If you go to a city on vacation, you’d better buy a travel g________.

People in Japan and America b________ differently at the dinner table.

In Japan, it’s rude to p________ at anyone with your chopsticks.

 Many ads are a________ specifically at teenagers.

There is a s________ in England: It’s the thought that counts.

 R________ the letter from John in America made me happy.

 He has many t________ on how to finish the work well.

    have    able  if   call   be   what   catch   only   that   on

Do you want to have a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid1 your friend would laugh at you, or just can’t understand 2you are going through?

Anne Frank chose the first kind. She lived in Amsterdam during World War II. Her family was Jewish so they had to hide, or they would be3 by the German soldiers. She and her family had hidden away for two years before they4 discovered. During this time the5true friend was her diary, which she 6 Kitty.

In a diary dated 7Thursday 15, June, 1944, she wrote, “Dear Kitty, I wonder 8 it’s because I haven’t been9 to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so mad about everything to do with nature. I can well remember that there was a time when a blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me puzzled. That 10changed since I was here for a year and a half.”

You may feel curious about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? On April 8, a report came out on the lives of school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.

Who studies hardest?

Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more

than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (26.4%)， Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).

Who sleeps most often in class?

Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them say they sometimes doze off in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.

South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% say they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).

What do they do after school?

In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most Korean students watch TV.

1 How many countries were surveyed in this passage?

   A. Two             B. Three                   C. Four                   D. Five

2Who studies hardest?

   A. Chinese students.                B. Japanese students.

   C. South Korean students.            D. American students.

3 Who sleeps least often in class according to the report?

   A. Chinese students.                B. South Korean students.

   C. American students.                      D. Japanese students.

4 How many South Korean students write down what the teacher says in class?

   A. 93%.       B. 90%.                C. 89%.               D. 70%.

5 According to the passage, we know          .

   A. Japanese students spend the most time studying

   B. Japanese students fall asleep in class most often

   C. Japanese students don’t like taking notes

   D. most Chinese students watch TV in their free time

What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.

Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.

From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible; learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.

The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average(平均高度的) person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.

Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked(滲) into the room.

On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are these which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement(水泥) might end in injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall.

1 It is important to ________.

A. put out the fire in the burning house B. know the ways to escape the fire

C. jump off a burning house               D. keep the door closed

2It is possible to escape through the windows ________.

A. if there are some bushes on the ground          B. if you are strong enough

C. if you live on a lower floor                    D. if you have a long rope

3 Which of the following escaping way is NOT right?

A. You can escape through stairways.

B. You can choose fire escapes.

C. Escape from the windows which open onto a roof.

D. Use a lift to come down at once.

4 Open the window so that ________ if the building is on fire.

A. you can get fresh air　　　　　　　　   B. you can call for help

C. you can easily jump off　　　　　　      D. you can be seen first

5The best title of the passage is ________.

A. Escaping from the Windows　　　　     B. Save Yourself in the Burning House

C. Knowledge on Fire　　　　　　             D. Waiting for Help