阅读理解。 If American customs seem strange, remember that Americans feel the sam
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another country, people living in different cultures do many daily things differently from one another.
What a dull(not interesting or boring) the world would be if this were not true!
Some differences are small, and one soon becomes used to them. For example, many people find
it strange that Americans move from place to place so often. Born in one city, they may attend school
in a second, enter business in a third, and perhaps move several times during their lives. Today, most
Americans fully expect and accept the fact that they will move frequently.
However, houses are of great interest to Americans. They spend a lot of time thinking, reading and
talking about their homes and how to improve them. They also enjoy looking at other people"s houses,
since they would enjoy visiting and examining a house in another country, they may suppose that you
will probably have the same desire(strong wish) when you visit the United States. So do not be
surprised when you visit an American family and are shown every room in the house besides the
bathroom and kitchen.
B. Americans feel uneasy when they visit another country
C. only American customs prove to be strange
D. customs are different in different times
B. most of the world people did daily things differently from one another
C. people livin I in different countries did a lot of thing I in the same way
D. people living in various regions in the world did a few daily things in the same way
B. customs are different from country to country
C. the world is not dull
D. they will move frequently
B.You are showing all the rooms in the houses except the bathroom when you visit an American family
C. Americans perhaps move several times during their lives
D. Americans enjoy visiting others" houses
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of Nobel Prize winner Karl Landsteiner, the man who discovered the ABO blood group system. If you
have every thought of becoming a blood donor, just register to do it. And you should never worry about
the donation.
Just under a pint (around 470ml) of blood is taken at one sitting. This amount is no more than 13
percent of your total blood volume, and is quickly replaced by your body.
It may come as a surprise, but whole blood is only rarely used. Different blood components are used
to treat a range of conditions. None goes to waste. Red blood cells are frequently used to replace heavy
blood loss after an accident, surgery or childbirth. White blood cells and antibodies (抗体) are used to
help people fight infections if their immune system doesn"t appear to be responding to antibiotics (抗生
素). Plasma (血浆), the straw-coloured fluid which carries the blood cells and contains proteins, are
used to treat burned patients.
First-time donors should be aged between 17 and 65, weigh at least 50kg and be in good health. If
you have donated before, you can start being a donor again up to your 70th birthday.
Although most people are able to give blood, some people who pose health risks or are at a higher
risk of having come into contact with an infectious disease are no tasked to be donors. Pregnant wo
men or those who have h
ad a baby in the last 9 months should not donate blood.Blood has a very short shelf life. Some blood components can be kept longer than others, for instance
red blood cells will keep for 35 days but platelets(血小板)for only five. Remember, you should wait at
least 16 weeks before donating blood again.
B. being a blood donor is a great honor
C. their bodies can produce new blood soon
D. people have a mature research on it
B. Red blood cell
C. Antibody
D. White blood cell
B. platelets can be kept for more than 10 days
C. people can donate their blood four times a years
D. people can donate at most 470 ml of blood each time
B. A mother who is about to give birth to a new baby
C. An adult who smokes and drinks from time to time
D. A man just coming back for a place suffering from malaria
B. To give people the knowledge of blood donation
C. To advise people to benefit from blood donation
D. To remind people of the importance of blood donation
and Canada. Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for
their blessing.
Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it is
celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in. But one of the first
thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest.
On December 4, 1619, the Pilgrims from England landed near
what is now Charles City, Virginia. They knelt down and thanked
God for their safe journey across the Atlantic.
The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich
harvest. The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth,
Massachusetts,in 1620. They had a difficult time and the first
winter was cruel. Many of the Pilgrims died. But the next year,
they had a good harvest. So Govemor Bradford declared a
three-day feast. The Pilgrims invited Indian friends to join them
for their special feast. Everyone brought food.
In time, other colonies (殖民地) began to celebrate a day of
Thanksgiving. But it took years before there was a national
Thanksgiving Day. During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale
persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it. He
proclaimed (宣布) the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day
of Thanksgiving. Today, Americans celebrate this happy harvest
festival on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate
Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American
neighbors. But the Canadian Thanksgiving Day falls on the second
Monday in October.
B. how to celebrate Thanksgiving Day
C. that Thanksgiving Day changed with the time and places
D. Why Thanksgiving Day is a harvest holiday
B. in summer
C. in autumn
D. in winter
B. Governor Bradford
C. some people from England
D. the American Indians
B. in Great Britain
C.in Canada
D. on some island off the Atlantic
A.There"s little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate
Thanksgiving Day.
B. Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on thanksgiving celebrations.
C.Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest.
D. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people"s thanks to God.
It falls on the ninth of the ninth lunar month. People used to
climb mountains on that day. So it is also called a festival of
climbing mountains. Now it has become the Elders" Day.
B. The Notting Hill Carnival
Between 1956 and 1962 the British government asked people
from the Caribbean to come to England. They worked in the
hospitals and on trains and buses in London. Now every August in
London there is a big carnival with music in the streets of Notting
Hill.
C. Christmas Day
On December 25th, Christmas Day, people give presents,
send cards and eat a special dinner at home. The children are
usually very excited because they get presents from Father
Christmas ( Santa Claus). In their houses, people have a special
tree with lights.
D. Diwali
Between 1962 and 1968, many people from India and
Pakistan came to live and work in Britain. Their most important
celebration every year is Diwali. This is a big festival of lights and
dancing with special food and new clothes. Diwali is usually
between October and November.
E. Chinese New Year
Like Diwali, this celebration moves its date each year.
Usually it is in January or February. In many big cities the people
build paper dragons, wear masks and have fireworks, lights and
music in the street.
( )2. You can see fireworks in the street.
( )3. People wear new clothes.
( )4. They came from the Caribbean.
( )5. People always climb mountains with their friends.
April Fool"s Day is a western festival. No one 1 exactly
when and how April Fool"s Day began. However, there are some
stories about 2 it came into being. One story 3 like
this: in the sixteenth-century France, the start of the new year was
on April first. It was celebrated 4 much the same way
5 it is today with parties and dancing into the late hours of
the night. Then in 1562, Pope (教皇) Gregory introduced a new
calendar for the Christian world, and the new year fell on January
first. There were some people, 6 ,who hadn"t heard or didn"t
believe the 7 in the date, so they 8 to celebrate New
Year"s Day on April first. 9 played tricks on them and called
them"April fools". They tried to make them believe that
something false was 10 . In France today, April first is called
"April Fish". French children fool their friends by taping a paper
fish to their friends" 11 .When the "young fool" 12 this
trick, the prankster (恶作剧者) shouts"April Fish!"
Today Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers
alike on the first of April. One 13 trick on April Fool"s Day is
14 to a friend"s shoe and saying, "Your shoelace is untied (你
的鞋带开了)．"School children might tell a classmate that school
has been canceled (取消). 15 the trick is, if you fail for the
joke the prankster shouts "April Fool!"
In Britain today, on the first of April, even 51
newspapers, radio and TV programs tell big lies. You 52
read a science 53 showing that doctors have found a way to
cure (治疗)AIDS, 54 you would probably listen to a piece
of news about an UFO 55 on an island.
( )2. A. when
( )3. A. goes
( )4. A. as
( )5. A. like
( )6. A. however
( )7. A. fact
( )8. A. remained
( )9. A. Others
( )10. A. real
( )11. A. hands
( )12. A. discovers
( )13. A. usual
( )14. A. looking down
( )15. A. Whenever
( )16. A. serious
( )17. A. might
( )18. A. letter
( )19. A. so
( )20. A. lying
B. why
B. tells
B. like
B. as
B. but
B. news
B. continued
B. Somebody
B. true
B. faces
B. sees
B. common
B. pointing down
B. Whoever
B. famous
B. should
B. speech
B. and
B. walking
C. how
C. happens
C. with
C. so
C. therefore
C. change
C. considered
C. Many
C. right
C. backs
C. found
C. funny
C. getting down
C. Whatever
C. interesting
C. could
C. writing
C. or
C. flying
D. where
D. writes
D. in
D. for
D. instead
D. information
D. went
D. Some
D. correct
D. heads
D. notices
D. silly
D. turning down
D. Wherever
D. important
D. must
D. report
D. but
D. landing
special days: Mother"s Day, on the second Sunday in May, and
Father"s Day, on the third Sunday in June. These days are set
aside to show love and respect for parents. They raise their
children and educate them to be responsible citizens. They give
love and care to their children. These two days offer an
opportunity to think about the changing roles of mothers and
fathers. More mothers now work outside the home. More fathers
must help with childcare.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways.
On Mother"s Day people wear camations.A red one symbolizes a
living mother. A white one shows that mother is dead. Many
people attend religious services to honour their parents. It is also a
day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery(墓
地). On these days families get together at home, as well as in
restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues(烤肉)for Father"s
Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make
them in school. Many people make their own presents. These are
valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of
the gift that is important, but it is "the thought that counts".
Greeting card stores, florists(花商),candy makers, bakeries,
telephone companies, and other stores do a lot of business during
these holidays.
B. Their parents give love and care to them.
C. Their parents educate them to be good persons.
D. Their parents passed away before they grew up.
B. Fewer women worked outside the home in the past.
C. Not all the children respect their parents.
D. Fathers are not as important as mothers at home.
B. It refers to the special clothes people wear on Mother"s Dayor Father"s Day.
C. It"s a kind of flower showing love and best wishes.
D. People can wear carnations only on the second Sundayin May.
B. everyone goes to visit the cemetery
C. children always go to their parents" home
D. hand-made cards are the most valuable gifts
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