When you go to have dinner in a foreigner’s home．please remember the following things：

    At table，when the hostess picks up her napkin，you may pick up yours and put it on your legs．If a servant passes food around，he will pass the dish to you at your left hand so that you can easily serve yourself with your right hand．Never serve yourself when the dish is on your right；it is then the turn of your neighbor on the right．

    Do not reach across the table or in front of someone to get something-that is not polite．Ask him or her to pass it to you．

    There are things in the middle of the table，such as bread，butter and candies．You shouldn’t take any until the hostess tells the servant to pass them to you．

    Do not leave your seat without saying anything．If you need to leave the table to go to the washroom or to do something else，you should say，“Excuse me for a moment，please．”

1．You may pick up your napkin and put it on your legs ________ the hostess picks up hers.

    A．before          B．after      C．and then          D．then

2．Why does a servant pass the dish to you on your left hand?

    A．Because you can easily serve yourself with your left hand．

    B．Because you can easily serve yourself with your right hand．

    C．Because you can’t easily serve yourself with your right hand．

    D．Because a servant likes doing so．

3．When the dish is on your right，you ________ serve yourself．

    A．should          B．can        C．may         D．shouldn’t

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

    A．If the food isn’t near you，you shouldn’t stand up to reach for it.

    B．You may take any food at any time．

    C．When you have to leave your seat，you need to say，“Excuse me for a moment，please．”

    D．The dish is passed to you on your left．

5．The article is mainly talking about________.

    A．the table manners                B．how to behave in public

    C．how to be a polite guest         D．when to serve yourself

   Do you know why different animals or pests(害蟲)have different colors? The colors are mainly used to protect themselves．

  Some birds like eating locusts(蝗蟲)，but birds cannot easily catch them．Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of the crops. When the crops are green，locusts look green．But as the harvest time comes，locus change to the same brown colors as the crops have．Some pests with different colors from the plants easily found and eaten by others．So they have to hide themselves，appearing only at night．

Some animals move quietly through forests．They cannot be easily seen by hunters(獵人)．This is because they have the colors much like the trees’．

    A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of black liquid(液體)when it faces danger．While the liquid spreads over，the fish’s enemies cannot find it．And it immediately swims away．So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all．

1．From the passage we can learn that locusts________．

    A．are small animals                       B．are easily found by birds

    C．are dangerous for their enemies            D．can’t be easily caught by birds

2．How can pests with different colors from the plants keep out of danger?

    A．They run away quickly．

    B．They have the colors much like their enemies’．

    C．They hide themselves in the daytime and appear at night．

    D．They have to move quietly．

3．Some animals Can keep safe in the forest because________．

    A．they have the colors much like the trees’

    B．they move quietly

    C．they like brown and grey colors

    D．they live in the forest

4．Why can the kind offish in Paragraph4 live up to now(直到現(xiàn)在)?

    A．Because it is very large and strong．

    B．Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape when in danger．

    C．Because the liquid it sends out call kill its enemies．

    D．Because it swims very fast and Call escape very quickly．

5．Which is the best title for this passage?

    A．The Change of Colors．

    B．Colors of Different Animals and Pests．

    C．The Main Use of Colors with Animals and Pests．

    D．Some Animals and Pests．

Mars

    Is there life on Mars? We don’t know．We’re sure that people like those on the earth don’t live on Mars．Earth people need oxygen to breathe．There is almost no oxygen on Mars．

    Living on Mars would he like living on a very high mountain．There would be little air. It might be 50 degrees above zero at noon and l00 degrees below zero at night．Many people think there may be plants on Mars．We know that Mars has carbon(碳)．This is a kind of material found in all plants and animals on earth．Through a telescope，Mars looks red．In some places，it seems gray．At times the gray color turns gray—green，then gray again．The gray-green color may be a kind of plant life changing color with the seasons．

  Will men go to Mars one day? If they do，they must take their own oxygen, food and clothing with them．

1．Why can’t people live on Mars? (回答問題)_______________________________

2．Living on Mars would be like living on a very high mountain(改為同義句)

   ________________________________________________________________________

3．The gray．green color may be a kind of plant life changing color with the seasons．(翻譯成漢語)這種灰綠色_________________________________________________---

4．They must take their own oxygen，food and clothing with them(改為被動語態(tài))

   Their own oxygen，food，and clothing _________________________________with them．

5．The main idea of the story is that ________________________________on Mars(完成句子)

根據(jù)句意，從所給詞中選出適當?shù)脑~完成句子。

1．I’ve ________ to Bering twice．(went，gone，been)

2．June 1 st is ________ Day．(Child’s，Children’s，Childrens’)

3．Tom is a good friend of ________．(my，me，mine)

4．“Why didn’t you rum off the lights when you left your room?” mother said ________ to Tina． (angry，angrily，angrier)

5．Rice is ________ in the south．(grown，grows，grow)

根據(jù)句意和語境，用所給單詞的適當形式填空。

1．They like ________ (take)a walk after supper．

2．They like to do some ________ (read)after supper．

3．May is the ________ (five)month of a year．

4．Who is the ________ (win)of the match?

5．It’s ________ (sun)today．We can go swimming．

I want to explain，but he didn’t give me any ________．

A．chance                B．way              C．choice

The dress fits me well，________ I don’t want to buy it because it’s too expensive．

A．so                       B．and               C．but

Teenagers have all kinds of dreams．________，some would like to go to the moon some day．

A．After all               B．In fact                 C．For example

I have ________ chores to do today that I can’t go out with you．

A．so much              B．such many           C．so many