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姜红伟

(A)

To Be Ladies and Gentlemen

做个有礼貌的人

What do you want to be when you are older? Students have different views (观点) on what their dream jobs could be. But whatever they want to be when they are older, students in Nanjing No. 4 Middle School have to be ladies and gentlemen now. This month, the school started a programme to turn girls into ladies and boys into gentlemen. The words “ladies” and “gentlemen” mean women and men who are polite to other people. In the past, it also meant a person who came from a good family. So can a school turn 3,000 girls and boys into ladies and gentlemen?

Mr Wang, a teacher at the school, wants his students to learn how to behave (表现) well. “We want our students to be kind, polite and graceful(优雅的),” he said.

One important part of the schools programme is polite language. “Language is the first step to be a polite person. Ladies and gentlemen never say dirty words,” said Wang. A study of 100 students at the school found that half of them sometimes used dirty words. Also, all students must wear uniform. The school chooses two well- behaved students in each class to set a good example.

“We also plan to have lessons in manners(礼仪) next term,” said Wang. Most students say they want to be ladies and gentlemen.

“A gentleman should be kind and polite,” said a junior 2 student at the school. Another junior 2 student thinks she is just like a lady. “Its important for a girl to smile at people and say ‘thank you with all her heart,” she said.

1. “Students in Nanjing No. 4 Middle School have to be ladies and

gentlemen now.” means ____.

A. the students have to be grown-ups now

B. the students should learn to be kind and polite to others

C. the boys and girls must come from good families

D. the boys and girls must be good at their lessons

2. ____ is one of the most important steps to be a lady or a gentleman.

A. Saying dirty words B. Foreign languages

C. Polite language D. Body language

3. The underlined word “uniform” means ____ in the text.

A. 校服 B. 套装 C. 统一 D. 形式

4. Which of the following is wrong according to the passage? ____.

A. The students in Nanjing No. 4 Middle School have lessons in

manners this term

B. Only a few students may want to be ladies or gentlemen

C. The programmer has already had some good effects

D. Mr Wang works in Nanjing No. 4 Middle School

(B)

The Vans in America(美国的房车)

Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van(住房汽车).

A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded. A van holds seven persons easily, so a family with three children can ask their grandparents to travel together.

Mr King and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. There are seven seats in the van, and two of them are used to put things on, for a family of five must carry many suitcases when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents home, the suitcases are put into the two seats. And then they can carry their grandparents.

Americans call vans motor home. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks. All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.

1. From the passage, we can learn that a big American family usually

____.

A. travel together by van B. live together

C. live in a van D. has three cars

2. After Mr King and his wife had a third child, first they ____.

A. bought a van

B. sold one of their old cars

C. moved to their grandparents house

D. got many suitcases

3. A motor home is usually owned by a big family with ____.

A. much money B. interest in traveling

C. two cars D. a big house

4. Americans usually drive motor homes to ____.

A. visit their grandparents at weekends

B. take their children to school every day

C. travel with their family members for a holiday

D. do some shopping with their family members

5. The last sentence “In America there are many parks for motor

homes.” in this passage means “____”.

A. American families like to visit parks

B. There are many beautiful parks in America

C. Vans can be parked in many places in America

D. Motor homes can be bought in many places in America

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