Our new foreign students are going to arrive very soon, and here are some ways to communicate with them politely.

How close do you stand when you talk to a friend? You can stand close to people in the Middle East but doesn’t stand too close to North Americans! Give them more personal space.

Do you know how to touch people correctly? Chinese girls often walk arm in arm with their friends. South Americans sometimes hold your arm when they talk to you, so you can’t move away! But in Britain many people don’t like other people to touch them at all.

Do you look at people when you talk? In some places, it isn’t polite to look at people when you talk, but in other countries it isn’t polite to look somewhere else. In Britain and the USA, people usually look at each other when they talk.

And how do you say goodbye? That’s easy, wave(挥手) to say goodbye. But be careful! In Greece, it’s not at all polite! In fact, it’s very rude!

1.From the passage, we should give more _________ personal space.

A.people in the Middle East B.people in north America

C.people in south America D.people is south China

2.The underlined word “touch” means _________ in Chinese.

A.触碰 B.打击 C.感动 D.震撼

3.We can’t wave to say goodbye in _________.

A.America B.Japan C.Britain D.Greece

4.How many ways are given to communicate with foreign students?

A.Tow. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.Saying goodbye B.Touching people C.Looking at people D.Communicating politely

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词,首字母已给)

Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphone and listen to music b1. class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play music l2.as they drive on the street. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the n3. about sports, the weather, and activities of American people. Most of the radio programs are music.

Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make CDs or tapes which radio starts to use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the m4.from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national s5..

There are o6. kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was done by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, a7. music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies of Beethoven.

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