People from other contries will find many different suprising things in Britain.
Greek: A man from Greece sees a special way of driving in Britain. People drive on the left in the British street, but the British people never feel surprised. The Greek man said,“I’ve been in Britain for nearly a month now. But at first, I couldn’t always remember to drive on the left. Every time,my friend reminded me.”
Japanese:Japanese people can’t ucderstand why British people keep their shoes on at home. In Japan,people walk in the room without shoes. If visitor keeps his shoes on at home in Japan, the Japanese people think he is very impolite.
Spanish:The Spanish people mind the way that the British people greet each other. They themselves seem to be afraid of touching(接触).When they meet,they just smile or nod but never kiss or hug(拥抱) in Spain. But the British people think kissing is a very usual greeting when they meet!
There is an old saying,“When in Rome,do as Romans do.”When we go to a foreign country, we should follow the etiquette of country.
【小题1】The Greek visitor________.
A.always drives on the left
B.used to drive on the left
C.drove correctly in Britain with his friend’s help
【小题2】______think it’s impolite to wear shoes at home.
A.The Japanese          B.The Greek           C.The English
【小题3】When greeting,the Spanish _______.
A.kiss each other         B.hug each other        C.smile at each other
【小题4】_____seem not to be afraid of touching each other.
A.The Spanish          B.The British           C.The Japanese
【小题5】Etiquette in the world______.
A.is the same            B.is important         C.is sometimes different and interesting

In the 13th century, the famous Indian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China. He saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.
A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2,000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.
Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.
So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs(手帕) and paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and refuse (拒绝) it later.
Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.
【小题1】When he was in China, Marco Polo __________ .

A.discovered Cai Lun invented paperB.learned to make paper
C.saw many wonderful thingsD.read a lot of books
【小题2】 People in western countries first used paper money in the _________ century.
A.17thB.15thC.13thD.7th
【小题3】 About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.
A.1,700B.2,000 C.2,800D.48,000
【小题4】 Which of the following is the way of saving paper?
A.To use both sides of every piece of paper.
B.To use the paper bags from shops more than once.
C.To use cotton handkerchiefs and paper ones.
D.All of the above.
【小题5】Which is the best title(题目) of the passage?
A.Saving paper.B.The history of paper.
C.Cotton handkerchiefs back again.D.Cai Lun, the great inventor.

Let’s go camping
What do we do when we go camping? First, we work out a plan. We take food, clothing, a knife, and things for cooking and eating. We take things to keep us away from insects(虫子) and the sun.
Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods(树林、林地). We look for a place for campers(露营者) and we look for a good place for our tent(帐篷). The place should have a lot of moving air. This will keep some insects away. High land with water on both sides of it is good. Then we put up our tent. We put everything into the tent, and we are ready for fun. We can swim in the lake, walk in the woods, climb a mountain, row a boat, or go fishing.
In the evening we come back to the tent, we build a big fire because it can keep the insects away. We sit around the fire and talk. We may tell interesting stories or we may sing songs.
At night we lie down on the grass. We can look up at the stars. It is a busy day, so we try to go to sleep early.
Everything is dark. Everything is quiet. We hope we won’t hear music from the radio in the next tent. We hope it won’t rain.
【小题1】Before going camping we should first         .

A.draw up a plan
B.take some food
C.take things to keep us warm
D.take something for cooking and eating
【小题2】We go to camp         .
A.by busB.by carC.by bikeD.on foot
【小题3】Campers can take part in _______ activities.
A.one or twoB.only a fewC.manyD.two or three
【小题4】In the evening we build a fire because         .
A.it is cold at nightB.it can keep us warm
C.it can keep the insects awayD.it is dark and quiet
【小题5】The campers like to _______ at night.
A.hear music from the radioB.go to sleep early
C.have rainD.be busy

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