1、A★WhenChristopherColumbusledonthethenunnamedCostaRicain1502hesawmanyIndianswearinggoldearrings.Sohethoughtthelmustberichingold.HenamedtheplaceCostaRicawhichmeans“richcoast”inSpanish.ThoughlittlegoldwasfoundCostaRicatoday

2、isindeedrichwithcoffeebananas.CoffeeisthemostimptantproductinCostaRicamostofitisexpted(出口)toothercountrieslikeAmericaWestGermany.Bananasarethecountry’ssecondmostimptantexpt.CostaRicansalsogrowmanyothercropssuchasfruitscn

3、beansftheirownuse.CostaRicanslovecolstheirhousesarepaintedinbrightcols.EducationisveryimptanttotheCostaRicans.Almosteveryvillagehasaschooleducationisamustfchildrenbetweensevenfourteenyearsofage.Boysgirlsgotoseparate(單獨(dú)的)

4、schools.ClassesbegininMarchendinNovember.Theotherthreemonthsoftheyearareharvesttimethechildrenhavetohelptheirparentstopickcoffeebeans.56.What’sthemainideaofthefirstparagraphA.HowColumbusfoundCostaRica.B.HowCostaRicagotit

5、sname.C.WhattheCostaRicanswe.D.WhatlanguagetheCostaRicansspoke.57.TheCostaRicansmayNOTpainttheirhouses______.A.pinkredB.greyblackC.bluegreenD.yellowange58.InCostaRicaboysgirlsbetweensevenfourteen______.A.mustgotoschoolB.

6、studyinthesameschoolC.donothavetogotoschoolatallD.canchoosetostopschoolingatanytime59.FromDecembertoFebruaryschoolchildreninCostaRica______.A.havelessonseverydayB.havetheirexaminationsC.helptheirparentspickcoffeebeansD.h

7、elptheirparentsdecatetheirhouses60.Thispassageismainlyabout______.A.ChristopherColumbusB.CostaRicaC.someproductsfromCostaRicaD.theeducationofCostaRicaB★ChristianEijkmanaDutchdoctlefttheherlsftheislofJava.Manypeopleonthei

8、slhadadiseasecalledberi鄄beri.Hewasgoingtheretotryfindacure.AtfirstEijkmanthoughtsomekindofgerm(細(xì)菌)causedberi鄄beri.Heraisedhospitality(好客)easily.AnotherdifficultpointfusChinesetounderstAmericansisthatalthoughtheyincludeus

9、warmlyintheirpersonaleverydaylivestheydon’tshowtheirpolitenesstousifitrequiresagreatdealoftime.Thisisusuallytheoppositeofthepracticeinourcountrywherewemaybegenerouswithourtime.Sometimesweashostswillappearatairptseveninth

10、edleofthenighttomeetafriend.Wemaytakedaysofftoactasguidestoourfeignfriends.TheAmericanshoweverexpresstheirwelcomeusuallyathomesbuttrulycannotmanagethetimetodoagreatdealwithavisitoutsidetheirdailyroutine.Theywillprobablye

11、xpectustogetourselvesfromtheairpttoourownhotelbybus.theyexpectthatwewillphonethemfromthere.Oncewearriveattheirhomesthewelcomewillbefullwarmreal.Wewillfindourselvestreatedhospitably.FtheAmericansitisoftenconsideredmefrien

12、dlytoinviteafriendtotheirhomesthantogotorestaurantsexceptfpurelybusinessmatters.Soaccepttheirhospitalityathome!66.Thewriterofthispassagemustbe______.A.anAmericanB.aChineseC.aprofessD.astudent67.Whichofthefollowingstateme

13、ntsisTRUEaccdingtothepassageA.FriendshipsbetweenAmericansusuallyextenddeeplyintotheirfamilies.B.FriendshipsbetweenAmericansusuallylastfalltheirlives.C.Americansalwaysshowtheirwarmtheveniftheyareverybusy.D.Americanswillco

14、ntinuetheirfriendshipsagainevenafteralongbreak.68.FromthelasttwoparagraphswecanlearnthatwhenwearriveinAmericatovisitanAmericanfriendwewillprobablybe______.A.warmlywelcomedattheairptB.offeredaridetohishomeC.treatedhospita

15、blyathishomeD.treatedtodinnerinarestaurant69.Theunderlinedwds“generouswithourtime”inParagraph3probablymean______.A.strictwithtimeB.seriouswithtimeC.carefulwithtimeD.willingtospendtime70.Asuitabletitlefthispassagewouldpro

16、bablybe“______”.A.FriendshipsbetweenChineseB.FriendshipsbetweenAmericansC.Americans’hospitalityD.Americans’Chinese’sviewsoffriendshipsDTheotherdayIheardafewlocalmusicianstalking:“Ihatealltheterriblepianosinthistown.Ihate