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Social Customs

  The Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. This is often true for women as well as for men. Also most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seats to a woman and so will most Americans.

  Neither the British nor the Americans object to (反对) standing in a queue, at the post office, the movies, the bank or anywhere. Promptness is important both in England and America. That is, if a dinner invitation is for seven o'clock, the dinner guest either arrives close to the time or calls up to explain why he will be late or why he can't come. Of course, these two peoples have other customs that are different: the Americans have “coffee breaks”, the British more often have “tea breaks”, for example. But there is much more that they have in common.

判断下列各句是否符合短文内容(在括号内画“T”或“F”)

(1) Both the American and the British peoples speak the same language and have many common social customs.

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(2) People would shake hands with foreigners in America, but they wouldn't do the same in England.

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(3) Men in both countries like doing women favors.

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(4) Men in both countries very much like talking to women.

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(5) Public places are always very crowded in both countries.

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(6) Both peoples like tea as well as coffee.

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(7) The Americans like coffee just as much as the British like tea.

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(8) Both peoples think it's important to be on time.

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(9) Yet the two peoples have nothing in common.

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(10) The word “promptness” means “arriving at about the right time.”                             (  )

阅读拓展

  These two letters appeared in a newspaper. Both writers have their own ideas on zoos.

Zoos Do a Good Job

  It is good to keep animals in zoos. I know a lot of people think it is wrong to keep animals in zoos. However ,I believe that zoos have many good points.

  Firstly, zoos are places for people to see many different kinds of animals from all the world. Without zoos, most people would never see a real bear or tiger.

  Secondly, zoos look after the animals very well. The animals are given food and cleaned regularly(定期). In the wild, it is not always possible for an animal to find food, so sometimes it goes hungry. But animals kept in zoos never go hungry.

  Thirdly, zoos protect the animals they look after. They offer them safe places to live in, In the wild, some kinds of animals are in danger of becoming extinct(灭绝). But zoos give these animals a chance to live. Without zoos, there would be fewer kinds of animals in the world.

Maria Smith

Zoos Are Unnatural

  In Maria's letter, she says that zoos are good for animals. I'm afraid that zoos are not good for animals, they are only good for people.

  It is unnatural and unfair to keep wild animals in cages. Most animals are kept in cages that are too small for them. In the wild, these animals would travel freely. In zoos, they can't do this. This is why the bears and tigers always look so sad.

  Most cages are not very clean, either. It is true that zoos give the animals food regularly, but this is not natural. Wild animals are used to looking for their own food. We should treat animals in the same way that we treat other people--with respect. Would anyone be happy if you don't let him go outside his home? Would Maria like to have lots of people standing outside her flat looking at her? No, she wouldn't. And animals don't like it, either.

Philip Black

(1) Maria and Philip have quite different ideas on keeping animals in zoos.

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(2) In Maria's opinion(观点), a real bear or tiger can only be seen in zoos.

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(3) Maria thinks that animals live better in zoos than in the wild.

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(4) According to Philip, if cages are big and clean enough, tigers and bears will look happy.

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(5) In the two letters, they are discussing how to make animals in zoos happy.

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  Morison and Philip were classmates. They lived in the same town. After they left school, Morison became the manager (经理) of a flower shop and Philip became a doctor in a hospital.

  Philip made a girlfriend. He bought a red rose for her each day to show his love. The flowers made her very happy. Sometimes he took the rose to her himself. But when he was busy in the hospital, he asked Morison to give the rose to her instead of him.

  One afternoon, Philip came into the flower shop and said to Morison, “I'll go to another town to work today. I have no time to give the letter and the flowers to my girlfriend. Please give her the letter and twenty-four roses.”

  In the evening, when Morison was closing the door of theshop, Philip came. “Morison, how many roses did you give my girlfriend this morning?” asked Philip angrily.

  “I gave her thirty.” answered Morison.

“Why did you do that?” asked Philip.

“I thought you often bought roses for her in my shop. I want to give her six roses as the gifts (赠品). Six is a good number, you know.” said Morison.

  “How foolish you are!” He threw his letter on the table. “Read it!”

  Morison picked it up and began to read:

  Dear Mimi.

  I love you very much. Today is your birthday. Please accept my present—some roses. One rose is a year. And the roses are your age.

Yours,

Philip

  “She returned them to me,” cried Philip, “you must go andexplain it to her.”

  根据短文内容,判断正 (T) 误 (F)

(1) Philip and Morison had different jobs after school.

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(2) Mimi never accepted Philip's flowers

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(3) Philip couldn't send flowers to Mimi himself on her birthday because he was ill.

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(4) Mimi was happy to get six more roses from Philip.

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(5) From the passage we know that Mimi was 24 years old at that time.

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