Things are different in different countries. If you go to Britain, it is a good (1) i_____  to ask people there
about good manners (舉止). First of all, you should never talk about two things: money and age. You should
never ask how much he is (2)p_____ for his job (工作). One (3)s_____ subject to talk about is the weather:
People in Britain quite (4)p_____ talk about the weather. And some people like to hear good (5)w_____ about
their dogs or cats.
     When a man is walking with a woman, he should always (6)h_____ a door open for her, and (7)I_____ her
go first. When a man is walk along a road with a lady (女士), he should always walk near the (8)t_____. And,
of course, you should, again, never ask a woman's age. As Oscar Wilde, the famous writer (9)0_____  said,
"A woman who tells you her age will tell you (10)a_____.''

     Have you seen the videos on TV? Do you wear large T-shirts and baggy jeans? Or have you heard someone
rap (說唱)? Hip-Hop is very hot now.
     Hip-Hop music was started in the middle of the 1970s by African Americans in New York. The music,
break-dancing (霹靂舞) and graffiti (涂鴉) make up Western Hip-Hop culture. Most of the Hip-Hop songs are
about love, jobs or even games.
     Usually in rap, singers speak words very quickly to a certain beat. Most of the words are fun. Singers play
off words to make fun of themselves or others. Hip-Hop music has few rules. Singers just do what they think
and rap it out in a clever or creative way. The freedom makes a lot of teenagers fall in love with the music.
Many of them like wearing large T-shirts and baggy jeans. Famous rap and Hip-Hop stars include Eminem in
the U. S. and Jay Chou from China.
     Today Hip-Hop is more and more popular across most of the world.

(     )1. African Americans started Hip-Hop music in the middle of the 1970s in New York.
(     )2. There are three main kinds of music in Western Hip- Hop culture.
(     )3. Hip-Hop music is very popular, but it has a lot of rules to follow.
(     )4. From the passage we know Jay Chou is a famous rap and Hip-Hop star.
(     )5. Many teenagers don't like wearing large T-shirts or baggy jeans.

     Strange things happen when you travel, because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones (分……區(qū)).
The time difference between two zones is one hour. You can have days with more than twenty-four hours and
days with fewer than twenty-four hours. You can have weeks with more than seven days and weeks with
fewer than seven days.
     If you make a five-day trip (旅行) across the Atlantic Ocean (大西洋), your ship come into a different time
zone every day. As you come into each zone, the time changes one hour. If you travel west, you set your
watch back. If you travel east, you set it ahead (向前). Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or
twenty-three hours. If you make a trip by ship across the Pacific Ocean (太平洋) , you cross the International
Date Line (國際日期變更線). This is the point where a new day begins when you cross the line, you change
one full day. If you travel east, today becomes yesterday,  if you travel west it is tomorrow.

1. Something interesting will happen to the time if you travel because _____.

A. a day has always fewer than twenty-four hours
B. a day has always more than twenty-four hours
C. a day has more or f ewer than twenty-four hours
D. some time zones are large and some time zones are small

2. The time difference between two time zones is _____.

A. twenty-four hours
B. one hour
C. two hours
D. twenty-three hours

3. If we cross the Atlantic Ocean, we _____.

A. change one full day
B. set our watch back
C. set our watch ahead
D. set our watch back or ahead

4. If we travel east across the International Date Line on July 5th, the date becomes July _____.

A. 3rd
B. 4th
C. 5th
D. 6th 

5. The Atlantic Ocean _____.

A. is in one time zone
B. is divided into twenty-four zones
C. is divided into five time zones
D. can not be crossed in five days

6. Which of the following sentences is true?

A. If we travel around the world, we will get into trouble in telling the time.
B. If we travel west across the Atlantic Ocean, we will have twenty-three hours.
C. If we travel by ship across the Atlantic Ocean, we will cross the International Date Line.
D. If we travel across the Pacific Ocean, today becomes tomorrow.

    
     All over the world, and for many different reasons, there are millions of people who never eat meat.
These people are called vegetarians. To people who eat meat, being a vegetarian may seem like a very
strange thing. But they won't eat meat for several different reasons.
     First, vegetarians have a big health advantage. One of the major health problems in modern world is
too much food, especially in the form of animal fats. Medical study suggests that animal fats, including
butter, quicken the development of cholesterol (膽固醇) in the human body. Too much cholesterol seems
to be part of the cause of heart disease. Most vegetarians have low level of cholesterol. Too much animal
fats also seem to lead to certain kinds of cancer, and vegetarians have less these cancers than people who
eat a lot of meat. Overall, studies comparing the health of vegetarians and meat-eaters show that the
meat-eaters are twice as likely to die of heart disease as vegetarians are.
     Better health is one reason that people choose to become vegetarians. Another reason is religion (宗教).
Eating of meat is never allowed in some religions. The largest of these is the Hindu religion, which has about
600 million believers in the world. Although not all Hindus are vegetarian, many are, and there are many
believers of other religions, such as Buddhism and even some Christian religions that also do not eat meat.
     Many vegetarians do not eat meat simply because they do not like the taste of it. They have no religious
or other reasons; they just do not like meat. Another important reason that vegetarians give for not eating
meat is the health advantages that were given above. Lastly, there are many people who do not eat meat
because they just do not like the idea of killing animals for food. They believe that life, all life, is valuable and
that we do not have to destroy life to feed ourselves when there are other good sources of food.

1. According to the passage, people choose to be vegetarians for the reasons EXCEPT ________.

A. they think killing is bad and want to stay healthy
B. they are too kind to put the idea of killing animals
C. they live in areas where meat supply is short
D. they shouldn't eat meat because of religious belief

2. Which of the following is true according to Paragraph 2?

A. Vegetarians enjoy a more healthy life than the meat eaters.
B. Heart disease and cancer are caused by too much vegetables.
C. There are twice as many meat-eaters as vegetarians who die of cancer.
D. There are fewer health problems in modern society nowadays.

3. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. being a vegetarian may be a very strange thing
B. vegetarians eat meat on some special occasions
C. most vegetarians believe that life without meat is happy
D. all vegetarians have reasons for their not eating meat

     In 2009, what is the most popular English word in the website on the Internet? Maybe the answer is
"unfriend". Is that true? In fact, "unfriend" is often used on social networking (社交的) websites. It has
become so popular that Oxford University Press recently chose it as the 2009 word of the year.
     If you are a member of a social networking website such as QQ, My Space or Face book, you can
add a new friend be sending someone a friend request (請求). If you later fall out with that person, what
can you do? You can hit the "unfriend" button (操作框) and remove him or her from your friend list. That
means you won't talk, exchange information, or see each other's updates on the website any more.
     Experts at Oxford University Press look at how the words of the English language change from year to
year. They chose words that are popular and have important culture meanings.
     Christine Lindberg, editor for Oxford's dictionary program, said the word "unfriend" is popular now and
may stay popular for a long time. People understand its meaning in the online social networking context, and
also "accept" it as a modern verb. So it makes an interesting choice for the Word of the year.
     How to use the word? You can say "I decided to unfriend my roommate on Face book after we had a
fight" or "I unfriend Alice on My Space when she does something bad to me".

1. How many social networking websites are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Five.

2. If you hit the "unfriend" button, you can _________.

A. remove a person from your friend list
B. send a person a friend request
C. send messages to a person
D. share information with a person

3. The underlined part "fall out with" in the passage probably means "_________".

A. 爭吵
B. 迷戀
C. 與某人交友
D. 愛上某人

4. "Unfriend" was chosen as the 2009 word of the year because of the following EXCEPT _________.

A. it is widely used on the web
B. it has important culture meaning
C. it is a good way to solve problems between friends
D. it is understood and accepted by many people

5. The passage mainly tells us _________.

A. it is very easy to make friends on the Internet
B. you can unfriend someone you don't like on the social networking website
C. how to use the word "unfriend"
D. why the word "unfriend" became the most popular word in 2009

     Almost everyone knows about the Chupa Chups, the lollipop＊. And people often talk about its
interesting advertisements. Do you know, however, it was invented more than half a century ago by a man
called Bernat?
     In the early 1950s, Bernat worked for an apple jam＊ factory. After he came up with the idea of making
lollipops, the people who offered money to the company left. Bernat took over the company in 1958 and
named it Chupa Chups. He built the machines and sold candy on a wooden stick for one peseta＊ each.
     Bernat got the idea of a "candy with a stick" from a mother who complained a lot as her child got dirty
hands when eating candy. Bernat felt that at that time, candy was not designed with the main customers-
children-in mind. Later, shopkeepers were told to put the lollipops near the cash register＊ where children
could reach easily, instead of behind it.
     The Chupa Chups company was a success. In five years, Bernat's lollipops were being sold at 300,000 to
other countries. When they were first created, the lollipop sticks were made of wood, but then they were
changed to plastic sticks because there was too little wood in Spain. After the end of the Francisco Franco
dictatorship＊ (1939-1975), the company went international. In the 1970s the colorful lollipops appeared in
Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, as well as Australia. In the 1980s it
went to the European and North American markets, and in the 1990s to most Asian countries. In China they
were made by Tatagum in Panyu, near Guangzhou. As of 2003, 4 billion lollipops a year were sold to 150
countries. The company has 2000 workers, makes 90% of its sales abroad, and has a turnover＊ of 
?500,000,000.
      In 1991, Bernat's son Xavier took over the "Chupa Chups" and made his father enjoy the rest of his life.

1. Who was the lollipop invented by?

A. Bernat.
B. Xavier.
C. Some kids.
D. A mother.

2. What does the underlined phrase take over in the first and fifth paragraphs mean?

A. 毀壞
B. 接管
C. 背叛
D. 收拾

3. Why does the writer use so many numbers in paragraph 4?

A. Because the writer likes Chupa Chups very much.
B. Because the writer wants to tell us that he has been to many countries.
C. Because the writer wants to show that the Chupa Chups company was a success.
D. Because the writer wants to tell us people all over the world know about Chupa Chups.

4. What's the best title for this article?

A. Kids Love Chupa Chups
B. A Clever Man Called Bernat
C. How The Lollipop Was Invented
D. The History Of Chupa Chups