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（一）Hi, Louis!I’m writing to tell you something about the customs and festivals.Everyone loves holidays since one doesn’t need to go to school or work. Although all holidays mean no school and work, but not all of them are the same. On some of them you go out with friends; on others you stay home to eat, talk, and have fun with your family. For example in the U.S., everyone thinks New Year’s Eve and New Year are both for partying with friends. Christmas is the time to stay home and exchange gifts with family members. The opposite is true in Japan though. For example, in Japan, New Year is for spending time with the family to eat, talk, have fun, and go to the temples. But Christmas is for boy and girl friends to go out and exchange gifts. Originally Christmas should be to celebrate the birth of Christ.I have been interested in foreign customs since I was little. If you learn these different holiday customs, you will learn about different histories and cultures. This is much more interesting than learning them at the library from morning to evening.Love,Sue 根据短文内容，判断正误。

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1. Usually, nobody goes to school or works during holidays.2. Christmas is the time to stay home to eat, talk and have fun with the family.3. All the countries have the same way to celebrate the holidays.4. Being interested in foreign customs means being interested in different histories and cultures.5. This passage is about the customs and holidays in Japan.（二）Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but they travel together.Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium（水族馆）. People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely（孤独的）.There are many stor ies about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.1. Dolphins show their feelings with ___________ .A. picturesB. wordsC. waterD. sounds2. People can’t hear the dolphin’s sounds because ________ .A. they are above the waterB. they are under the waterC. they are very highD. they are very low3. Which one is true according to the passage?A. Dolphins swim together in a school because they want to studyB. They don’t study, but they travel in a groupC. Dolphins like to be away from their school on an island.D. Dolphins like to kill people（三）D river W anted①C lean driving licence.②M ust be of sm art appearance.③A ged over 25.A pply to: C apes T axi, 17P alace R oad, R ostonA ir H ostess for International F lights W anted①A pplicants m ust be betw een 20 and 33 years old.②H eight: 1.6 m to 1.75m.③E ducation to G G SE standard④T w o languages, m ust be able to sw im.A pply to: R ecruitm ent O ffice, SouthernA irlines, H eathrow A irport W est,H R 37K K.T eachers N eededFor private language school teaching, experience unnecessary.A pply to: The D irector of Studies, Instant Languages Ltd., 279 C analStreet, R oston1. You are 26 years old and want to be a teacher. You should apply to ________ .A. Capes Taxi, 17 Palace Road, RostonB. Recruitment Office, Southern Airlines, Heathrow Airport West, HR 37KKC. the Director of Studies, Instant Languages Ltd., 279 Canal Street. Roston.D. a private language school.2. What stops Jack, an experienced taxi driver, working for Capes Taxis.A. Fond of beer and wine.B. Punished（处罚）for driving too fast and wrong parking.C. Unable to speak a foreign language.D. Not having college education.3. Ben, aged 22, fond of swimming and driving, has just finished college. Which job might be given to him?A. Driving for Capes TaxiB. Working for Southern AirlinesC. Teaching at Instant Languages Ltd.D. Working for Northern Airlines.4. What prevents（阻止）Mary, aged 25, from becoming an air hostessA. She once broke a traffic law and was finedB. She can’t speak Japanese very well.C. She has never worked as an air hostess beforeD. She doesn’t feel like working long hours flying abroad.5. Which of the following is NOT talked about in the three advertisements?A. Whether he or she is marriedB. Whether they are men or womenC. Their educationD. The ages（四）All my friends at school smoked. My dad smoked; he didn’t want me to smoke but my friends kept saying I was stupid. They asked when I was going to grow up. So I started when I was sixteen and after a month I couldn’t stop. But two years later I cou ld feel what smoking was doing to me. I couldn’t run far, and I coughed every morning. I got very ill and decided to stop. It wasn’t easy, but now I’ve done it, and I feel better. Now I have money for other things.If you smoke, you are twice as likely to die from a heart attack. And the more you smoke, the earlier the heart attack is likely to be. For example, a 50-year-old who smokes more than 20 cigarettes a day, is four times more likely to have heart disease than a non-smoker of the same age.What does smoking do to the heart? First of all, it makes the heart beat faster and increases the blood pressure. The cigarette smoke also reduces the amount of oxygen in the blood. Consequently, the heart has to work harder, with less oxygen. Finally, your arteries will narrow faster if you smoke.So if you want to reduce your chances of getting heart disease, the answer is easy –– not to smoke. Don’t copy your friends and other people who smoke. If you smoke, find out how to stop. Stopping isn’t easy, but you’ll be healthier, and ....1. Who is more likely to have heart disease?A. A smokerB. A non-smokerC. A 50-year-old person2. What does the writer think of smoking?A. It is good for his healthB. Smoking is bad for himC. Is it neither good nor bad for his heath3. What happens after the writer stopped smoking?A. He becomes richB. He has more friendsC. He becomes healthier and has money to do other things.（六）In the USA, there are many types of restaurants. Fast food restaurants are very famous. You can find McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken in many countries around the world. You look at a menu above the counter, and say what you’d like to eat. You pay the person who serves you. You take your food and sit down or take it away. There’s no need to leave a tip.In a coffee shop you sit at the counter or at a table. You don’t wait for the waitress to show you where to sit. She usually brings you cof fee when you sit down. You tell her what you’d like to eat and she brings it to you. You pay the cashier as you leave. A diner is like a coffee shop but usually looks like a railway carriage.In a family restaurant the atmosphere is casual, but the waitress shows you where to sit. Often the waitress tells you her name, but you don’t need to tell her yours. If you don’t eat everything, your waitress gives you a doggy bag to take your food home. You add an extra fifteen percent to the bill as a tip.In top class restaurants, you need a reservation and you need to arrive on time. The waiter shows you where to sit. If you have wine, he may ask you to taste it. You can only refuse it if it tastes bad, not if you don’t like it. When you get your bill, chec k it and then add fifteen to twenty percent to it as a tip for the waiter.1. counter柜台2. tip小费3. carriage火车车厢4. casual随意的5. percent百分之……6. reservation预定7. refuse拒绝1. There are ______ types of restaurants here.A. threeB. fourC. fiveD. six2. We should sit ______ in a coffee shop.A. near the doorB. in the cornerC. at a counterD. on the floor3. In what kind of restaurant does the waitress often tell you her name?A. In a top class restaurantB. In a fast food restaurantC. In a coffee shopD. In a family restaurant4. How much do you need to tip in a top class restaurant?A. Ten percentB. Fifteen percentC. Thirty percentD. Forty percent（七）If you ask Daniel Radc liffe who acted Harry Potter to pick a special moment from the last year of his life, you will find it almost impossible. “Oh, wow, that’s really difficult,”he says with a smile.“There have been so many things, so many m emories that at times it’s hard to recall them all,”says Daniel. “But I guess one of the best ones was the London premiere for Tbe Pbilosopber’s Stone. It was just amazing, one of the best nights of my life.”“But I’ve had such a great time doing Tbe Cbamber of Secrets. I love doing the work. I love meeting new people and being part of the team. It’s been great.”Daniel has changed. He turned 14 in July, 2002. He is taller, his voice is deeper and his frame is filling out as he begins his teenage years, and he has become an excellent actor, too.Daniel was born in London where his father, Alan, worked as an agent and his mother, Marcia, as a casting director, and both have been an essential guiding influence on their only child.1. impossible不可能的2. recall回忆3. premiere首映4. amazing令人惊异的5. the Chamber of Secrets《密室》6. agent经纪人7. casting director负责物色演员的人8. essential极为重要的根据短文内容，判断正误。