Nowadays，phone calls and messages help us make regular contact（联系）with others．
It means that we seldom write letters now．But a TV show，Letters Alive （见字如面），is bringing back this old habit．
Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses，but there are no funny jokes or different competitions．Instead，it's just one person walking up to a microphone and reading a letter．
The letters were written by people from different times in history．For example，in one episode（集），they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941．The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future．
"Every letter opens another world for us，"according to Guan Zhangwen，the director of the TV show．"It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers．"Since its first episode on Dec 5，Letters Alive has been widely praised．Many audience（观众）said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today's TV shows．
Besides Letters Alive，some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences．They include Chinese Poetry Conference，a traditional Chinese poetry competition and Readers，a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote．It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest．
（1）Letters Alive，a TV show，invites famous people to ．
A．tell audiences jokes
B．read and share letters
C．walk up to a microphone to sing
D．enter different competitions
（2）According to the passage，which sentence is RIGHT？
A．We can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers by reading letters．
B．Xiao Hong missed her brother but had no hope for his future．
C．Letters Alive is not popular enough to attract audiences．
D．Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems and articles．
（3）How many cultural TV shows are mentioned in the passage？
A．One
B．Two
C．Three
D．Four
（4）Chinese audiences these cultural TV shows．
A．like
B．dislike
C．show no interest in
D．doubt about
（5）What is the best title for the passage？
A．Phones have taken the place of letters
B．Welcome to cultural TV shows
C．Letters encourage us to communicate
D．Letters become popular again．
Dinner customs(习惯)are different around the world. If you are a dinner guest (客人)in Ghana, 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(严格的规定)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 dining 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 later 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 |
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 |
What is “walk to School?”
Now we are working on a programme of “Walk to School”. We would like as many parents and children as possible to take part, even if in a small way. Children who walk to and from school along with their parents can learn essential(基本的)road safety and life skills.
You can take part by...
■Walking to and from school with your child every day.
■Walking for one or two days during the week.
■Encouraging（鼓励） others to walk, if you already do.
Walking is great!
■Walking is great exercise! A walk is good for your body and can keep you fit.
■You won’t have to waste time looking for a parking site(停车点).
■It’s pollution free.
■It’s a good chance to talk to your children and to meet other parents, too.
Enjoying walking to school!
Here is some advice to help you and your child enjoy walking to school.
■Plan a safe route(路线)together.
■Teach children what a kerb(马路牙子)is and what it means.
■Encourage your child to help you choose the safest places to cross the road.
■Look at and discuss the things you see on your way - especially road signs and what they mean.
Walk to school! Thousands of parents and children take part, could you?
Please go to www.walktoschool. org. uk for more information.By walking to and from school, children can learn _______________.
| A．driving skills |
| B．running skills |
| C．road safety and life skills |
| D．knowledge about science |
What is the first thing to do if you want to enjoy your walking to school?
| A．Plan a safe route with your children. |
| B．Learn what a kerb is and its meaning. |
| C．Choose the safest places to cross the road. |
| D．Find road signs and know their meanings. |
According to the writer, you can learn more about “Walk to School” by ______________.
| A．reading a newspaper | B．making a phone call |
| C．going to the Internet | D．having a traffic lesson |
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Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers when they have free time during the day ,because they can learn what is happening in the world. Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(标题) of the passages.
We can find newspapers in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers. Some newspapers come out once a week, but most of the papers come out once a day with many pages, some even twice a day. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others like short stories better. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.
People read newspapers in order to _____________.
| A．only learn the latest news |
| B．meet their own different needs |
| C．read the short stories |
| D．find the morning news |
From the passage we can see that __________ when people get newspapers.
| A．they read them very carefully |
| B．they just read the headlines |
| C．not everyone reads all the pages |
| D．they have no time to read them |
Newspapers have so many pages because _______________.
| A．more and more people like to read them |
| B．people enjoy reading something different |
| C．newspaper become cheaper |
| D．more pages mean more money |
The most popular in the world are newspaper ____________.
| A．in English | B．in Chinese |
| C．in other language | D．with many pages |
From the passage, we know people can also get more information from _______.
| A．magazines | B．advertisements |
| C．e-mail | D．Internet |
A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by, "Let me clean your shoes." The young man said, "No, thank you." "You may pay me only a pound, sir," said the boy. But the young man refused(拒绝) again. Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing. The young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly. The man put the other shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless(除非) he was paid two pounds for his work. The young man refused to pay anything and went away. But the dirty one looked so bad that he couldn't walk away. He had to turn back and gave the boy two pounds. In a very short time his shoes shone brightly.The boy was a shoe __________.
| A．cleaner | B．maker |
| C．repairer | D．seller |
At first the young man refused to clean his shoes, because ___________.
| A．he couldn't pay |
| B．he had not enough money |
| C．he didn't think it necessary |
| D．he had just cleaned his shoes |
Then the young man agreed to clean his shoes, because the boy asked for _______.
| A．two pounds | B．one pound |
| C．nothing | D．few money |
The boy refused to clean the second shoe, because ___________.
| A．it was very dirty |
| B．the young man paid only one pound |
| C．it was difficult to clean |
| D．he asked to be paid two pounds |
What do you think of the boy?
| A．Generous. | B．Hard-working. |
| C．Polite. | D．Smart. |
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