IV.阅读理解(20分)

A

When you ask a person,"What are you doing during this National Day?"he or she may answer ,"Iam going to have a travel."It sounds that people are all interested in traveling.Why?Becausetravel has many advantages.

First,travel can widen our knowledge of geography,and the customs,cultures and lifestyles of different places and countries.Second,we can make friends and practice a foreign language through traveling.And travel is the best way to have fun.We can enjoy eating different foods and seeing beautiful piaces.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误(T/F)

(  ) 1. O nly one person will go to travel during Nation Day.

(  ) 2. People love to travel because travel has lots of advantages.

(  ) 3. Travels can make people get knowledge that they cannot learn from school.

(  )4. People can learn a foreign language through traveling.

(  ) 5. In this passage, we know travel can make our life more beautiful.

B

Before you got to another country it is a great help if you know the language and some of the customs(风俗)of the country.

When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say “How do you do? ”and shake hands(握手). Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.

Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students also learned that the Germans shake hand s as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

(    ) 6. It is ______ if you know the languag e and some of the customs of the country.

A. not useful     B. not helpful    C. very helpful    D. very bad

(    ) 7. English people usually shake hands when they _____.

A. meet every time    B. meet for the first time

C. say goodbye to each other     D. say hello to each other

(    ) 8. Usually English people don’t shake hands _________.

A. when they will be away for  a long time

B. when they say “How do you do ?”

C. when they just meet or say goodbye

D. after they haven’t met for a long time

(    ) 9. Which is right?

A. German people shake hands as often as possible.

B. English people like shaking hands very much.

C. German people hardly shake hands.

D. Neither English people nor Germans like shaking hands.

(    ) 10. This passage is about ________.

A. shaking hands      B. languages    C. customs     D.  languages and customs