We know good manners are important. Today I am going to tell you something about manners in different countries. I think you already know that people in different countries usually have different ways of doing things. ①Something that is rude in one country may be quite         in    

      . ②For example, in Britain you mustn’t raise your bowl to your mouth when you are having soup. That is considered bad manners in Britain. But in Japan you needn’t worry about making noise when you drink something. It shows that you are enjoying it. In Britain we try not to put our hands on the table at all during a meal. ③Guests are expected to keep their hands on the table during a meal in Mexico. In Arabic countries, we must be careful with our hands. You see, in Arabic countries you mustn’t eat with your left hand. This is considered to be very impolite. So, what should you do if you visit a foreign country? Well, you needn’t worry. You can ask the native people there to help you and you can just watch carefully and try to do what they do.

1.将①处句子补充完整，每空一词。

Something that is rude in one country may be quite           in          .

2.翻译②处句子。

________________________________________________________________

3.对③处划线部分提问。

________________________________________________________________

Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. I started to read newspapers at the age of 4.

①I’m so busy that I can’t read all the news. So we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we often have a few minutes to look at the names of the passages.

In the world newspapers can be found everywhere. Some newspapers are published once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They only choose what they like.

②Today newspapers in English have the largest number of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. They bring us more and more information together with the Internet.

1.写出划线①处的同义句。

I am        busy         read all the news.

2.翻译②处的句子。

3.根据文章意思，将下面的句子补充完整。

I started reading newspapers          I           4 years old.

阅读短文，根据短文内容完成下列各题。 

It would be hard for a family to live on 300 yuan a month, wouldn’t it?

That’s how much Li Hua’s family have to live on for a whole year. The world is now trying to help people like Li Hua to live better.

（1）From Tuesday until today, about 2000 government leaders, scientists met in Shanghai to talk about stopping poverty (贫穷) around the world.

According to the United Nations, the poorest people in the world live on less than 8.5 yuan a day.

Most of those people live in African countries like Sierra Leone and Somalia. These countries often have wars and lots of diseases. (2)Now, more than 1 billion people in the world live in poverty. The UN said that by 2015, that number should be cut in half.

To help China’s poor places, the World Bank has given more than 37 billion yuan to help China build railways and schools and stop river pollution and deserts.

Many places in China’s countryside, like Li Hua’s home in Chongqing, are very poor. Li Hua, 13, lives with her mother, two grandparents and 16-year-old brother in Chongqing. Her father is dead. The family makes their living by planting crops. They have no TV, no electric fan and no telephone.

1. 翻译汉语。

2. 翻译汉语。

3. What is the meeting in Shanghai to talk about?

4. What can Chinese do with the 37 billion yuan?

5. Which is the title for the passage, still too Many Poor People or What Is Poverty?