English people have porridge for breakfast, too. But their porridge is made of oats (燕麦), not rice.
Many English people put sugar in their porridge, but the Scottish always put salt in it.
     English people always drink tea out of cups, not out of glasses. They usually drink tea with sugar
and milk. When you go to an English family for tea, the host (男主人) or hostess always asks you,
"How many lumps (方块) of sugar do you want in your tea?"
     In ordinary English families, the main meal is in the evening, because most of the families are away
during the day. But on Sunday when everybody is at home, they make the midday (正午) meal, and in
the evening they have a much lighter supper.

根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。
(     )1. Some English people like eating porridge and putting sugar in their porridge.
(     )2. All English people always drink tea with coffee and sugar.
(     )3. Lunch is the main meal for English people.
(     )4. Everybody in England is at home on Sunday.
(     )5. English people have the main meal in the evening on Sunday.

     Do you see many signs around you? Do you know the signs are an important part of our daily life?
They can be in pictures or in words to give people information. What do people think are good signs?
If you are thinking about making signs for others, what should you know?
    The most important thing is that signs should be simple and easy to understand. It is important to use
clear language. On the other hand, the words should be easy to write and you just need to write down
what you want to do. "Keep off the grass" is a very good example. It means "Don't touch or walk on the
grass".
     Nowadays, there is a saying that "A picture paints a thousand words". Perhaps that's why we are
seeing more and more signs in pictures, or a combination of pictures and words. However, that's the
difficult part, because picture signs may have different meanings in different countries.

1. First, a good sign should be ____.

A. clear
B. beautiful
C. funny
D. interesting

2. The writer uses "A picture paints a thousand words" to show that ____.

3. What does the underlined word "combination" mean?

A. 分开
B. 结合
C. 并列
D. 平行

4. What is the disadvantage (不利因素) of picture signs?

A. They are too simple.
B. They are not easy to understand.
C. They are not as interesting as word sign.
D. They may have different meanings in different countries.

A. Word Signs
B. Picture Signs
C. The History of Signs
D. Signs Are Important

     When our friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry or
looking at their watches always. It isn't that our friends are all very busy. It is just because we haven't a
TV set. They think that we are very strange.
     But what do you do in the evening? They always ask. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I
have hobbies. We certainly don't spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and
painting and often has evening classes for foreign languages. This is very useful because we often go to
other countries for our holidays. I collect stamps and I am always busy with my collection. Both of us
enjoy listening to music and playing chess together.
    Sometimes there is power cut and the house is dark. We are not worried because we can just light
candles and chat with each other about what we did before. Our friends are upset at that time because
they don't know what to do without a TV set. On such evenings, our house is always full because my
friends all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television,
everybody talks and plays games.

1. When friends visit my wife and me, they ____.

A. seem to be very busy
B. feel very upset
C. like to talk much
D. are very friendly

2. The couple haven't a television, because ____.

3. Both of the couple (夫妻) are interested in ____.

A. learning languages
B. traveling
C. collecting
D. cooking

4. At night when there is no electricity, the couple ____.

A. have to stare at the walls
B. have to go out for candles
C. will welcome many visitors
D. do nothing and sit without any word

A. the television is useful
B. electricity is important
C. life is enjoyable without television
D. life is impossible without a television

     Newspapers are very important in our daily life. Many people begin their day by reading the paper. In
this way they learn what is going on in the world. Sometimes, however, they didn't have the time to read
the news carefully and must be pleased with a quick look at the front page. At other times they may be in
such a hurry that they have time only to have a quick look at the headlines.
    There are newspapers to please every reader. In big cities there are many types with several different
editions (版) every day. In some towns there are fewer newspapers and perhaps only one edition each day.
In some places the paper is printed (印刷) weekly. 
    Most papers have several editions, especially on Sundays when the edition is larger than usual. There are
besides the front page with the most important news, the sports news, the amusement page, a business
page and so on.

1. People read newspapers to ______.

A. learn about the less important news
B. be pleased
C. learn about whatever they want
D. get some information

2. Reading the headlines, people can know ______.

3. In big cities newspapers are usually printed ______.

A. daily
B. weekly
C. monthly
D. yearly

4. Most papers have ______ on Sundays than usual.

A. more types
B. more pages
C. fewer types
D. fewer pages

A. the business page
B. the front page
C. the sports page
D. the amusement page

     In our city there is a big zoo. There are many animals in it. There are some beautiful tigers and lions
(狮子). They eat much meat every day.
     There are also two big elephants and a baby one. Children like to ride on one of them. The elephants
are kind. They eat much grass (草) and bananas. Elephants like bananas very much.
     In the zoo there are also brown bears, black bears and white bears. They are all slow and clumsy
(笨拙的). They stand on their back legs, lift their front legs to ask for food. They like cakes very much.

(     )1. Tigers and lions like meat but not fruit (水果).
(     )2. Children like to ride the animals in the zoo.
(     )3. The elephants are very friendly to people.
(     )4. The bears always ask for food with their back arms.
(     )5. Elephants eat much grass every day.