68. People aren’t allowed(允许)to __________ .

A. bring anything into the area.　　　　　　　　 B. have soft drinks in the area.

C. look after children in the area.　　　　　　　 D. sit in the sun for long in the area.

67. The notice is written for __________.

A. visitors　　　　　　 B. children　　　　　　 C. workers　　　　　　 D. managers

66. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do” means ____________ .

A. the Romans are people of good manners

B. people in the United States want to learn from the Romans

C. Americans always do the same things as the Romans do

D. You should get used to the local customs wherever you go

D

To make sure that you enjoy your visit to the Hamper Hot Springs(泉)and that you are safe during your visit, please take time to read the following:

◆ Do not place your head under the hot water, because it may be bad for your health.

◆ Do not run around because the floors may be slippery.

◆ Do not leave your children alone.

◆ Do not leave your things about. Just ask one of our workers look after your things.

◆ Do not eat or drink anything in the area because we want to keep here clean. There is a place for you to eat and have soft drinks when you want to have a rest.

◆ Do not bring into the area anything made of glass, because it maybe easily broken when you fall.

◆ Do not bring any hard drinks into the area.

◆ Do not smoke in the area.

◆ Do not stay in the sunlight for too long.

We hope that you will enjoy your visit here.

65. A guest at an American’s dinner party should show his politeness(礼貌)by _________.

A. not eating up all the food offered

B. putting more food onto his plate as soon as he has emptied it

C. refusing the offer of food or drink though he is still hungry or thirsty

D. asking for things directly if he wants

64. In the West, people consider it bad manners ________ .

A. to put less food onto his plate　　　　　　　 B. to ask for something directly

C. to eat much at a dinner party　　　　　 D. to keep asking someone to accept something

63. From the passage we can see that the writer is ________.

A. a Chinese　　　　　　 B. a Roman　　　　　 C. an American　　　　 D. a Thailand

62. According to the writer, from this simple story we can learn: __________.

A. Be careful not to be blind.　　　　　 B. Be creative. There is always a better way!

C. Be kind to the blind.　　　　　　　　 D. Don’t always get, but offer!

C

The customs(风俗)in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it. That often discomforts(让……不舒服)me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I do not want to. I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he very often refuses the offer of food or drink though he’s in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners in China, but it is not in the West at all. In the United States, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something. Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “No thanks.” When an American is served with beer by the host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks. I’ll take some orange juice if you have it.” That is what an American will do. So when you go to the United States, you’d better remember the famous saying: “When in Rome, do as Romans do.”

61. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign.

B. The man took away the few coins from the hat.

C. The boy pretended to be blind, for he didn’t want to go to school.

D. Nobody wanted to give coins to the boy.

60. From the passage we know that __________.

A. the boy always has a hat on his head.　　　　　　　 B. the man is one of his neighbors.

C. the boy is blind and needs help.　　　　　　　　　 D. the boy works for the man.

59. Which of the following is True about Hip-Hop dancing?

A. It is not a good way to exercise.　　　 B. It shows that young people feel bad about life.

C. Young people use this dance to show their love for life.

D. It shows that young people are afraid of problems.

B

One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held a sign which said, “I am blind, Please help me.”

There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the news words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving the money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked.” Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day, but I can not see it.”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.

The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.

The first is: Treasure what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to　 help those who need your help.

The second is : Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.