7.Festivals let us enjoy life,be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while.节日让我们享受生活、以我们的习俗而自豪并且让我们暂时忘掉工作。

词义辨析

custom,habit,practice

custom风俗，习俗，指国家或社会的传统习俗habit指个人由于自然条件、社会环境、个人爱好等原因长期重复而自然养成的习惯practice惯例，习惯做法，既可指许多人也可指一个人长期做的某件事

form the habit of smoking养成抽烟的习惯

It's our practice not to make telephone calls after 11 p.m. 晚上11点后不打电话是我们的惯例。

Social customs vary greatly from country to country. 国与国之间的社会习俗有很大差异。

发散思维 ：the Customs海关customer顾客

单项填空：

(11)It is the____for the Japanese to take off their shoes when they get into a house.

A.custom               B.habit       C.customer           D.customs

(12)It's the____in the country to go out and pick flowers on the first day of spring.

A.use             B.habit         C.custom          D.turn out

8.But she didn't turn up.但她没来。

考点释义

偶然出现，出场，露面：Something good willturn up.被发现，被找到：The letter turned up finally.调高(音量、热量等)：turn up the radio

单项填空：

(13)let's wait here for her;I'm sure she'll____ before long.

A.turn down          B.turn off C.turn up               D.turn out

9.He would drown his sadness in coffee.他将把他的悲伤淹没在咖啡里。

考点释义

vi.淹死，溺水：The sheep drowned after falling intothe river.vt.淹没，浸没：All the streets were drowned by thefloods.drown oneself in/sb.be drowned in埋头于，沉溺于

He drowned himself in work.他埋头工作。

单项填空：

(14)He is____in the deep sleep.

A.drowning  B.drawn   C.being drowned  D.drowned