — dessert — soup — coffee |
| A．In England or America, it usually takes more than three hours to have a dinner party at home. |
| B．If you are invited to go to a dinner party, you can’t arrive before the time. |
| C．You mustn’t smoke after a meal when you are with some English or American people. |
| D．You’d better write a short “thank you” letter to your hosts or give them a call if you want to be pretty polite. |
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| Finland |
| Brides(新娘) will wear beautiful golden hats. After the wedding(婚礼) , girls dance around the bride. Her eyes are covered. All the girls are waiting for her to put the hat on someone's head. The woman who gets it will be the next to marry. At the party, the bride holds a sieve(筛子). When the people put money into it, their names are read at the wedding. |
| Korea |
| People bring ducks with them in the wedding group, because ducks live together for life. In the old days, the groom(新郎) went to the bride's house on a little white horse with a pair of ducks. These animals love each other for life. |
| Malaysia |
| Children carry the groom's presents to the bride's home. They also carry baskets of food and paper money. The money was made into animals or flowers. Everyone in the wedding is given an egg. It means he will have a baby. |
| Mexico |
| During the wedding a "lasso"(一串珠子) is put around the bride and the groom's hands. That means the groom and the bride will always stay together. Friends at the wedding will dance around the bride and the groom in a large ring at the party. The ring is like a heart. |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1. Why do people bring ducks with them in the wedding group in Korea?
| A．Because ducks are people's favorite animals in Korea. |
| B．Because it means the couple will have a baby soon. |
| C．Because people think ducks can bring them good luck. |
| D．Because ducks are good choices for wedding dinner. |
| A．In Mexico. | B．In Malaysia. |
| C．In Korea. | D．In Finland. |
| A．In Korea, brides will wear beautiful golden hats. |
| B．In Finland, the groom always holds a sieve at the party. |
| C．In Mexico, people will dance around the bride and the groom after the wedding. |
| D．In Malaysia, children carry baskets of food and paper money to the bride's home. |
| A．Mexico and Malaysia | B．Korea and Finland |
| C．Malaysia and Finland | D．Finland and Mexico |
| A．He or she will be given an egg. |
| B．He or she will be the next to marry. |
| C．His or her name will be read at the wedding. |
| D．He or she will receive presents from the bride. |
【推荐2】Surprisingly, the dates and ways of the celebration of Father’s Day are not the same everywhere.
Father’s Day is celebrated to thank fathers and express gratitude (感激) for their love. In Canada, it is celebrated on the third Sunday in June. People wear roses to express thanks and love for their fathers. This is also a time for a family reunion (团聚) , because children often stay away from their family and this is a good time for them to get together with their fathers and other loved ones. But in Australia, it is celebrated on the first Sunday in September. The day is celebrated only in families. A rich breakfast for families is a good way to celebrate Father’s Day. In Thailand, Father’s Day falls on December 5 every year. All the people have a one-day holiday. You can see many people are in yellow and the streets are decorated in yellow because Father’s Day is also the King’s birthday.
Some clubs, schools and cultural societies in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia, South Africa organize Father’s Day parties to provide people an opportunity to celebrate the day to show the importance of father’s role in the family and the society.
1. People have Father’s Day because they want to ________.| A．have a get-together | B．show thanks to their fathers |
| C．send gifts to their fathers | D．have a family party |
| A．wearing roses | B．dressing nicely |
| C．sending fathers many gifts | D．working harder |
| A．The Australians celebrate Father’s Day in the morning. |
| B．How the Canadians celebrate Father’s Day. |
| C．Why people in Thailand celebrate Father’s Day on December 5. |
| D．People celebrate Father’s Day in different ways and on different dates. |
【推荐3】You may be a doctor or a police officer one day in your life, but there are always teachers around you. They teach you and help you know who you are. Of course, you want to thank them.
Teachers’ Day is a great time for students around the world to thank their teachers. The festival is on different days in different countries.
In China, Teachers’ Day is on Sept 10th. But in the US, there is a special week for teachers. Teacher Appreciation (感谢) Week is in the first full week of May every year. In the past, kids brought apples to their teachers because they believed an apple a day could help keep the doctor away. Now, they bring gifts with pictures of apples, such as paintings, cups and postcards. Some students also make gifts by themselves. In that week, breakfast and coffee in the school dining hall are free for teachers.
Teachers’ day in South Korea is on May 15th. Many students give their teachers carnations (康乃馨). Cards are also popular. Many students give hand - made cards to favorite teachers.
Although different countries have different Teachers’ Days, there’s one day for the world to show thanks to teachers: on Oct. 5th each year. UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) started the day in 1994. It wants to tell people the importance of the teacher.
1. What is TRUE about Teacher Appreciation Week in the US? ________| A．It is always in the first week of October. |
| B．Students make gifts for their teachers now. |
| C．Teachers can have three meals for free at school. |
| A．post cards with apples | B．carnations | C．paintings and cups |
| A．September 10th | B．October 5th | C．May 15th |
| A．Because there are many teachers in UNESCO. |
| B．Because UNESCO sees it as the only day for people to thank their teachers. |
| C．Because teachers make a big difference to students’ lives. |
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 |
【推荐1】Each nation has many good people who help to take care of others. For example, some high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages (孤儿院) or homes for the aged. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.
Other young people volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go to play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls.
Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.
1. Where can you often find volunteers in the United States?| A．At a bus—stop. | B．In a park. | C．In a hospital. | D．In a shop. |
| A．They read books. |
| B．They play games with them. |
| C．They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns. |
| D．They just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems. |
| A．It’s the name of a club. | B．It’s a home for children who have no brothers. |
| C．It’s the name of a film. | D．It’s an organization for boys who no longer have fathers. |
| A．Because they have a lot of free time. |
| B．Because they can still remember what they felt when they were younger. |
| C．Because they know how to do the work. |
| D．Because they like younger boys and girls. |
| A．To make others happy, they have got to be unhappy. |
| B．The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy |
| C．the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others. |
| D．when they are happy, the others will be happy. |
【推荐2】Here comes the year 2023, the Year of the Rabbit! Rabbits are quiet, smart in Chinese culture. Many Chinese good sayings have rabbits in them. I’m sure you will come up with a few when you’re reading this sentence.
In Chinese culture, the rabbit stands for the moon. People used to believe a rabbit was living on the moon. The rabbit is called the Jade Rabbit or the Moon Rabbit. It’s the pet of the moon goddess Chang’e. It makes medicine by grinding herbs (捣草药). Rabbits can have a lot of babies in a short time. In this way, people in the past also saw the rabbit as a good sign. They believed having more children could bring them luck and happiness.
Western people also see the rabbit as a sign of good luck. They believe a rabbit’s foot can bring good luck to its holder. This may go back to an old tradition. When teenage hunters caught rabbits to provide food for the people, getting the rabbit foot means they are welcomed as both hunters and adults. Rabbits also show up in other areas of Western culture. In the book Alice in Wonderland, Alice follows a rabbit to get away from her world and start her adventure (冒险). There is the Easter Bunny, too. Rabbits are close to the idea of new life because they have lots of babies. The night before Easter, kids often make nice little homes in their gardens for the Easter Bunny.
1. In Chinese culture, rabbits are ________.| A．brave | B．clever | C．careful | D．understanding |
| A．The pet. | B．The moon. | C．The herbs. | D．The goddess. |
| A．成年人 | B．饲养人 | C．捣药人 | D．狩猎人 |
| A．There are few Chinese good sayings about rabbits. |
| B．Chang’e is the name of a pet rabbit living on the moon. |
| C．Alice runs after a rabbit in the book Alice in Wonderland. |
| D．The night before Easter, kids make gardens in their homes. |
| A．The Year of the Rabbit. | B．Jade Rabbit on the moon. |
| C．Rabbits in different cultures. | D．Rabbit foot and their good luck. |
【推荐3】A burp (打嗝) at the dinner table might land you in trouble—but if you were a cow or sheep in New Zealand, it could cost your owner a lot of tax (税).
New Zealand’s government recently drew up a plan to tax the greenhouse gases which farm animals produce as part of its efforts to deal with climate change. The government said the tax like this would be the first in the world. It also said farmers should be able to get the money back by increasing the prices of climate friendly products.
New Zealand’s farming industry is very important for the country’s economy. Milk products are the nation’s largest export earner (出口创汇产品). The country has around 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep, compared to just five million people. And about half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gases come from farms. And the reason behind the plan possibly helping with climate change is based on the idea that farm animals produce gases that warm the planet, particularly greenhouse gases from cattle burps and their urine (尿液).
New Zealand’s government wants to reduce greenhouse gas production and make the country carbon neutral (碳中和的) by 2050. The move is part of that plan. Farmers would reportedly start to pay in 2025. And all the money from the tax on farms would be put back into the industry to support new technology and research.
However, some farm groups disagree with the plan. They argue that the tax would place high costs on the farming industry.
1. In New Zealand, if the cow or sheep burp, the owner should ________.| A．pay for the burp | B．sell the cow or sheep |
| C．feed the cow or sheep | D．stop the cow or sheep burping |
| A．get money from the farmers | B．deal with the climate change |
| C．ask farmers to keep more cows | D．learn new technology and research |
| A．farmers start to pay for the cattle burps in 2050 |
| B．the climate change has badly influenced the people’s life |
| C．the greenhouse gases from people’s burps warmed the planet |
| D．there are more cattle and sheep than people in New Zealand |
| A．easy | B．impossible | C．difficult | D．normal |
【推荐1】Do you still remember the great snacks in your childhood? Do they make you remember your happy childhood?
Sugar Figure
In the old days, you could always find people making sugar figures at the school gate. First, the maker would take a little maltose(麦芽糖)with a small spoon, using his hands to make a figure, such as the Monkey King, the White Dragonet, and so on. It was not expensive, only 1 yuan for one. If one child bought a sugar figure, many other children would crowd around and admire it.
Bubble Gum
Almost every kid is interested in bubble gum. They often gather together to see who gets the largest bubble. I still remember my cousin once blew a big bubble and then it broke, covering her face with gum! It was cheap. I could get 2 for l yuan.
Baby Face Ice-Cream
We prefer to call it snowman ice-cream. It tastes very delicious. It was rather expensive. I remember the price was 2 yuan for each piece, which was not easy for me to buy them those days. Each time I got one, the happiness would last for several days.
Malt Sugar Candy
Malt sugar candy is usually called Tanggua in northern China, and is offered during the days just before the Spring Festival. It's delicious but cheap, and you could get five pieces for 1 yuan. My friends and I would get together to enjoy Tanggua. What a happy time!
1. A child who wants a cartoon character should choose ________.| A．sugar figure | B．bubble gum |
| C．baby face ice-cream | D．malt sugar candy |
| A．2 yuan. | B．3 yuan. | C．4 yuan. | D．5 yuan. |
| A．People made sugar figures mainly for boys. | B．Children usually enjoy blowing bubbles together. |
| C．The writer usually eat lots of baby face ice-cream. | D．You can buy malt sugar candy at any time. |
“Friday is going to be cold and cloudy, but it’s not going to rain.The temperature is going to be below zero.It’s going to snow on Friday evening. Saturday and Sunday are going to be cold and sunny.” Now Kate and Peter are happy.The weather is going to be very nice for a skate trip.They are going to have a good time on the hills.
1. Kate and Peter like ___________.
| A．listening to the radio | B．watching TV | C．sports | D．music |
| A．a class meeting | B．a party | C．a game | D．a skate trip |
| A．the rain | B．the food | C．the weather | D．the radio |
| A．will rain | B．will be windy |
| C．will be cloudy | D．will be cold and sunny |
| A．the weather is going to be nice for a skate trip. |
| B．They are going to visit the friends. |
| C．They are going to see their parents. |
| D．They are going to have a good meal. |
【推荐3】①“Without music, life would be a mistake, ” famous German philosopher（哲学家）Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets（预算）.
②For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired（解雇）over 1, 000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history. That’s partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn’t tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus on subjects that are tested more often.
③However, learning music is beneficial（有益的） in many ways.
④When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode（解码）them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.
⑤Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck was talented in playing the piano.
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项，并在答题卡将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。
1. What is the best title of the passage?
| A．Music and our life | B．Music and science |
| C．Many scientists play music well | D．The importance of Music |
| A．they were too difficult to learn |
| B．the schools wanted to control budgets |
| C．there weren’t enough music teachers in the US |
| D．students in the US weren’t interested in music |
| A．Public schools. | B．Fired teachers. |
| C．Parents in Chicago. | D．Students in Chicago. |
| A．music is as simple as it looks |
| B．music classes should be cut in some schools |
| C．music is a big part of our lives |
| D．music isn’t a very important life skill for us |
| A．Playing the piano needs people to see music notes. |
| B．Decoding music notes is needed while we are playing music. |
| C．Playing the piano needs people to use fingers to make sounds. |
| D．Different abilities are needed to work together while we are playing music. |
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We are writing this letter to you because our school has started a group. It is called "Help the Environment" It works to look after the environment.
Here are some interesting facts that our group has learnt:
★Most things that we throw away can be used again or recycled（再利用）.
★Some European countries, for example, Germany, already recycle half of their waste.
★90% of people in the country would like to recycle more.
We think that most people would agree with the following ideas:
★We need to recycle our waste, not use up the world’s resources（资源）.
★It is better to recycle our waste than to burn it or to throw it into the sea.
One of the best things our group can do is to collect the recyclable（可回收的）waste. We will sell this waste to recycling factories and give the money to Friends of the Earth. We would like you to bring your recyclable waste to the school. But if you don’t have time, we will collect it from you once a week.
We hope that you will agree to this. If you do, please email us; help@hotmail.com.
Your,
John Cooper
根据短文内容，判断下列各句正（T）误（F）。
1. All the things that we throw away can be used again or recycled.
2. 10% of people in the country would like to recycle more.
3. It is better to burn waste than to throw it into the sea.
4. If you have no time, our school group will collect your recyclable waste from you once a week.
5. John Cooper from the school "Help the Environment" group wrote the letter.
Do you hate dirty beaches? We can’t pay you, but here is a chance to meet other volunteers and have fun. We need people who are strong and can help clean up Blue Water Beach. We don’t want to put off this job until summer. We need your help to collect and carry garbage. If you are available for six hours on Saturday, call Mr. Want at 558-6660. | Are you interested in repairing things? We have set up a group, Home Love, to help old people who need to fix up their homes. If you have repair skills, join us for eight hours a month. You can learn more about house building and get experience and training. Call Home Love at 555-4663. |
EFSL Club is looking for native speakers of English to join in an experiment. This experiment is carried out over the Internet. You don’t need any specific knowledge other than understanding and speaking English at a native level. The first task will take you around 15 minutes. After this task, you can decide whether you want to continue the experiment. The tasks involve reading texts and designing questions and answers. If you are willing to help, then please email us: club3864@hotmail.com | Are you good at working with children? We need two persons to volunteer at Sunshine Children’s Hospital. You need to be friendly and optimistic — the children are sick and you need to make them happy. Your job is to set up a play group for the children with funny games that you can play in their rooms. If you can spare an hour three times a week, come and join us! It’s a great chance to learn about hospitals and teaching. Email us: sunshinech@sina.com |
1. If you want to be a volunteer _________, you need to work six hours on Saturday.
| A．in the EFSL Club | B．at Sunshine Children’s Hospital |
| C．on the Blue Water Beach | D．of Home Love |
| A．email to club3864@hotmail.com | B．email to sunshinech@sina.com |
| C．call Mr. Wang at 558-6660 | D．call Home Love at 555-4663 |
| A．have some specific knowledge | B．understand and speak English very well |
| C．are good at doing experiments | D．can read and design questions and answers |
| A．Paper cuttings. | B．Flying kites. | C．Singing. | D．Drawing. |
| A．successful | B．helpful | C．thoughtful | D．cheerful |
| A．advertisement | B．entertainment | C．fashion | D．business |
