All over the world mothers and fathers teach their children manners. There are all kinds of manners.
Other children may have manners that they are not 1.            (像) yours.
    Many years ago, children who had good manners were seen and not heard. They 2.            (保持沉默)
if grown-ups were talking. Today children have more freedom (自由).
    Sometimes good manners in one place are bad in 3.            (另一个) place.
    If you visit some friends in Mongolia and they ask you to 4.            (和……一起吃) them, what kind
of manners do they 5.            (想要) you to have? They want you to give a 6.            (大声的) "belch"
after you finish eating. Belching would 7.             (显示) that you liked your food. But in some other
countries, if you give a loud belch, you are told to say "Sorry, please".
    Manners are different 8.             (全世界). But it is good to know that all manners begin 9.            
(用同样的方式). People needed ways to show that they wanted to 10.            (成为朋友).

     About more than a hundred years ago, an American produced a game. He called it 1.              (室内的)
tennis. The Americans were not interested in it 2.              (起初), but he sent it to his London friends and
it became very 3.              (流行的) in Britain. The game was then played across dining-room tables,
or 4.              (在地板上) with the net strung (用绳缚) 5.              (在……之间) two chairs. The
balls 6.             (由…制成) cork(软木)or rubber. The bats were made of wood. 7.              (几年之后) a
hollow (空心的) ball like the one we use today was invented. The game then 8.              (快速地) spread
all over the world. An Englishman once made a bat covered with rubber. He first sold the game in England
and called it "Ping-pong". "Ping" was the 9.              (声音) of the bat when it hit the ball, and "pang" was
the 10.              (第二) sound of the ball when it hit the table.

    The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast
food restaurant. At fast food restaurant, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their
tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurants and eat it in their cars or in their homes.
At some fast food restaurant, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars.
There are many kinds of fast food restaurant in the United States. The greatest in number sell hamburger,
French fries and so on. They are popular among Americans. Besides, fast food restaurant that serve Chinese
food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream are very many. The idea of a fast food
restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one.
     Fast food restaurants are popular because they reflect (反映) American life style. Customer can wear any
type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to
spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurant, food is
not expensive. Therefore, people often buy and eat at a fast restaurant, while they may not be able to go to a
more expensive restaurant very often.

1. In the United States the favorite food is ____.

A. Chinese food
B. Mexican food
C. French fries
D. the hamburger

2. Americans like to fast food restaurant because ____.

A. they can easily find fast food restaurant
B. they like to eat hamburger and French fries
C. they are too busy to want to spend time preparing or waiting
D. they are so rich that they don't want to do cooking themselves

3. ____ of fast food restaurant sell hamburger, French fries.

A. All
B. Most
C. Few
D. None

4. The food in fast food restaurant is ____ ready before the customers order it.

A. always
B. usually
C. seldom
D. never

5. The best title for the passage is ____.

A. The Fast Food Restaurant in the U.S.A.
B. The Hamburger in the U.S.A.
C. American Life Style
D. All Kinds of Food in the U.S.A.

    All (1)a              the world, people drink tea. But tea doesn't mean the same thing to everyone. In
different countries people have very (2)d              ideas about drinking tea.
    In China, for example, tea is always served (3)w              people get together. The Chinese drink it
at any time of the day at (4)h              or in tea houses. They prefer their tea plain, with nothing
(5)e              in it.
    Tea is (6)a              important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea (7)c             
 a tea ceremony (茶道). It is very old and full of meanings. Everything must be done in a special way in
the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in (8)J             homes.
    (9)A              tea-drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is "teatime". Almost
everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it (10)w             cream
and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.

    Everybody in Britain talks about the weather, It's the most common subject of conversation, "Isn't a nice
day?" "Do you think it will rain?" "I think it's going to be windy." These are common ways of starting a
conversation.
    Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly ever agree with each
other. One man may say, "Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It's going to rain tomorrow" Another man
will say, "Yes, it's cloudy in the east. But I think we are going to have fine weather tomorrow."
    People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell
him it's going to rain. He won't believe anything else. When some friends have a picnic, they're so sure the
weather is going to clear up very quickly that they sit down and eat their lunch while it rains.
    Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he doesn't always tell us what we want, and
once in a while he makes a mistake. Still, he usually comes closer to being correct than anyone else.

1. We usually ______ when we start a conversation with our friends in Britain.

A．say hello to them
B．ask them to sit down
C．pass them some drinks
D．talk about the weather

2. Why do many people hardly ever agree with each other when they talk about tle weather?

A．The weather changes very quickly.
B．They don't listen to weatherman.
C．Nobody can tell what the weather is going to be like.
D．Each of them looks for the weather he wants.

3. The writer thinks the weatherman ______.

A．always makes mistakes
B．makes fewer mistakes than anyone else
C．never makes a mistake
D．tells us the weather we hope for

    Shanghai, a beautiful city during the day, becomes even more wonderful at night. At the end of the day,
both the older part of the city around the Bund and the more modern buildings in Pudong are full of colourful
bright lights. The buildings, both new and old, look completely different and very exciting.
    If you look across the Huangpu River, you can see the brilliant Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the Jinmao
Tower. Take a boat along the river and you can see the amazing night life on the Bund. There are more than
30 tour boats, including ancient dragon boats in the Ming and Qing styles and boats made in the Shikumen
style. You will never forget this unusual sightseeing experience.
    If you prefer walking in the streets, try the famous Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street. There are busy shops
and cafes and you will see thousands of local people enjoying themselves. Most of the shops close at 10 pm.
but at that time, tea houses are still open. In fact, some of them are open 24 hours a day. Karaoke bars and
coffee houses are also popular nightlife places where you can meet friends and make new ones.
    If you are in Shanghai for the first time, make sure you also visit Xintiandi, a very popular area where you
can see buildings in Western and Chinese style side by side. Most of the buildings are modern inside and
contain galleries, fashion shops, restaurants and coffee houses. Open air bars are also popular here.
    Xintiandi is a great place for young people, but it may be a little noisy for older visitors! A quieter place to
visit is Park 97, near the west gate of Fuxing Park in Luwan District. Park 97 opened in 1997 and you can
find clubs and international restaurants like Baci where you can get Italian food and Tokyo Joe's a Japanese
restaurant.

1. Shanghai looks great during the day and             at night.

A. not as nice
B. the same
C. even better
D. larger

2. Sightseeing             is a wonderful way to see the city.

A. by boat
B. in the cafes
C. by taxi
D. in the planes

3. The Nanjing Road is a pedestrian street, which means a street            .

A. for people and bicycles
B. for people but no cars
C. a famous street
D. for rich people

4. There are             in Fuxing Park.

A. clubs and open air bars
B. discos and sightseeing boats
C. big bookshops
D. foreign restaurants

    Back in 1994, I decided to learn Chinese-the most difficult thing I could think of to do. In 1996, my
company was going to set up a small factory in Qingdao and of course I volunteered to work there. Of
all the places to live and work in China, Qingdao is the best. I think.
    Qingdao is a popular tourist city for people to go for summer vacations. Its beaches can be crowded
during the summer months. There are plenty of places you can visit in Qingdao: the old Governor's
Mansion (总督官邸), Laoshan Mountain and Nanshan Market. The German Governor's Mansion was
built in the late 19th century. At that time, Qingdao was a German colony (殖民地).
    The German Governor's Mansion is a famous hotel now. Laoshan Mountain is a favorite tourist spot.
It is about an hour's drive from Qingdao. Nanshan Market is an open air market where you can find
almost anything you want. 
   The foods in Qingdao are famous. Seafood is the most popular dish. Another traditional dish is mutton
soup. For only one US dollar, you can get a big bowl of soup with a few pieces of mutton in it. 
   By the way, I met and married my Chinese wife while in Qingdao. I suppose I did okey with my
Chinese lessons.