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warm. Later they learned to make clothes. When an animal was killed, they made use of its skins to cover their
bodies.
Nature is people"s good friend. It once helped people find fire, when lighting hit a forest and started a fire.
_____ The fire kept them warm, and also frightened wild animals. Soon people found the food cooked tasted
much better, so they began to use the fire to cook food.
But people still didn"t know how to make a fire. When they got a fire from the forest they tried to keep it
burning.
But later they found different ways to make fire. For example, they made fire by burning wood or knocking
two pieces of stones.
Today it"s easy for people to make fire because they have matches, lighters and different kinds of heaters.
A. If it went out, they had to wait for years.
B. The skins keep them warm.
C. They can make fire at any time they need.
D. People took some of this fire to their homes.
E. People didn"t know how to use fire.
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As time passed by, people learned to raise animals and crops. Sometimes, families produced more than they
needed, so they started to trade with other families. ____ However, it was not the kind of money we use today.
They used shells, rice, salt, large stones, etc.
During the 600sBC, people began using coins as money. They soon found that coins were easier to carry
than goods and lasted a long time. _____
The Chinese were the first to use the paper money, probably as early as the 11th century. The Italian
travelers Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. ____
Today, we have many ways to pay for things. We do not use coins or paper money. Often people prefer to
pay for things by card.____
A. Later, countries began to make their own coins.
B. We use money to buy things every day.
C. Paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of "real" money.
D. However, European countries did not start using paper money until 1600s.
E. Later, people began to use money as a means of exchange (交换).
to the city to work in East London. As time went on, other Chinese people came to this area and it began to be
known as "Chinatown". However, London"s Chinese community remained very small for many years: at the
start of the 20th century, there were just 545 Chinese people in Britain.
_____ At first, the new immigrants (移民) found it difficult to get jobs. In the 1950s, however, a small
Chinese restaurant opened in London._____ Suddenly, Chinese restaurants and take-aways started opening in
every part of the city. Instead if too little work, the new Chinese immigrants now found that they had too much!
They worked as cookers, managers or waiters._____
As time went by, London"s Chinese community became more and more successful. The sons and daughters
of the original restaurant workers studied and worked very hard. And most went on to get highly paid jobs.
_____ Chinatown, however, is still lovely as ever.
A. Most of them enjoyed their loves and arranged their friends and relatives to join them from overseas.
B. It is difficult to find jobs.
C. Many British people visited it and said that Chinese food was wonderful.
D. After the Second World War, many farmers in Hong Kong lost their jobs and came to London.
E. Many Chinese families left Chinatown and moved to the more expensive area.
invented a very simple camera (照相机). He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden.
____
The next important date in the history of photography (摄影术) was in 1837. That year, Daguere, another
Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the
smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving
things. That was not simple.____ But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked
very hard.
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people.
Photography also became one kind of are by the end if the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies
of the real world.____
A. It was difficult to take pictures.
B. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike (栩栩如生的).
C. That was the first photo.
D. The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines.
E. They showed feelings, like other kinds of art.
puts more food onto my plates as soon as I have emptied it. That often discomforts me greatly. I have to eat
the food even if I don"t want to, because it is considered (认为) bad manners in the West to leave one"s food
on the plate. I have already noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American"s dinner party, he very often
refuses (拒绝) the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good
manners in China, but it is not in the West at all. In the United States, it is impolite to keep asking someone
again and again or insist on his accepting something. Americans have a direct (直接的) way of speaking. If
they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, "No, thanks." When an American
dislikes the beer served by the host, for example, he might say, "No, thanks. I"ll take some diet Coca-Cola
(可口可乐) if you have it." That is what an American will do. So when you go to the United States, you
had better remember the famous saying: When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
B. rude
C. impolite
D. cold
B. uncomfortable
C. satisfied
D. happy
B. He is shy.
C. He is afraid that others will laugh at him.
D. He thinks it"s polite to do that.
B. refuse the offer
C. ask for it directly
D. express himself indirectly (间接地)
B. When you stay in Rome, you should do as the Romans do
C. When you are in a new country, you should do as the locals (当地人) do
D. Romans can be aft example for you