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The British are known as people who love to stand in line, but a new research shows that the British are only about average (平均数) at waiting politely in a queue(排、队). The French are the best. It's the Germans who don't have a good habit of standing in line. They can't stand to wait for anything. They begin to shout loudly and noisily if the line doesn't seem to be moving fast enough. Sadly it never moves fast enough for them.
The experts studied 940 people across Europe. They watched secretly as they waited in line to get tickets, to order fast food and to wait for the bus. They found people who are good at forming (排成) queues feel that they move along faster. For example, in Britain, the average waiting at a queue needs about three and a half minutes. In Germany or Sweden people hate waiting in line. In fact, people spend double the time as the British in queues. They get to the front of the queue without thinking about others, so they waste others' time.
The expert who did the research had asked a person to break into a queue to see what people would do. In Britain, people shouted loudly at him, but when he said," I' m terribly sorry. I didn't realize there was a queue. Do go before me. " People smiled and said. "Oh, that's all right, one more won't matter much. "It was also found in France, where 80% of the people didn't mind standing in line only if they were treated politely. While in Germany everyone was angry and wore an unhappy face. The expert said, "If only they could learn from the British and the French to think of queuing as an exercise in making the best of an unhappy thing, they might find that the queue then moves faster."
(1)The research shows that the people in _______ are the most polite in standing in line.
A.Sweden
B.Britain
C.France
D.Germany
(2)The Germans spend more time than the British in queues because they __________.
A.always talk a lot with others
B.like waiting in line
C.don't follow the rule of queuing
D.don't know the rule of queuing
(3)According to the research, which of the following is TRUE ?
A.The British didn't care about the queue jumper.
B.The Germans were angry with the queue jumper.
C.The French treated the queue jumper badly.
D.The Swedish enjoyed themselves while queuing.
(4)From the last sentence we know the expert wished the Germans could__________.
A.have a good habit of standing in line
B.save others' time while queuing
C.move quickly when queuing
D.take exercise in queues
(5)The result of the research shows that__________.
A.people in Europe hate waiting in line
B.standing in line is a kind of exercise
C.there are always queue jumpers all over the world
D.people who are good at standing in line think they move along faster

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Dad lost his job after arguing with the boss, and when Christmas came that year, we had no money ________. On Christmas Eve, Dad took me out into the park. I had a blanket wrapped around me, so I ________to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. We________ at the sky. Those shining stars were one of the________treats for people like us who lived out in the wildness. Rich city people, he’d say, live in ________flats, but their air was so polluted that they ________ not even see the stars.

________ your favorite star.” Dad said that night. He told me I could have it for keeping. He said it was my Christmas ________. “You can’t give me a star,” I said, ________owns the stars.”

“That’s right,” Dad said, “But you can suppose it is yours. And when you do that, it is yours.”

I________ my head, looked at the stars, and tried to figure out which was the best one. Then, I found one.

“I want that one.” I said.

Dad smiled. “That’s Venus(金星),” he said, “Venus was only a planet. She looked bigger and brighter because she was much________ than the stars. Poor old Venus didn’t even make her________ light. She shone only from reflected(反射)light.”

“I like it anyway,” I said, “I had loved Venus even ________that Christmas. You could see it in the early evening, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared.”

Dad said, “Ok, it’s Christmas. I________ your decision. You can have it if you want.” And he gave me Venus.

We all laughed about the kids who believed in the Santa myth(圣诞传说)and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. “Many years later, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,” Dad said, “you will________ have your star.

1A. at first B. at once C. at all D. at least

2A. asked B. provided C. required D. offered

3A. looked up B. looked for C. look out D. look after

4A. strange B. special C. important D. impossible

5A. fantastic B. ugly C. old D. poor

6A. needed B. could C. should D. had better

7A. pick up B. take out C. put out D. pick out

8A. dinner B. card C. party D. present

9A. Everybody B. Somebody C. Anybody D. Nobody

10A. lowed B. put C. raised D. rose

11A. slower B. farther C. closer D. higher

12A. alone B. lonely C. strong D. own

13A. when B. before C. after D. until

14A. dislike B. refuse C. accept D. consider

15A. even B. never C. already D. Still

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