阅读文章，根据文章内容完成表格。 A taboo is a social action that is not allowed. Every cultu
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of a taboo sometimes makes people feel uncomfortable. I learned this through my own experience.
Last weekend, Wang Lin and I showed two foreigners around our city. Mr. Singh was from India and
Mr. White from the USA. When I held out my left hand to shake hands with him, Mr. Singh seemed to be
unhappy. Mr. White, however, was quite casual (随意的). He said hello to me with a big smile and a wave
of his hand.
In the evening, we stopped at a restaurant for dinner. I noticed that Mr. Singh didn"t touch the beef and
Mr. White seemed not to like chickens" claws(爪子). During the meal, Wang Lin said sorry to Mr. Singh and
continued to explain that we didn"t know it was a taboo in India to shake one"s left hand. Mr. Singh explained
that since oxen (牛) are sacred (神圣的) in India, people don"t eat beef there. Mr. White joined in and said that
it was not usual in the States for people to eat chickens" claws. He went on to say that Americans don"t usually
get into each other"s personal space. Isn"t it a good lesson to remember?
答案
2. beef
3. rude/impolite/a taboo
4. don"t never/seldom/don"t usually
5. learn about/know/remember/pay attention to
举一反三
about one quarter of the size of the United States. Mexico has more than ninety million people. The language
of Mexico is Spanish. This makes Mexico the world"s largest Spanish-speaking country.
Mexico City is the capital and largest city of Mexico. The city is also very high. It is 7,349 feet high (2,240
meters). This makes it one of the highest capital cities in the world. The population of Mexico City grows
bigger every day. About thirty million people live there. It has more people than any other city in the world,
even more than Tokyo.
Mexico also has its special plants. Many of the foods we eat started in Mexico. Foods like beans, maize,
avocados, tomatoes, peanuts, chili peppers, vanilla, and chocolate come from Mexico. Mexico is also famous
for its cactus plants. Mexico has more kinds of cactus than any other country!
B. Belize
C. Guatemala
D. Mexico City
B. All the people in Mexico speak Spanish.
C. Mexico has more than 900,000,000 people.
D. Mexico has more Spanish-speakers than Spain.
B. Mexico City
C. New York
D. Beijing
B. chili peppers
C. oranges
D. chocolate
B. Plants of Mexico
C. The Population of Mexico
D. Mexico
a huge international event. People will come from around the world to watch 10,500 athletes from 205
countries and districts compete (竞争) to take home the gold.
2. The first recorded Olympics, in 776 B.C., were an important religious (宗教的) festival. Olympic
sports have changed a lot in the last few thousand years. The ancient games began with just one 192-meter
race. In later years, the games grew to include a total of six sports. Most of the ancient Olympic sports
tested skills soldiers needed.
3. Even the modern Olympics were once far smaller than they are today. The first of the modern games,
in 1896, only had 241 athletes from 14 countries. Moreover (此外), the early modern Olympics were not
an independent (独立的) event. Until l 908 the Olympics were part of the world"s fair!
4. At the first modern Olympics, there were 43 events from ten sports. Many of the sports from the
early modern games are no longer part of the Olympics, such as golf and tug of war (拔河). There has
always been a lot of disagreement over changing Olympic sports.
5. The number of Olympic sports has constantly increased throughout history. At the Beijing games,
athletes will compete in 302 events from 28 sports. Despite (尽管) all the changes over the years, some
ancient sports are still part of the modern games. These include running,boxing and wrestling.
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2. What did the ancient Olympics begin with?
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3. What do Paragraph 3 and 4 mainly tell us about?
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4. At least how many gold medals will the athletes compete for in the coming Olympics?
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5. What ancient sports are still parts of the modern games?
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In some places,people use a bicycle to get to work. In other places,bicycle riding is a very popular exercise
to people who live in cities. But who invented the first bicycle? In 1791, a Frenchman named Comte de
Sovran invented and owned the first bicycle. Mrs. Sovran rode (骑) the bicycle in Paris. The handles (把手)
and the seat were wooden. This bicycle was very difficult to move. A rider even had to pick up the front
wheel to change direction. Finally, the bicycle had no brakes for stopping or pedals for the feet! Riding a
bicycle was a great risk.
In 1817, a German named Baronvon Drais de Sauer burn made the first bicycle better. The seat became
more comfortable. The wheel could now change direction. His ride in the forest took only one hour instead
of three hours on foot, which surprised people at that time.
Sauer burn brought this kind of bicycle from Germany to France. Then Denis Johnson, an Englishman,
made a bicycle for women. It had space for their dresses to hang down. But these bicycles still had no brakes
or pedals,and riders often got hurt. These bicycles and the people who rode them were not very popular.
It took another forty-five years for the bicycle to become popular. More than 100 years later, bicycle riding
is more popular than ever. In fact, in India and China, there are still many more bicycles than ears.
B. Easy to carry.
C. Ugly-looking.
D. Difficult to ride.
B. Because it was difficult to control (控制).
C. Because people would laugh at you.
D. Because handles and the seat were wooden.
B. It was made to go faster.
C. The wheel could now change direction.
D. The seat was made more comfortable.
B. It was faster and safer.
C. It had space for the rider"s dress.
D. It had metal handles and seat.
B. How to Ride a Bicycle
C. The Greatest Invention
D. The First Bicycle
You"ve spent a lot of time studying how to use English in a proper way. But have you ever wondered
why English speakers say some of the things they say? For example, why do they say "an easy task" is "a
piece of cake"? Why do the two letters "OK" means "all right"?
Many English words and phrases have stories behind them. Sometimes these stories can help us look
back into old western history. Let"s take a look at a few of the original * common English words and phrases:
OK
"OK" was an American who lived in the 19th century. His name was "Old Kinderhook". In one year he was
trying to take the place of the leader of his town. His supporters went around the town shouting" OKOK "
The supporters thought their future leader was" all right". The expression caught on, and now if something is
"all right", people like to say"OK"
Boss
Is your boss nice to you? If not, just be glad you weren"t living in the old times. Back to that time, bosses
could do anything bad to their men and could even beat* them! That explains why the word "boss" comes from
an old German word meaning"to beat".
A piece of cake
A famous American writer named Ogden Nash lived in the 1930s. Many readers enjoyed his poems and
wrote them down in their notebooks. In one of his poems, Nash wrote," Her picture"s in the papers now, and
life"s a piece of cake." His readers found these words interesting and quickly wrote them down. They thought
that if one picture in a newspaper could make you famous, wouldn"t life be easy?
For nearly 70 years, "a piece of cake" has meant any task or activity that is easy.
B. how English speakers create the words
C. how people spoke English
D. how people taught others to speak English
B. to help
C. to beat
D. to kill
B. Old Kindman
C. Old Kinderhook
D. Old Mcdonald
B. a difficult task or activity
C. a simple newspaper to read
D. a famous picture in a newspaper
own cars, build their own garages; and even rebuild their own houses. 2 many of them will also write their
own books. In Hollywood there is a 3 that publishes ( 出版) children"s books with the help of computers. 4
other book companies also publish that way, this company is not like the others. It 5 the reader to become
the main character with the help of computers. Here is 6 they do it. Let us suppose a child is named Hody.
The computer uses this information to make up a story 7 pictures. The story is then printed up."This book
is about me," a child who 8 such a book might say. So the company is called the"Me-Books Publishing
Company".
9 like me-books because they like to see in print their own names, their pictures, and the names of their
friends and their pets. But more 10 , in this way, readers are much more interested in reading the stories.
Me-books are helping children to learn how to read.