Close contacts between Japan and the rest of the world were created in the twentieth century. In the last forty years, business contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. Many foreign companies now have offices in Japan and Japanese businessmen do business around the world. Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder foreign businessmen and make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.
The American businessman, for example, wants to start talking business immediately. He does not want to wait. The Japanese businessman, on the other hand, likes to arrive at decisions after giving them serious thought. Another thing foreign businessmen have difficulty in understanding is when a Japanese means “Yes” or “No”. This is because of cultural differences between Japanese and Western society(社會), Which make it difficult for a Japanese to say “No” directly.
In the USA, it is easy to say “No” to something one does not want to do. But in Japan, it is very difficult to say “No”. To refuse an invitation or a request(請求) with “No” is felt to be impolite. It is thought to be selfish and unfriendly. So instead of saying “No” directly, the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid(避免) saying “No”. These can help them avoid hurting other people’s feelings. However, this often makes their ways of doing business rather difficult for foreigners to understand and follow.
【小題1】What often makes foreigners feel difficult to do business in Japan?

A．Their different ways of doing business.

B．Their different lifestyles.

C．The fact that the Japanese never say “No”.

D．The fact that the Japanese are slow to take action.

【小題2】Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined expression “bewilder foreign businessmen” in Paragraph One?

A．cause foreign businessmen to change their minds.

B．give a feeling of surprise to foreign businessmen.

C．a(chǎn)ttract foreign businessmen’s attention.

D．make foreign businessmen think wrongly.

【小題3】What fact does the passage lead you to believe?

A．American businessmen do things more slowly than Japanese ones.

B．American businessmen like to say “Yes” and “No”.

C．Americans usually say what they are thinking.

D．Americans do not say what they think or feel clearly.

【小題4】 From the passage we can infer(推斷) that __________.

A．Japanese businessmen are good at business

B．foreign businessmen should try to know Japanese ways of doing business

C．foreign businessmen must be more polite

D．you must learn from Japanese businessmen if you want to succeed

 

The Internet has become not only a necessary but also a virtual(虛擬的) world for people. With the development of the Internet, internet friendship has also become very popular. Online friends are those people who have known each other through the Internet. Making internet friends is the same as making pen friends. Many famous websites offer quite warm internet friendship. One can find many people on these websites and they share the same interests. It is difficult to make friends with someone you can’t see or feel. That is the main problem of internet friendship. A virtual friendship would not last forever without seeing each other, but it is an advantage for some people because they are afraid to speak in pubic.

  On the other hand, the chances of cheating(欺騙) are very high in an internet friendship. Some people make friends on the Internet with wrong intentions(企圖).So while making friends over the Internet, one has to be very careful. Here are some suggestions for you.

  ·Don’t give personal information, such as your telephone number, address, location, school name as well as your parents’ information, to strangers on the Internet.

·Do not exchange personal photos of you or any family member with people you meet over the Internet.

·Do not go to meet a person you have just met over the Internet. You’d better ask older or other experienced people for advice if you want to go to meet an internet friend.

·Do not accept someone’s request(要求) if you feel he or she is dishonest.

根據(jù)上面短文的內(nèi)容回答問題。

1.Is the Internet necessary and virtual for people?

  ______________________________________________________________________

2.What is the main problem of internet friendship?

  ______________________________________________________________________

3.Why is the virtual friendship an advantage for some people?

  ______________________________________________________________________

4.Who can you ask for advice if you go to meet an internet friend?

  ______________________________________________________________________

5.What does the article give suggestions about?

  ______________________________________________________________________

 

One of the most popular items in the school newspaper is the advice column (專欄). Here are some of the questions asked and their answers.
Q: I’m always late for school. I try not to be late, but I can’t help it. Please advise me about what to do. Tommy.
A: You are probably late for school because you don’t really like school. My advice to you is to enjoy school more, and then you won’t be late so often.
Q: I find it difficult to make friends. What do you think I should do? Sara.
A: I can’t advise you until I know more about you. Your problem may be that you are shy. On the other hand, it may be the opposite. You may be bold(大膽的). Write and tell me more about yourself.
Q: I’m always at the bottom (末尾)of the class. What do you advise me to do? Molly.
A: I advise you to try to improve your grades in one subject at first. Next, try to improve your grades in another subject. If you do this, by the end of the year you should be quite a long way up from the bottom in all your subjects.
【小題1】What is the main idea (主要意思) of this passage?

A．The town newspaper has an advice column.

B．Tommy wrote to the school newspaper to ask for advice.

C．Sara finds it difficult to make friends.

D．The advice column in the newspaper is very popular.

【小題2】What is Tommy’s problem?

A．He is always late for school.

B．He finds it difficult to make friends.

C．He is always at the bottom of the class.

D．He needs help with his homework.

【小題3】What does the adviser (建議者) want Sara to do?

A．Stop being so shy.

B．Stop being so bold.

C．Make more friends.

D．Give more information about herself.

【小題4】What does Molly want to do?

A．Make more friends.

B．Enjoy school more.

C．Stay at the bottom of her class.

D．Improve her exam results.

【小題5】By the end of the year, where should Molly be in all her subjects if she does as the adviser says?

A．At the bottom.

B．A little way up from the bottom.

C．Quite a long way up from the bottom.

D．At the top.

Sharks frighten most of us, but Daniel Weaver, a shark scientist, swims with them for a living! We asked him some questions about this unusual job.

So Daniel, what’s it like to be a shark scientist?

Well, it’s a great job. I often travel to faraway places like South Africa and Fiji to study sharks. On the other hand, a shark scientist sometimes does boring desk work, such as writing reports. Also, shark scientists don’t usually get paid a lot.

What qualities (品質(zhì)) do you need to become a shark scientist?

Shark scientists need to be wise and strong. They enjoy working outdoors and they have to be cool and patient (耐心). They also have to be quite brave!

So do you think it’s a dangerous job?

Well, sharks have up to 15 rows of sharp teeth. However, sharks hardly attack (攻擊) humans. There are over 350 kinds of sharks in the world and only about 10 are dangerous to us. In fact, dogs kill more people every year than sharks! Humans kill over 12 million sharks a year for food and sport!

How do you become a shark scientist?

A shark scientist usually studies Marine Science or Zoology at university. It’s also good to get some work experience in an aquarium (水族館). In my opinion, I have the best job in the world!

1._______ questions were asked about Daniel’s unusual job.

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

2.As a shark scientist, Daniel _______.

   A. studies sharks in his neighbourhood           B. makes lots of money

   C. swims with sharks for a living                D. only writes reports on sharks

3.In Daniel’s opinion, one needs to be _______ to become a shark scientist.

   ①excited       ②patient      ③brave    ④strong       ⑤wise

   A. ①②③④       B. ①③④⑤      C. ②③④⑤      D. ①②④⑤

4.The underlined “Marine Science” and “Zoology” must be two _______ at university.

   A. subjects          B. books            C. scientists       D. prizes

5.From the passage we can know that _______.

   A. sharks are likely to attack humans

   B. dogs are as dangerous as sharks to humans

   C. sharks are not dangerous to humans at all

   D. humans do more harm to sharks than sharks do to humans

 

Nowadays, too much carbon dioxide makes the earth warmer and warmer and causes terrible effect to human beings. To save our planet and ourselves, a new lifestyle called low-carbon life becomes popular. Low carbon means low energy and no waste. It is necessary for everybody to learn to live a low-carbon life.

  To live a low-carbon life, we’d better save energy as much as possible. Turn off the lights and TV whenever they are not needed. If possible, use cold water to wash clothes or dishes. Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when the weather gets warm. Don’t do the cooking with electricity.

  To live a low-carbon life, we should eat less meat. Everybody knows eating too much meat makes people fat and easy to have heart disease, but maybe you don’t know keeping animals for food produces even more carbon dioxide than all the cars in the world, and being a vegetarian (素食主義者) can help reduce one and a half tons of carbon dioxide a year. Maybe it is a little difficult, but it’s really necessary.

  To live a low-carbon life, we are supposed to do less shopping. When we go shopping, we may drive a car or take other transportations (交通工具). On one hand, these machines pollute the air and waste energy. On the other hand, most of us always buy some useless things because of some advertisements. It not only waste money but also causes trouble to the earth, because making everything will produce carbon dioxide more or less.

  There are many other ways to live a low-carbon life, such as recycling things, planting trees and reusing textbooks. If we can keep it a habit in our daily life, the earth will become a safer planet for us to live on.

任務(wù)一：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，用簡潔的句子或短語完成下列表格。

Advice	How to Live a Low-Carbon Life
Advice 1	﹡ 1.
Advice 2	﹡ 2.
Advice 3	﹡ Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when it’s warm.
Advice 4	﹡ 3.
Advice 5	﹡ 4.
Advice 6	﹡ Be supposed to do less shopping.
Advice 7	﹡ Recycle things, plant trees and reuse textbooks.

任務(wù)二：除了文中提到的建議外，你一定還有許多自己的想法，請寫一條與大家分享吧。

﹡ 5.