8Bunit5单元综合练习

七、任务型阅读 (10%)

Taboos (禁忌) of different people’s culture

A taboo(忌讳，禁忌) is a social action that is not allowed. Every culture in the world has its own taboos. The breaking of a taboo sometimes makes people feel uncomfortable. I learned this through my own experience.

Last weekend, Wang Lin and I showed two foreigners (外国人) around our city. Mr Singh was from India and Mr. White from USA. When I held out my left hand to shake hands with him, Mr. Singh seemed to be unhappy. Mr. White, however, was quite casual (随意). He said hello to me with a big smile and a wave of his hand.

In the evening, we stopped at a restaurant for dinner. I noticed that Mr. Singh didn’t touch the beef and Mr. White seemed not to like chickens’ claws (爪). During the meal, Wang Lin said sorry to Mr. Singh and continued to explain that we didn’t know it was a taboo in India to shake one’s left hand. Mr. Singh explained that since oxen (牛) are sacred(神圣的) in India, people don’t eat beef there. Mr. White joined in and said that it was not usual in the USA for people to eat chickens’ claws. He went on to say that Americans don’t usually get into each other’s personal (私人的) space. Marriage, job and age are their taboos. Isn’t it a good lesson to remember? Main idea The taboos in every country are (1) . People sometimes feel unhappy if one breaks a taboo. In India Indians don’t eat beef because they think oxen are sacred. It’s (2) to shake one’s left hand. It’s not a taboo, but Americans (3) eat chickens’ claws. In the USA Americans don’t usually get into each other’s personal space. For example, they usually don’t ask someone else’s marriage, job or (4) . Conclusion If you (5) taboos, you can get on well with the people from different cultures. Facts 八、完成句子(10%)

1. 他们要举办一场有关餐桌礼仪的讲座，真是足够友好。

They are kind _______________________________________________________________. 2. 设立公共标志是保护我们免受危险的一个正确方式。

Putting up public signs is ______________________________________________________. 3. 此次活动的目的是为了警告我们独自游泳的危险性。

___________________________________________ the danger of swimming alone. 4. 我弟弟太小，不能清楚地表达自己。

My younger brother is ______________________________________________. 5. 我们应该避免插别人的话。

We should ______________________________________________________. 九、书面表达(10%)

目前，你所在的学校正在积极创建全市文明校园，请你以校学生会的名义就“创建文明校园”这一主题，根据下列提示用英语写一封80词左右的倡议书。要点提示如下： 1. 保持教室的整洁，不乱扔垃圾； 2. 不在公共场所大声喧哗，图书馆保持安静；

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3. 遵守交通规则，总是排队； 4. 举止有礼，互帮互助； 5. ?? Dear schoolmates,

Our school is trying to be a better place for all of us. We know good manners are really important. And we can do something for it.

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Let’s start from ourselves!

The Students’ Union

June 13th, 2014

一、1-5 ADCCC 6-10 DBDAC 11-15 CDCAD 二、1-5 CBDDA 6-10 CBAAB 三、1-5 CCBDA 6-10 CADBB

四、1. successful 2. politely 3. discussion 4. parking 5. saying 五、1. picking 2. candles 3. conversation 4. close 5. sometime

6. pain 7. subject 8. guests 9. kiss 10. risk

六、1. smells 2. was explaining 3. to happen 4. dropped 5. have told

6. chatting 7. are listening 8. has risen 9. to share 10. will become 七、1. different 2. rude/ impolite 3. seldom 4. age 5. remember/ know 八、1. enough to hold a talk on table manners

2. a proper way to keep us from danger

3. The purpose of this activity is to warn us of 4. too young to express himself clearly 5. avoid cutting in on others 九、One possible version:

Dear schoolmates, Our school is trying to be a better place for all of us. We know good manners are really important. And we can do something for it. In order to make our school more beautiful, we should keep our classrooms clean every day. Remember not to drop litter everywhere. And we should remember not to laugh or talk loudly after class in public places. When we are in the library, we must keep quiet. It’s also important to follow traffic rules everywhere and queue for everything. We should always behave politely and help each other any time. Good manners make our school better, as well as us.

Let’s start from ourselves! The Students’ Union

June 13th, 2014

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