We are at your service．Don’t       to turn to us if you have any further problems．

A．beg           B．hesitate           C．desire             D．seek

We are at your service．Don’t ________ to turn to us if you have any further problems．

A．beg          B．hesitate             C．desire           D．seek

We are at your service. Don’t _______to turn to us if you have any further problems.

We are at your service. Don’t       to turn to us if you have any further problems.

We are at your service. Don’t           to turn to us if you have any further problems.

We are at your service. Don’t _______ to turn to us if you have any further problems.

We are at your service. Don’t           to turn to us if you have any further problems.

    How do you know if your home is an easy aim for thefts? Around the holidays, many families don't consider taking proper measures to prevent their homes from suffering holiday thefts． With just a few simple steps, you can better make sure of the safety of your home during all of the holiday celebrations． Here are a few tips for making it difficult to tell you are away from home．

    ●Either have a trusted neighbor pick up your mail and newspapers, or tell your mailperson to hold your mail until you return． Nothing says “Hey, we are not home!” like when your postbox is filled with all kinds of mails and you have many different newspapers in your driveway．

    ● Set several different lights in your house on random timers（隨機(jī)定時(shí)器）. Don't leave your outdoor lights on all the time．Instead, put your outside light on timers to be on during the nights. If an outdoor light remains on for days at a time, it means that nobody is home to turn it off．

   ● If you have pets that you are not taking with you on vacation, leave them with friend, rather than having someone come into your house every day to take care of them, When thefts see a neighbor or friend entering your house every day, they will know you are not home．

    ● Close all your curtains when you leave town. This is effective to deter possible thefts, as no one can see what is in your house. If they don't know what there is to take, then the risk is even greater for them to break in．

    ●This article just has suggested a few tips to help you keep your house safe on holiday．Nothing can truly protect your home unless you have it monitored by a professional home security system．

61．What is the main idea of the passage?

    A．To let the outdoor lights on all the time．

    B．To tell us how to prevent the thefts around the holidays．

    C．To tell us many families suffering from the thefts while they are on holiday．

    D．To tell us to have our neighbor go to our house to take care of our pets．

62．If you are on holiday in other places, the lights in your house should            .

    A．be turned on only once a day                    B．be kept on all the night

    C．be replaced by random timers                    D．be lit in an irregular way

63．To make your home well protected, what does the writer advise you to do?

    A．Equip your home with security system．

    B．Stop your mail service at once．

    C．Turn to your close neighbors or friends．

    D．Have all the curtains closed．

64．The underlined word “deter” probably means            .

       A．discover            B．surprise            C．discourage      D．a(chǎn)ttract

The way we do things round here
Some years ago, I was hired by an American bank. I received a letter from the head of the Personnel Department that started, "Dear John, I am quite pleased that you have decided to join us." That "quite" saddened me. I thought he was saying "we're kind of pleased you decided to join us although I wish we had hired someone else." Then I discovered that in American English "quite" sometimes means "very", while in British English it means "fairly".
So the first lesson about working in other countries is to learn the language and by that I don't just mean the words people speak. It is body language, dress, manners, ideas and so on. The way people do things highlights many of the differences we see between cultures（文化）．
Some of these differences may be only on the surface-dress, food and hours of work-while others may be deeper and take longer to deal with. Mostly, it is just a question of getting used to the differences and accepting them, like the climate（氣候），while getting on with business.
Some of the differences may be an improvement. People are more polite; the service is better; you ask for something to be done and it happens without having to ask again. However, other differences can be troubling, like punctuality（準(zhǔn)時(shí)）．If you invite people to a party at 7 o'clock your guests will consider it polite to turn up exactly on time in Germany, five minutes early in the
American Midwest, an hour early in Japan, 15 minutes afterwards in the UK, up to an hour afterwards in Italy and some time in the evening in Greece. I prefer not to use the word "late" because there is nothing wrong with the times people arrive. It is simply the accepted thing to do in their own country

1. 1.

   The author was unhappy as mentioned in paragraph 1 because he thought______.

   1. A.
      the American bank didn’t think much of him
   2. B.
      the American bank might hire another person
   3. C.
      it’s difficult to get used to American culture
   4. D.
      it’s easy to misunderstanding Americans
2. 2.

   The word “highlights”in paragraph 2 probably means______.

   1. A.
      encourage
   2. B.
      helps to marrow
   3. C.
      increase
   4. D.
      draws attention to
3. 3.

   According to the author, what should we do with most cultural differences?

   1. A.
      Ask the native people for help
   2. B.
      Understand and accept them
   3. C.
      Do things in our own way
   4. D.
      Do in-depth research
4. 4.

   When invited to a party the people who are usually punctual are______.

   1. A.
      Italians
   2. B.
      Germans
   3. C.
      Greeks
   4. D.
      the British