Before you go to another country it is a great help if you know the language and some of the customs（風俗）of the country.

When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do?” and shake hands（握手）. Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say “Goodbye”. But they shake hands after they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.

Last year a group of German students went to English for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible. So they put their hands in front and get ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.

1.It is ????? if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.

A. not useful??????????????? B. not helpful

C. very helpful????????????? D. very bad

2.English people usually shake hands when they ????? .

A. meet every time?????????? B. meet for the first time

C. say goodbye to each other?? D. say hello to each other

3.Which of the following is true?

A. German people shake hands as often as possible.

B. English people like shaking hands very much.

C. German people hardly shake hands.

D. Neither people hardly shake hands.

4.This story is about ????? .

A. shaking hands???????????? B. language

C. customs?????????????????? D. languages and customs

用所給動詞的適當形式完成句子。

1.The teacher told us that the earth        (travel) around the sun.

2.Students in Yancheng didn’t go to school last Thursday because of the         (pollute) air.

3.We are not sure if humans        (move) to the Mars in the future.

4.By the time she left college, she_________（fall）in love with the young man.

5.More than one student_________(progress) a lot in English since they became Grade 9 students.

根據(jù)句意及首字母或漢語提示完成單詞。

1.If you go to the park in summer, you will enjoy v             flowers.

2.Tom，please throw the rubbish into the         （垃圾桶）.

3.You can’t see the words on the blackboard clearly. I can’t，e       .

4.If you agree with me，n        your head.

5.The students were s       the floor when Mr Wu came in.

6.The financial crisis (金融危機) made a great change to Americans’ e              lives.

7.With the help of my teacher , I have made great ________(進步)in this term.

8.To tell you the ______(true), I felt sad when I missed the chance.

9.The police think the man in red is one of the ___________ (rob)

10.Our planet, Earth is becoming more and more crowded and _________ (pollute).

11.The teacher told us that light__________(travel) much faster than sound.

12.It’s necessary for us ______________(do)some exercise before the final exam.

13.We _____________ (run) outside when you called us at this time yesterday.

14.---Why not ________(buy) a toy car for your son .

    ---Good idea. He must like it very much .

15.Linda spends as much time as she can _____________(practice) reading English.

用所給詞的正確形式填空（15分）

I am eighteen1.old this year. I 2. a pupil before and now I’m a university student. My mother was my first teacher when I was very little. Then , I had three 3.eachers in different schools. Now Miss Williams is one of my university teachers.

 I have never 4. that I will be a teacher one day. I am a shy girl and I am  afraid of _5. before many people. I do not know 6.to say. But I will be a teacher tomorrow  morning!I made this 7. just two weeks ago. Miss Williams, my English teacher, told me there was a teacher job, just for two weeks in this summer. She asked if I _8.be interested . I wanted to make some money, so I 【小題9 “yes” to her. At once I regretted but it was too late to 9.my word back.

 There are about twenty foreign boys and girls in the class. They know very little English. I have _10. read the book that Williams gave me . Four of the lessons are very simple, in _11. too simple. I do not know what to do 12. these 13._ simple words and sentences. I will read the lesson to them , and ask them to read after me, and then ask them to read it 14.. That will be about ten minutes, what shall I do next ?