Four foreigners in Britain talk about the people and the country…

Nicolac from Romania works in a pub

“British people like children，but they don’t let them go to the pubs（酒馆）or restaurants In my pub we have a rule：’No children under 12’．People in Britain drink a lot of coffee and beer．”

Alexandra from Russia is a student

“This is not a good country for smokers! Many coffee bars and restaurants are ‘No Smoking’．I live with three British students and they don't smoke．When l want to smoke，I must go to the garden”.

Carlos is a teacher from Spain

“People read tile newspaper everywhere-on the train，on the bus，at the bus stop．Cars stop in Britain when you stand on the zebra crossing．Cars don’t stop for you in lily country．”

Marillia from Brazil works for a British family

“I think my British family is typical（典型的）The woman doesn’t cook，but she watches cooking programmer on TV every day The man cooks at the weekend He makes very nice food．”

1．If your sister is 15 years old, can she go to the Nicolac's pub?

2．Where must Alexandra go if she wants to smoke?

3．What do British people often do on the train or bus?

4．What programmes does the woman watch every day in Marillia’s British family?

Tess，a little girl，entered Rexall's Drug Store with one dollar and eleven cents．She waited patiently for the pharmacist（药剂师）to give her some attention．But he was too busy at that moment．

“And what do you want?” the pharmacist asked while he was ___1___ his brother from Chicago．

“Well，I want to talk to you about my ___2___，Andrew，” Tess answered．“He's really，really sick．．．and I want to buy a miracle（奇迹）．”

“I beg your pardon?” said the pharmacist．

“He has ___3___ growing inside his head，and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now．So ___4___ does a miracle cost?’’

“We don’t sell miracles here，little girl．So I ___5___ help you．” the pharmacist said，softening a little．

“What kind of miracle does your brother ___6___?” asked the pharmacist’s brother，a well dressed man．

“I don’t know．I just know he's really sick，and Mommy says he needs an ___7___．But my Daddy can't pay for it，So I want to use ___8___ money．”

“How much do you have?” asked the man．

“Only one dollar and eleven cents．”

“What a coincidence（巧合）!” smiled the man．“That's just the ___9___ of a miracle for the little boy．”

It wasn't long ___10___ Andrew was home again and doing well．That man was a surgeon（外科医生）．He performed a successful operation on the little boy for free and he did give the family a real miracle．

1．A．calling               B．talking to            C．writing to          D．waiting for

2．A．father                B．mother            C．brother            D．sister

3．A．something good       B．something bad      C．anything good      D．nothing bad

4．A．how much           B．how often        C．how many          D．how soon

5．A．don't                B．can               C．can't              D．shouldn't

6．A．like                 B．use               C．have              D．need

7．A．orange                B．apple              C．operation            D．award

8．A．your                B．my               C．their                       D．his

9．A．price                B．form              C．type              D．way

10．A．after              B．since            C．until              D．before

Alex was a rich（富有的）young man．He often went out to dinner with friends．He usually went to the restaurant next to his home, but the waiters there did not like him．Alex liked showing off（卖弄）and he always made fun（取笑）of the waiters．He often asked them difficult questions and then gave them the answers．He thought it was funny．

    One day he took a beautiful girl to the restaurant．Her name was Betty．Alex asked her，“What do you want to eat?’ She opened the menu and looked at everything and then said，“Don’t  those fish look good?“

    Alex looked at them and said，“Yes，they do．I know a lot about fish．”Then he turned to the waiter and said，“Waiter，aren’t these fish French?”

    “I don't know．”answered the waiter．“They didn’t talk to me about it．”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1．From the story, we know that

    A．Alex was always kind to others             B．Alex often played jokes on the waiters

    C．Alex and the waiters were friends           D．Alex liked eating French fish

2．Why didn't the waiters like Alex?

    A．Because Alex liked girls very much.

    B．Because Alex was a rich young man.

    C．Became Alex asked them difficult questions

    D．Because Alex didn't like the food.

3．What does the underlined word “them” refer to（指的是）?

      A．Girls．                B．Waiters                C．Questions．         D．Fish．

4．Alex wanted his friends to think he____________．

      A．was rich              B．knew a lot            C．was a good cook    D．was strict

5．What can we know from the story?

      A．The fish could speak French．                 B．The waiter could speak French．

      C．The fish were French．                              D．The waiter didn’t like Alex’s questions．

The train started moving. It was packed with people of all ages. Most of them were working men and women and young college boys and girls. Near the window sat an old man with his son, who looked about thirty years old.

As the train moved, the son was filled with joy because he was very excited at the scenery outside. He said in a high voice, “See Dad, the green trees and the scenery are very beautiful!” It made the other people feel very strange. Everyone started talking in a low voice about the old man’s son. Suddenly, it started raining. Raindrops fell on the travelers through the open window. Seeing the rain, the old man’s son said happily, “See Dad, how beautiful the rain is!” Hearing these words, a young lady became angry with the man, as the raindrops were dropping on her new clothes. She couldn’t help shouting at the noisy son and his father.

“Can’t you see it is raining? You! Old man! If your son is not feeling well, get him to a mental hospital quickly and please don’t disturb us any more!” The old man’s face turned slightly red and then in a low voice, he replied, “We are on the way back from hospital. He was blind at birth. Only last week he can see again. The rain and the nature are new to him. Please forgive him.” All the other people became quiet.

1.How old was the old man’s son?

2.What did people think of the son’s behavior（行为）? They thought he was _________.

3.What was wrong with the son when he was born?

4.What do you think of the young lady?

5.According to the passage, what does the writer want to tell us?