Different countries have different customs(习俗). When you travel to other countries, please follow their customs, just as the saying goes, “________.”

Very often people forget to tip when they travel in the USA. When someone serves you at a restaurant or in a hotel, it is usual to leave some money for his or her good service.

In England, make sure of standing in line even if there are only two of you. And it’s a good idea to talk about the weather. It’s a popular topic among the British.

In Spain, it’s a good idea to have a light meal in the afternoon if someone invites you for dinner. People have dinner very late, and restaurants do not generally open until after 9 p.m.

In Arab countries, men kiss one another on the cheek(脸颊). Your host may welcome you with a kiss on both cheeks. It is polite for you to do the same.

In Japan, people usually give personal or business cards to each other when they meet for the first time. When a person gives you a card, don’t put it into your bag right away. The person hopes you can read it.

And be careful of your body language. A kind body language in one culture may not be polite in another.

根据短文内容,选择最佳选项,并在答题卡上将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。

1.The missing sentence in the first paragraph should be “ ________.”

A.Practice makes perfect B.Many hands make light work

C.A friend in need is a friend indeed D.When in Rome, do as the Romans do

2.The underlined word “tip” means “ ________” in Chinese.

A.给小费 B.结账 C.点餐 D.服务

3.In Japan, people usually ________ when they meet for the first time.

A.shake hands B.give cards to each other

C.kiss one another on the cheek D.talk about cards

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.In Spain, people usually have dinner very early.

B.In England, it’s not polite to talk about the weather.

C.It is usual to tip the person serving you in America.

D.A kind body language is helpful in every culture.

5.What can be the best title for the passage?

A.How to tip B.Body language

C.How to stand in line D.Advice to international travelers

In the 13th century, Marco Polo, the world known Italian traveller, saw many wonderful things in China. One of the things he discovered was money made of paper. People in the West did not have such kind of money until the 15th century. 1.

Paper was invented by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2,000 years ago. But it was not made in Europe until the year 1100. Four hundred years later, a German discovered that he could make the best paper from trees. 2.

Paper can be used in many ways. The common uses include newspapers, magazines and books. But do you know that paper can be used for keeping warm? In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow. And even houses can be insulated (使绝缘的) from heat or cold with paper.

However, we have to understand that paper still comes from trees now. 3. 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 down nearly 48,000 trees every day. The fact is that it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow.

4. We can use both sides of every piece of paper. We can make useful things out of used paper. We can use china cups instead of paper ones. When shopping, we can use fewer paper bags and reuse them if we have some.

In short, we should keep a balance (平衡) between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late.

A.So we must start saving paper right now.

B.If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth some day in the near future.

C.However, the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.

D.So it is the right time to stop making paper from trees.

E.After that, countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America, Finland became the most important ones in paper making.

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