A The custom of giftgiving 

You know giftgiving plays a very important role nowadays.   Let's see what's happened in some countries.

Australia 

Australia is known for its friendliness and frankness (坦诚) .At a business show,T-shirts,ties,baseball caps,or a pin may be good gifts. Anything more than these types of gifts could cause embarrassment.

Greece 

The most common form of showing thanks inGreeceis probably an evening's entertainment. If you do want to give a gift,dont give personal things,such as ties and shirts. If you are invited to a Greek home,flowers or a cake for the hostess are good gifts.

Germany

A West Virginia manager who was visitingGermanyfor the first time was invited to the home of his largest customer. He decided to bring his hostess a bouquet of flowers. He bought a dozen red roses.

Oops!Terrible mistake!Flowers are often taken to a hostess of a dinner party at her home,but there are three taboos (禁忌) to remember; (1) Red roses stands for (象征) a romantic interest. (2) An even number (偶数) of flowers stand for bad luck,so does the number thirteen. (3) always unwrap (不要包扎) the flowers before giving them away. What this manager did made others think he fell in love with his customer's wife.

Italy

When you are invited to a person's home for dinner,it might be nice to bring flowers or a box of chocolates for your hostess. And inItalynever give chrysanthemums (菊花) as presents,because they suggest death.

(   ) 26. Australiais known for it's         .

   A. friendliness and frankness   B. beautiful roses and ties

   C. friendliness and pins   D. business shows

(   ) 27. The most common form of showing thanks inGreeceis         .

   A. T-shirts and ties   B. an evening's entertainment

   C. a dozen of flowers   D. some flowers and a cake

(   ) 28. What does an even number of flowers mean inGermany?

   A. Good luck. B. Bad luck.

   C. A romantic interest. D. Death.

(   ) 29. InItaly,chrysanthemums stand for         .

   A. love   B. death   C. happiness   D. illness

(   ) 30. From the passage,we can learn that         .

   A. different countries have different culture

   B. red roses stand for love inItaly

   C. the number "13” is a luck number inGermany

   D. chrysanthemums are good gift for the hostess in the whole world

 Once upon a time,a rich man wanted to make a trip to another town. He tried not only to take things to sell but also to take money to buy things with. He decided to take ten servants (仆人) with him. They would carry the things to sell and the food to eat on their trip. Before they started,a little boy ran up to the rich man and asked to go with them.

The rich man said to the little boy, "Well,you may go with us. But you are the smallest,the thinnest and the weakest of all my servants,you can't carry a heavy load (担子) .You must choose the lightest one to carry. ” The boy thanked his master and chose the biggest load to carry. That was bread.

"You are foolish. " said his master, "that is the biggest and the heaviest one. ” The boy said nothing and lifted the load gladly.

On the trip they walked for days and at last they got to the town. All the servants were tired except the little servant. Do you know why? Most of the bread was eaten during the trip and a little was left when they arrived at the town.

(   ) 46. What did the rich man want to do during the trip?

   A. Selling things. B. Buying things.

   C. Going sightseeing. D. Both A and 

(   ) 47. The rich man decided to take some servants         .

   A. to carry things for him   B. to make money for him

   C. to tell others he is rich   D. to send them home

(   ) 48. The rich man wanted the boy to carry        load.

   A. the heaviest   B. the lightest   C. the biggest   D. the empty

(   ) 49. Which is true according to the passage?

   A. The rich man didn't want to take the boy with him.

   B. The boy carried the biggest load because he liked food very much.

   C. The rich man thought the boy was foolish.

   D. There was nothing in the boy's load at last.

(   ) 50. What do you think of the boy?

   A. He is fool. B. He is clever.

   C. He is strong. D. He is lazy.

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