You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth
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You want to know about my staying in America, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here.
In China, I had English classes five times a week since fifth grade. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School, Connecticut.
When I first studied English, I was told to say,” I am fine” when people say “How are you?” But in the US, I found that people say, “I am good” or “I’m tired”.
One day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused . I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.
Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures.
To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑). However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter”.
I was also surprised by how hardworking US students are. In China, schoolwork is almost everything, so we study hard and that’s it. But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music.
The kids here are so talented, I am starting to be sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.
小题1: What does the word “confused” in the fourth paragraph mean in Chinese ?小题2:A good US student spends his / her time ______ .| A．only in doing homework | | B．on studies, sports or music and public work | | C．only in working for the public | | D．only on sports or music |
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true ?| A．The writer is now in US. | | B．American girls love to have white skin. | | C．US students are talented and hard working. | | D．The writer regrets that he gave up playing the piano. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:B |
解析
小题1:词义推断题，根据上下文语句“It made me confused . I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say.”理解可知。
小题2:细节理解 题，根据文中语句“But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music.”理解可知。
小题3:句意理解判断题，根据文中语句“To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan(晒黑).”理解可知。 |
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The Guidance Department （教导处）at Berryville High School has a staff of eleven teachers. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too.
“Parents meetings make clear monthly diagram（图表）.”says Mildred Freman, head of the Guidance. “This diagram stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May. ”
September, the beginning of a new school year, starts rather slowly. Few parents come in. Most of these want to talk about the schedules. October brings many problems caused by some students. Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November. December is a quiet month. “It’s the holiday. ”Ms Foreman says, “People want to come in, I know, but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day.”
Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks bring parents in as school opens again. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the year’s busiest month. That’s when parents begin to think that their children may be asked to stay in the same grade again. They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June.
小题1:The teachers in the Guidance Department usually ______. | A．do most of their work for the students | | B．answer all the questions from parents | | C．help other teachers get along with students and parents | | D．only bring report cards to students and parents |
小题2:In December parents usually ______. | A．stay at home with their children for their holidays | | B．wait for the teachers to bring report cards to their children | | C．wouldn’t like to visit the teachers in the Guidance Department | | D．let teachers have a good rest during their holidays |
小题3:Why do some parents come to school in March? Because ______. | A．they want to see their children’s teachers after Christmas holidays | | B．they are called by the teachers of Guidance Department | | C．bad marks have them do it | | D．it’s the beginning of a new school year |
小题4:Which of the following is Right? | A．In June the school decides who will stay in the same grade again. | | B．Almost all the parents come to meet Mildred Foreman every month. | | C．April is also the second busiest month for the staff. | | D．The parents help to do most of the work for the staff. |
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Where in the world can you take an hour’s train ride, and pass a forest, a London street, a scene from the Wild West, and a burning building that never burns down? There’s only one place, and that’s Hollywood, in California. The scenes you see from the tourist train are film sets（布景） in the Universal Studios, one of the oldest and largest movie companies(公司) in the USA.
A visit to Universal Studios brings back memories of great days of Hollywood, the films and the stars. But they are only memories. Hollywood isn’t quite the same as it used to be. Costs have gone up and confidence has gone down. Movie-makers are afraid to spend their money on expensive new ideas. Instead, they repeat old ones.
The film industry is changing fast. Teenagers still go out to the movies. The theatre is a good place to meet friends away from home. But older people mostly stay home to watch series, like Dynasty have become as important to Hollywood as expensive movies. These “soap opera”, as they are called, show rich, powerful families living in beautiful homes and wearing beautiful clothes. But the actors and actresses are nearly all middle-aged, like many of the people who watch them.
Though it is soap operas that are keeping the film-makers of Hollywood in Business, big films are still being made in America. But more and more of them are made outside Hollywood. New York is the most important new center, but there are many others as well. Movie-makers have realized that they don’t need Hollywood any more. Modern cameras and real houses instead of expensively made copies in a studio. Other states, especially Florida and Texas, are working hard to take the film business away from California. They are offering better working conditions and lower cost.
But Hollywood is fighting back. The state of California is trying hard to keep its best-known industry.
小题1:From the passage, we know Universal Studios is ______.| A．a very large park | B．a busy London street | | C．a famous movie company | D．an old Hollywood movie |
小题2:The movie industry in California isn’t as successful as before because ______.| A．young people don’t go to movie theatres any more | | B．there is strong competition from other states | | C．its movie companies are in neeed of young stars | | D．the state hasn’t put a development plan into action |
小题3:Which of the following seems to be a threat（威胁）to Hollywood？| A．The use of modern cameras and other equipment | | B．The interest of middle-aged film stars | | C．The making of TV series like Dynasty | | D．The expensively made copies of scenes |
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The definition of pop music is always changing. Whatever, the most popular music at the time is called 1 music. 2 the early 1900s in America, the popular music was called Ragtime. People played it on piano and was very fast. Some of the songs had 3 and were easy 4 . Some of the songs were only music but were easy to dance, too. In the 1920s, a style called “crooning” was popular. Men sang it with a very gentle voice. In the 1930s and 1940s, “jazz” became popular. Jazz is often fast and people usually play it with a piano and horns.
It wasn’t stopping 5 the 1950s when people created “rock and roll”. Elvis Presley is called the “King of Rock and Roll”. He had many popular songs throughout the years. Rock music changed as the years went 6 . Some different kinds of pop music in the 1960s were called Motown and beach music. In the 1960s, there was also a movement in the United States called the British Invasion. That was when the group The Beatles 7 popular. They were one of the most important 8 in American music history.
Today, pop music can be Hip Hop, Rap, R & B, or Country. American young people 9 like listening to pop music. People 10 as Michael Jackson, Madonna and Britney Spears are some of the most well-known singers.
| 小题1: | | A．rock | B．jazz | C．country | D．pop |
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| 小题3: | | A．words | B．fan | C．grammar | D．sentence |
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| 小题4: | | A．dance | B．dancing | C．to sing | D．sang |
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| 小题7: | | A．become | B．became | C．becomes | D．to become |
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| 小题8: | | A．singer | B．music | C．songs | D．bands |
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| 小题9: | | A．especially | B．fast | C．very | D．not |
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There is a one-day holiday in most western countries on New Year’s Day. The real celebration begins on New Year’s Eve-the night before New Year’s Day. There are several interesting customs（习惯）in the west, and there are many differences in different countries.
Though Christmas is a good time for families to get together, New Year’s Day is a time for some western people to be with friends. On New Year’s Day, there are always parties. At such parties, there is food, drinks and dances until New Year comes
At midnight, people often say “Happy New Year! ”to each other. In many western countries, fireworks are let off at midnight and some people like to shout aloud to drive away evil spirits.
小题1:People begin to have great celebrations for the New Year on___________.| A．New Year’s Day | B．the night before New Year’s Eve | | C．the night of New Year’s Day | D．New Year’s Eve |
小题2:In the west, ___________on New Year’s Day.| A．friends always get together | | B．friends write to each other | | C．people can have a week’s holiday | | D．people go from one country to another |
小题3:On New Year’s Eve, western people don’t often____________.| A．say “Happy New Year” to each other | | B．let off fireworks | | C．sing a Scottish song | | D．shout aloud to drive away evil spirits |
小题4:This passage mainly（主要）tells us___________.| A．western people drink together on New Year’s Day | | B．how western people celebrate their New Year’s Day | | C．what western people eat on New Year’s Day | | D．western people have a good time on New Year’s Day |
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I’m 14, a year younger than most of my classmates.
A week ago one of my classmates, Nitin, asked me for help with math homework. We ended up talking about computers and file-sharing（共享文件）. As we talked I found that he was more experienced and could teach me about file-sharing and networking. We went to his room and watched a movie about robots that he’d downloaded. The math homework was forgotten.
The next day he came again for homework help “What do you do on weekends?” he asked. The truth is, when I have work to do, I do it. I have no special time to kill with friends. I was embarrassed about this. I expected him to think I was boring and said, “Get a life!” He said, “OK. You’re having trouble getting along with people I can show you. I’m old than you.”
Later, he checked my computer. He even connected me to an Internet chess server（服务器）.He was becoming like a big brother.
But when I thought about it, I didn’t really want Nitin’s help” His big-brother idea began to bore me.
“I’ll get you some cool computer programs（程序）”.
“I’ll teach you how to talk to girls.”
He meant what he was saying, but I don’t know why it didn’t make me feel good. Since then he’s hardly talked to me; we seem to have forgotten each other. I don’t think he can “teach” me much, and I don’t think much of him. But I could be wrong·
小题1:What did Mitin help me do?| A．He helped me with my homework. | | B．He helped me with math problems. | | C．He taught me about file-sharing and networking. | | D．He introduced some fiends to me. |
小题2:What does the underlined word “kill” in Paragraph 3 mean?小题3:Which is NOT the reason why the writer doesn’t want Nitin’s help?| A．He has no special time to kill with friends. | | B．He forgot his homework because of playing with him. | | C．He thinks his ideas are not useful to him. | | D．He has another big brother. |
小题4:Can you use a word to describe the writer?| A．Unfriendly. | B．Boring. | C．Independent.（独立的） | D．Lazy. |
小题5:Choose a title for this passage.| A．I Don’t Want a Big Brother! | | B．No Time to Kill | | C．My Big Brother | | D．My Life After School |
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