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Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate(庆祝) their birthdays in
different ways. Here are four people from different countries. They will tell us how they celebrate their
birthdays in their countries.
Sandy Morrison comes from Madrid(马德里). He says happily, " My twenty-first birthday is on a
Saturday, and I"m going to go out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to
pull(拉, 扯) on my ear twenty-one times, once for each year. It is an old custom(风俗). Some people
pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional."
Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be sixty tomorrow. In Japan, the sixtieth
birthday is called Kanreki-it"s the beginning of a new life. The colour red is for a new life, so they
always, give something red for a sixtieth birthday. Mrs. Sato says, " What am I going to give my
husband. I can"t say. It"s a surprise(惊喜). "
Li Xiaomei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, " Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday. It"s a
special birthday. So we"re going to have a family party. I"m probably going to get some money in lucky
envelopes(信封) from my relatives. My mother is going to cook noodles noodles are for a long life."
Phillip Evans, from Paris, smiles to us, " I"m going to be thirty next week, so I"m going to invite three
very good friends out to dinner. In France, when you have birthday, you often invite people out. In some
countries, I know it"s the opposite-people take you out."
1. Do people in different countries celebrate their birthdays in the same way?
2. Is Mr. Sato going to receive something red on his birthday?
3. What is Li Xiaomei going to do on her birthday?
4. How old is Phillip Evans going to be?
5. Who is going to take his friends out to dinner on his birthday?
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答案
1. No, they don"t.
2. Yes, he is.
3. She is going to have a family party.
4. He is going to be thirty.
5. Phillip Evans.
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Different countries and different people have different manners.We must find out their customs so that
they will not think us ill-mannered(没有礼貌的). Here are examples of the things that a person with good education does or does not do.
If you visit a Chinese family, you should knock at the door first. When the door opens, you will not
move before the host says" Come in, please." After you come into the room, you would not sit down until
the host asks you to take a seat. When a cup of tea is put on a table before you or sent to your hand, you will say "thank you" and receive it with two hands, not one hand or they will think you are ill - mannered.
Before entering a house in Japan, it is a good manner to take off your shoes. In European countries, even
though shoes sometimes become very dirty, this is not done. In a Malay house, a visitor never finishes the
food on the table. He leaves a little to show that he has had enough. In England, a visitor always finishes
the drink or the food to show he has enjoyed it. That will make the host pleasant. |
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. Does the writer think it is necessary to know different customs in different countries?
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2. When can you enter the room if you visit a friend in China?
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3. What should you say when a cup of tea is sent to your hand?
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4. In which country do you have to take off your shoes when you enter the host"s house?
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5. Why does a visitor always finish the food at dinner in his friend"s home in England?
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| 完形填空。 | For most people, the word“fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What 1 are in fashion?” And they use the adjective“fashionable” in the same way: “She was wearing a 2 coat. ” His shin was really a fashionable color.
But of course there are fashions 3 many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are 4 fashions in school subjects, job and in languages. Fashions 5 as time goes. 6 you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different -7 0ne of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1850.
Today fashions change very quickly. We hear about things 8 more quickly than in the past.
Newspapers, radios, telephones and televisions send information from one country 9 another in a few
hours. New fashions mean that people will 10 new things, so you see there is money in fashion. | | 阅读理解。 | Before you go to another country, it"s great helpful if you know the language and some of the
customs of that country.
When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say" Hello" or " Nice to meet you"
and shake hands. Usually they don"t shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake
hands after they haven"t met for a long time or when they"ll be away from each other for a long time.
Last year a group of German students went to English for a holiday. Their teacher told them the
English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their
hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as
possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them
laugh.
1. If you want to travel, it"s _ for you to know the language and some of the customs of the
country you"re going to visit.
A. not useful
B. not helpful
C. very helpful
2. English people usually shake hands when they _ .
A. meet every time
B. meet for the first time
C. say goodbye to each other
3. Usually English people don"t shake hands ________.
A. when they"ll be away for a long time
B. when they just meet or say goodbye
C. after they haven"t met for a long time
4. Which of the following is not true?
A. The Germans shake hands as often as possible
B. The English people hardly shake hands
C. The Germans hardly shake hands
5. This story is about .
A. languages
B. customs
C. bowing | | 完形填空。 | The Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. We Chinese call it "Nian". But do you know that Nian was once the name of a monster(妖怪) ?
A long time ago, the monster Nian 1 in the mountains. It mainly ate animals which were 2 than
itself. But in winter, the animals stayed in the holes and 3 went out. It was difficult for Nian to find
something to eat. So it came to villages and ate a lot of people. People were so 4 of Nian that they
locked their doors before evening came during winter. One day, an old man came to the village. He told people there that Nian was afraid of 5 things the color red, fire and noise. He told people to play drums and gongs, make big fires and set off fireworks to make Nian 6 .
7 a moonless, cold night, Nian went to the village again. As soon as opened its mouth, people made
too much loud 8 and made fire. Nian was really afraid and ran away. Wherever it went, there was noise and fire. When Nian was tired and couldn"t run any more, people killed it.
After that, on the coldest day of winter, people beat drums and gongs, and set off fireworks to
celebrate the 9 of the monster Nian. They 10 red lanterns and have a big dinner without sleeping during the night. In the morning people greet each other happily. So now we have the Spring Festival. | | 阅读理解。 | If you can speak English, you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak and understand, But
there is another kind of language you need to know, the language of the body.
All over the world, people "talk" with their hands, heads and eyes. When Japanese people meet, they
bow. When Indians meet, they put their hands together. What do American and British people do?
Americans are more informal(非正式的) than the British.They like to be friendly. They use first names, they ask questions and they talk easily about themselves. When they sit down, they like to relax in their
chairs and make themselves comfortable.
British people are more reserved. They take more time to make friends. They like to know you before they ask you something of your home. When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands. They do not usually shake hands with people they know well. Women sometimes kiss
their women friends, and men kiss women friends. When a man meets a man friend, he just smiles, and
says "hello". Men do not kiss each other or shake hands.Even father and sons do not often kiss each other. | | 1. People can communicate with each other using _ . | A. only words
B. only body language.
C. only the English language
D. not only words but also body language | | 2. We can learn from the passage that __________. | A. handshake and kiss can not be used in greeting
B. people can "talk" with their hands, heads and eyes
C. only a few people use people use body language.
D. body language is more often used by people than words | | 3. British people take more time to make friends because _________ | A. they are quite conservation
B. they don"t like people to go to their homes
C. they are not as friendly as the Americans
D. they find it more interesting to stay alone | | 4. When Indians meet, they __________. | A. kiss each other
B. bow to each other
C. put their hands together
D. just smile | | 5. In the U. S. A. and Britain ___________. | A. men always kiss their men friends when they meet
B. people would like to shake whenever they meet their friends
C. women are likely to kiss each while men aren"t.
D. father and sons often kiss each other | 最新试题
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