It helps us understand the world better if we know a little geography and have some maps at hand.But with maps in Chinese only,misunderstanding is possible in studying world events.Chinese names are long,hard to pronounce and without meaning to a foreigner.For the opening of the country maps are important and helpful and needed badly.

I wish maps in various languages,such as those used in the United Nations,would come out and be sold in all bookstores open to Chinese.

1.The writer is mainly talking about 　　　.

A.geography　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.maps

C.Chinese names　　　　　　　　　　　 D.the opening of the country

2.Knowing a little geography and having some maps in Chinese only,a foreigner 　　　.

A.can study world events easily

B.can study world events without misunderstanding

C.can’t study world events without misunderstanding

D.will feel joy in studying world events

3.What are the difficulties for a foreigner to use a map in Chinese?

A.A foreigner has nowhere to buy a map.

B.All the bookstores only open to Chinese.

C.The names of Chinese people are long,hard to pronounce and without meaning.

D.The names of places on a map in Chinese are long,hard to pronounce and without meaning.

4.In the United Nations people use maps in 　　　.

A.foreign languages only　　　　　　 B.Chinese only

C.various languages　　　　　　　　　 D.English only

Pubs play an essential part in British people's lives. You could 　36 find a native who has never been to a pub. A pub can be easily found 　37 you are in a faraway area. The British are known as indifferent (冷漠) people. In the pub, however, people are 　38 together about weather, football, etc. and the 　39 is relaxing and cheerful.

You have to be 18 years old to 　40 a drink in a pub. Some pubs will allow people over 14 to go inside if they are 　41 by someone who is over 18. You have to go to the bar to buy yourself. So those who don't know the 　42 always have to wait a long time before realizing that they have to 　43 their own.

You are not 　44 to pay pub waiters in cash. The correct behavior is to 　45 them a drink. Pubs pride themselves on their egalitarian (主张人人平等的) atmosphere. A tip 　46 would be a reminder of their service role, whereas the offer of a drink is a friendly 　47 .

About 10 minutes 　48 closing time, the landlord will ring a bell and will tell people to order their 　49 drinks. The pub is not allowed to 　50 drinks after closing time. You must stop 　51 20 minutes after closing time; if you have not 　52 by this time, the pub landlord may ask you to leave.

Pubs offer the best 　53 for foreigners to understand British 　54 . That's why pubs are regarded as the 　55 of British culture. So if you have the opportunity to visit Britain, go to a pub.　　　　

36. A. never　　　　　　　　 B. hardly　　　　　　　　　　 C. sometimes　　　　 D. often　　

37. A. as if　　　　　　　　　 B. when　　　　　　　　　　　 C. even if　　　　　　　　　　 D. because　

38. A. chatting　　　　　　　　　　 B. drinking　　　　　　　　　 C. discussing　　　　 D. arguing　

39. A. life B. pub C. weather D. atmosphere

40. A. offer　　　　　　　　　 B. order　　　　　　　　　　　 C. charge　　　　　　　　　　 D. pay　　

41. A. allowed B. promised　　　　　　　　 C. proved D. accompanied

42. A. custom　　　　　　　 B. pub　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. entrance　　　　　 D. landlord　

43. A. drink　　　　　　　　 B. offer　　　　　　　　　　　 C. fetch 　　　　　　 　D. afford　

44. A. permitted　　　　　 B. suspected　　　　　　　　 C. supposed 　　　　　　 　D. respected

45. A. offer　　　　　　　　　 B. accept　　　　　　　　　　 C. allow　　　　　　　 D. refer　　

46. A. in turn　　　　　　　 B. in cash　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. in order　　　　　　 D. in surprise

47. A. customer　　　　　 B. foreigner　　　　　　　　 C. movement　　　　 D. gesture　

48. A. before　　　　　　　　 B. after　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. at　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. by　　

49. A. first　　　　　　　　　 B. last　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. own　　　　　　　　 D. fine　　

50. A. serve　　　　　　　　 B. make　　　　　　　　　　　 C. carry　　　　　　　 D. take　　

51. A. chatting　　　　　　　　　　 B. ringing　　　　　　　　　　 C. drinking 　　　　 　D. eating　

52. A. drunk　　　　　　　　 B. left　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. served　　　　　　　 D. waited　

53. A. drinks　　　　　　　　 B. seats　　　　　　　　　　　 C. places 　　　　　 　D. wine　

54. A. culture 　　　　　　　　　　 B. food　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. wine　　　　　　　　 D. service

55. A. sign　　　　　　　　　 B. symbol　　　　　　 　　 C. direction　　　　　 D. flag

1　 there, don’t try to speak English perfectly, 　2 if you do so, no one will understand you. In London ninety-nine in every hundred people speak 　3 English. You may say that 　4 they don’t speak English well themselves, they can 　5 understand it when it is well spoken. They　 6 when the speaker is English. But when the speaker is a 　7 , the better he speaks, the 　8 it is to understand him.

No foreigner can 　9 stress(重读) the syllables(音节) and make the tone(声调) 　10 and fall in question and 　11 exactly as a 　12 does. 　13 the first thing you have to do is to speak with a strong 　14 accent, and speak broken, that is, English without any 　15 . Then every English person you 　16 will at once know you are a foreigner, and try to understand you and be ready to 　17 you. He will not 　18 you to be polite and use grammatical phrases. He will be 　19 by his cleverness in making out(弄清) your 　20 and being able to tell what you want to know.

1. A. settled　　　 B. heard　　　 C. understood　 D. known

2. A. because　　　 B. unless　　　 C. whatever　　 D. for

3. A. American　　 B. bad　　　　 C. standard　　 D. no

4. A. because　　　 B. since　　　 C. when　　　　 D. even if

5. A. hardly　　　 B. really　　　 C. at least　　 D. at most

6. A. say　　　　　 B. can　　　　 C. think　　　　 D. hope

7. A. foreigner　　 B. native　　　 C. Londoner　　 D. traveler

8. A. better　　　 B. easier　　　 C. harder　　　 D. clearer

9. A. never　　　　 B. even　　　　 C. ever　　　　 D. only

10. A. right　　　 B. exact　　　 C. raise　　　　 D. rise

11. A. request　　 B. answer　　　 C. sentence　　 D. phrase

12. A. native　　　 B. foreigner　 C. child　　　　 D. reporter

13. A. While　　　 B. Although　　 C. Because　　　 D. Therefore

14. A. London　　　 B. British　　 C. foreign　　　 D. country

15. A. grammar　　 B. mistake　　 C. expression　 D. word

16. A. know　　　　 B. see　　　　 C. look for　　 D. speak with

17. A. welcome　　 B. help　　　　 C. teach　　　　 D. praise

18. A. expect　　　 B. scold　　　 C. show　　　　 D. think

19. A. strict　　　 B. surprised　 C. pleased　　　 D. praised

20. A. way　　　　 B. meaning　　 C. mistake　　　 D. country

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　　Every Chinese-language textbook starts out with the standard phrases for greeting people, but as an American, I always found myself 1 to speak freely when it came to seeing guests off at the door. Just a good-bye would not do, yet that was all I had ever learned from the 2 books. So I would smile and nod, bowing like a Japanese and searching madly for words that would 3 over the visitor's leaving and make them feel they would be 4 to come again. In my unease, I often hid behind the skirts of my Chinese husband's kindness.

　　Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrases that 5 relationships and sent people off not only successfully but also skillfully.

　　 6 for the Chinese includes a lot of necessary habitual practice. Although as a 7 , I'm not expected to observe or even know all the rules, I've had to learn the expressions of politeness and 8 at a leaving-taking.

　　The Chinese feel they 9 see a guest off to the farthest possible point--down the flight of stairs to the street below or perhaps all the way to the 10 bus stop. I've sometimes waited half an hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, 11 he's gone to the bus stop and waited for the 12 bus to arrive.

　　That's very well, but when I'm the guest being seen off, my protests are always 13 My hostess or host, or both, insists on 14 me down the stairs and well on my way, with my repeating the“Don't 15 to see me off at the every landing” . If I try to go fast to 16 them from following, they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me. Better to accept the inevitable（不可避免的）.

　　Besides, that's going against Chinese 17 ,because haste (doing things quickly) is to be avoided. What do you say when you 18 someone? Not“Farewell or Godspeed（祝福）” , 19 “Go slowly” .To the Chinese it means“Take care”or“Watch your 20 ”,or some such caution（谨慎）, but translated literally（字面意思）it means“Go slowly”.

听力理解

　　第一节　听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项．听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题．每段对话仅读一遍．

1．What is the woman looking for?

[　　]

A．A post office.

B．A bookstore.

C．A doctor's office.

2．Where does the conversation take place?

[　　]

A．At a train station.

B．On a bus.

C．At a booking office.

3．What does the woman do first after she gets up?

[　　]

A．Brush her teeth.

B．Do some reading.

C．Have breakfast.

4．How much is the ticket to London?

[　　]

A．$6. 40.

B．$3. 20.

C．$9. 60.

5．What is the woman?

[　　]

A．A teacher.

B．The boy's mother.

C．A saleswoman.

　　第二节　听下面5段对话或独白．每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项．听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间．每段对话或独白读两遍．

听第6段材料，回答第6～7题．

6．When will the man go to Los Angeles?

[　　]

A．Next Monday.

B．Next Sunday.

C．This Sunday.

7．When should the man check in?

[　　]

A．9: 25.

B．9: 55.

C．8: 55.

听第7段材料，回答第8～10题．

8．What are the two speakers talking about?

[　　]

A．Whether they should go for a holiday.

B．Where they should go for the holiday.

C．How they could save money for the holiday.

9．Why doesn't Bob want to go to Florida?

[　　]

A．It is warmer than Sheffield.

B．It is too far away.

C．It is colder than Sheffield.

10．What's the relationship between the two speakers?

[　　]

A．They are husband and wife.

B．They are father and daughter.

C．They are friends.

听第8段材料,回答第11～13题．

11．Where are the man and the woman going?

[　　]

A．To the bus station.

B．To the police station.

C．To the railway station.

12．What does the woman think they should do?

[　　]

A．Take a taxi.

B．Walk slowly.

C．Leave the bags with the police.

13．What does the man find out at last?

[　　]

A．Fifteen minutes is too long.

B．The traffic is moving too slowly.

C．He is not able to carry both bags.

听第9段材料，回答第14～16小题．

14．How did the man feel the first time he spoke English to a foreigner?

[　　]

A．Eager.

B．Tense.

C．Happy.

15．What was the man worried about?

[　　]

A．His pronunciation was bad.

B．He might make lots of mistakes.

C．He might not be able to express himself clearly.

16．What did the foreigner response (反应) when the man talked with him?

[　　]

A．He nodded and smiled, but didn't say anything.

B．He nodded and said something.

C．He smiled and repeated something.

听第10段材料，回答第17～20小题．

17．By whom was the technical school run?

[　　]

A．An American.

B．A Japanese.

C．A young Englishman.

18．What do you think of the young man?

[　　]

A．He was kind.

B．He was better than the old man.

C．He was cruel.

19．What did the 16-year-old boy want to b e?

[　　]

A．He wanted to be a brave man.

B．He wanted to be a strict man.

C．He wanted to be a manager.

20．Why did the old man say “Good”?

[　　]

A．Because he thought what the boy did was quite right.

B．Because he thought the boy was stronger than the young man.

C．Because he never thought a boy dared to hit a young man.

　　第三节　听下面一段独白，读三遍；第一遍听短文大意，第二遍边听边写下所缺的词或者短语，第三遍检查．

　　(1) ________, most people nowadays (2) ________ with each other by telephone. The first telephone (3) ________ was printed in a town (4) ________. In 1877 there were only 2, 600 telephones in the world. ．By 1990 there were over 250 million. (5) ________ by Alexander Bell, (6) ________ in the last quarter of the twentieth century, there have been great advances in telephone equipment. (7) ________, more and more (8) ________ telephones are being used by people. The mobile phone which has no (9) ________ can be carried easily. The cordless phone also has no wires, which is very useful in the office or in the factory. It is easy for people to look up any information. (10) ________ in it has been developed for business people.