Choose the best answer and complete the passage (选择最恰当的选项完成短文)

Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a meeting place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge. They discussed various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was _______ that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more precious to her than mountains of gold. The books are in every language— new books, ancient books, _______ a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old. She had asked the government for permission to move the books to a safe place, but they refused. So Alia took matters into her own hands, Secretly, she brought books home every night, _______ her car late after work. Her friends came to help her when the war _______. Anis who owned a restaurant agreed to hide some books. All though the night, Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, passed them over the sever-foot wall and hid them in the restaurant. The books stayed hidden as the war _______. Then nine days later, a fire burned the library to the ground.

One day, the bombing stopped and the soldiers left. But the war was not over yet. Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be moved again while the city was quiet. So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs(郊区). Now Alia waited for the war to end and _______ peace and a new library.

1.A.worried B.angry C.doubtful D.curious

2.A.then B.still C.even D.rather

3.A.starting B.parking C.testing D.filling

4.A.took off B.broke out C.went off D.broke up

5.A.opened B.stopped C.continued D.ended

6.A.dreamed of B.believed in C.cared about D.looked for

Our new foreign students are going to arrive very soon, and here are some ways to communicate with them politely.

How close do you stand when you talk to a friend? You can stand close to people in the Middle East but doesn’t stand too close to North Americans! Give them more personal space.

Do you know how to touch people correctly? Chinese girls often walk arm in arm with their friends. South Americans sometimes hold your arm when they talk to you, so you can’t move away! But in Britain many people don’t like other people to touch them at all.

Do you look at people when you talk? In some places, it isn’t polite to look at people when you talk, but in other countries it isn’t polite to look somewhere else. In Britain and the USA, people usually look at each other when they talk.

And how do you say goodbye? That’s easy, wave(挥手) to say goodbye. But be careful! In Greece, it’s not at all polite! In fact, it’s very rude!

1.From the passage, we should give more _________ personal space.

A.people in the Middle East B.people in north America

C.people in south America D.people is south China

2.The underlined word “touch” means _________ in Chinese.

A.触碰 B.打击 C.感动 D.震撼

3.We can’t wave to say goodbye in _________.

A.America B.Japan C.Britain D.Greece

4.How many ways are given to communicate with foreign students?

A.Tow. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.Saying goodbye B.Touching people C.Looking at people D.Communicating politely

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