Today, with the development of society, people all over the world almost have the same hobbies That is to say, we are not very different in some way. However, cultures are still quite different. In the East and in the West, social rules are not the same.

In the East, it takes a long time to become someone’s friend. People are very close to their friends. When people from the West meet you, they will call you a friend right away. That doesn’t mean they are close to you.

When people from the East meet you, they want to know about your age, your salary (薪水) and whether you are married or not. For people from the West, these are not polite questions. They think such kind of questions violates their privacy (隐私).

Family is important for everyone. However, in the East, kids live with their parents for a long time. They still listen to them after they grow up.

In the West, independence is very important. After their kids grow up, they leave home. They don’t have to listen to their parents.

In the East and in the West, people think differently, too. People in the West think less and act more. In the East, people notice relationships between things, and they often keep their opinions quiet.

1.People in the East and people in the West ________.

A.follow different social rules B.share the same social rules

C.see completely different films D.enjoy the same food every day

2.What does the underlined word “violates” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A.保护 B.侵犯 C.尊重 D.分享

3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A.People in the West are easier to make friends with others than the Eastern.

B.People in the West like to ask questions about people’s personal life.

C.Kids in the East usually spend more time living with their parents than kids in the West.

D.People in the West and East think differently.

4.The main idea of the passage is ________.

A.the importance of communication B.the habits of the Western people

C.the social rules of the Eastern people D.the differences about culture between the West and the East

阅读短文,根据要求完成下面各小题。

Rain helps plants grow and stay green. But too much rain-especially in cities-can cause flooding. And that can make waste water systems, like sewers(下水道), flow and send polluted water into rivers and other water ways. So several cities in the United States are stating programs like rooftop(屋顶) gardens.

A team at the University of the District of Columbia has created a garden on the top of one school building.83The garden holds many kinds of plants to help receive rain water and grow food at the same time.

"It took advantage of the resource above the city that you see all over where you have these flat roofs that aren't doing anything and it really made it something that was about urban agriculture."

84Rainwater is collected in large bottles and sent through a system that waters the garden at the top of the roof. The roof is filled with green life that appeals(吸引) to insects.

"In cities, you don't have that much space, so rooftops are just unused space," says Caitlin Arlotta, a student in the school's Urban Agriculture program.

The program is growing plants including strawberries, tomatoes and sweet potatoes. "We have the same experiment running with tomatoes as we do with strawberries, so we're doing variety trials(品种实验) and we're trying just to see which variety grows the best in a green roof setting."

The program also seeks to improve cities and make them beautiful by training people to become Master Gardeners.

It is the biggest surprise that they produced 4,250 pounds of products the first year and shared that to people in need.

A.根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1.Why do the cities in US start programs like rooftop gardens?

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2.What does the schools Urban Agriculture program do according to the passage?

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B.将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

3.___________________________________________________________________________

4.___________________________________________________________________________

C.请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。

5.___________________________________________________________________________

A young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He threw(扔) it too hard and it broke the window of a house and fell(掉) inside. A woman came to the window and shouted(大喊) at the boy. The boy was afraid and ran away. But he still wanted his ball back. A few minutes later, the boy came back and knocked(敲) at the door and said, “My father is going to come and repair(修理) your window soon.”

After a while, a man came to the door with tools(工具) in his hand, so the woman let the boy take his ball away.When the man finish repairing the window, he said to the woman, “Please pay ten dollars.”

“But aren't you the father of the boy?” the woman asked, looking surprised (惊奇).

“No,” he answered, looking more surprised, “Aren't you his mother?”

1.The boy lost his ball because ________.

A.the ball fell into the woman's garden

B.the ball broke the window of his house

C.the ball broke the window and fell into the woman's house

D.he went through the window of the woman's house

2.The boy ran away because ________.

A.he was afraid of the woman

B.he had to ask his father for help

C.he didn't want his ball back

D.he had to look for his friends

3.The boy came back again because ________.

A.he father will come soon

B.he wanted the ball back

C.the woman was his mother

D.a man would come to repair the window

4.The woman let the boy take his ball away ________.

A.because she thought he was honest (诚实的) B.because he came back and repaired the window

C.because she thought the man was his father D.because his father repaired the window

5.Which of the following is RIGHT?

A.The boy was the son of the man.

B.The man was the father of the boy.

C.The woman knew the man was the father of the boy.

D.The man thought the woman was the boy's mother.

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