Very often, new-born babies are not beautiful．They are wrinkled (多皱的) or hairless, or they have an angry look on their faces．They seem to say, “Get away! I hate everybody．” But to a parent, that hairless, wrinkled, angry-faced baby is the most beautiful and perfect child in the world．When a proud father or mother asks you, “Well, What do you think…isn’t she beautiful?” What are you going to say? Is this the time for the truth? Of course not!

You look that proud father in the eyes and say, “Yes, she is! She’s really a beauty．She’s one in a million．She’s going to be a movie star! I can tell! She’s as beautiful as a picture．”

In English, This is a white lie．White lies don’t hurt people．They are not cruel(残忍的) or angry words．People use them to make a difficult thing a little easier．When people don’t want to meet someone, or eat something new that they really don’t like at a friend’s house, they tell a white lie．They are trying to be kind．They don’t want to hurt anyone．It’s important to be honest (诚实的), but many people feel that being kind is sometimes more important．

1．Parents are usually                when their babies are born．

A．angry                         B．proud                  C．sad                        D．surprise

2．When a parent asks what you think of their new baby, they want you to           ．

A．tell the truth                                            B．say what you like

C．tell lies                                                      D．say something positive

3．The underlined word “white” in this passage means “          ” in Chinese．

A．善意的                B．恶意的                C．白色的                D．苍白的

4．From the passage we know that                 ．

A．a new-born baby hates everyone around her

B．a new-born baby is tile most beautiful one

C．people who tell white lies ale not kind

D．people who tell white lies want to be kind

5．Which of the following is a white lie?

A．You broke the window but you say you don’t know who broke it．

B．You know Jack has stolen a watch but you say you don’t know who stole the watch．

C．You don’t think your friend’s first drawing is great but you say it is．

D．You tell a mother that her new-born baby isn’t beautiful．

The customs in different countries are rather different．If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it．That often discomforts me greatly．I have to eat the food even if I do not want to because it is considered bad manners in the west to leave one’s food on the plate．I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he often refuses the offer of food or drink though he’s in fact still hungry or thirsty．This might be good manners in China but is not in the West at all．In the United Sates, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something．Americans have a direct way of speaking．If they want something, they will ask for it．If not, they will say, “No, thanks．” When an American is served with beer by host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks．I’ll take some orange juice if you have it．” That is what an American will do．So when you go to the United States, you’d better remember the famous saying: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do．”

1．From this passage we can see that the writer is          ．

A．Chinese            B．American          C．Roman            D．European

2．When a Chinese host kept putting more food onto his plate, the writer felt         ．

A．happy             B．sad               C．bad               D．great

3．In the West, people consider it bad manners                ．

A．to refuse an offer at a dinner party

B．to keep asking someone to accept something

C．to eat much at a dinner party

D．to ask for something directly at a dinner party

4．A guest at all American’s dinner party should show his politeness by            ．

A．eating up all the food offered

B．putting more food onto his plate as soon as he emptied it

C．refusing the offer of food or drinking though he is still hungry or thirsty

D．refusing to drink anything

5．“When in Rome, do as the Romans do．”means             ．

A．the Romans are people of good manners

B．Americans always do the same things as the Romans do

C．you should do things like Romans do

D．you should get used to the local customs where you go

Many places in the world need more fresh water．Every country is trying to find ways to turn salt water into fresh water．

Why aren’t there many factories like the Symi factory?

In some places, the sun is not hot enough, or it does not shine every day．

In such places, other ways of heating sea water can be used．These ways cost more money, but they work faster than the sun．By boiling sea water with high heat, a lot of fresh water can be made quickly．

But heating is not the only way to get fresh water from salt water．Other ways are tried．

One way is freezing (冷冻)．The fresh part of salt water freezes first．To get fresh water, the bits of ice are taken out．

Which way is the best? The one that gives the most water for the least money．There may be a different way for each place．

Symi’s way seems very good for small, hot places．It does not make very much water at a time．But the factory is easy to build and costs little．

That is why people in many dry places talk about Symi．

1．From the passage we know that fresh water              ．

A．is needed in every country                 B．can be found in many factories

C．can be used in many ways                 D．is very important for factories

2．What is the writer mainly talking about in the passage?

A．Hot places and dry places．

B．The ways of making fresh water from sea water．

C．How to make good use of sun．

D．Water-making factories in different countries．

3．The Symi factory               ．

A．is a fresh-making factory                   B．can be built everywhere

C．can make much fresh water at a time                D．does not need sunshine every day

4．Which is the best way for small and hot places to get fresh water?

A．Boiling or heating the sea water．             B．The way in hotter and drier places．

C．The Symi’s way．                       D．Freezing the sea water in cold places．

5．Which of the following is wrong?

A．Many ways are tried to get fresh water．

B．A lot of water can be made quickly by heating．

C．The best way is to get more fresh water with the least money．

D．The Symi’s way does not work in dry places．

根据句意，写出已给了首字母的单词。

1．She talks less in front of lots of people．He is t          of speaking in public．

2．--How many people are there in the world now?

--About 6.4 billions．The population of the world is i        very fast．

3．The girl is shy．She stands with her back t         us．

4．--The new tea produces a p          smell．Would you like to drink some?

    --Yes．Just a little．

5．One c         means a period of one hundred years．

—Hello, Dale．How are you?

—        

A．Hello，Cindy．How are you?              B．Are you Jackie?

C．Fine．Thank you．                         D．Nice to meet you.

—        ?

—It’s red．

A．What’s this                                 B．What’s her name

C．What color is this jacket                        D．Where is it

—Hellen，is this your notebook?

—Yes，       ．

A．thank you       B．OK           C．excuse me            D．here you are

—       your father have a white car?

—Yes，he          ．

A．Does：do      B．Do；does          C．Does；does        D．Do；do

My father likes soccer，       he doesn’t watch it on TV

A．so                B．and               C．because             D．but