Manners nowadays in metropolitan(大城市的,大都会的) cities like London are practically non-existent. It is nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to push an elderly woman aside to take the last remaining seat on the underway or bus.

This question of giving up seats in public transport is much argued about by young men, who say that since women have claimed equality, they no longer deserve to be treated with politeness and that those who go out to work should take their turns in the rat race like anyone else. But women have never claimed to be physically as strong as men. Even if it is not agreed, however, the fact remains that courtesy (礼节) should be shown to the old and the sick. Are we really so lost to all ideals of unselfishness that we can sit there indifferently(冷漠的) reading the paper or a book, saying to ourselves “First come, first served,” while a grey-haired woman, a mother with a young child or a cripple stands? Yet this is all too often seen.

Older people, tired and irritable from a day’s work, are not always considerate either-far from it. Many arguments break out as the older people push and squeeze each other to get on buses. One cannot approve this, of course, but one does feel there is just a little more excuse.

It seems urgent, not only that communications in transport should be improved, but also that communication between human beings should be kept smooth and polite. All over cities, it seems that people are too tired and too rushed to be polite. Shop assistants won’t bother to assist, taxi drivers shout at each other as they dash dangerously around corners; bus conductor pull the bell before their desperate passengers have time to get on or off the bus, and so on. It seems to us that it is up to the young to do their small part to stop such lowering of moral standards.

Title: Manners in Metropolitan Cities

Theme

Politeness is 1.__________, especially in large cities.

Phenomena

And

Excuses

Phenomena

Excuses

Big, strong schoolboys push elderly woman aside to 2.__________ on the last remaining seats.

Young men 3.__________ to treat women politely.

Women think they are 4.__________ to men, so they should take their turns in the rat race like others.

Young people sit indifferently 5.__________ while grey-haired women, mothers with 6.__________ and disabled people stand by.

First come, first served.

The elderly themselves push each other to get on buses.

7.__________

●Communications in transport are not satisfactory.

●Communication between people doesn’t go 8.__________ and politely.

●People are too 9.__________ and too rushed to care about others.

Solution

Young people make an 10.__________ to stop such lowering of moral standards.

Holidays

Holiday News

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During the trip, you can rest on deck(甲板), enjoy yourself in the games rooms and in the evening dance to our musical team and watch our wonderful play.

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66. What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

A. Choose the holiday in Devon.     

B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre.

C. Join the World Sea Trip of 2008.   

D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii.

67. In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?

A. It provides chances of family gatherings.

B. It provides customers with good food.

C. It offers a sports lesson.

D. It offers comfortable rooms.

68. What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?

A. You can have free meals on deck every day.

B. You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.

  C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play.

  D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking.

When it comes to friends,I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek mends whose qualities illuminate(照亮)me and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours,too good not to share.

When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school,but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:“Let’s start with a train whistle today. ” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we,too,were changed into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.

When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair(失望) and 1 was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.

For almost four years I have had a remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears,sometimes in a funny way, in the other's dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times,we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments,I often think:“Yes,I must tell. . . . ’’We have never met.

It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist, who will only fill up the healing(愈合的) silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.

61. In the eighth grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to __________.

A. become serious about her study.           

B. go to her friend’s house regularly

C. 1earn from her classmates at school        

D. share poems and stories with her friend

62. In Paragraph 3, “‘we gave London to each other” probably means__________.

A. our exploration of London was a memorable gift to both of us.

B. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from London

C. our unpleasant feelings about London disappeared

D. we parted with each other in London

63. According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend __________.

A. call each other regularly                              

B. have similar personalities

C. enjoy writing to each other                            

D. dream of meeting each other

64. In the darkest moments,the author would prefer to __________.

A. seek professional help                             

B. be left alone

C. stay with her best friend                                

D. break the silence

65. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Unforgettable Experiences                    

B. Remarkable Imagination

C. Lifelong Friendship                                     

D. Noble Companions

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