Sometimes good manners in one place are bad manners in other places.

If you are a visitor in the land of Mongolia (蒙古) and some friends ask you to eat with them, what kind of manners do they want you to have? They want you to give a loud "burp" ( 打嗝) after you finish eating. Burping will show that you like your food. In some countries, if you give a loud burp, you are told to say, "Excuse me, please.”

In many places people like to eat together. But in some parts on Polynesia (波里利西亚岛) it is bad manners to be seen eating at all. People show their good manners by turning their backs on others while they eat.

What are good manners like in an East African town? The people try not to see you. They are being polite. You may see a friend. He may not see you at all. If you’re polite, you will sit down beside him. You will wait until he finishes what he is doing. Then he will talk to you.

If you go to meet an Arab(阿拉伯的) friend, you should walk behind the tents(帐篷) until you come to his tent. If you pass in front of other tents, you will be asked to eat with them. And it is bad manners if you say no.

1.It is good manners to ___________ in Mongolia.

A. turn your back on others while eating

B. burp after eating

C. be silent while eating

D. talk a lot while eating

2.It’s bad manners to ___________ on Polynesia.

A. burp after eating B. eat too much

C. turn back on others eating D. see each other eating

3.Your friend won't see you until ___________ when you go to see him in an East African town.

A. you’re polite B. he finishes his work

C. you say hello to him D. you sit beside him

4.It is bad manners ___________ in Arabia.

A. to try not to see a visitor

B. to walk in front of the people's tents

C. not to eat with the people if you are asked to

D. to visit a friend while he is working

5.The writer wants to tell us ________________

A. different manners in different places

B. good manners and bad manners

C. manners of eating in different places

D. manners of visiting a friend in East Africa

Steven Jobs ,the designer(设计者) of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time,he was not a good student and he always made trouble with his schoolmates. When he went into college,he didn’t change a lot. Then he dropped out(退学). But he was full of new ideas.

After he left college,Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.

Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.

In 1975,he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage(车库) .He choose the name “Apple”just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.

His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.

1.Steven Jobs was not a good student in school because he____________.

A.never did his lessons

B.was full of new ideas

C.always made troubles with his schoolmates

2.Steven Jobs didn’t finish college,did he?

A.Yes,he did.

B.No,he didn’t.

C.Yes,he didn’t.

3.Steven Jobs designed his new computer __________.

A.In India

B.with his friend

C.in an apple tree garden

4.Steven Jobs was famous for his ___________all over the world.

A. Apple Computer B.apple C. new ideas

5.From this passage we know Steven Jobs ____________.

A.didn’t finish his studies in the college because he hated his schoolmates

B.liked traveling in India and California

C.liked trying new things and making his new ideas become true

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