He has a knife （) to defend himself.

A.has

B.have

C.are

D.is

The first course of British meals is soup, ___1___ on shallow plates.

Then comes fish; there is often a knife and fork ___2___ special shape.

If you are in ___3___ surroundings, keep an eye open for what the others are doing.

The next course generally ___4___ a joint of meat.

Pudding is the fourth course. ___5___ that he has finished with a course, a person lays his knife and fork on his plate with the handles towards him.

After the pudding or sweets, the ladies may get up and retire to the drawing-room, ___6___ the men a little longer over their wine, smoking and talking.

When the ladies rise, the men get up too, ___7___, and resume their seats when they have left the room. Soon the men rejoin the ladies.

It must not be imagined ___8___ all English people eat like this.

As in all countries, working-class people can afford ___9___ the time nor the money to live like this.

Their dinners are cooked not by a servant ___10___ by the mother of the family. All meals are much simpler than these served in the homes of the rich.

1).

A. served

B. serves

C. to serve

D. serving

2).

A. on

B. at

C. of

D. by

3).

A. unfamiliar

B. familiar

C. different

D. similar

4).

A. is consisted of

B. consists of

C. makes up of

D. composes of

5).

A. To show

B. Shown

C. Showing

D. Show

6).

A. to leave

B. leaves

C. left

D. leaving

7).

A. by respect

B. out of respect

C. in respect

D. in all respects

8).

A. what

B. this

C. that

D. which

9).

A. either

B. none

C. neither

D. both

10).

A. but

B. and

C. with

D. or

When you are busy, a boy is a trouble – maker and a noise. When you want him to make a good impression, his brain turns to jelly or else he becomes a wild creature bent on destroying the world and himself with it.

A boy is a mixture – he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion (消化力 ) of stones and sand,the energy of an atomic bomb, the curiosity of a cat, the imagination of a superman, the shyness of a sweet girl, the brave nature of a bull, the violence of a firecracker, but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs (拇指 ) on each hand.

He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines. He is not much for Sunday schools, company, schools, books without pictures, music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.

Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper. Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs, and breezes. Nobody else can put into one pocket a rusty knife, a half eaten apple, a three-feet rope, six cents and some unknown things.

A boy is a magical creature – he is your headache but when you come home at night with only shattered pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, “ Hi, Dad! ”

1.The whole passage is in a tone(调子 ) of ().

A.humor and affection

B.respect and harmony

C.ambition and expectation

D.confidence and imagination

2.Could you figure out the meaning of the underlined sentence？()

A.He has altogether five fingers.

B.He is slow, foolish and clumsy.

C.He becomes clever and smart.

D.He cuts his hand with a knife.

3.According to the writer, boys appreciate everything in the following except .()

A.ice cream

B.comic books

C.Saturday mornings

D.Sunday schools

4.What does the writer feel about boys？()

A.He feels curious about their noise

B.He is fed up with these creatures

C.He is amazed by their naughtiness

D.He feels unsafe staying with them

Of course, the truth is not so simple. This century, the work of cognitive psychologists has illuminated the subtle forms of daily learning on which intellectual progress depends. Children were observed as they slowly grasped--or, as the case might be bumped into- concepts that adults take for granted, as they refused, for instance, to concede that quantity is unchanged as water pours from short stout glass into a tall thin one. Psychologists have since demonstrated that young children, asked to count the pencils in a pile, readily report the number of blue or red pencils, but must be coaxed into finding the total. Such studies have suggested that the rudiments of mathematics are mastered gradually, and with effort. They have also suggested that the very concept of abstract numbers--the idea of a oneness, a twoness, a threenes that applies to any class of objects and is a prerequisite for doing anything more mathematically demanding than setting a table--is itself far from innate.

What does the passage mainly discuss？

A．Trends in teaching mathematics to children.

B．The use of mathematics in child psychology.

C．The development of mathematical ability in children.

D．The fundamental concepts of mathematics that children must learn.

听力原文：M: I don't like picnics because hamburgers and salad are so messy.

W: You worry too much about how you look. It doesn't matter if your fingers get a little dirty once in a while.

Q: Why doesn't the man like picnics？

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A．He doesn't like to eat outdoors.

B．He prefers to eat with a knife and fork.

C．He has to eat with his hands.

D．He hates hamburgers and salad.

Wood carving began as a necessity in America and developed into an art. Because of the lack of other materials, early settlers were forced to make tools and utensils out of wood. At first, these articles were whittled with a knife, but when pioneer craftsmen set up their primitive shops most of them were fashioned on a lathe--a machine which holds an object and rotates it while it is being shaped by a tool.

However, even after Massachusetts-born Thomas Blancard designed a lathe which could turn irregular shapes--an innovation that made possible mass production of gunstocks, shoe lasts, oblong and square wooden wares--craftsmen who could use knife and chisel skillfully were still in demand. Some found ready employment in shops of cabinetmakers, while others, carved decoy. Still others specialized in creating shop signs, ship figureheads, or in decorating interior woodwork. A few even accepted commissions to make busts of prominent citizens.

This passage most likely came from a longer work about early American ______.

A．arts and crafts

B．political leaders

C．logging industries

D．fashion design

Table Manners and Customs

In Great Britain today good manners at table include eating with the mouth closed; not letting any of the food fall off the plate; using the knife only for cutting; and not trying to take food across the table.______【46】. Indeed, what are considered good table manners in some other countries are what British people try hardest to avoid. ______【47】.

______【48】. Tables and chairs have raplaced the cushions of the past, and the lady of the house presides at one end of the table in the same way that Western women do. Many Japanese, however still feel it would be wrong to eat unless they were sitting on a cushion before a low table with a tray of food on it. In many parts of the world both traditional and Western styles of eating exist side by side.

______【49】. In North America it is polite to cut up meat and then put the knife down, take the fork in the right hand and eat with it. Most European people, like the British, keep the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right all the time when they are eating food that has to be cut. In the British Isles and Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland) special knives and forks are used for eating fish. ______【50】.

A. In France, Belgium and Italy, however, it is correct to keep the same knife for every course , wiping it on a piece of bread.

B. In other parts of the world there are also rules for people to follow when they are eating, but they are not the same as those of Britain.

C. The richer and more educated people in the East have, however, to a great extent taken up

the table manners and customs of Western people.

D. In Arabia, for instance, the people at a feast take pieces of food with their fingers and belch loudly to show that they have appreciated it.

E. Table manners and customs have changed a lot with the time.

F. In the West there are differences between table manners in various countries, although they are not so marked.

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