BUILDING up a close bond (关系) with friends is important in all cultures. But dif

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BUILDING up a close bond (关系) with friends is important in all cultures. But different cultures have different ways of socializing.
The Chinese love going to restaurants. Family, friends and colleagues all go out to eat as a way of relaxing. So Chinese restaurants are much louder and noisier places compared with those in the Western world.
Although British people do socialize by going out for dinner, most people meet in pubs. They go there in the evening and sometimes during the day. Most people order wine or beer.
Going for a drink with colleagues after work is a particularly important British tradition. A recent survey of office workers foun

d three-quarters of people regard the after-work drink as the key to building positive relationships with colleagues.
But for the French, the preferred place to socialize is in cafés. They are a central part of daily life in France and its culture. People will go to cafes at all times during the day.
In the morning, people may go there to buy a newspaper and a cup of coffee. At lunch they may go there for something to eat. Then when it"s evening they may return to enjoy a glass of wine.
While the meeting place is different from culture to culture, "Essentially (本质上) they serve the same purpose, which is that humans need a place to come together to meet," said Aidan Saunders, a professor of social history at the University College London. "We are sociable animals."
People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?

A．Different cultures and different people.

B．Different places where different people love to go.

C．Different ways of building up relationships with friends

D．Different relationships in different countries.

小题2:Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The Chinese love to dine out.

B．The Chinese always talk loudly in restaurants.

C．Making friends is an important thing in all countries

D．French people spend all their time in cafes.

小题3:What does Aidan Saunders mean by "We are sociable animals."?

A．Human beings need society to survive in.

B．Human beings need to communicate with each other.

C．Human beings are the same as the other animals.

D．Human beings are also animals belonging to the society.

小题4: The following are all mentioned as ways of socializing except .

A．dining out with friends

B．drinking in pubs with colleagues after work

C．going to the cafes to have a cup of coffee

D．going to the cinema to see a film

小题5:Who are the intended readers of the passage ?

A．People in general.	B．Adolescents.
C．Business people.	D．Educators.

答案

小题1:C
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:A

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A pair of pandas being lent by China to Japan was set to arrive in Tokyo"s Ueno Zoo in the Japanese capital and raising hopes that the animals may help improve bilateral (双边的)ties.
Bi Li and his female partner, Xian Nu, both 5, were due to touch down at Narita international Airport in Tokyo on a flight from Shanghai.
Together with their keeper, the pair were transferred from Chengdu, to Shanghai on Monday morning, said Li Desheng, deputy chief of the Wolong Nature Reserve.
The pair, which are young adults, will be the first pandas at Ueno Zoo since April 2008, when the institution"s beloved Ling Ling died.
Ueno Zoo had spent 90 million yen ($1.1 million) installing under-floor heating, a playground with a sandbox and landscaping.
The pair will dine on rare bamboo from the central Japanese mountain of Izu that is similar to what they are used to at home in China.
The zoo"s first pair of pandas arrived in 1972, marking the normalization of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Expectations are running high that the pandas that will stay in Japan for 10 years will boost the local economy and improve troubled relations between Tokyo and Beijing.
Business and tourism officials expect them to bring in around 20 billion yen a year, or 10 percent of the local economy.
In 1993, a year after Ling Ling arrived in the zoo, an additional 1 million people visited the attraction. Visitors have fallen to around 3 million a year from 3.5 million since Ling Ling"s death.
Since a boat collision near the Diaoyu Islands in September, Sino-Japanese relations have been at a low point. The media outlets expressed hope that bilateral relations will improve with the arrival of the pandas.
小题1:The passage mainly tells us .

A．a pair of pandas was lent to Japan by China

B．the pair of pandas from China brought hope of improving Sino-Japanese relations

C．the normalization of diplomatic ties between China and Japan

D．sino-Japanese relations have been at a low point since the Diaoyu Island incident

小题2:en the pair of pandas arrives in Japan, .

A．an additional 1 million people will visit the zoo

B．they will eat what they are used to from China

C．they will stay there for 10 years

D．the

y will be the first pandas at Ueno Zoo

小题3:According to the passage, we know that Ling Ling stayed in Japan for about .

A．5 years

B．10 years

C．15 years

D．20 years

小题4:What does the underlined phrase "touch down" probably mean ?

A．take off

B．land

C．come up

D．meet

小题5: The arriving of the pandas is expected to bring several positive effects except .

A．boosting the local economy

B．improving the troubled relations between China and Japan

C．bringing in around 20 billion yen a year

D．attracting 3.5 million visitors from China

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Rome had the forum. London has Speaker’s Corner. Now always-on-the-go New Yorker has Liz and Bill.
Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in the subway station and on busy street corners. Just talk.
Using a 2-feet-high sign that says, “Talk to Me,” they attract conversationalists, who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits.
They don’t collect money. They don’t push the religion. So what is the point?
“To see what happens,” said Liz. “We simply enjoy life with open conversation（交流）.”
Shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, they decided to walk from New York city to Washington, a 270-mile trip. They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to talk with the strangers after their return.
“It started as a crazy idea,” Liz said. “We were so curious about all the strangers walking by with their stories. People

will talk to us about anything: their jobs, their clothes, their childhood, anything.”
Denise wanted to talk about an exam she was going to take. She had stopped for the second time in two days, to let two listeners know how it went.
Marcia had lost her husband to a serious disease. “That was very heavy on my mind,” Marcia said. “To be able to talk about it to totally strangers was very good,” she

explained.
To celebrate a year of talking, the two held a get-together in a city park for all the people they had met in the past year. A few hundred people showed up, as well as some television cam

eramen and reporters.
They may plan more parties or tried to attract more people to join their informal talks. Some publishers have expressed their interest in the book, something they say they’ll consider.
小题1:What did Liz and Bill start

doing after September 200

A．Chatting with people	B．Setting up street signs
C．Telling stories to strangers	D．Organizing a speaker’s corner

小题2: What they have been doing can be described as ______.

A．pointless

B．normal

C．crazy

D．successful

小题3:Why are Denise and Marcia mentioned in the text?

A．They knew Liz and Bill very well.

B．They happened to meet the writer of the tex

C．They organized the get-together in the city park.

D．They are example of those who talked to Liz and Bill.

小题4:What will Liz and Bill do in the future?

A．Going for publishing.	B．Do more television program.
C．Continuing what they are doing.	D．Spending more time reading books.

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When you cough or sneeze, you’d better turn your head away from others and cover your mouth with the full part of your hand. And then, you should say, “Excuse me.”
This seems so simple, but it is surprising how many kids have never been told to do this. Actually, I notice adults all the time who cough and sneeze in public without placing a hand over the mouth. One important thing I point out to the kids is that after they sneeze or cough on their hands, they should wash their hands as soon as possible. If not, they will be passing those germs

(细菌) a

long to everyt

hing and everyone they touch.
If you come to a door and someone is following you, hold the door. If the door opens by pulli

ng, pull it open, stand to the side, and allow the other person to pass through first, then you can walk through. If the door opens by pushing, hold the door after you pass through.
After a few weeks of seeing kids try to get through doors in the school and watching them enter restaurants as the door hit other people, I knew I had to discuss the problem with my students. Teaching them small acts of kindness, such as letting someone else go through a door first as they hold it open, may seem unimportant, but it can go along way toward helping students realize hot to be polite and thank others. Once they’ve been told, they’re halfway there.
When we have to go up moving stairs, we will stand to the right. That will give others who are in a hurry a choice of walking up the left-hand side of the moving stairs. When we are going to enter a lift, the underground, or a doorway, we will wait for others to exit before we enter.
After college when I moved to London, I was surprised at how polite everyone was in the subways. I was even more touched when I traveled to Japan. In both places, people made efforts to make way for others. On moving stairs, everyone stood to the right and walked to the left. On lifts, everyone would stand over to the side and allow others to exit before they would begin to enter.
小题1:When you cough or sneeze, you should ________.

A．touch everything	B．cover your mouth
C．point out to the kids	D．pass the germs to others

小题2:If you come to a door and someone is following you, you’d better _______.

A．hold the door

B．pass through

C．close the door

D．stand to the side

小题3:From the passage we ca know the writer is a ________.

A．

doctor

B．traveler

C．parent

D．teacher

小题4:A. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. the rules of behavior in public B. the easy of communication
C. the acts of kindness among people D. the knowledge of social life

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In the United States 84 colleges now accept just women. Most of them were established in the 19th century; they were designed to offer women the education they could not receive anywhere else. At that time major universities and colleges accepted only men. In the past 20 years many young women have chosen to study at colleges that accept both men and women. As a result some women’s colleges decided to accept men students too. Others, however, refused to change. Now these schools are popular again
The president of Trinity College in Washington, D. C. said that by the end of the 1980s women began to recognize that studying at the same school with men did not mean women were having an equal chance to learn. The president of Smith College in Massachusetts says a women’s college permits women to choose classes and activities freely. For example, she says that in a women’s college a higher percentage of students studies mathematics than in a college with both men and women.
Educational experts say men students in the United States usually speak in class more than women students do. In a women’s college, women feel free to say what they think. Women’s schools also bring out leadership capabilities in many women. Women are represented everywhere. For example, at a women’s college every governing office is held by a woman. Recent studies reportedly show this leadership continues after college. The studies show that American women who went to women’s colleges are more likely to hold successful jobs later in life.
小题1:Some women’s colleges decided to accept men students because_______.

A．teaching women is more difficult than teaching men

B．many young women chose to study at colleges with both men and women

C．study with men is more challenged.

D．women and men can have equal chances of competition.

小题2:From the passage we know that_______.

A．more and more women’s colleges are being established now

B．more and more women like to study in colleges with both men and women

C．there are more women’s colleges than colleges with both men and women in the USA

D．it is better for American women to study in women’s colleges

小题3:According to this passage, if a woman wants to hold successful jobs, she’d better_______.

A．study in colleges with both men and women

B．study in Trinity College

C．learn from the president of Smith College

D．study in women’s colleges

小题4:Most of women’s colleges were established_______.

A．to give women the education they could not receive anywhere else.

B．to separate women from men.

C．to offer women special chances for work.

D．to help women have more study opportunities.

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Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. In fact, they have very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star.

Feb. 10, 2007
5:00	Woke up and had breakfast in the hotel, packed bags. Took taxi to airport.
7:30	Plane took off half an hour later than usual for the bad weather.
8:30	Plane landed. Waited for luggage for half an hour. Signed for fans at the airport.
9:45	Arrived at the hotel and had a short rest.
10:00	Started out to attend the meeting with fans and gave an interview to the local reporters.
11:00	Went to radio station to attend the live show.
12:00	Had lunch with local producer.
13:00	Went to theatre and prepared for the night’s show. The lighting of the theatre was good, but the band did poorly.
17:00	Back to hotel. Tried to have a rest. Still worried about the band.
18:00	Had supper, but ate little.
18:30	Went to theatre again and got ready for show.
19:00	Sang very well, and audience gave a warm welcome. The band improved a little.
22:00	Show was over. Very tired from it.
23:00	Back to hotel. Took a bath. Too excited to sleep, so watched TV
0:00	Fell asleep, with TV on.

小题1:According to the chart, the pop star was a ________.

A．singer

B．dancer

C．player

D．pianist.

小题2:According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at _______.

A．6:30

B．7:00

C．7:30

D．:8:00

小题3: At the radio station, the pop star ________.

A．showed fans how to become famous	B．gave a performance on the air
C．met fans and signed for them	D．told people how he lived his life

小题4:From this passage we get to know that ________.

A．not all people like pop stars	B．pop stars have their own bands
C．fans are troublesome for pop stars	D．to be a pop star is not all fun

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