B

Dear Linda,

I have been in England three months now, and it’s my first time to be here. I hope you don't think I've forgotten you. There have been so many places to see and so many things to do that I've not had much time for writing letters.

I shall soon be starting my studies at King's College. So far I've been learning about England and British ways of living. I won't tell you about London. There are plenty of books you can read and plenty of pictures you can look at. I'm sure you'll be more interested to know what I think about the life here.

I find some of the customs (风俗) new and interesting. People here do not shake hands as much as we do in Europe. During the first few weeks I was often surprised because people did not put out their hands when I met them. Men raise their hats to women but not to each other.

Yours

Alice

( )61. The writer came to London from _________.

A. Asia               B. Europe            C. America             D. Africa

( )62. The writer __________.

A. has never been to England before

B. came to England just now

C. came to England three months ago

D. will come to England in three months

( )63. She has _________.

A. not written any letters              B. much time to write letters

C. no time to write letters              D. a little time to write letters

( )64. She came to England to _________.

A. study                           B. make a living

C. learn British ways of living          D. learn about life there

( )65. Englishmen ___________.

A. do not often shake hands with friends when they meet

B. often shake hands with friends when they meet

C. raise their hats to all friends when they meet

D. do not raise their hats to friends when they meet

C

An artist who did not have much money, but was a very kind man, was coming home by train one day. He gave his last few coins to a beggar, but then he saw another one, and forgot that he did not have any money. He asked the man if he would like to have lunch with him, and the beggar accepted , so they went into a small restaurant and had a good meal.

At the end, the artist could not pay the bill, of course, so the beggar had to do so.

The artist was very unhappy about this, so he said to the beggar, “Come home with me in a taxi, my fried, and I’ll give you back the money for money.”

“Oh, no!” the beggar answered quickly. “I had to pay for your lunch, but I’m not going to pay for your taxi home either!”

(    )66. The artist in this story was __________.

A. a man of wealth    B. a funny man    C. a kind man      D. a cheat

(    )67. While going home one day, the artist forgot about ___________.

A. his wallet     B. his train ticket   C. his coins        D. his own trouble

(    )68. After the meal, __________ paid the bill.

A. The artist         B. another man     C. the beggar      D. no one

(    )69. The artist invited the beggar to take a taxi home with him so that ___________.

A. the beggar could pay for the taxi ho me

B. he could pay the money in return for the meal he had had

C. he could make friends with the beggar

D. they could trust each other

(     )70. At the end of the story, what the beggar said showed that he _________.

A. didn’t trust(信任) the artist           B. was thankful to the artist

C. felt sad for having paid for their lunch  D. would make friends with the artist

D

Feeling left out?

A reader wrote in to say that she was feeling lonely at break because her best friend

wasn’t around.Here’s our advice to her—and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes.

It’s hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because she moved to a different

school or a diff erent class.You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime.You want to have new

friends.but how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has their

friends.But remember, there’s always room for more friends.    。.

Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you’d like to play

with at break.Look for chances to say hi to them，smile，and be friendly.Offer to share

something or express your appreciation(欣赏)to them.Invite someone to play with you or

say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom.When you’re at break，walk over to kids

you want to play with.act friendly，and say “Hi，can l play, too?” or jus t join in.

If you have trouble doing this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make

new friends.Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends.The best way to make

friends is to be a friend.Be kind，be friendly，share，say nice things，offer to help—and pretty soon，you’ll have one，or two，or even more new friends.

You might still miss that special best friend.But when you see each other, you can share

something you didn’t have before she left：You can introduce her to your new friends!