Different countries have different manners. For example, if you are a1in a Chinese house, when you have a meal, you usually do not2the food. You often leave a little to3that you have had enough. But in England, a visitor always finishes the food to show that he has4it. We must know the customs of other5, so that they will not think6bad-mannered. People all over the world7that a well-mannered person should be kind and8to others. If you9this, at least you will not go very far wrong.10likes a person with good manners, but no one likes a person with bad manners.
It is important to have positive(积极的) feelings in our daily life.
Compared 1 some unhappy people, those who are always pleased and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds,2a new study. The researchers from New York University said," 3 helps the body prevent diseases. "
"It seems that positive feelings may reduce the 4of illness," said the chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.
In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were 5 caught colds less often. And they seldom told their doctors that they felt6.
In this study, Cohen's team interviewed 193 adults every day for two weeks. In this 7, the people told researchers about 8 happy or sad feelings that day. Two weeks later, all of them were made to catch colds by doctors, and they had to stay 9 in a room for six days.
The results10 that each in the study was equal(平等的) to fall ill. 11 people who were lively and relaxed said they felt happy during the research. Their illnesses were less serious and lasted for a 12 time.
Cohen believes that 13 people have positive feelings, their body may produce a kind of chemical that helps to14 illnesses. So if you 15 your health, please look on the bright side and make yourself happy all the time.
There were a number of children playing in the street. On the roof(屋顶) of a house near the street, a mother stork(鹳) was resting in her nest1 her four babies. When the children saw these storks, they all began to throw little stones at them 2 a boy named
Peter. Peter would not 3 them at all. He said it was not nice to4animals. And he told the others not to do that. Peter said that if they went on doing that, they wouldn't see these birds the next year. People should know 5 to get on well with the animals. Finally the other boys 6Peter.
Together they 7 leaves and apples to the storks. At first, the little birds were very afraid of them. As time passed, the young storks grew up, these boys became their8. Now the mother stork thought the little birds would be 9 to look after themselves. So she began to 10 them to fly. The young storks'11were so heavy that they fell from time to time. But they kept 12flying! At last, the little birds could fly high in the sky easily. All the children cheered them.
At last, the boys were quite 13to see the young storks fly freely in the sky. When autumn arrived, all the storks began to fly to 14countries. Before setting off, the storks flew around the boys as if to say15 to them. These children knew these birds would fly back when the weather was warm.
Travel is useful to us in at least three ways:
First, by travelling we can enjoy the beautiful scenery of different 1. We can see many places 2our own eyes which can be read about in books, and visit some famous cities.
Second, we will 3 people with different interests and see strange and different things. We can get to know the4of places, and taste different foods and local flavour if we like. 5this way, we can understand6 differently other people live. Third, travel will not only help us to7 the knowledge of geography, history and other knowledge 8will also help us keep healthy and make us9narrow-minded.
With all these advantages of travel, it is no wonder10 travel has now become more popular than ever in China.
It is quite fun to play in the water on a hot summer day. However, playing in the water can be 1 if you don't follow the rules of water safety.
The first rule is to always swim with a friend. If you have a 2, the friend can help you or run to get help. Besides, it is always more fun if you have a friend to 3. It is best to go swimming with an adult, 4 if you are not a good swimmer. Never swim at a beach where there is no lifeguard or adult around.
Sometimes people get injured in swimming pools. Most injuries are a5 of children running and slipping(滑倒) on wet pool surfaces. 6you are a beginner, always stay in the shallow end(浅水区).
If you swim in a river or lake, be sure to 7 what is below the water surface. If you jump into unknown waters, you. 8 seriously injure yourself on a hidden object. If you go boating, always wear a life jacket.
Swimming and boating are 9the most enjoyable summer activities. Protect yourself by 10 these basic rules of safety and you'll have more fun.
Many people go to school for an education. 1 learn languages, history, geography, physics, chemistry and maths. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can find a good job. School 2 is very important and useful. But no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he 3, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher's job is to show his students how to 4. So, much more is to be learned outside the school by the students themselves.
It is always more important 5 people to know how to study by themselves than to remember some facts or formulas( 公式). It is quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in maths. But it is very difficult to use a formula in 6 a maths problem. Great scientists, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn't learn many things from school. But they were all so 7 that they invented so many things for us.
The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not8 by teachers at school. They worked. 9 all their lives, and they didn't waste a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of 10.
In 2010, Geely, a private(私营的)Chinese car company, bought Volvo for $1. 8 billion and Li Shufu, born in 1963, chairman of Geely, 1 world famous.
Li Shufu started to show his business skills at an early 2. In 1982 when he was 19, Li 3100 yuan for an old camera. He took 4 for tourists. In six months, he made 1, 000 yuan.
With that money, he 5 a photo room. 6, he began to make fridges, motorbikes and finally cars.
At that time, the government did not 7 private companies to make cars. Li asked the government to give him 8. “Please let me try, ”he told one official, “it is my 9. ”
At the same time, Li and two other engineers began to learn how to make 10. They visited many car factories. They worked day and night to design and test their own cars.
At last, Li was allowed to make cars. The first Geely car 11 in 1998. This year, Geely made 329, 100 cars.
As a 12 businessman, Li is not serious and boring like some business people we see on TV. He plays the guitar. He's good 13 basketball. And his favorite 14 is writing poems. One of his 15 shows his big dream in the car-making industry. It reads, “How high can Chinese cars fly? Ten years of hard work will make us big eagles(大雕). ”
Not only could the cultures, histories or customs in different countries be different, but the shopping habits are different. Let's see the shopping in America here.
If you just arrive 1 America, I believe you 2 buy some clothes soon. There is a rule of dressing in the United States: Change your clothes every day.
For example, in an American college, neither teachers 3 students are often seen in the same clothes for two days on end. So you may find 4 necessary to buy more clothes than you have here—in China.
5 you are shopping in the United States, you will find that prices change a lot from store to store, and they change a lot from time to time.
After you stay in America for some time, you will also find that Americans are not so well-off. They often go shopping at“sales”.
They also buy some used, second-hand things, such as clothing, beds, sofas, or TVs—in order to 6 money. But in America it is quite different. 7 of the second-hand things are rather good.
In fact, the price in the United States is always very 8. Advertisements for“white sale”are often seen in January, as 9 as in May and June or July. Once or twice every season there will be“garage sales”in the community. There, you can get almost 10, from a boat to a pair of shoes, at lower prices.
根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳一项填空。
There are many wetlands(湿地) in China and some of them 1 the world's important wetlands. The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are among them. They are in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. They are 2 to many different kinds of birds and animals. The world's largest Milu Deer Nature Reserve(自然保护区) is in them. More than 700 milu deer live 3 there. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world, 4 every winter you can see some in the Red-crowned Cranes Nature Reserve in the Yellow Sea Wetlands.
The 5 in the wetlands is usually neither too high nor too low. There is a lot of rain and sunshine, too.
They are really 6 places for wildlife(野生生物). Offering food and home to some special kinds of animals and birds 7 not the only reason why we need to protect wetlands. Wetlands are important because they also prevent flood. But some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and buildings. This means there will be 8 space for wildlife. 9, more and more people are beginning to realize the importance of wetlands and wildlife. Every year 10 February 2nd, many activities are held to tell people more about wetlands.
When one door shuts, another opens in life
My life is always filled(充满) with sadness and little joy. However, no matter what happens, I can always 1 it bravely.
Last year, I couldn't believe the 2 that I was entered(录取) the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed to my home and told my parents. But my father didn't seem 3 as I was. He just kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn't help crying.
I knew very well what my family was like. My mum had been ill in bed for 2 years. We lived a 4 life and I couldn't continue my schooling. I felt so upset but I could say 5 to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work to support my family.
To my surprised, things completely changed 6 the beginning of the new term. My head teacher came to my family with some money, which had been 7 by my schoolmates.
He encouraged me, “Always have a dream.”8 tears in my eyes, I stepped into the key high school.
I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties, I always 9 my teacher and schoolmates. I have a college dream and I must work hard for it, no matter 10 hard life is. Just as a great man says, “When one door shuts, another opens in life.”
