阅读理解。 Visitors to Britain are always complaining about English food. But the
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Visitors to Britain are always complaining about English food. But they do not really know what they
are talking about because they rarely get a chance to eat it. Most of the restaurants in large towns have
foreign owners and serve foreign food. When visitors are invited to eat in an English home, their hosts
often feel they must offer them something foreign and exotic (奇特的) .
Those of us who do know English food realize that at its best it can be really very good. On the other
hand it is true to say that it is sometimes terrible. Part of the problem is that we are not really interested in
food-we eat to live, we don"t live to eat. So we don"t generally spend necessary time and effort needed
to cook really good meals or ready prepared food which only needs heating up before eating.
You can find the best English food in the country away from large towns, where life is slower and
people are not in such a hurry. But more visitors come to London because they are interested in shopping and sightseeing. They do not come because of food, so why should they complain about it?
1. Visitors to Britain are always complaining about English food because _____.
A. they don"t often eat English food
B. they know little about English food
C. they only eat English food in English home
2. When English people have guests they prefer to ____ .
A. cook some unusual food
B. offer them some prepared food
C. serve them food they are used to
3. Which of the following statements is right?
A. People don"t want to spend time and effort in cooking.
B. People like to cook in a quick easy way.
C. English food is neither good nor terrible.
4. Visitors can find the best English food _____ .
A. in the restaurants in large towns
B. in the country
C. in English homes
5. The conclusion suggests _____.
A. visitors have the rights to complain about English
B. as well as food people come to shopping and sightseeing
C. the criticism (批评) of English food is unfair
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course there have always been people who have looked for adventure (冒险) and those who have
climbed the highest mountains or explored unknown parts of the world. Now, however, there are
people who look for a quick pleasure from a dangerous activity, which may only last a few minutes or
even seconds.
I think bungee jumping is a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place (maybe a
bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 meters above the ground with an elastic rope (弹力绳) to your ankles (踝). You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said
that 2, 000, 000 people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Most people think that other
activities, such as jumping from the tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of high rocks are as
dangerous as bungee jumping.
Why do people take part in such activities? Some scientists think it is because life in modern
societies has become safe and boring. Now life has little excitement. They buy food in shops and there
are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they are ill. The answer for some of these people is to
look for danger in activities as bungee jumping.
B. Two thousand.
C. Two million.
B. they have more free time
C. they hate adventure
B. It"s much easier to do.
C. It takes much shorter time to get pleasure.
B. is against dangerous activities
C. doesn"t say whether dangerous activities are good or bad
is to use the mouth-to-mouth way. Lay the person on his/her back and breathe into his/her mouth.
( )2. If the person is bleeding(流血)badly, you must try to stop the bleeding. Press on the bleeding
point with a piece of clean cloth and hold up the part of the body which is bleeding.
( )3. If you are bitten (cut by teeth) by an animal, wash the cut under cold running water. Cover the
broken part, if there is any, with a piece of clean cloth. Then see a doctor as soon as possible.
( ) 4. If you are burnt (hurt by fire or something very hot), cool the burnt part at once. Run cool (not
cold) water over the burn until it is less painful. Put a piece of dry clean cloth over the burnt part.
( )5. If there is a fire, never use a lift in the building, because it"s very dangerous. The lift may get
trapped between floors. Use the stairs and leave the building at once.
An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have
lunch with him, you may say something like this, "I"m afraid it"ll have to be someplace cheap, as I have
very little money." The other person may say,"OK, I"ll meet you at McDonald"s. "
This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say,
"Oh, no. I want to take you to lunch at Smith"s," or "I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there.
They"re great." This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this
person, you can go with him and you needn"t pay for the meal. You may just say, "Thank you. That
would be very nice".
American customs about who pays for dates (绚会) are much the same as them in other parts of the
world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But today, a university
girl or a woman in business world will usually pay her way during the day. If a man asks her for a dance
outside the working hours, it means "Come, as my guest". So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make
the question clear at the very beginning.
1. The passage tells us _ .
A. how to eat out
B. who pays for the meal
C. what to eat out
2. If you have little money, _
A. you"Il have a cheap meal
B. you"ll borrow some from others
C. you"ll ask your friend to pay for your meal
3. "Go Dutch" "in this passage means .
A. 丢饭馆
B. 各自付款
C. 订餐
4. Sometimes your friend takes you to lunch. It means _ .
A. he"s going to lend some money to you
B. he"s going to pay for your meal, too
C. he"ll be angry with you
5. In America, some girls and women now.
A. ask men to pay for their meals
B. try to pay for the men"s meals
C. try to pay for their own meals
Now he"s a porter and works at a station. He doesn"t think it necessary to know some knowledge of
science. His son. Bill, began to go to school last year. The boy likes nothing except playing.
He doesn"t listen to the teachers in class and can"t do his homework after class. It"s the hardest thing for
him to do math exercises. And he wants to drop it.
Last evening Mrs Brown heard Bill crying in the next room while she and her husband were watching
TV. She came up to him and asked, "What"s the matter, Bill?"
"I can"t do my math homework," said the boy, "I won"t go to school tomorrow!"
"No, no, don"t do that!"said the woman."Maybe your father can help you."Then she asked her husband to help their son with his math. Mr Brown said, "But I don"t know math, either. "
"It doesn"t matter," said his wife. "You"ll only coax him out of crying." Mr Brown had to do as his wife
said. The next afternoon Bill came back and showed his exerctse book to his father. The man had a look
at it and shouted to his wife, "Come here quickly, dear! I got an A in math!"
A.Mr Brown was going to be a porter when he was young
B.Mr Brown"s parents were too poor to send him to school
C.Mr Brown wasn"t interested in science when he was young
2. Bill can"t do his homework because _"
A.his father wouldn"t help him
B.he doesn"t listen to his teachers
C.he doesn"t like studying
3. Bill cried to .
A. get his parents" help
B. go to bed earlier
C. get something to eat
4. The phrase "coax sb out of crying" in the story means .
A. 制止某人哭泣
B.惹得某人哭泣
C.哄某止哭泣
5.is good at math in their family.
A. Bill
B. Mr Brown
C. None
2 a walk or play football. My friend Jack works hard in a factory during the 3 . At the
weekend, he always 4 the same thing. On Saturday he 5 his car and on 6 he goes
with his family to a village by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn"t a 7 one,
but there"s always 8 to do on the farm. The children help with the animals and give them
their 9 . Jack and his wife help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all 10 and
Jack"s aunt gives them a big meal.