When I was leaving to meet Lynne, my friend Tony told me that I’d better take some money. But I didn't listen to him. I thought Lynne would pay because she had invited me. I arrived at the restaurant on time. I know Americans expect you to be on time. Lynne and I sat at a table and a waiter brought us some delicious food.
The dinner was a great success. We talked a lot while eating. After two hours, the waiter finally came and asked if we wanted one check (賬單）or two, Lyrme said two. We went to the cashier and Lynne paid her check. I was embarrassed when the cashier gave me my bill. I had no money to pay for my meal. Then I had an idea. I said，“Oh! I forgot my wallet! Can I call my friend, please?" The cashier showed me where the phone was and I quickly called Tony. In a few minutes, he arrived with some money, and paid my check. He laughed at me all the way home. Now, I think it's funny too, but at that time I was very embarrassed. I thought an invitation to  have dinner in America meant the same thing as that in China. Now 1 think you have to understand thai your customs are only your customs. When you visit a foreign country, you have to learn about their customs, too. They can be quite different.
Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.
One day I got an invitation to dinner from Lynne. Before I left, my friend Tony told me to take some money, bul 1 didn’t take his【小題1】______. 1 reached the restaurant on time because I know being late is thought to be 【小題2】______   . Lynne and I enjoyed the dinner very much. But two hours【小題3】_______, 1 got into trouble 【小題4】_______my check. I thought Lyrme would pay 【小題5】________of the checks. In fact I was wrong. I had to call Tony for help. After the problem was solved, I realized the importance of learning about different customs.

George，F(xiàn)rank，Peter，Betty和Susan正在各自打算去參觀一座名塔。請(qǐng)仔細(xì)閱讀題中的個(gè)人情況說明和A到E五座名塔的介紹，選出符合各人要求的最佳選項(xiàng)。
【小題1】Susan is a college student. She is on holiday 'in July and would like to visit the tallest tower of     the five below.
【小題2】George, a student of history, is ready to write a paper on old towers. He is going to visit one in Europe.
【小題3】Betty, a teacher from Australia, likes shopping very much. She is thinking of buying different things for her students.
【小題4】Frank, from America, is traveling around the world. His last stop is to visit a tower where he can spend the night.
【小題5】Peter is interested in plants and animals. He is now looking for a tower where he can see fish and other water animals.

You can’t see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes．Some of the things you see give off light of their own。The sun，the stars，a lighted lamp are the examples that can be seen by their own light．But most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own．They are just reflecting(反射)light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous bodies．The moon，for example，doesn’t give off any light of its own．It is not 1uminous．You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of the sunlight reflects on the earth．So moonlight is only second—hand sunlight．
When you look at a book，it sends some of the light which fails on it to your eyes，and you see the book．If light could be kept out from where you’re so that there would be no light from the book to reflect．Then you couldn’t see the book even with your eyes wide open．Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you’re reading to your eyes is as short as if there were no time at time．Light reaches us from the moon，which is about 380，000 kilometres away，in only a little more than a second．
【小題1】You can see the book because________．

A．your eyes are close to it	B．it reflects some of the light
C．it has light of its own	D．it is big enough to be seen

【小題2】The Chinese meaning of the world“l(fā)uminous”is close to_______．

A．閃光的

B．看不見的

C．發(fā)光的

D．明亮的

【小題3】________has light of its own．

A．The moon

B．The earth

C．The sun

D．The satellite of Dong Fong Hong

【小題4】Light travels about_________kilometers per second．

A．300，000

B．100，000

C．400，000

D．190，000

【小題5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A．All the things you can see give off light．

B．Light from the book is much faster than that from the moon．

C．The moment you open your eyes，the light from the book travels to your eyes．

D．Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read．

Teachers say buying homework answers online is not many in schools, but an interview with school students shows only 10% are willing to finish their holiday homework by themselves.
Their main complaint is that the homework is too much for them to finish.
“As far as ！ know, many of my students have to go to all kinds of training classes during the holiday. These lake away much of their time for doing homework.”
But as for the parents  who are sending their children to these training classes  they also say they've got no choice. Here's a view from a student's father.
"All the other kids in the neighborhood are learning extra things. You know parents sometimes compare their kids. I'm afraid my kid will be less successful than the others in the future."
In order to do with this situation of students copying each other's homework, some schools have even dropped the idea of holiday homework. Instead, they organize some interesting outdoor activities.
Educational experts say students love to learn through games or activities that they can be a part of‘ They suggest schools drop the current (目前的）homework format (設(shè)計(jì))，and turn to homework that encourages kids to get involved (參與).This way, they would no longer want to copy from each other or buy answers through the Internet.
Answer the following questions according to what you read.
【小題1】Why do students copy or buy homework answers?
【小題2】   What do students spend much time on during the holiday?
【小題3】Most parents want their kids to be successful, don't they?
【小題4】   How do some schools deal with the problem of students copying homework?
【小題5】   List a kind of your favorite holiday homework according to the passage.

“Haibao，the mascot(吉祥物)of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo，is very cute，”said Gu Hui，a school kid．“I want a big toy like the mascot．”
Haibao looks like the Chinese word ren，which means people or a person．The name，a typical lucky one in Chinese tradition comes from the Chinese phrase “Si Hai Zhi Bao” —the treasure of the four seas．It also means the treasure of Shanghai，which lies beside the sea．
Haibao’s blue curly(卷曲的)hair looks like the waves of the sea．Its smile is a sign of the healthy spirit of China．Those thumbs-up(翹拇指)will welcome millions of people to Shanghai from around the world．Its big feet show China has the ability to host a successful Expo．
Haibao was created by two artists，one from the mainland(大陸) and the other from Taiwan．The design is about people living together in the city．The designers want it to fit the theme of the Shanghai Expo，that is，a good life should be created by all the people and people should have harmonious relationships(和諧關(guān)系) with nature and society，so that life in cities would be better．
Surely the mascot will become the lucky symbol and cultural remark of Shanghai Expo．
【小題1】Which is the mascot of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo?

【小題2】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．School children like Haibao．

B．The name Haibao shows Chinese traditional culture．

C．Haibao is the wisdom of two artists．

D．Haibao is an animal living in the sea near Shanghai．

【小題3】What is the theme of the Shanghai World Expo?

A．One World, One Dream.	B．One China, One Family.
C．Better City, Better Life.	D．Shanghai, An Open City.