People smile at times. However, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and amusement, but it can also indicate embarrassment. The following examples show this point of view:
In an attempt to be open and friendly, people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other, this nonverbal communication shows being friendly in the United States. However，in China, smiling is not only an expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid being embarrassed. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer（嘲笑）. For example: When a child falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile, which is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.
When a person from the United States might blush（脸红）with embarrassment or become offensive, a Chinese might blush with smile. To avoid serious misunderstanding, people who engage in intercultural communication should be able to understand the meaning of smiling appropriately. Related to the smile is the laugh. Also, different cultures have different meanings about laugh. For example, Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes from the deepest emotions. However, most Chinese seldom laugh that way because they are thought to be silly except among close friends.
【小题1】We can use smile to express all of the following feelings except _________,

A．joy and happiness	B．amusement
C．embarrassment	D．fear

【小题2】People often smile at each other in the United States because _________.

A．they are very happy

B．they want to show they are friendly

C．they want to hide their true feelings

D．they want to avoid embarrassment

【小题3】In China, seeing a child falls off a bike, an adult will smile in order to _______.

A．laugh at him

B．avoid his own embarrassment

C．avoid embarrassment and encourage the boy

D．show his politeness

【小题4】We can infer from the last paragraph that_______.

A．people in China seldom laugh.

B．Smiling is related to laugh.

C．Americans seldom hide their true feelings.

D．The Chinese will blush when they are embarrassed.

【小题5】What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A．People smile at times.

B．Smiling can express different feelings depending on different cultures.

C．Americans are more open and friendly than Chinese people.

D．The Chinese people often hide their true feelings.

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No matter where you are, humans are measuring and checking time all the time. Some of us are good at it — planning and doing things ahead of time, 【小题1】 others are always trying to beat the clock and do things at the eleventh hour.

Tardiness（迟延）can be serious. If you 【小题2】 (be) one minute late for work, would you resign（辞职）? It may sound extreme, but that is exactly 【小题3】 occurred in the UK in January 2018. International Development Minister Lord Bates arrived one minute late, and, as a consequence, was unable to answer a 【小题4】 (schedule) question. Instead of trying 【小题5】 (make) up for lost time, as many might do, he resigned on the spot. He apologized for his discourtesy（无礼的行为）and stated that he felt very sorry. His resignation, though, 【小题6】 (reject) by the UK Prime Minister.

So, how late is too late? Many cultures take punctuality（准时性）very 【小题7】 ( serious ). In contrast, others seem to view tardiness 【小题8】 just the normal way of things. What is considered 【小题9】 (accept) is based on culture. That is, if you mind 【小题10】 (wait), it might be best to attend your appointment in good time. And if the worst comes to the worst, remember the old English proverb, “Better late than never. ”

假如你是李华，近期你们学校组织学生对不同国家的人们互相问候的方式进行了一项调查，下表是调查结果，请你据此写一篇英语短文向《中学生英语报》投稿。

国家	见面问候方式
英国、美国	陌生人：握手；家人、好友：拥抱，吻脸颊
日本	互相鞠躬
印度	双手合十，同时点头

 
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假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Jim将作为交换生来中国学习，他来信向你询问如何更好地融入到寄宿家庭和应该注意的餐桌礼仪方面的问题，请你就此内容给他写一封回信。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Jim,
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Yours,

Li Hua

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In the West, when you go to a restaurant, you choose all that you want to eat;you do not choose a dish to share with others. Your food 【小题1】（ bring） to you, for you alone. As a guest, you may have the problem that the food you like is expensive. So you dare not order it, for it feels greedy. But when you choose something 【小题2】   （ little） expensive, your host will order what you really want.

But“ordering badly”is a bigger problem. Something can sound nice on the menu, but when it comes, you find that the 【小题3】（ combine） of flavors（味道） is wrong. But it is 【小题4】（you）, and you have to do your best to eat it. I have a friend in London 【小题5】 orders badly. Never has she really 【小题6】（enjoy） her meal.

In China, the question is not . “What shall I have? 【小题7】 ”“ What shall we have?” Food is ordered to share with others, not just 【小题8】 oneself. My friends here usually take my likes and dislikes into consideration when 【小题9】（order）, and I do the same for them. But if something I don't like is ordered, it's not a problem because there are all the other 【小题10】（dish） that I can enjoy.