One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friendRickRick told him that his flat was on the first floorWhen he arrivedSimon went straight to the first floor of the buildingBut he was told that there was no Rick on that floorDo you know why?

    In factthe British call the first floor of a building the ground floorThe floor above the ground floor is the first floorwhich Americans would call the second floor

    The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and Americathough the British and Americans both speak English

    The British usually hide their feelingsThey seldom start a conversation with strangersFor example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or booksBut Americans are quite differentThey’re more active and easier to talk with.

    The British and Americans may use different terms for many thingsThe British usually use footballeraser and mail while Americans prefer to use soccerrubber and post

1Simon went to London to ________.

   Avisit his friend               Bspend his holiday

   Cstudy English                  Dhave a meeting

2Which picture shows US where Rick’s flat was? ________.

3According to the passagethe British usually spend their time ________on the train

   Aplaying cards                       Btalking loudly

   Cdoing some reading                 Dsinging and dancing

4What does the underlined word “terms" mean in Chinese in the passage?

    ________.

   A.成果       B.学期      C.会议 D.用语

5What’s the best title for the passage? ________.

   ADifferences in culture           BSimon’s funny story

   CInformation abroad          DHiding the feelings

In Americayou might go to the emergency room if you are very sickespecially if your doctor or a parent feels that you need medical attention right awayIn the emergency roomthe doctors and nurses will take care of you and help you feel betterIf you need to stay at the hospital at nightnurses will take you and your parents to your hospital room.

    Once you’re in the hospital roomyou may have a room all to yourselfbut sometimes you will share one with another kidYour room will have a bed that has buttons to make parts of the bed move up and downA curtain can be pulled around your bed so that you cannot be seen when you’re resting or changing your clothesThere are usually lights that you can turn on and offThere is a special button to push that will call the nurse if you need anything. You’ll probably have a bathroom in your room too.

    You’ll probably also have a TV and a telephone in your room to help you keep busy while you’re in the hospitalIf you’re going to be in the hospital for a longer timeyou can always bring things that remind you of homelike pictures of your familyanimal dollsbooksor toysor even put up favorite pictures on the wall around your bed

1The word “emergency” means“ _______ ”in Chinese

      A.手术         B.休息            C.紧急           D.输液

2Why should you be taken to the emergency room?

      ABecause you often forget things these days

      BBecause you can’t sleep well these days

      CBecause you get angry easily

      DBecause you cannot see anything suddenly

3In the hospital room, __________ .

      Ayou will have to stay without a roommate

      Byou cannot touch any of the buttons around you

      Cyou will have a bedside telephone but no TV

      Dyou call decorate it like a home

4According to the passagewhich room looks like a hospital room?

5From the passagewe know that kids in hospital rooms can easily _______.

Aget angry                           Bmake friends

Cmiss home                          Dfeel excited

A sign is a kind of languageHere are some of them that you can see on the roads

    Number one is a sign with the number“thirty”on itWhen drivers see this signthey must not go at a speed of more than thirty kilometers an hourWe see this sign when We are getting near townsNumber two means that we’re near a crossingWe must drive carefullyNumber  three is a sign that there is a bend(转弯)in the roadAgainWe must drive slowly and carefullyIt is not safe to go round a bend very fastNumber four is a sign that there is another road in from the rightThere is a junction(交叉点)at this placeNumber five is a sign that there is a hill and Number six is a sign that the road gets narrowerDrivers must go slowly and carefullyNumber seven has the word“SCHOOL”on itThis is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the roadPerhaps there are children going to or leaving schoolso drivers should look carefully and go slowlyNumber eight is a sign with the letter“P”on itThe letter“P”means “Parking”In some placesthere are the signs saying“NO PARKING”or“NO WAITING”If a driver leaves his ear near one of these signsa policeman may come and write down the number of his car.

1At places where you see sign l ___________.

Ayou are already out of the town      

Byou still have thirty kilometers to go

Cthere is a town thirty kilometers away 

Dthere are many houses and buildings not far away

2Sign 2 stands near a place where________.

      Atwo roads cross       Bpeople can cross the road

      Cthe road gets narrow   Dthere are no traffic lights

3You have to drive not only slowly but al4 carefully when you see________

      Aeach of the eight signs     Beither of signs 2 and 3

      Call of signs 36and 7   Dany of signs 367 and 8

4A driver can leave his car__________

      Anear a sign with “NO PARKING” on it

      Bnear sign 8 at any time

      Cnear a sign with“NO WAITING”if there are no police there

      Dnear a sign with“P”0n it in the daytime

5People put these signs on the roads to________

      Ashow drivers the way       Bstop cars

      Cmake driving safer              Dlearn another kind of language

Look at the diagram. It   1   something of home computer used by a group of young people.

We asked thirty young people between fourteen and eighteen. We asked them how much  2  they usually spent on their computers in a week, but we were most interested in  3  they used their omputers for.

The usual time spent on a computer in a week was about twelve hours, with  4  user about thirty-two hours, and the lowest user only five hours.

All the children said they usually used computers  5   . Fourteen children told us they did some word processing (文字处理)  6   . Only two of them said computers helped with their lessons, and eight people told us they kept addresses and phone numbers on their computers or used   7  as diaries. Only three people said they were learning to make computer programmes and nobody looked up databases(数据库). None of them used computers for any  8  use.

The results show that computer use is quite high among 1418 year old. They also show quite clearly that computers  9  by most young people as little more than game machines. The only other great uses are for word-processing and  10  address lists. Though computers are common in the homes of young people, they have not yet become useful in everyday life.

1. A. shows        B. says                    C. writes                 D. gives

2. A. hours          B. money           C. time                   D. /

3. A. what            B. why               C. how                      D. whether

4. A. high             B. higher            C. the higher              D. the highest

5. A. to read        B. reading          C. to play games        D. playing games

6. A. at times        B. as usual         C. in the end             D. all the time

7. A. theirs                  B. them              C. its                         D. it

8. A. another         B. other             C. the other               D. others

9. A. are seen        B. have seen       C. will be seen                  D. see

10. A. closing       B. opening          C. leaving                 D. keeping

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