(1) As I was leaving to meet Lynne, my roommate told me that I had better take some money, but I didn’t listen to him. I thought that Lynne would __1___ because she had invited me.
I arrived at the restaurant on time. I’d been told that Americans expected you to be  2  . Lynne and I sat at a table in the corner of the restaurant and a waitress came and took our ___3__.
  The dinner was a great success. I talked a lot about Saudi Arabia and Lynne told me all about herself. After two hours the waitress finally came and asked  4  we wanted one check(帐单) or two. Lynne said two. We went to the cashier(收银员) and Lynne paid her check. I was embarrassed（尴尬的）when the cashier gave me my __5_. I had no money to pay for my meal. Then I had an idea. I pretended to __6__something in my pockets and said,” Oh! I forgot my money! Can I call mystrcmp was not declared in__7_, please?” The cashier showed me where the phone was and I quickly called my roommate. In a few minutes he arrived with some__8_, but he couldn’t hide(掩盖) how he felt. He laughed all the way home.
  Now, I think it’s funny too, but at the time I was terribly embarrassed. I thought that an invitat
ion to have dinner meant__9_ thing in the United States as in my country. I guess you have to understand that your customs(习俗) are only your customs. When you__10__ a foreign country, you have to learn about their customs, too.
(    )1. A. lend  B. buy    C. pay    D. eat
(    )2. A. in time  B. on time  C. at times    D. some time
(    )3. A. order    B. menu    C. dishes    D. turns
(    )4. A. that  B. how  C. if  D. when
(    )5. A. check  B. money  C. card  D. book
(    )6.A. find  B. look for  C. find out  D. know
(    )7. A. mother  B. father  C. girlfriend  D. roommate
(    )8. A. books  B. money  C. friends  D. dishes
(    )9. A. a strange    B. an easy    C. a different  D. the same
(    )10.A.make  B. take  C. visit  D. leave
(2)Once upon a time, some children were playing at seaside when they found a turtle(海龟). They began to beat the turtle. Just at that time, a young man came and said to them,” stop!” the children ran_1__quickly. The turtle was very thankful and said,” Thank you for your kindness. I’d really like 2  you to a wonderful place now.”
The young man rode on the back of the turtle and was taken to the secret palace in the sea. When he  3 the palace, he was very surprised and said to the turtle,” What a nice palace!” To thank him, the king of the turtle gave him a very  4  dinner. He had never seen such a dinner before. He received a warm welcome there and was very  5 everything.
  After dinner, the king said,” I am going to give you two boxes,__6_you can open only one. You mustn’t open both. Don’t forget it!” “All right. I will open only one,” the young man promised(许诺). At this time, a large wave(海浪) sent him out of the sea.
  After he__7_, he opened the bigger one of the two boxes,   8 , the box was full of gold.” My gold!” he cried. “I’m a(n)   9 man now.” Then he thought, “Things in the other box must be expensive, too.” He could not wait any longer. He broke his promise and opened the other box. As soon as he opened it, he became an old man. His hair turned white. His face  10 an old man of over eighty years old. It all happened in a moment. He was sorry for what he had done, but it was too late.
(  )1. A. through  B. away  C. into  D. out
(  )2. A. wanting  B. asking  C. to let  D. to invite
(  )3.A.left for  B. went to  C. arrived at  D. got away
(  )4.A.big  B. poor  C. bad  D. small
(  )5.A.pleased with  B. sorry for  C. angry with  D. careful of
(  )6.A.so  B. on  C. but  D. as
(  )7.A.went back to home    B. was back home  C. went back to the sea  D. was back the sea
(  )8.A.To his sadness  B. To his joy  C. With surprise D. To his surprise
(  )9.A. poor  B. rich  C. old  D. young
(  )10.A.liked  B. felt like  C. looked like  D. looked
(3)From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and _1_ themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others _2_ sports. This is decided by their own _3_. There are many different ways to spend our _4_ time.
Almost everyone has some kind of _5_: it may be something from collecting stamps to making model planes. Some hobbies are very _6_, but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth _7_ of money, others are valuable(有价值的)
only to their owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的) fifty-cent piece which _8_ him $250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder _9_ they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are quite valuable. _10_ makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

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