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路客英语资源网 第 篇 中外趣闻中外趣闻美文搜索1- 20 -British newspapers are much smaller than they used to be and their readers are often in a hurry, so newspapermen write as few words as possible. They tell their readers at once what happened, where, when and how it happened and what was the result: how many people were killed, what damage was done, which famous man married which woman , who did very well in the match and so on.Readers want the fact set out as fully and accurately as possible. Readers are also interested in the people who have seen the accdient. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information from someone who was there, which can be given in the persons own words . Because he can use only a few words , the newspaperman must choose those words carefully, every one must be effective. Instead of “he called out in a loud voice”, he writes “he shouted”; instead of “the loose stones rolled noisily down the side of the mountain”, he will write “they thundered down the mountainside”. Because many of the readers arent very clever, and most of them are in a hurry,. 点评区1. damage破坏 accurately准确地 effective有效率的/高效的 loose松动 thunder发出轰隆声 roll滚动2. Readers want the fact set out as fully and accuratelyas possible.读者要求事件尽可能完整准确地报道出来。3. So a newspaperman always likes to get some information from someone who was there, which can be given in the persons own words .所以报人总喜欢从在场的人那儿获得信息，并且这些信息是用目击者自己的话加以描述的。（which从句作定语修饰information）字数188要求时间3实际时间 1.From the text , we learn that newspapermen write as few words as possible, because readers_ .A.want to know more about the news B.take no interest in what has happenedC.have no time to read the news carefully D.pay much attention to the result2.The word “one” in the sentence “every one must be effective” means_.A.word B.newspaperman C.reader D.person3.Which of the following would best complete the text?A.he will keep his writing short. B.he wont care about his writing.C.he will give nothing but information D.he wont make his writing good enough4.In what way do you think British newspaper have become smaller?A.In page size. B.In number of readers. C.In number of pages. D.In number of copies. 5.Which of the following is true?A. Readers are not satisfied with the short news.B. Not many people have time to read the long messages in newspapers.C. Readers find the language of the newspaper exciting.D. Newspapermen try to report as fully as pissible.Key:1.C 2.A 3.A 4.C 5.B 美文搜索2A Children Restaurant In Amsterdam, the capital of Holland, there is a unique Children Restaurant. It is run wholly by the children. From the manager to the cooks, cashiers, waiters or waitresses and other staff members are all children form 6 to 12 years old. They themselves do all the necessary work such as cooking and cleaning. These children are selected in Amesterdam. After training, they may serve in the Restaurant for four weeks. All of them are willing to work there and they are very proud of the work.This Restaurant was founded in 1983 by a woman cook, who wanted to give the children chances to learn to be useful to the society. And now she is the only adult there, but her job is just to take care of the children.The Restaurant is welcomed almost by everyone. Since there are only 20 seats in the restaurant, it is always very crowded.So you should make a reservation months in advance. The cost of a meal differs according to the customers. Usually US $ 4 for each adult, but much cheaper for the children. And its business hours are only on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons.点评区1. Amsterdam阿姆斯山 unique独特的 wholly完全 staff职员 waitress女服务员 reservation预定座位 in advance事先2All of them are willing to work there and they are very proud of the work. 所有人都是自愿来工作的并且为这项工作而自豪。3The cost of a meal differs according to the customers. 饭菜的价格根据顾客而有所不同。4Usually US $ 4 for each adult, but much cheaper for the children. 通常每位成人4美元，儿童要便宜得多。字数199要求时间4实际时间1.The children in this restaurant_.A. can earn only four dollars a dayB. are fond of working thereC. will have to work there for over a monthD. do all the work except cooking2. The word “cashier” in the first passage perhaps means_.A. a person who cooks foodB. a person who does cleaningC. a person who receives and pays out money in a restauraut etc.D. a person who serves food to customers3. Which can be TRUE according to this passage ?A. All the children in the Restauraut form AmsterdamB. If you dont order a meal a month ahead of time, you will get no food in the city.C. Everybody likes the Restaurant , so it is often filled with customers.D. In Amsterdam, any child between 6 and 12 can work in this Restaurant if he likes4. Which is NOT true according to the writer?A. This Restaurant has a history of about 20 years.B. For the same meal a child will pay less while an adults pay more.C. The woman who set up this Restaurant used to be a cook.D. There are more than a score of seats.5. The Children Restaurant was managed by_.A. the government of AmsterdamB. a woman cook C. the children themselvesD. one of the childrens parentsKey: 1.B 2. C 3.A 4.D 5.C 美文搜索3Sea MailSome people dont need a mailbox to send a message. They use a bottle instead. Here are twostories about people who sent a message in a bottle. Both stories are true. In 1965, a sailor from Sweden was on a ship. He wrote a letter, asking any young woman to him. He put the letter in a bottle and threw the bottle into the sea. Two years later, a man found the bottle on a beach in Italy. He read the letter and showed it to his daughter. She was 18. As a joke, she wrote to the sailor. They began to exchange letters. In a few months, they were married. Here is the second story. Back in 1924, a boy from Arkansas wrote his name on the back of his picture. He put the picture in a bottle and dropped the bottle into a river. The bottle was not found for many years until one day a man named Bill picked it up on a beach in Florida. He pulled the picture out of the bottle and looked at it. He could hardly believe his eyes. To his great surprise, the boy in the picture was his friend, Tom, from Arkansas. Bill had not seen Tom for 25 years. Somehow the bottle had come to the right place.点评区1. exchange交换 Arkansas阿肯色（美国州名） somehow不知怎的2. As a joke, she wrote to the sailor.作为玩笑，她给水手写了信。3. The bottle was not found for many years until one day a man named Bill picked it up on a beach in Florida.直到许多年后一个名叫比尔的人才有一天在佛罗里达州的一个海滩上拾起这只瓶子。4. Somehow the bottle had come to the right place.不知怎的，这个瓶总算来对了地方。字数222要求时间4.5实际时间1.What is the main idea of the whole story?A.Sailing on a ship. B.Sending a message in a bottle.C.Sending a messsage to Italy. D.Find a friend.1. After the sailor wrote a letter, he_.a) threw the letter away B.put the letter in a bottle C.found a bottle on a beachD.put the letter in a bottle and threw it into the sea2. The sailor and the girl from Italy_.a) grew up together B.went to the same school C.had not known each otherD. had known each other before3. The man named Bill looked at the picture of Tom and was_.a) unhappy B.surprised C.tired D.crying harder and harder4. At the end of the story, Bill and Tom must have been_.A.12 years old B.25 years old C.more than 25 years oldD.less than 25 years oldKey:1.B 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.C 美文搜索4Arabs consider it very bad manners to start talking business at once. Even the business government official always takes time to be polite and offer refreshments. No matter how busy you are, you should make time for this.The conference visit is a way of doing business throughout the Arab world. Very often you will have to discuss your business in the presence of strangers, who may or may not have anything to do with your business. Do not be surprised if your meeting is interrupted several times by people who come into the room without being asked, talk or speak softly to the person with whom you are talking, and leave. Act as though you do not hear, and never show that you are not pleased at being interrupted.Making decisions quickly is not an Arab custom. There is a vagueness模棱两可in doing business in the Middle East which will puzzle a newcomer. Give yourself lots of time and ask lots of questions.When an Arab says yes, he may means “maybe”. When he says maybe, he probably means “no”. You will seldom get a direct “no” from an Arab because it is considered impolite. Instead of “no”, he will say “inshallah”（听天由命）, which means, “If God is willing”. On the other hand “yes” does not necessarily mean “yes”. A smile and a slow nod might seem like an agreement, but in fact, your host is polite. An Arab consider it impolite to disagree with a guest. 点评区1. manners礼貌行动 refreshment茶点 conference招待会式的 presence在场 interrupt打断 custom习俗 vagueness模棱两可 seldom难得2. Even the business government official always takes time to be polite and offer refreshments.即使是政府官员也总要花时间来表示他的礼貌并向客人提供茶点。3. Very often you will have to discuss your business in the presence of strangers, who may or may not have anything to do with your business.你常常不得不在陌生人在场的情况下和人谈生意，这些陌生人也许与你的生意有关，也许没有关系。4. Act as though you do not hear, and never show that you are not pleased at being interrupted.装着什么也没听见，绝对不要因被他人打扰而表露不悦。5. On the other hand “yes” does not necessarily mean “yes”.另一方面，“是”不一定就意味着肯定。字数247要求时间5实际时间1. The passage tells us how to be polite _.A. when traveling in ArabB. when talking to ArabsC. when having a meeting in ArabD. doing business with Arabs2. It is considered to be _.A. politeB. impoliteC. friendlyD. terrific3. A new comer _ when he is doing business with Arabs.A. feels happyB. feels puzzledC. feels worriedD. feels sorry4. When an Arab says “inshallah”, he really means “_”.A. YesB. MaybeC. SureD. No5. Its impolite for an Arab _.A. to talk with a guestB. to say “no” to a guestC. to do business with a guestD. to smile at a guestKey: 1.d 2.b 3.b 4.d 5.b美文搜索5Talking About FoodIsnt it astonishing how much time we spend talking about food? “Have you ever eaten?” “What did you have for lunch?” and so on. And yet when you travel from one country to another, you find that people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal, and that what other people eat is strange or silly. In most part of Asia, for example, no meat is complete without rice. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a habit which is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink a great deal of beer, and the French drink wine every day.The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese dont like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy eating raw fish.So it seems that although eating is a topic we can talk about for hours, there is very little common sense in what we say about it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always eaten, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.点评区1. astonishing令人惊讶的 normal正常的 silly愚蠢的 differ与不同 raw生的 sense感觉2. In most part of Asia, for example, no meat is complete without rice.在亚洲的大部分地区，没有米饭就算不上一顿完整的饭食。3. Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a habit which is difficult to change.就象我们做其他事一样，吃饭成了一种难以改变的习惯。4. The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another.人们喜欢吃的肉的品种各自国家也不尽相同。5. So it seems that although eating is a topic we can talk about for hours, there is very little common sense in what we say about it.所以，情况似乎是这样的，尽管吃饭是一个我们可以一小时又一小时谈论的话题，但其中的感觉却无一点共同之处。字数259要求时间5实际时间1. People often feel that what others eat is _.A. normalB. badC. terribleD. strange2. English people eat _ every day.A. riceB. potatoesC. horse meatD. fish3. The French drink _ every day.A. wineB. teaC. coffeeD. orange juice4. Japanese people like to eat _.A. snakesB. sheep meatC. raw fishD. goat meat5. Peoples eating habits _.A. are easy to changeB. neednt to be changedC. are difficult to changeD. should be changedKey: 1.d 2.b 3.a 4.c 5.c美文搜索6 From the time we were babies we have been taught our manners. We are taught how to hold a spoon and chopsticks and not to talk with our mouths full of food. We are taught how to shake hands and when to stand and when to sit and the way to introduce people. Sometimes good manners in one place are very bad manners somewhere else. Almost everywhere eating together means that you are very friendly to each other. But in parts of Polynesia, it is bad manners to be seen eating at all. They politely turn their backs on each other when they are talking food. Some East Africans spit four times as a kind of blessing. They do it to show that they want a sick person to get well, or to pless a new born baby. In most other places, spitting means just something completely different. Its something to do to show that you hate someone. When we go to visit someone, we say “hello” and “How are you?” and things like that. If you were visiting an East African village, everyone would be very careful not to pay any attention to you. The polite thing there would be for to go quietly, without speaking to anyone, and sit beside your friend. You would wait until he had finished what he was doing and then he would begin talking to you. In a village in Arab, a visitor walks behind all the tents until he gets to the one he wants to visit. If he passed in front, he would be invited into each tent and asked to eat. It was rude to refuse.点评区1. introduce介绍 Polynesia波利西亚（中太平洋岛群） blessing祝福 rude无礼2. They politely turn their backs on each other when they are talking food.他们进食的时候都会有礼貌地背靠背。3. Its something to do to show that you hate someone.这是一种表示讨厌某人的举动。4. If he passed in front, he would be invited into each tent and asked to eat.假如他万一打前面经过，他就会被人请进帐蓬吃饭。字数276要求时间6实际时间1.We have been taught_.A. its bad manners to stand and to sitB. its good manners to hold a spoon and chopsitcksC. its good manners not to talk with our mouths fullD. how to shake hands when we introduce people2.In parts of Polynesia its not polite_.A. not to eat togetherB. to turn their backs on each other when they eatC. to see others eatingD. to take food3.In most places, spitting means_. A.a kind of blessing B.you want a sick person to get well C.you give a new born baby the blessingD.you hate someone4.If you visit an East African village, you_.A. had better say “Hello” or “How are you” to others.B. will keep quiet and not to pay any attention to othersC. should be very careful and not to pay any attention to othersD. can talk to villagers when they are working5.If you pass in front of the tents in Arab,_.A. you would be invited in and eat in each tentB. you just refuse to go into the tentC. you can walk behind all the tentsD. you cant get to the one you want to visitKey: 1.C 2.C 3.D 4.C 5.A美文搜索7 New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horsebake. The New York police have 170 horses working in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact , they need more than 8,000 of them each year. Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths. There are only about thirty-five of these blacksmiths in the whole United States. The cost of shoing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty-five dollars, and it takes a good blacksmith two or three hours to do the job. A blacksmiths job is not an easy one. He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal and then fit it to the horses foot. The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight of the horses leg while he works. Clearly, a blacksmith must be very storng. But even more important, he must be able to deal with horses-for before the blacksmith can begin his work, he has to get the horse to lift its leg. One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin. He came to the country from Ireland in 1948. He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city. Corbin became interested in blacksmithing because his father did it, and,as the puts it, “Its a good way to make a living.” 点评区1. blacksmith铁匠 fit安装 weight重量2. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths.修理这些马掌是六个铁匠的活。3. The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting theshoe and must hold the weight of the horses leg while he works.铁匠给马装鞋的时候要老弯着腰，并且工作的时候还要承受马腿的重量。4. But even more important, he must be able to deal with horses-但更重要的是他能对付马。字数288要求时间6实际时间1.According to the reading passage, a black