B
Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the door bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock. "Who can it be at this time of night?" He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got off bed, put on his dressing gown and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. "That is very strange." Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the door bell ring again. Mr. Lee jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were some words on it: "It is now after midnight, so it is April Fool's Day. April Fool to you!"
"Oh, it was the English boy next door!" Mr. Lee exclaimed (惊叫) and almost smiled. He went back to bed and felt asleep at once. The door bell did not ring again.
() 6. Mr. Lee went to bed ______.
A. before twelve o'clock
B. after twelve o'clock
C. as soon as the bell rang
D. when he saw the boy
() 7. Why did he rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the second time?
A. He wanted to open the door for the visitor.
B. He wanted to find out who the visitor was.
C. He was afraid of the ring.
D. He was waiting for someone.
() 8. Mr. Lee found ______ on the floor at last.
A. a letter
B. a stamp
C. a book
D. a piece of paper
() 9. Mr. Lee thought the English boy ______.
A. was a bad boy
B. was friendly with him
C. shouldn't ring the bell at midnight
D. did a dangerous thing
() 10. From this passage, we learn that people can ______ on April Fool's Day.
A. say "Hello" to each other
B. dance and sing at night
C. play jokes on each other
D. send presents to children

6. A
7. B
8. D
9. B
10. C

二、首字母填空
As with facial (面部) expressions, people everywhere use hand gestures (手势) to communicate. Around the world, these have different (1) . A friendly hand gesture used in one culture might be unfamiliar or even rude in (2) .
Gestures for "hello" and "good-bye" differ around the world. In North and South America, and many parts of Europe, people often shake hands to (3) others—especially in business. In North America, men and women shake hands firmly. This shows (4) for the other person. In many Asian countries, it is often more common to nod the head once, or bow (鞠躬) when (5) for the first time.
To gesture good-bye in North America, many people wave their hand from left to right many times quickly. Americans also do (6) to greet someone in a friendly, casual way. In many Asian countries, this gesture often means "no".
In many countries, to gesture that something is "okay" is common to join the thumb (拇指) and forefinger together to make a (7) , with the other three fingers standing up. In Brazil this gesture is very rude. In some countries, like France, it means "zero".
In the Unites States, it is common to beckon (召唤) a person to you (8) raising your hand with the palm facing you, and moving the forefinger from one side to another. This gesture is (9) rude in some countries, so more often people will hold their hand with the palm facing down, and move the whole hand from one side to another.
Hand gestures, (10) facial expressions, communicate important messages. When traveling or meeting someone from another country, be careful how you use them.

1. meanings
2. another
3. greet
4. respect
5. meeting
6. this
7. circle
8. by
9. considered
10. like

1. 第一空，根据上下文，这里指的是手势在不同文化中有不同的“意义”，且根据首字母m，可填“meanings”。
2. 第二空，根据语境，这里指的是在“另一种”文化中，根据首字母a，可填“another”。
3. 第三空，shake hands是“问候”的一种方式，根据首字母g，可填“greet”。
4. 第四空，握手表示对对方的“尊重”，根据首字母r，可填“respect”。
5. 第五空，根据语境，这里指的是初次“见面”时，根据首字母m，可填“meeting”。
6. 第六空，根据上文描述的是挥手告别，这里指的是美国人也会用这种方式来友好地“打招呼”，根据首字母t，且指代上文提到的动作，可填“this”。
7. 第七空，拇指和食指合在一起形成一个“圈”，根据首字母c，可填“circle”。
8. 第八空，描述的是通过某种方式召唤人，根据首字母b，可填“by”。
9. 第九空，根据下文提到在某些国家这个手势被认为是粗鲁的，所以这里指的是这个手势“被认为”是粗鲁的，根据首字母c，可填“considered”。
10. 第十空，这里指的是手势“像”面部表情一样，根据首字母l，可填“like”。