The idea of   what shaking the head means is not always the same  in
different countries. Maybe some visitors would be surprised when they
first came to India. When talked to an Indian, he would often shake his
head. The visitors might think that the Indian did not like what they said.
But, in fact, they would be completely wrong.
     Indians always shake their heads when they talk to each other. It does
not have the same meaning as our "No". If someone wants to visit India,
he should know this, or it will give him some trouble.
     One day,  a foreign officer went to India on business.  He hired a car
and an Indian to drive it.When he told his driver to send him to his office,
the Indian  shook his head at once.  The office said again,   and the driver
shook his head again. At last, the office, of course, got angry.
     "How dare you refuse my order?" he shouted. "Drive me to my office
at once!"
     The driver answered in quite loud voice, too.  "Yes,   sir! " But to the
officer's surprise, the driver shook his head at the same time.
     The car started,   and the foreign officer was  now too surprised to say
a word. He thought about it for a while, and then he nodded with a smile,
"No mean Yes here!"

1. An Indian would shake his head when ______.

A. he didn't want to do anything      
B. he agreed with others
C. he talked to others              
D. other people were wrong

2. The foreign officer was surprised that ______.

A. the driver could not understand him      
B. the driver refused his order
C. the driver drove him to another place      
D. the driver shook his head as he said, "Yes"

3. The sentence "No mean Yes here!" means ______.

A. in India the words "Yes" and "No" have the same meaning
B. Indians don't say No when they don't agree with each other
C. there is no difference between Yes and No
D. We shake our heads to say No, not Yes as Indians do

4. India is ______.

A. a developed country  
B. in America  
C. next to Australia  
D. to the southwest of China

5. Which of the following sentences isn't true?

A. Shaking the head doesn't always have the same meaning in different
countries.
B. When an India shakes his head, he really means Yes.
C. In India shaking the head means No.
D. In China shaking the head means No.

     Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like
to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don't cook it.
     In England,   one of    the  most popular kinds of   food is fish and chips.
People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and
take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on
the road.The world's favorite food is American fast food.If you go to some
important  cities in the world,  you can find  people eating hamburgers and
chips.
     Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England
.But they are less popular in the USA,   they eat take-away food,  too,  like
chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It
looks  like bread  with meat in  it. Ham (火 腿) is a kind of   pork, but the
hamburger does not have any pork in  it. The beef is inside a kind of cake
hamburgers   are   delicious.  They are  also   popular  in   England   and
Australia.          

1. Italians like to eat __________.

A. dumplings      
B. pizza      
C. hot food      
D. fish

2. Fish and chips are very popular in ________.

A. England        
B. Australia  
C. the USA      
D. Canada

3. In different countries people eat ______ food.

A. different        
B. the same  
C. the different    
D. same

4. The hamburger does not have any _______ in it.

A. beef            
B. pork      
C. fish          
D. chips

5. Hamburger is a kind of ______.

A. meat            
B. drink    
C. food          
D. vegetable

     We live all around the world. We like to have celebrations. In China, people celebrate New Year.
New Year is in January or February. They wear red clothes because red is a color that will bring joy.
Chinese children get money in a red packet for the New Year. They save the money that is inside. In
Gambia, people celebrate Independence Day. It is in February. They wear bright clothes and play music
at the celebration. In England, people celebrate May Day. May day is in May. They wear pretty clothes
to celebrate the arrival of spring. The children dance in and out around the maypole. They weave their
ribbons into a colorful braid. In India, people celebrate Raksha Bandhan. It is in August. The children
wear new clothes and celebrate their love for each other by exchanging things they have made. In the
United States, people celebrate Thanksgiving Day - the first harvest in America in 1621. It is in November. The children make up a play about what went on at the first celebration. They eat turkeys, too.
1. How many countries are mentioned in the passage?
A. 4                  
B. 5                
C. 6
2. In _____, people celebrate the arrival of spring.
A. China              
B. India              
C. England
3. At Chinese New Year celebration, children receive _____.
A. red clothes          
B. red packets          
C. red ribbons
4. In Gambia, Independence Day is celebrated in _____.
A. February            
B. August            
C. November
5. According to the passage, which of the followings is true about what children do at their celebration?
A. Children in India exchange red packets to show love for each other.
B. Children in USA put on a play about their country's independence.
C. Children in England dance around the Maypole to welcome spring.

     My name is Jack. When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we
brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young
people should always respect the elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United
States.
     I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got
their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great
displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about
how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description"old". I then walked back to the table
and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by
cultural differences, so they laughed and were' no longer angry.
     In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and
people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older
people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
     However, in the United States, people think"growing old" is a problem since "old" shows that a person is
going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from
growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on make-up, hoping to look younger. When I told
the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had
failed to stay  young. I had told them something they didn't want to hear.
     After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don't respect them any more; I
still respect them, but now I don't show my feelings through words.

1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _____.

A. the manager asked him to do so
B. he respected the elderly
C. the couple wanted him to do so
D. he wanted more pay

2. In Jack's hometown, _____.

A. people dislike being called "old"
B. people are proud of being old
C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

3. After this experience, Jack _____.

A. lost his job in the restaurant
B. made friends with the couple
C. no longer respected the elderly
D. changed his way with older people

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

5. Which is the best title for this passage?

A. Different countries, different customs.
B. Old people, old customs.
C. Different restaurants, different services.
D. Differences between old and young.

     In the U.S.A. or Canada, on Sundays many people go out for a picnic. They often ask their good
 friends to go with them. They bring many things with them, like glasses, kites, knives, some nice food and
  some nice drink. Sometimes (有時), they take their pets with them. If (如果) it is very fine, they may
 have their food in a park (公園), in a countryside (鄉(xiāng)村), or at the foot of (在……腳下) a hill. That's
  great fun.

(     ) 1. People in the U.S.A. don't like to go out for a picnic on Sundays.

(     ) 2. They often go for a picnic with their good friends.

(     ) 3. They don't like to bring pets with them.

(     ) 4. In Canada, only kids have picnics.

(     ) 5. People can't eat in a park in Canada.

     Over thirty thousand years ago people from northern Asia went to America. Today, we call these
people Indians(印第安人).
     The Indians went to America because the weather began to change. Northern Asia became very
cold. Everything froze. They had to move or die. How did the first Indians go to America? They walked!
     Later Columbus found the New World in 1492. At first, only a few Europeans followed. They
traveled to America in boats. For the next three hundred years, about 500,000 people went there.
Then the number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915, over thirty-two million Europeans left their
countries and went to the United States. The biggest groups were from Germany and Italy. These
Europeans spoke many different languages. Most of them almost had no money. They went to America
so that they could find a better life.

1. Who found America first?
    ________________________________________
2. Why did the Indians go to America?
    Because ________________________________________.
3. The New World was ________________________________________.
4. How did the first Europeans go to America?
    ________________________________________.
5. The Europeans went to America in order to ________________________________________.

     Different countries and different people have different manners. We must find out their customs so
that they will not think us ill-mannered(沒有禮貌的). Here are examples of the things that a person
with good education does or does not do. If you visit a Chinese family, you should knock at the door
first. When the door opens, you will not move before the host says "Come in, please." After you come
into the room, you would not sit down until the host asks you to take a seat. When a cup of tea is put
on a table before you or sent to your hand, you will say "thank you" and receive it with two hands. not
one hand or they will think you arc ill-mannered. Before entering a house in Japan, it is a good manner
to take off your shoes. In European countries, even though shoes sometimes become very dirty, this is
not done. In a Malay house, a visitor never finishes the food on the table. He leaves a little to show that
he has had enough. In England, a visitor always finishes the drink or the food to show he has enjoyed it.
That will make the host pleasant.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題
1. Does the writer think it is necessary to know different customs in different countries?
                                                                                 
2. When can you enter the room if you visit a friend in China?
                                                                                 
3. What should you say when a cup of tea is sent to your hand?
                                                                                 
4. In which country do you have to take off your shoes when you enter the host's house?
                                                                                 
5. Why does a visitor always finish the food at dinner in his friend's home in England?