Visitors to London often eat in restaurants. The owners(主人) and workers in them
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Visitors to London often eat in restaurants. The owners(主人) and workers in them are all from other countries. The visitors say in these restaurants they don"t feel they are in England. Most of English people eat at home as much as they can. Sometimes they themselves will think they are in another country when they are in restaurants. When an Englishman goes out of a restaurant, he may find that he doesn"t understand why everything is written in French and Italian.
Most of English people think it is better to eat at home, because it is cheaper. They don"t want to spend much money on food and they like cooking at home. They like fast food. But for Christmas, they will spend two or three weeks getting ready for it, because they want to have good food.
小题1:Visitors to London often eat in restaurants because_________.| A．they don"t like the food at home | | B．their homes are not in London | | C．it"s cheaper | | D．restaurants are beautiful places |
小题2:When English people eat in restaurants, they sometimes think __________.| A．they are in another country | | B．they are in the country | | C．they are themselves | | D．they love their country |
小题3:Some of English people don"t know __________.| A．why everything comes from French and Italian | | B．why people write everything in French and Italian | | C．everything in restaurants | | D．everyone in restaurants |
小题4: English people eat at home because __________.| A．it is fast | | B．the food is expensive at home | | C．it is very good | | D．the food is very cheap at home |
小题5:_________ ,English people will spend much time for Christmas.| A．In order to（为了） get more food | | B．In order to have much food | | C．In order to get good food | | D．In order to have enough food |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:C |
解析
试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了英国人的饮食文化，无论是英国人还是来访者，只要他们在饭店吃饭，他们都会有一种在另一个国家的感觉，因为很多东西都是用法语或者意大利语写的。大部分英国人喜欢在家吃饭，因为比较便宜，但是对于圣诞节，他们则愿意花费时间来准备食物，因为他们想得到一些好吃的食物。
小题1:根据Visitors to London often eat in restaurants. The owners(主人) and workers in them are all from other countries. 可知他们的家都不再伦敦。故选B。
小题2:根据The visitors say in these restaurants they don"t feel they are in England.描述可知选A。
小题3:根据When an Englishman goes out of a restaurant, he may find that he doesn"t understand why everything is written in French and Italian.描述可知选B。
小题4:根据Most of English people think it is better to eat at home, because it is cheaper.描述可知选D。
小题5:根据But for Christmas, they will spend two or three weeks getting ready for it, because they want to have good food.描述可知选C。
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Venice(威尼斯) is the "Queen" of the Adriatic Sea(亚得里亚海). Every year thousands of people from all over the world travel to Italy to visit the city. Do you know why they like to go there for a visit?
Venice is a very beautiful city. It is quite different from other cities in the world. There aren"t any roads or streets in the city, so there aren"t any cars or buses. There are many canals（运河）in the city. There is one big canal and one hundred and seventy-seven small canals. People move up and down the canals in boats to go to work, go shopping or visit their friends.
But Venice is sinking(下沉）It is going down and the water is going up. In 2040 Venice will be under water. The Adriatic Sea will cover (覆盖) the city. The Venetians(威尼斯人） love their city and want to stay there. So they want to save(拯救)Venice form the sea. They do not want to leave. How can they save Venice? They can build some strong huge walls and gates in the sea. The gates will close to keep too much water out. In this way Venice will not sink.
小题1:People from all parts of the world go to visit Venice because________.| A．it is beautiful and quite different from other cities | | B．there are a lot of kinds of boats on the canals | | C．there are 177 canals in the city | | D．it is the most important city in Italy |
小题2: The Venetians usually go to work or visit their friends________. | A．by bus | B．in boats | C．in cars | D．on foot |
小题3: Year by year the Adriatic Sea ________ and Venice________. | A．is rising; is sinking | | B．is going down; is going up | | C．is going up; is going up | | D．is sinking; is rising |
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Mother’s Day is a holiday for mothers. And on this day, mothers don’t work. It is on the second Sunday in May. It is celebrated in the United States, England, Sweden, India, Mexico and some other countries. Little by little, it becomes widely celebrated. On the day, many people send presents of love to their mothers. Those whose mothers are still living often wear a pink or red rose or carnation(康乃馨). While those whose mothers are dead wear a white one.
The idea of a day for mothers was first given by Miss Anna Jarvis of Philadelphia. The celebration of the first American Mother’s Day was held in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. Soon the holiday became popular around the country and the world.
小题1:Mothers don’t go to work on Mother’s Day.
小题2:The first Mother’s Day was celebrated only in the USA.
小题3:Mother’s Day is on May the second.
小题4:On Mother’s Day many mothers send presents to their children.
小题5:Those whose mothers are dead wear a white rose or carnation. |
Japan is made up of a chain of islands that lie off the coast of Asia. People came to live in Japan from the nearby countries of China and Korea. From these older countries, the Japanese borrowed ideas, inventions and habits.
For many years, the Japanese built houses like those in China. They dressed themselves like a Chinese. From China came their way of writing and their habit of drinking tea.
In more recent times, the Japanese have borrowed things from our country, the United States. They have a government like ours. They do much work in science, as we do. Baseball is a favorite sport in Japan, just as it is here.
Things change when they come to Japan. The Japanese improve on almost everything they borrow. The art of garden making came from Korea and China, but the Japanese gardens are special. Each garden has a waterfall, a pond, and small bridges. There are few flowers in Japanese gardens. But the gardens are green during all the year round because they have many evergreens. Japanese gardens have a different kind of beauty.
小题1: The first paragraph of the passage tells us that ________ centuries ago.| A．the Japanese borrowed ideas only from China and Korea | | B．people came to live in Japan from neighbouring Asian countries | | C．Japan is much older than Korea | | D．many Japanese came from the United States |
小题2: In the third paragraph of the passage the italic (斜体)words “just as it is here” mean”________”| A．just as it is in the United States | | B．just as it is in China | | C．just as it is in Japan | | D．just as it is in Asia |
小题3: Why did the Japanese change the things they had borrowed?| A．They wanted very much to be different from others. | | B．They didn’t like them the way they were. | | C．They wanted visitors to like the change. | | D．They tried to make them better. |
小题4: From the passage we can see that ________.| A．Japanese gardens are different from those in other countries but not very beautiful | | B．Japanese gardens are full of life during all the seasons | | C．Japanese gardens are not very big | | D．There are many flowers in Japanese gardens |
小题5: Choose a statement from the following sentences that is NOT true.| A．The government of Japan is like that of the United States. | | B．People in the United States like playing baseball. | | C．The Japanese invented the habit of drinking tea. | | D．Japan is made up of many islands. |
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Social customs and the ways of behaving change. Things that were considered impolite many years ago are acceptable . Just a few years ago, it was considered to be impolite behavior for a man to smoke on the street . No man who thought of himself as being a gentleman would make fool of himself by smoking when a lady was in the room.
Customs are also different from country to country. Does a man walk on the left or on the right of a woman in your country? Or doesn’t it matter? What about table manners?
The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. Also, most Englishmen will open a door for a wonman or offer their seat to a woman , and so will most Americans. Promptness is important both in England and in America. That is , if a dinner invitation is for 6 o"clock , the dinner guest either arrives close to that time or calls up to explain his delay.
The important thing to remember about social customs is not to do anything that might make other people feel uncomfortable especially if they are your guests. There is an old story about a man who gave a very formal dinner party. When the food was served, one of the guests started to eat his peas with a knife. The other guests were amused or greatly surprised , but the host calmly picked up his knife and began eating in the same way. I t would have been bad manners to make his guest feel foolish or uncomfortable.
小题1:The underlined phrase” make fool of himself” in the first passage means____| A．make himself strong | B．make himself rich | | C．make himself comfortable | D．cause himself to seem like a fool |
小题2:According to the passage , the American and British _____| A．don’t speak the same language | | B．don’t have social custom in common | | C．do share a lot of social customs | | D．do have the exactly same social customs |
小题3:If a dinner invitation is for six o’clock , the guest is supposed to arrive at ____ six| A．nearly a minute or two later than | B．a quarter to | | C．a quarter to | D．much later than |
小题4:The last example in the passage shows____| A．The correct way to use a knife at table | | B．that it is good manners not to make your guests feel foolish or uncomfortable | | C．that social customs and ways of behaving change too fast | | D．promptness is important both in England and in America |
小题5:Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?| A．Social Customs and Customs | B．Social Life | | C．American and British Customs | D．Promptness is Important |
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Easter(复活节)is one of the two important Christian festivals．Easter celebrates resurrections (复活) of Jesus Christ(耶稣基督)and Christmas celebrates his birth．It"s not a festival as big as Christmas．It starts usually in late March or early April and the Easter holiday is Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday．It’s quite a long holiday for everybody．
The main symbol(象征物)of Easter is Easter eggs．Children like Easter eggs because they are made of chocolate．Eggs are a symbol of new life．
Easter is also a time for families to get together like Christmas．Many people see Easter as a nice long holiday and they have a good time with their families and friends．
小题1:People love Easter because ___________．| A．it’s a long holiday | | B．it’s the birthday of Jesus Christ | | C．they can have real eggs on that day | | D．everybody believes in Jesus Christ |
小题2:People begin to celebrate Easter in _________．| A．mid-April or late April | | B．mid-March or late March | | C．late March or early April | | D．early March or mid-March |
小题3:Easter eggs are _________．| A．covered by chocolate | B．chocolate eggs | | C．a symbol of death | D．not food |
小题4:From the passages，we know that ________．| A．Jesus Christ died on Christmas Day | | B．Jesus Christ was born on Christmas Day | | C．Jesus Christ was born on Easter | | D．Jesus Christ died and got his resurrection on Christmas Day． |
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