—I'll go to the Modem Science Museum this weekend．

—                         ．Let's go together．

A．Good idea                           B．1 won't go

C．That's right                         D．Sorry，I'm busy

Except for a few times, Americans are not big present-givers. There’s no exchange of presents among business people, and if one American tries to give another a present, it may look like that he wants to bribe (贿赂) him. Americans have learned that in some other countries people like to give presents to others, but among ourselves we don’t see the need for presents.

Even friends may never exchange presents. When I go to foreign countries, I try to bring back little things for close friends, but nobody would feel unhappy if I didn’t. I don’t often re­member a friend’s birthday, and few people outside of my family remember mine. If someone gave me presents too often, I’d get unpleasant. But a present from a foreigner — that kind from his or her homeland — won’t go wrong, except to government employees (政府职员) who can’t be given presents.

You usually open a present at once and in front of the person who gives it except Christmas and birthday presents. You should only say, ‘It’s so nice. Thanks…’when you get Christ­mas or birthday presents.

You may want to bring a bottle of wine (葡萄酒) or flowers to a dinner party, but you’re never asked to. Nobody will mind if you bring wine, but your friend may not use it that evening.

At Christmas we often give presents to our family and sometimes our friends. We also give presents to people who have been helpful during the year like doormen, babysitters, housecleaners , newspaper senders — anyone who has often helped us.

1.What do the underlined words ‘close friends’ mean in the passage?

2.What kind of presents don’t Americans usually open in front of the givers?

3.Why do Americans also give presents to housecleaners at Christmas?

4.Which of the following do you think is right?

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

词汇（共15小题，每空1分，计15分）

1.He often spends a lot of time           (explain)thing to he students.

2.He is a top student,but he never shows                (he)off.

3.Blue can also represents                 (sad).

4.He promises         (help)me          (success)pass the exam.

5.He often tells us jokes. We all think he is a _________________ ( humour) person.

6.All people in the world love                (peaceful).

7.How            (excite)  he was to get high marks!

8.She  is  an             (active) person . She likes to stay alone.

9.Tom tries his best to do everything                (different).

10.They have some difficulty making a            (decide).

11.Now, people would like to buy beautiful flats outside the city to live______(comfortable)

12.—Hi, Lily. I didn’t see you at the party.

—Oh, I ________ for the history exam.  (prepare)

13.I won’t go to the party if I______________ (not invite).

14.The story was funny enough____________ ( make) all of us laugh.

根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，每词限用一次。

Young people may have problems in their daily life. Some students become worried because they have to study very hard. Others have trouble   1. on well with their parents and classmates.

Liu Xing, a Junior 2 student, could not understand his teacher and was doing   2.  in his lessons. He became so worried about it that he started to   3.  his finger with a knife.

A recent report says about 18% of teenagers have mental(心理的) problems. Many students who have problems won’t go for  4. or help. Some think they look silly   5. they go to see a doctor. Others don’t want to talk about their secrets.