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摘要：18．What do English people often talk about?A．Music B．Weather C．Work D．Families

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     In England, people don't usually talk very much. You can get on a bus or a train, and everyone likes
looking out of the window. Often they read books and papers. But they don't talk much.
     When you meet English people, they often talk about one thing-weather. So when you meet your
friends in England, you can say," Nice weather for the time of this year ! "
    "But it was a little cold yesterday. " Someone may answer.
    "But it got a bit warmer later!" You can say.
     Talk like this, and the English will think," How friendly you are!"
     It is never too hot or too cold for working or living in England. This is because of the sea. It keeps
the country warm in winter and cool in summer. The weather changes very often in England. One can
never has the same kind of weather for a long time. In spring, sunshine and rain follow each other quite
often during the day. So when one goes out, he must never forget to take an umbrella.

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One day it was time for lunch, and I was eating my sandwich that I prepared myself. Vera, the secretary(秘书) of our company, asked me absent-mindedly(心不在焉地),”Brown bagging today?” For a while, I was at a loss to find a word to respond(回答) to what she had said. I thought to myself,” You should have seen the black bag that I take with me to work every day.”

Seeing I was wearing a puzzled expression(表情),Vera promptly(立刻) explained that ”brown bagging” had the meaning of providing lunch for oneself or taking one’s lunch to eat in one’s office. Usually the food is kept in a brown paper bag, so it has this name. The persons who take their lunch with them are called brown baggers.

( )1.The writer had lunch________.

A. at home B. in a restaurant C. in the office D. at school

( )2. Vera was the ___ of our company.

A. boss B. cleaner C. manager D. secretary

( )3. The writer took a black bag to work__.

A. every day B. every Sunday C. every other day D. every two days

( )4. “Brown bagging” means___.

A. eat at home

B. take one’s lunch to eat in one’s office

C. eat in a restaurant

D. share(分享)lunch with one’s colleagues(同事)

( )5. According to this passage,__ was a “brown bagger”.

A. Vera B. the secretary C. the boss D. the writer

In England, people often talk about the weather because you can experience(感受到) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come, and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will clear(晴朗的), the sun will began to shine. It will be summer at this time of a day.

In England, you can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter you can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes you should take warm clothes.

When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella(伞) or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them. If you don’t take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret(后悔) later in the day.

6How many seasons are there in one day in England?

A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four

7 In the morning the weather is warm just like _____.

A. in spring B. in summer C. in autumn D. in winter

8 It is often too hot in England, isn’t it?

A. Yes, it is B. No, it isn’t. C. Yes, it isn’t. D. No, it is.

9 What do English people usually take with them?

A. a hat B. a raincoat C. an umbrella D. B and C

10 What’s the weather like in England?

A. warm B. changeable C. cold D. hot

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When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could   1  this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my   2  I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “ 3  You are going to college (大学).” I was very   4  when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”
Two days later,   5  took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends   6 together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I   7  I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we   8   the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard (门卫) and one minute later we were   9 . I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was   10 . I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the   11 ?”
“Too bad,” I answered.
“And marriage(婚姻) is even   12 !” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard   13  I could get into a good college. I   14  studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our   15  to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!