72. In which country do you have to take off your shoes when you enter your host’s house?

71. When can you enter the room if you visit a friend in China?

Passage 5

Different countries and different people have different manners (礼貌). We must find out their customs (习俗) so that they will not think us ill-mannered (不礼貌). Here are examples of the things that a person with good education does or does not do.

If you visit a Chinese family, you should knock at the door first. When the door opens, you will not move before the host (男主人) says “Come in, please.” After you enter the room, you would not sit down until the host asks you to take a seat. When a cup of tea is put on a tea table before you or sent to your hand, you will say “Thank you” and receive it with two hands, not one hand, or they will think you are ill-mannered. Before entering a house in Japan, it is a good manner to take off your shoes. In European countries, even though shoes sometimes become very dirty, this is not done. In a Malay house, a visitor never finishes the food on the table. He leaves a little to show that he has had enough. In England, a visitor always finishes a drink or the food to show that he has enjoyed it. This will make the host pleasant.

70. Does the writer think it is necessary to know different customs in different countries?

69.(　)Who made Tom take the wrong train?

　　　　　　　　　 A. The train driver.　　　　　　　　　 　　　 　 B. The ticket seller in the station.

　　　　　　　　　 C. All the people at the station.　　　　 　 D. The people behind him on the platform.

68.(　) What did Tom do when he was on the train?

　　　　　　　　　 A. He closed the doors.　　 　　　 　　　 B. He counted the number of stops.

　　　　　　　　　 C. He hurried to take a seat.　　　　　　 　 D. He saw the names of stops.

67.(　) Why did Tom fail to see the names of the stations?

　　　　　　　　　 A. He was too lazy to see them.　　　 　　　 B. They were too small for him to see.

　　　　　　　　　 C. He was too busy to see them. 　　　D. It was too crowded for him to see them.

66.(　) What did Tom have to do before he bought the ticket?

　　　　　　　　　 A. To meet many people.　　　　　　　　 　 B. To wait long to buy a ticket.

　　　　　　　　　 C. To talk to some people.　　　　　　　 　 D. To ask the way to the train.

65.(　) What did Tom find when he arrived at the station?

　　　　　　　　　 A. Only a few people there.　　　　 　B. A few people waiting to buy tickets.

　　　　　　　　　 C. Many trains there.　 　　 　　　　　D. Many people waiting to buy tickets.

64.(　)Why did Tom go to the station?

　　　　　　　　　 A. To take a train.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. To meet his friends.

　　　　　　　　　 C. To say goodbye to his friend.　　　　　　　 　 D. To go home from work.

63.(　) Which of the following can we do in the zoo?

　　　　　　　　　 A. To touch the monkeys.　　　 　　　 B. To give some food to the animals.

　　　　　　　　　 C. To go near to the tigers.　 　　　　　 D. To watch the animals carefully.

Passage 4

Tom went into the station soon after five o’clock in the afternoon. This is a bad time to travel in London, both by bus and by train, because lots of people go home from work at this hour. He had to join a long queue of people who were waiting for tickets. When at last his turn came, he got the right ticket. By asking several people the way, he also found the right platform (站台). It was crowded and he was not able to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the edge of the platform to be ready to get on the next one. When a train came in, Tom was thrown on to the train by the rush of people from behind. The doors closed and the train moved off before he was able to get his breath (呼吸) out. Since he was not able to see the names of the stations where the train stopped, he had to count the number of stops so that he knew where to get off. His station was the seventh along the line.

　 When the train reached the seventh station, Tom got off. But he was surprised to see that he had got off at a station that he had never heard of. A man on the platform told him that he had traveled on a train going in the wrong direction (方向).