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★ 教材原文
Host: Good! Welcome to Quiz Time. Today’s quiz is about American culture. How much do
you
know about it? Let’s find out!
Question 1 Where is the US？
a In Europe. b In North America. c In Asia.
Question 2 What is the capital city of the US?
a New York. b San Francisco. c Washington D.C.
Question 3 How many states are there in the US？
a 49. b 50. c 15.
Question 4 How many stars are there on the national flag of the US?
a 50. b 54. c 52.
Question 5 What is the American world for “trousers’?
a Skirts. b Pants. c Socks.
Question 6 When do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?
a On the first Thursday in November.
b On the fourth Thursday in November.
c On the fourth Saturday in December.
Question 7 Who was the first president of the US?
a George Washington. b Abraham Lincoln. c Thomas Jefferson.
Question 8 On April Fool’s Day, what do Americans usually do?
a Send each other gifts. b Jump into the air. c Play tricks on each other.
★巩固提升
一、阅读填空
People 1_________ （live） in different countries made different kinds of words. Today
there are about fifteen hundred 2_________ （language）in the world. Each contains many
thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four to five hundred
thousand words. But we do not need all these. To read short stories you need to know only about
two 3______(thousand )words. Before you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or
more.
The words you know are 4___________(call) your vocabulary. You should try to make
your vocabulary 5__________ （big）. Read as many books as we can. There are a lot
of books written in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, look
it up in 6_________(you) dictionary. Your dictionary is your 7__________ （much）
useful book.
参考答案：1. living 2. languages 3. thousand 4.called 5. bigger
6. your 7. most
二、完形填空
Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending on _ 1 is more
useful than crying for help. That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of growing from boy to man 2
family hardship tells us.
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Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县), Henan Province. When he
was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted
baby 3 . A year later, Hong’s mother 4 home. She no longer wanted to live
such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy’s 5
: to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.
Although his life was hard, Hong didn’t go away from his father and sister. He took several part-
time jobs to 6 his family. He climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his sister. He walked
2 hours at weekends to the market to 7 different things to sell around his school. A few
years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to 8 a room
near his college for her, and sent her to school.
After Hong’s story went 9 , he became a hero in people’s eyes. But Hong ___10___ offers
from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.
Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.
( ) 1. A. parents B. friends C. yourself
( ) 2. A. out of B. with C. without
( ) 3. A. dog B. cat C. girl
( ) 4. A. came B. arrived C. went
( ) 5. A. back B. shoulders C. head
( ) 6. A. help B. save C. protect
( ) 7. A. make B. buy C. produce
( ) 8. A. build B. borrow C. rent
( ) 9. A. public B. clear C. by
( ) 10. A. accepted B. refused C. received
参考答案：CBCCB AACAB
三、阅读理解 阅读短文，然后根据其内容判断正误。
In china, you probably know what rules to follow when you sit down at the dinner table. For
example, it would be bad to bang your chopsticks on the table or push your chopsticks into your
rice. However, many foreigners may not know any of these rules. In fact, most countries have
quite different ideas about what good table manners are.
People in Ethiopia eat everything with their hands and help themselves to food from the same
plate. They actually believe that using a knife or a spoon wastes food. However, in Chile, people
believe it’s rude to eat with your hands. They even use a knife and fork to eat sandwiches! You
should also wait for your host to offer you more food. Don’t take more without asking first.
Egyptian people have a similar idea about serving yourself. It’s the custom to wait until someone
else refills your glass. In Pakistan, people eat quietly, but in Japan, making lots of noise when
eating noodles is encouraged.
Around the world, the rules for dinner go further than the food. In Canada, arriving last for a meal
is completely acceptable. People in Tanzania actually think it’s rude for someone to arrive early
for dinner!
If you can learn these simple rules before travelling, you’ll always be a welcome dinner guest
anywhere in the world!
1. In China, it is OK to push your chopsticks into your rice. T/F
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2. It is rude to eat food from the same plate in Ethiopia. T/F
3. Sandwiches are the only food people in Chile eat with their hands. T/F
4. In Egypt, you should wait for someone else to refill your glass. T/F
5. It is always rude to make noise when eating in Japan. T/F
6. It is rude to arrive early for dinner in Tanzania. T/F
参考答案：1-6 F F F T F T
四、阅读理解
Shopping used to mean actually going to shops, but nowadays, you can shop without even
leaving your house. Just sit in front of your computer, click your mouse and your things will be
sent to your house in a couple of days.
November 11th is a big day for people who like shopping online. On that day last year,
many online stores offered a big discount and free delivery service. The biggest online
shopping sites in China,Taobao.com and Tmall.com ，sold things worth 19.1 billion yuan
in total.
“Goods online are often much cheaper. It also saves me a lot of time. And we often have more
goods on many online stores than in shopping malls,” Wang Xin, an online shopping lover in
Beijing, said to China Daily. She stayed up very late for a lot of cheap goods online. She spent
several thousand that day.
Another big advantage of online shopping is that it helps people get things from different
cities, even different countries, with ease. “I like eating duck neck very much and I often buy it on
Taobao from shops in Wuhan. It’s much more delicious than what our local (当地的) stores
sell, but cheaper,” said Zang Xin, a girl in Yangzhou.
While enjoying online shopping, many people also have worries, especially for middle school
student buyers. Young students are easily attracted by advertisements on the Internet and buy
things they don’t need.
“Middle school students should pay more attention to their study. Searching for things wastes
their time,” said Jing Chunling, an education expert. “Besides, online shop owners have no idea of
the ages of their buyers. Anyone can easily buy things that they want to. Some of goods are even
bad for young students such as cigarettes and wine.”
1.Nowadays many people like shopping online instead of _________.
A．clicking their mouse B．paying money
C．sitting in front of their computers D．going to shops
2.What does the underlined phrase “with ease” mean?
A．轻松地 B．困难地 C．便宜地 D．昂贵地
3.According to the article, which of the following is not an advantage of shopping online?
A．It can save people time and money. B．Online stores have better
quality goods.
C．People can buy things from different places. D．Online stores may have more
kinds of goods.
4.People worry about students shopping online because students _________.
A．have no time to waste and are easily attracted to buy bad things
B．may depend too much on online shopping
C．haven’t met the online store owners
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D．may buy nothing with a lot of money
5.The article is mainly about _________.
A．how to buy good products online
B．how to find good online stores.
C．advantages and disadvantages of online shopping.
D．dangers of shopping online for students.
参考答案： 1.D2.A3.B4.A5.C
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