Passage 1 Mobile Phone Madness
How much do you love your mobile phone? A
Chinese student had to call 110 for help this week after he got his arm stuck
in a toilet trying to rescue(援救) his mobile phone. After dropping his phone in
the toilet, he decided to wrap(包,裹) his arm in newspaper in the hopes of keeping
clean. But the newspapers became larger in size in the water, and then even his
roommates couldn't help him pull his arm out. So policemen were called and they
spent an hour unsticking the stuck student.
Passage 2 Crazy Pet Lovers
How much do you love your pets? Many people in
China are famous for how much they love their pets. They dress them up in
fashionable clothing and buy them high quality food. But would they spend 7,000
English pounds (68,000 yuan) on a wedding(婚礼) for their pets?
And that's what a couple in Brazil spent on a fancy wedding for their pet
Yorkshire terriers( a kind of dog).
Passage 3 Oh, rats!
When something goes wrong, you can often hear
Westerners cry “Oh, rats”. But when it comes to Southern China, “Oh, rats!” can
mean it's what you want for dinner. According to a report in China Daily, some
restaurants in Guangzhou serve rat meat. But, actually, most of those rats are
field mice. What would Mickey Mouse say?
Passage 4 Liar(说谎者), liar
Here's some news that most women already know.
Men tell more lies than women. The London Daily Mail cites(引用)
a new study that says men tell about three lies a day, while women tell only
two lies a day. Men are also less likely to feel guilty about lying, according
to this week's survey of 3,000 people by a research organization called One
Poll. According to the Poll, lying to our mothers is very popular. But then, so
is lying at work. And both men and women will lie when it comes to how much
they've drunk. So how easy is it to tell when someone is lying?
1.Put the statements into the right order
according to passage 1.
① They called policemen for help.
② He dropped his mobile phone in the toilet.
③ His roommates tried to help him pull his arm out, but failed.
④ The newspapers expanded(膨胀) in the water,
so he got his arm stuck.
⑤ He wrapped his arm in newspaper before trying to take out
his phone from the toilet.
A. ②⑤④③① B. ②④③⑤① C. ①⑤④②③ D.
①②⑤④③
2.Why does the writer call the Brazilian couple
“crazy pet lovers”?
A. They dress their pets up in fashionable
clothing.
B. They buy their pets high quality food.
C. They spent ¥68,000 on a
wedding for their pets.
D. They spent £7,000 in buying a pet.
3. If you say “oh, rats” in Guangzhou, it can
mean
that
.
A. something goes wrong B.
you see some field mice
C. you are a Mickey Mouse lover D.
you’d like to have rat meat for dinner
4. According to the new study on lying, which of
the following is not true?
A. Women tell less lies than men.
B. Women are more likely to feel guilty about
lying.
C. Lying at work is more popular than lying to
our mothers.
D. Neither men nor women want to tell the truth
about how much they have drunk.
5.What is NOT mentioned?
A. It is difficult to unstick the stuck
student.
B. The couple’s pets are Yorkshire
terriers.
C. People in China enjoy eating rat meat.
D. 3,000 people took part in the survey
made by One Poll.