1 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。

Through Snow’s     1     efforts, water companies began to sell clean water and the threat of cholera around the world saw a     2     decrease. However, cholera is still a problem. Each year, millions of people around the world get cholera and many die from it.     3    , we now know how to prevent cholera,     4     to the work of John Snow. Moreover, in his use of maps and statistics, Snow     5     the way scientists study diseases. For this reason, Snow is considered the father of modern epidemiology.

2 . 下列文段直接来自所学的课文。请根据英文首字母提示，填入符合课文含义的词，使文段意思完整，通顺，符合课文原意。

Just like spoken language, body language v    1     from culture to culture. The c    2     thing is using body language in a way that is a    3     to the culture you are in. For example, making eye contact — looking into someone’s eyes — in some countries is a way to display interest. In other countries, by c    4    , eye contact is not always approved of. For example, in many Middle Eastern countries, men and women are not socially permitted to make eye contact. In Japan, it may demonstrate r    5     to look down when talking to an older person.

The gesture for “OK” has different meanings in different c    6    . In Japan, someone who w    7     another person employing the gesture might think it means money. In France, a person encountering an i    8     gesture may interpret it as meaning zero. H    9    , you should avoid making this gesture in Brazil and Germany, as it is not considered p    10    .

3 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词

From Edmonton, the train    1     southeast across the great Canadian Prairie. At school, Daiyu and Liu Qian had leant that Canada’s population is only slightly     2    thirty-seven million. However, they did not     3    seeing such an open country, and were truly amazed. They went through two wheat-growing provinces,     4     they saw a     5    of farms that covered a very large area.

4 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词

Before starting out, they spent a couple of days in Vancouver, seeing the sights. During their first day, as is     1     of Vancouver, it rained. Despite the weather, they were able to take a boat ride out into the     2    , and later visit an island that had wonderful shops selling crafts and     3    . The next day was clear and mild, they were pleased to see the beautiful mountains     4     out over the city. Later, they took a    5     hike in a forest just a short distance away.

5 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词

Certainly, in many ways this seems to be true. Chinese cuisine is a case in point.     1    to coming to China, my only experience with Chinese cooking was in America, with Chinese food    2    had been changed to suit American tastes. For example, America’s most popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken, which     3    of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavoured with hot red     4    . This is probably not an authentic Chinese     5    , however, so it cannot tell us much about the Chinese.

6 . 根据课文内容填空

Through Snow’s tireless efforts, water companies began to sell clean water and the threat of cholera around the world saw a     1         2    . However, cholera is still a problem. Each year, millions of people around the world get cholera and many die     3     it. Fortunately, we now know how to prevent cholera, thanks to the work of John Snow. Moreover, in his use of maps and     4    . Snow     5     the way scientists study diseases. For this reason, Snow is considered the father of modern epidemiology.

7 . 根据课文内容，在空白处填入所缺的单词。
       Before starting out, they spent a couple of days in Vancouver,     1     the sights. During their first day, as is     2     of Vancouver, it rained. Despite the weather, they were able to take a boat ride out into the     3    , and later visit an island that had wonderful shops selling crafts and     4    . The next day was clear and mild, and they were pleased to see the beautiful mountains looking out over the city. Later they took a     5     hike in a forest just a short distance away.

8 . 课文填空

Certainly, in many ways this seems to be true. Chinese c    1     is a case in point. P    2     to coming to China, my only e    3     with Chinese cooking was in America, with Chinese food that had been changed to suit American t    4    . For example, America’s most popular Chinese dish is General Tso’s chicken, which c    5     of fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavoured with hot red p    6    . This is probably not an authentic Chinese r    7    , however, so it cannot tell us much about the Chinese. On the other hand, it does tell us a lot about Americans. It tells us, for example, that Americans love bold, simple f    8    . And, since the dish was also i    9     recently, it tells us that Americans are not a    10     to try new foods.

9 . 短文填空

A committee was     1     to limit damage to the Egyptian buildings and     2    the loss of cultural relics. The group asked for     3     from different departments and raised    4     within the international community. Experts     5     the issue,     6     several tests, and then made a proposal for how the buildings could be saved. Finally, a     7     was signed, and the work began in 1960.

10 . 短文填空

Today, the Chinese writing system is still an important part of Chinese culture. As China plays a greater role in global     1    , an increasing number of international students are beginning to     2     China’s culture and history through this     3     language.