A greeting is a way of saying "Hello" to someone. People in different countries greet each other in different
ways. Here are some.
    
a. a handshake b. a bow c. a kiss on the cheek d. a hug e. a pat on the back
World Greetings
| Philippines | The everyday greeting for friends is a handshake for both men and women. Men
sometimes pat each other on the back. | | Japan | When people meet for the first time, they usually bow. In business, people also
shake hands.In formal situations, people often exchange business cards. When
you give a business card, give it with two hands. This is polite.Special note: In
Japan, a smile can have different meanings. It usually means that the person is
happy, or that the person thinks something is funny. But it can also mean that
the person is embarrassed. | | New Zealand | Usually, both men and women shake hands when they meet someone for the
first time.
Fun fact: If you see two people pressing their noses together, they are probably
Maori. The Maori are the native (当地的) people of New Zealand. This is their
traditional greeting. | | Brazil | Men often shake hands when they meet for the first time.
When women meet, they kiss each other on the cheek. Women also kiss male
friends to say hello.
When you shake hands, look at the person in the eyes. This shows interest and
friendliness. |
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| 阅读理解。 | Pyramids
If you go to Egypt, you"ll see a lot of pyramids (金字塔). The biggest of all is the Great Pyramid; it is
about 137 meters high and made of 2,300,000 big stones. Each stone weighs about two and a half tons
(吨).The biggest ones even weigh fifteen tons. It took more than 100,000 men twenty years to build it.
Nobody can tell just how the men cut, carried and lifted (举) the huge (巨大) stones without our modern
machines.
The Egyptian kings (国王) had the pyramids built for them-selves. They thought they had tombs strong
enough to keep their bodies well until they came back to life. But they never thought that about 5,000 years
later their bodies would be on show in museums. | | 1. Where is the Pyramid? | | [ ] | A. China
B. Japan
C. Egypt
D. England | | 2. A pyramid is ______. | | [ ] | A. a tomb
B. a huge stone
C. a king"s tomb
D. the name of a museum | | 3. The Great pyramid is about ______ and made of ______ huge stones. | | [ ] | A. 137metres high; 100,000
B. 137highmetres; 2,300,000
C. 137metres; 2,300,000
D. 137 meters high; 2,300,000 | | 4. Pyramids are built for . | | [ ] | A. the kings
B. the queens (皇后)
C. the king"s teachers
D. people | | 5. The kings had the pyramids built to keep their bodies until ______. | | [ ] | A. they came home
B. they became alive
C. they die
D. they were on show in museums | | 阅读短文，判断正（T）误（F）。 | At midnight on New Year"s Eve (除夕), people in Rome, Italy, throw out all the things they don"t want
any longer. The streets are filled with old chairs, beds, clothes and plates. In Madrid, Spain, the New Year
comes in more quietly. People get together in the center of the city. Each holds a bag of grapes. As the
clock strikes (敲) twelve, the people eat grapes-one for each strike.
In Tokyo, Japan, people eat noodles on New Year"s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the
next morning some Japanese families climb Mount Fuji. There they watch the first sunrise of the new year. | ( )1. New Year"s Eve Rome must be very noisy.
( )2. In the center of Madrid, a Spaniard brings more than fifteen grapes and waits for the New Year.
( )3. Many happy people are in the street in Madrid on New Year"s Eve.
( )4. People in both Madrid and Tokyo bring in the new year by eating a special food.
( )5. The Japanese prefer to welcome the new year by going to bed early and rising early. | | 完形填空。 | New Year"s Day is the first day of the year. In modern times, it is 1 1st. It is a time for looking
forward and wishing for a 2 year ahead. People welcome in the New Year on the 3 before. This is
called New Year"s Eve. All over Britain there are parties, fireworks (烟火), singing and dancing, to ring
(鸣钟) out the Old Year and ring 4 the New Year.
In the 5 days, the New Year 6 with a special custom (习俗) called "first footing". It was supposed
to 7 good luck to people for the coming year. When January 1st started, people usually waited behind their
doors 8 a person with dark hair to 9 . The 10 carried a piece of coal (煤炭), some bread, some 11
and some green plants. These were all for good luck-the coal to make sure that the house would always be
12 , the bread to make sure everyone in the house would have enough food to 13 , money to make sure they
would have enough money, and the green plants to make sure that they had a 14 life. The visitor would then
take some dust (尘土) out of the house with him-that was saying 15 to the old year. | ( )1. A. January
( )2. A. short
( )3. A. morning
( )4. A. in
( )5. A. modern
( )6. A. stopped
( )7. A. bring
( )8. A. to
( )9. A. leave
( )10. A. family
( )11. A. books
( )12. A. warm
( )13. A. pay
( )14. A. hard
( )15. A. goodbye | B. February
B. long
B. afternoon
B. out
B. old
B. finished
B. buy
B. in
B. arrive
B. children
B. water
B. cool
B. sell
B. poor
B. thank you | C. March
C. busy
C. night
C. on
C. new
C. started
C. give
C. with
C. wake
C. father
C. money
C. cold
C. eat
C. short
C. sorry | D. December
D. good
D. week
D. at
D. right
D. waited
D. play
D. for
D. play
D. visitor
D. flowers
D. hot
D. drop
D. long
D. hello | | 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 | Every country has its own (自己的) way of cooking. American people have their way of cooking.
Most people in the United States like fast food, but if you think that American people don"t like cooking, you
are wrong. It"s true (真实的) that most Americans eat fast food for their breakfast and lunch, but they also think
cooking is interesting. Parents see the importance of teaching their children how to cook, and most Americans
say that home-cooked meals are the best.
Americans have their own way of cooking. For example, baking (烘烤) is the most popular way of cooking
in America. Most American families have ovens (烤炉). American cooks (厨师) pay attention to (注意) the
balance of food. In planning a big meal, they try to cook meat, a few vegetables, some bread and often some
sweet food. They also like to make the meal look beautiful. There are many kinds of food of different colors, so
the meal is healthy and looks beautiful, too. | | 1. Most Americans _______. | | [ ] | A. like fast food
B. like having a picnic (野炊)
C. don"t like cooking
D. cook food in the morning | | 2. _______ is the most popular way of cooking in the USA. | | [ ] | A. Cutting
B. Baking
C. Frying
D. Peeling | | 3. From this passage, we know _______. | | [ ] | A. most Americans like to eat fast food for dinner.
B. most Americans don"t have breakfast or lunch.
C. most Americans have fast food for their breakfast or lunch.
D. most Americans don"t eat fast food for their breakfast or lunch. | | 4. How does an American cook balance different kinds of food? | | [ ] | A. He makes the food delicious.
B. He cooks a lot of meat for a big meal.
C. He cooks a lot of vegetables for a big meal.
D. He cooks meat, vegetables, bread and sweet food for a big meal. | | 5. Which of the following is RIGHT according to (根据) the passage? | | [ ] | A. The meal looks beautiful because the food is in different colors.
B. American parents do not like to teach their children how to cook.
C. American people do not like to cook food at home.
D. Most people in the United States don"t like fast food at all. | | 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 | In most languages, people often start small talk after a greeting. Small talk means the little things we talk
about at the start of a conversation. In English-speaking countries people often make small talk about the
weather: "Nice day, isn"t it?" "Terrible weather, isn"t it?" But there is something special about small talk. It must
be about something that both people have the same opinion about. The purpose (目的) of small talk is to let both
people agree on something. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. People usually agree about
the weather, so it is a safe topic for small talk. But people often disagree about religion (宗教) or politics (政治),
so these are not suitable topics for small talk. The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is
taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are watching: "Great game, isn"t
it?" At bus stops, people may comment about the transport system: "The bus service is terrible, isn"t it?" Small
talk is an important part of conversation in any language. People in different countries start small talk in different
ways. This shows that when we learn a language, we should learn the vocabulary and the grammar as well as
the social behavior of the people who speak it. | | 1. Small talk . | | [ ] | A. is a kind of conversation with short words
B. is a greeting when people meet each other
C. is to let people disagree about something
D. is a polite friendly conversation on unimportant topics | | 2. The favorite topic of small talk is about . | | [ ] | A. the weather
B. politics
C. games
D. languages | | 3. The passage suggests that when we learn a language, . | | [ ] | A. we should learn about the transport system of the country
B. we should only learn the grammar and the vocabulary
C. we should know the culture about the country
D. we should know the importance of the language | | 4. When we say "Great game, isn"t it?", we in fact . | | [ ] | A. ask a question
B. agree with the other
C. greet each other
D. start small talk | | 5. What we learn from the passage is that . | | [ ] | A. different languages have different grammars
B. small talk is an important part in a language
C. small talk depends on the purpose of the conversation
D. we can talk about religion and politics in small talk | 最新试题
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