Dinner customs are different around the world. If you are a guest in Ghana( 加纳), this information will help you a lot.
In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person who receives guests takes you to the living room first. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to the dinning room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table.
In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else .But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.
Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder(粉末) of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw(锯子) because it is very hard. You must chew(咀嚼) fufu well, or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only.From the passage we know that in Ghana ______________.
| A．the rules for dinner time are not strict |
| B．dinner is always at six in the evening |
| C．a family offers food only at four in the afternoon |
| D．people usually invite their guests to dinner late in the evening |
People in Ghana usually eat ________.
| A．from one side of a dish to the other |
| B．from the other side of the dish |
| C．with their fingers |
| D．with their spoons |
In fact, most dishes in Ghana _______.
| A．are cooked with the powder of some plants |
| B．have fufu in them |
| C．are too hard to eat |
| D．are not very hard |
When you eat fufu, you’d better _________.
| A．cut it with a saw |
| B．use your right hand only |
| C．chew it well |
| D．all of the above |
My favourite sport is basketball because it is very exciting. I like basketball because the NBA stars play very well. Basketball is very cheap and it is a good sport for our health. We can grow taller if we play basketball often. Also it keeps me healthy. I play basketball three times a week. Most often I play it in my school. I often play it with my friends or I may play it myself. I feel very happy when I play basketball at school with my classmates. Sometimes I play basketball in the playground near my home. Basketball is very easy to play. If you play basketball very well, you can join the basketball team . If you win the basketball competition, you will have the prize. You may become a famous basketball star. I like basketball best because it’s _______.
| A．cheap | B．exciting | C．good | D．famous |
How many times do I play basketball every week?
| A．five | B．three | C．four | D．six |
I often play basketball _________
| A．myself | B．with my friends | C．with my cousins | D．with my parents |
Why do I like basketball?
| A．Because it’s cheap | B．Because it’s good for health |
| C．Because the NBA stars play very well | D．A, B and C |
The best title(标题) for the passage is ______-
| A．Basketball player | B．My favourite sport |
| C．Basketball star | D．My favourite basketball star |
Swimming is very popular. People like swimming in summer because water makes people feel cool. If you like swimming but swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe. These years, a lot of people die when they enjoy themselves in water, and most of them are students. Some people are not careful when they are swimming. They often think they swim so well that nothing will happen to them in water. Summer is here again. If you go swimming, don’t forget that better swimmers have died in water. They die because they are not careful, not because they cannot swim. So don’t get into the water when you are alone. Don’t get into the water if there is a “ No swimming” sign. If you remember these, swimming will be safe. People like swimming in summer because _______.
| A．they feel cool in the water | B．they feel free in the water |
| C．swimming makes them strong | D．swimming makes them popular |
Swimming may not be safe if _______.
| A．it isn’t popular enough | B．it makes people excited |
| C．you like swimming very much. | D．you swim in dangerous places. |
These years many _______ die in the water when they swim happily.
| A．old people | B．young people | C．women | D．children |
Some swimmers die in water because ___________.
| A．they swim so well | B．they are not strong enough |
| C．they are not careful | D．they can’t swim well |
The writer wants to tell us that ______.
| A．swimming is a good sport |
| B．we should not go swimming in summer |
| C．we must be careful when we are swimming |
| D．we should not go swimming in the river |
Hi. I’m Lingling. I’m a student at No. 14 Middle School. Do you want to know my life? Let me tell you about it. I usually get up at 7:00 in the morning. I have my breakfast at 7:10. My parents always prepare（准备）the breakfast for me. I go to school at 7:30. We have seven lessons every day from Monday to Friday. I like English lessons very much .After school, I like playing table tennis and basketball with my friends. There is a very big playground in our school.I have my breakfast at ______.
| A．7:00 | B．7:10 | C．7:30 | D．7:20 |
I have seven lessons ______.
| A．every day | B．at the weekend | C．in the afternoon | D．five days a week |
I like ______ very much.
| A．English | B．Chinese | C．art lesson | D．swimming lesson |
There is a big ______ in No. 14 Secondary School.
| A．garden | B．library | C．swimming pool | D．playground |
I like playing ______ with my friends.
| A．table tennis and basketball | B．football |
| C．football and basketball | D．volleyball |
Tom was nine years old and he went to a school near his house. He went there on foot and came back home usually at 4 o’clock. But last Monday he was very late. His mother asked, “Why are you so late today, Tom?” “Because my teacher asked me to stay behind (留下)” Tom answered. “Why did the teacher make you stay behind?” the mother asked again. “Because no one could answer the teacher’s question except (除了)me,” Tom said. “What was the question?” his mother asked. “The question was ‘Who broke (打破) the window of the classroom?’” Tom said.The school was _____________ Tom’s house.
| A．far from | B．near | C．nine meters to | D．behind |
Tom went to school _________________.
| A．on foot | B．by bus | C．by bike | D．by car |
Last Monday Tom came home __________________.
| A．earlier | B．hungry | C．late | D．happy |
---Why did Tom stay behind after school? ---Because_________________.
| A．he did something wrong |
| B．he did something right |
| C．he liked to stay there longer |
| D．his mother asked the teacher to do so |
His mother might (可能) be very ________________when she heard about that.
| A．hungry | B．pleased | C．happy | D．angry |
Everyone enjoys music. But do you know it can improve the lives of sick kids? __57___ In fact, music has changed the world a lot. In Australia , a scientist, Catherine, has made a music program. ___58___ “Music can make you happy, music can make you sad, music can make you relaxed and take away any stress (压力) ，”said Catherine.
For thousands of years people has believed that music has a great effect on both the mind and the body, but it was only about 70 years ago that scientists began to study its medical（医学） benefits（益处）. ___59____ Since then, people has began to use music to help patients. People even used it to help kids in schools get better marks.
Now music is being used in a special programme called Music Therapy (疗法). It helps people improve their quality of life in many different ways by using music. Sophia is 11. She got cancer (癌症) five months ago, but playing music, learning new songs and singing have become a part of life. She said, “It takes my mind off feeling sick. While I am listening to music, it tells me not to give up hope. ___60____”
It seems that a few minutes of music a day can help keep the doctor away!
| A. They found that playing music in hospitals helped sick soldiers feel better. B. It includes listening to music, playing instruments, singing, song writing and other games. C. It feels like soon my life will turn around and I will be strong again. D. So some people like music that they can sing along. E. The program has been putting smiles on the faces of kids in hospitals across the country. |
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