If you are in America or go to American families to have meals, you should learn some table manners.Here are some tips:
Don't circle your plate with your arms.If you do so, you will become the focus(焦点)of the table.Everyone would wonder," Is there anything wrong with the food?" This may give a wrong message that you don't like the food or something like that
Don't push the plate back when finished, leave it where it was.Do you want to let the hostess know that you've just done a labor?
Don't lean(倚靠)back and say “I'm through" or "I'm full".Just put the fork and knife across the plate.That's all.
Don't cut up everything before you start to eat.Cut only one or two bites(块)at a time.
Never take a huge mouthful of anything.Do you want to show how hungry you are? Don't do that.It 's not so good.
It's never good to reach across the table for anything.If the thing you want is not at hand, simply ask the nearest person for help, like" Mrs Smith, could you pass me the dish? "
(1)
According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?
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A.
Leave the plate where it was when finished.
B.
Cut up one or two bites before you start to eat.
C.
Push the plate back where it was.
D.
Don't take a huge mouthful of anything.
(2)
After finishing dinner, you should _________.
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A.
put the fork and knife across the plate
B.
stand up and leave the table
C.
say "I'm full"
D.
say "Thank you"
(3)
If you want a dish far from you at table, you should _________.
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A.
ask the nearest person for help
B.
leave your seat to get it
C.
sit there until others help you
D.
stand up and reach across the table for it
(4)
If you are at table and circle your plate with your arms, other people will think _________
Most American children eat potatoes.But many children don't know what of the potato is the best for food.Take a knife and cut from the middle of the potato a piece as thin as paper.Hold the piece between your eyes and light.You will see that the potato has skin(皮),an outside rim(边缘) and an inside part.The outside rim which is right under the skin of the potato,is the most valuable part of all.But this is often thrown away with the skin.Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside.When eating a cooked potato,if you choose the inside and leave the outside,you are throwing the best part of it.If you can't eat the whole potato,eating the outside rim and leaving the inside will do.
(1)
How many parts does the potato have?
A.It has only one part,outside rim.
B.It has two parts,skin and outside rim.
C.It has three parts,skin,outside rim and an inside part.
D.It has four parts,middle,skin,outside rim and an inside part.
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(2)
What is the best part of a potato?
A.Outside rim. B.Inside part. C.Middle. D.Skin.
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(3)
What should you eat first if you can't eat the whole potato?
A.Skin only. B.Inside. C.Outside rim. D.Part of it.
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(4)
In fact the skin is ______.
A.no good at all
B.better than the inside part
C.better than the outside rim
D.as good as the outside rim
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(5)
What does this passage tell about potatoes?
A.How to cook them.
B.How to plant them.
C.What is made up of a potato.
D.How to eat them.
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阅读理解
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year.You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly.
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have.
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions.
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit.If you move your tips,hold your fingers over them,or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading.Then if your lips move,your will know it and can stop them.
If you point to words,hold the two sides of your book,one side with your left hand,the other side with your right hand.Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading.If you move your head,place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的).
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time,you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words.
Even if you do rather fast now,you can learn to read even faster.As you probably have been told,the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance.Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go.Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster.
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______.
A.to tell others to be silent
B.to feel whether your lips move or not
C.to hold a piece of paper between them
D.to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read,______.
A.don't keep your head still
B.don't hold your books with your hands
C.don't stand up near a desk
D.don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast,______.
A.you can read more in less time
B.you can write faster
C.you can understand better
D.you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading.
A.remember B.have C.get rid of D.keep
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(5)
This reading is mainly about ______.
A.the way of reading fast
B.the importance of fast reading
C.the bad habits in reading
D.how to speak quickly
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阅读理解
In England winter is not very cold and summer is not very hot.There is not a great difference between summer and winter.Do you know why?
England has a mild(温和) winter and a cool summer because it is an island eountry.In winter the sea is warmer than the land.The winds from the sea bring warm air to England.In summer the sea is cooler than the land.The winds from the sea bring cool air to England.
The wet winds blow over England all the year.They blow from the southwest and also bring rain to England.So England has a lot of rain all the year.The west of England is wetter than the east.The winds must blow over the highland in the west.They leave more rain here.The east of England is drier than the west.
The four seasons are all three months long.Winter is in December,January and February.Spring lasts from March to May.Summer starts in June and goes on to August.Autumn is from September to November.
(1)
In England winter is _________.
A.cold B.warm C.wetter D.hot
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(2)
Summer and winter are _________ in England.
A.not the same B.longer than autumn
C.shorter than spring D.nearly the same
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(3)
Why is winter in England not so cold? Because _________.
A.there is more sunshine there
B.the warm winds in the sea blow over England in winter
C.there are a lot of rivers there
D.there is no wind there
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(4)
Which of the following sentences is right?
A.There is the same rain in all places in England.
B.There is much more rain in the west of England than in the east.
C.There is no rain in the wes[of England.
D.There is little rain in the east of England.
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(5)
If you want to visit England,you can go there _________.