Before you go to a__1__ country it is important for you to know the language and some of the customs（习俗）of the country. When people meet each other for the f__2__ time in Britain, they say“How do you do?”and s__3__ hands. And they also shake hands when they will be away from each o__4__ for a long time. Last year, some German（德国的）s__5__ went to England. Their teacher told them that the English p__6__ don't often shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands b__7__their backs. The English students heard that the Germans liked s__8__ hands, so they put their h__9__ in front and got r__10__ to shake hands with them. It made all of them laugh.

　　The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the o________ one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but w________ saying anything, wrote in the sand: “Today my best friend slapped me in the face.”

　　They kept on walking u________ they found an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend s________ him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: “Today my best friend saved my life.”

　　The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “A________ I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?” The other friend replied: “When s________ hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can e________ erase it.”

找出与画线部分意思相近的选项：

They kept on doing the work until it was finished.

1. A.
   didn't stop
2. B.
   went on with
3. C.
   went on
4. D.
   kept

"Can I see my baby?" asked the happy new mother. When the baby was in her arms, she couldn't believe her eyes. The baby was born without ears.

Time proved(证明) that the baby's hearing was very good though he had no ears. He got on well with his classmates. But one day, he said to his mother, tears in his eyes, "A big boy called me a freak (畸形的)."

　　The boy's father asked the family doctor. "Could nothing be done?"

　　"I believe I could graft (植入) on a pair of outer ears if they could be got," the doctor said. They tried to find a person who was helpful for the young man.

　　One day, his father said to the son, "You're going to the hospital, son. Mother and I have someone who will donate the ears you need. But we must keep it a secret who the person is."

　　The operation(手术) was a great success, and a new person appeared. His cleverness and hard work made him a very successful person. He married and lived a happy life.

　　He once asked his father, "Who gave me the ears? I could do enough for him or her."

　　"I do not believe you could, "said the father." The agreement was that you are not to know...not yet."

　　For years they kept it a secret, but the day did come. He stood with his father over his mother's body. Slowly, the father raised the thick, brown hair. To his surprise, the son found his mother had no outer ears.

　　"Mother said she was glad she never needed to cut her hair," his father said in a low voice, "and nobody ever thought mother less beautiful, did they?”

1.The mother was surprised to see her baby for the first time because the baby__.

2.The sentence"...a new person appeared." means"______."

3.Why did the boy's mother never cut her hair?

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

5.Which is the best title for the passage?