当你参加一次小会议迟到时，没有必要说"抱歉"。

　　2．It seems that if people learn something about other cultures before they visit a new country, they will be less likely to upset others or be misunderstood.

　　看起来好像人们如果在参观一个新国家之前学习一些关于其他文化的知识，他们就几乎没有可能使别人恼火或不被人理解。

　　3．According to an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese writing.

　　根据古老的传说，是一个叫仓颉的人发明了汉字。

　　4．Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects.

　　并不是所有的汉字都是用来描绘物体而发展的。

　　5．While the students found the soldier's idea interesting, the system was too difficult to be of practical use.

　　虽然学生们都觉得士兵的想法非常有趣，但这一方法太过复杂，并不实用。

　　　阅读P38教材课文，选择最佳答案

　　1．The main difference between the Chinese language and many Western languages should be that ________according to the passage.

　　A．Western languages are usually formed by combining and mixing many different languages from different countries

　　B．the characters the Chinese language uses have meanings and can work alone as words, while Western languages can't

　　C．the Chinese language has a longer history than Western languages

　　D．the Chinese language is easier to be understood than the English language

　　2．From the story of Cang Jie we know the first Chinese characters were invented to represent ________.

A．objects　　　　　 B．ideas