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One thing that British and Chinese cultures share is a love for fine tea．Today，when we think of Western tea culture，we often think of the English and beautiful china tea cups．

Afternoon tea

People believe that an English lady，Anna，first introduced the idea of afternoon tea．In the 18th and 19th centuries, the English ate only two main meals each day--breakfast and a heavy supper that would last for several hours in the evening．As a result，people often got very hungry during the long wait between these two meals．To solve this problem，Anna came up with the clever idea of inviting some friends to join her for an afternoon meal between four and five o'clock．This meal included cakes and sandwiches，and tea was served（提供）to wash down the food．In order to make this afternoon meal important，fine china cups and plates，and silver teapots，knives，forks and spoons were used．Soon, afternoon tea Parties became popular social occasions．Today，afternoon tea parties continue to play an important part in the social life in modern Britain．

Will you come for coffee?

Coffee also has an important role in British culture．People often use the words “Will you come for coffee?” to mean “Would you like to come to my home for a chat?” Normally，several different drinks such as tea，hot chocolate or a soft drink like orange juice will be served as well as coffee，and you will be asked what you would like．However，you will not normally be offered wine at a “coffee” party．

Coffeehouses and the London Stock Exchange

In the l7th century London，coffeehouses were busy and noisy places．Businessmen and bankers went to coffeehouses to do their business，as well as to drink coffee．In fact，the London Stock Exchange（股票交易所）is believed to have started from these coffeehouses．

1．Anna introduced the idea of drinking afternoon tea because she ．

A．enjoyed chatting with her friends at home

B．loved fine tea and beautiful china tea cups

C．wanted to share nice food with her friends

D．found people felt hungry during the long wait between the two meals

2．What does “social occasions” mean in Chinese?

A．集体婚礼 B．社交活动 C．社区表演 D．公共场合

3．If someone says to you “Will you come for coffee?”, you ．

A．will be offered coffee only

B．are asked what you would like to drink

C．will be asked to have a chat with him or her

D．are invited to take part in an afternoon tea party

4．From the last paragraph（段落）we can see ．

A．a new business was started in coffeehouses

B．coffeehouses are still used by businessmen and bankers

C．businessmen and bankers went to coffeehouses just for coffee

D．most people wouldn’t like to go to coffeehouses because of the noise

5．Which is the best title（标题）of the article?

A．British And Chinese Cultures B．The Beginning of Tea and Coffee

C．Coffeehouses And Business D．English Tea and Coffee Culture

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We kids have different ways to get in touch with each other now. And for the old, they’d like to go to the market or     26      each other’s houses, but for the young, we kids needn’t follow the     27     of doing so.
The easiest way for us to get in touch and make    28     is to use the Internet services, like QQ. A lot of websites such as www.qq.com have     29    in the last few years and offered such kinds of     30     for free. So we can make friends    31     through the Internet. Maybe we do not    32    all these “friend” well. We add friends only    33    we seem cooler with more friends online.
Then how do we kids keep in touch with friends online? We make it by posting our     34      to each other. At times , “friends”     35     “be missing” for months without a message. Is this the friendship in the 21^st century?
Of course, using these Internet services is not     36    for saying “ Hi, what’s up?” Some of us have found long-lost classmates and friends     37    these websites. And at times we     38  a time to go to a movie or get together. What’s more, we kids can      39     our friends’ favourite music when we are on the Internet.
Believe it or not, these Internet services will be    40     for a while, and it is really a convenient way for us to keep in touch.

Close contacts between Japan and the rest of the world were created in the twentieth century. In the last forty years, business contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. Many foreign companies now have offices in Japan and Japanese businessmen do business around the world. Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder foreign businessmen and make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.
The American businessman, for example, wants to start talking business immediately. He does not want to wait. The Japanese businessman, on the other hand, likes to arrive at decisions after giving them serious thought. Another thing foreign businessmen have difficulty in understanding is when a Japanese means “Yes” or “No”. This is because of cultural differences between Japanese and Western society(社会), Which make it difficult for a Japanese to say “No” directly.
In the USA, it is easy to say “No” to something one does not want to do. But in Japan, it is very difficult to say “No”. To refuse an invitation or a request(请求) with “No” is felt to be impolite. It is thought to be selfish and unfriendly. So instead of saying “No” directly, the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid(避免) saying “No”. These can help them avoid hurting other people’s feelings. However, this often makes their ways of doing business rather difficult for foreigners to understand and follow.
【小题1】What often makes foreigners feel difficult to do business in Japan?

A．Their different ways of doing business.

B．Their different lifestyles.

C．The fact that the Japanese never say “No”.

D．The fact that the Japanese are slow to take action.

【小题2】Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined expression “bewilder foreign businessmen” in Paragraph One?

A．cause foreign businessmen to change their minds.

B．give a feeling of surprise to foreign businessmen.

C．attract foreign businessmen’s attention.

D．make foreign businessmen think wrongly.

【小题3】What fact does the passage lead you to believe?

A．American businessmen do things more slowly than Japanese ones.

B．American businessmen like to say “Yes” and “No”.

C．Americans usually say what they are thinking.

D．Americans do not say what they think or feel clearly.

【小题4】 From the passage we can infer(推断) that __________.

A．Japanese businessmen are good at business

B．foreign businessmen should try to know Japanese ways of doing business

C．foreign businessmen must be more polite

D．you must learn from Japanese businessmen if you want to succeed

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In the 13th century, the Italian traveler, Marco polo , traveled a long way to China , During his stay in China , he saw many wonderful things . One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money . In western countries , people did not use paper money until the 15th century . However , people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century .
A Chinese man called CaiLun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. He made it from wood . He took the wood from trees and made it into paper . He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book .
Now paper still comes from trees . We use a lot of paper every day ! If we keep on wasting so much paper , there will not be any trees on the earth . If there are no trees , there will be no paper . Every day , people throw away about 2800 tons (吨) of paper in our city . It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper . This means that we are cutting nearly 48000 trees every day . Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow , we must start using less paper now . If we don’t , we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper .
So how can we save paper ? We can use both sides of every piece of paper , especially when we are making notes .We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets . We can also use cotton handkerchiefs (手帕) and not paper ones . When we go shopping , we can use fewer paper bags . If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later .
Everyone can help to save paper . If we all think carefully , we can help protect trees . But we should do it now , before it is too late .
【小题1】When he was in China , Marco polo ___________ .

A．discovered CaiLun invented paper

B．learned to make paper

C．saw many wonderful things

D．told people about it

【小题2】About _______ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper ?

A．To use both sides of every piece of paper

B．To use the paper bags from shops more than once