How to talk to a foreigner? Students often want to practice their English outside class．One of the best ways to practice your English is to speak to a foreigner．This week's question comes from a student who is eager to start a conversation with the foreigners he sees every day．He asks, “Is it okay to talk to foreigners I see in the street? The answer is yes and no, but probably no．If you see a foreigner who looks lost，it is polite to ask him。”May I help you? But，otherwise（除此之外），you should probably let him get on with his business．Situations，however, do exist where it is quite all right to talk to foreigners．If a foreigner enters year school，classroom，office，shop or restaurant，for instance，feel free to ask them  （for example）：

--May I know your name，please?

--Where do you come from?

--What do you think of Beijing?

--How long will you stay in Beijing?

There are also situations where it's okay to talk to foreigners in public places．If you see a foreigner alone in a restaurant，bar or care, it may be appropriate（恰当的）to ask him or her：

--Is this seat free?

--Do you mind if I talk to you in English?

--You pan probably help them if they are new to China and if they are alone，you may be able to make them feel more welcome．After a few such questions, you should know whether this person wants to talk to you or not．If they ask you similar questions, or if they give long, informative（提供有用信息的）answers, you're in luck．If not，then give them their privacy（独处）．Talking to strangers is fun if you choose the right time and place．

1、One way to practice your spoken English is to try to talk with         ．

A、your friends           B、foreigners              C、your classmates      D、your teacher

2、When you first meet a foreigner，you should probably say         ．

A、Where are you going?                              B、Have you eaten your dinner?

C、Can you help me with my English?               D、How do you do?

3、The writer suggests that we should         ．

A、follow foreigners when we meet them in the street

B、talk with a foreigner at a good time

C、have a meal with foreigners in a restaurant

D、move to a place where a foreigner lives

Have you ever seen a movie called “ The Choir Boys”(《放牛班的春天》)？The French movie tells the story of a group of naughty boys who learn music from a dedicated(尽职的) teacher. In Shanghai, there is also a group of children learning music. But their story is a bit different.
The musical group, “Shepherds’ Kids” , was founded(建立) by the Shanghai Jiuqian Volunteer Center. There are about 40 students in this group. Their parents are migrants(打工者) working in Shanghai.
“ The music courses are free,” said Zhang Yichao, founder of the group. “We just want to make the children’s lives more colorful.”
The kids learn singing, dancing and musical instruments. Their teachers are volunteers from high schools.
Learning music is not an easy job, especially for these migrant workers’ children.
“I never know the musical stave(五线谱) before,” said Hua Delong, 13. “Sometimes it was really hard to study.”
Tang Yue is a volunteer teacher at the center. She is a student from Shanghai Ping’he Bilingual High School.
“These kids face difficulties bravely,” said Tang. “Sometimes they have to help their parents do housework and have little time to practice, but I never hear them complain.”
Their hard work has paid off(回报). Today many people know the group. They have even performed as a choir for foreign pop stars.
Li Luo, 14, told “ Teens” how appreciative she was of the group.
“I had little fun before. I seldom(很少) watched TV. Study seemed the most interesting thing in my life. “Shepherds’ Kids has given me a new life.”
【小题1】In Hua Delong’s opinion, learning music is not an easy job because _______.

Have you had this experience? You are watching a movie. A man is shooting on the screen. The picture is so real that you think he is shooting at you. Or a car is speeding on the screen and at one point you are afraid that it will hit you. Yes,it’s a three-dimensional(3D) movie.
　　3D movies use special technology to make pictures seem more real and exciting than two-dimensional ones.They are fun to watch, but do you know how they are made? It is much easier to understand if we do an experiment.
　　Hold one of your fingers up at arms length and close one eye. Then try closing the other eye. As you switch(切换) between open eyes, you should see your finger “jumping” left and right against the background.
　　This happens because our two eyes are about 4cm away from each other. The separation(分开) causes each eye to see the world from a different angle. The brain puts these two views together. What you see becomes three-dimensional.
　　3D movies are made using two video cameras at the same time, which creates two different images. When the movie plays in a cinema, two projectors(放映机) put the two images on the screen. With a pair of 3D glasses, the two images are separated and each image only enters one eye. Your brain puts the two pictures back together, and the pictures on the screen become three-dimensional.

So far we can only see 3D movies in the cinema with a special screen and projector. But soon, we will be able to watch them in our living rooms.

51. According to the passage,3D movies _________.

A. are less real than the common movies
　B. use special projectors to make pictures
　C. will take the place of 2D movies soon
　D. can be only seen in the cinema now

52. We need _________ when seeing a 3D movie.
　A. Fingers.　　　　　 　B. 3D glasses.　 　　　C. Cameras. 　　　D. Pictures.

53. From the passage, we know that 3D technology ________.
　A. works in similar way of eyes seeing things
　B. creates two different images separately
　C. uses special video cameras and screens
　D. can be very easy to experiment with
54. In which page of a newspaper can you most probably read this passage?

A. Fiction　　　　　　 B. Advertisement　　　　 C. News　　　　 D. Science
55. The passage is mainly about ________.
　A. how 3D movies develops　　　　　　　　　　　 B. what 3D movies are
　C. how 3D technology works　　　　　　　　　　　 D. what 3D technology needs