阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 Chinatown is the name given to an area in the middle of Lo
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and Shaftsbury Avenue. Gerrard Street is at the center and is the most important street in the area. There
is a large Chinese community (社区) with a lot of Chinese restaurants, Chinese supermarkets and shops
in this street.
In the 1950s, it was a poor area and everything was very cheap. At the same time, the world rice
market changed and thousand of farm workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs. They began arriving in
London to look for work. They found jobs in the restaurants in this area. Many British people like Chinese
food, and the restaurants were popular.
These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time to learn English. As more
Chinese arrived, more shops and businesses grew up. Wives came and joined their husbands and children
came and joined their fathers. The community grew, and Chinatown was born.
In the 1970s and 1980s, British-born Chinese started to have a better education and this brought
economic (经济的) success to the area. Many families moved out of Chinatown, and there was more
space for businesses. Gerrard Street become a street only for visitors and was soon a popular place for
tourists.
Now everyone knows about London"s Chinatown. During the Chinese New Year, the streets are seen
with flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. For most of the year, though, Londoners and
tourists go there mainly for the food in the Chinese restaurants. They best restaurants are the ones where
the Chinese eat.
2. Was the area rich or poor in the 1950s?
3. Why did the restaurant workers have not time to learn English?
4. When did British-born Chinese start to have a better education?
5. What are the main points about Chinatown in this passage?
答案
2. It was poor.
3. Because they often work 17 hours a day.
4. In the 1970s and 1980s.
5. Where it is and how it has developed.
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may like eating bananas. But do you know there is such a thing a "banana person"? How strange! Are
these people from "another earth"? No, they are just Chinese people like you and me.
ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese,but was born in the United States. Sometimes,
people call an ABC a "banana person". A banana is yellow outside and white inside-looking like a Westerner
and yellow outside - looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them
don"t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.
But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are
Chinese. They are overseas Chinese. These people may be citizens (公民) of another country like the US,
Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents
were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not
people of the People"s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C.N.Yang (杨振宁).
He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
B. a kind of banana
C. Chinese born in America
D. Americans born in China
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| 20th | 23th | 26th |
| 1972 | 1984 | 1996 |
| Munich (慕尼黑) | Los Angeles | Atlanta |
| Germany | America | America |
| Europe | North America | North America |
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| How 1 do you know about manners (礼仪)? Different countries have 2 manners. In 3 Asian countries, it is good manners to take off your shoes before you go into a house. 4 in European (欧洲) countries, even if they sometimes become very dirty, this is not done. If you are a 5 in a Chinese house, when you have a meal, you usually do not 6 the food. You often leave a little to 7 that you have had enough. But in England, a visitor always finishes food to show that he has 8 it. We must know the customs (风俗) of other 9 so that they will not think 10 bad-manners. People all over the world 11 that a well-mannered person should be kind and 12 to others. If you remember this, at 13 you will not go very far wrong. 14 likes a person with good manners, but no one likes a person 15 bad manners. Keep your manners. | ||
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| Tea is a very important kind of drink in our everyday life.1.____________ In China, people often have tea when they get together. Chinese people can have tea at any time of the day. 2._____________ There are lots of nice and big tea houses in the towns or cities. There are green and black tea in China. They never put sugar or milk in tea. 3. _____________ In England, people have tea at certain tea time. 4. ____________ English people think it"s important to drink tea at a certain time. They like to drink tea with cream, sugar or milk. They also eat something like cakes, cookies and sandwiches at the tea time. 5. _____________ They have their own way of serving tea. They have their own tea ceremony (茶道). Japanese tea ceremony is very famous in the world. And Japanese people see the tea ceremony as a very important thing. | ||
| 阅读短文，根据短文内容，将下列五个句子还原到文中，将其标号填入对应的横线上。 A. They have morning tea, afternoon tea and evening tea B. different countries have different tea culture C. Chinese people like tea with nothing in it D. Japanese people also like having tea very much E. They have tea at home or in a teahouse | ||
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| The Great Wall of China is 1 to people all over the world. It 2 "The Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall" in Chinese. Do you know the famous Chinese saying, "He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a 3 man." The Great Wall is 4 wall in the world. It is more than 6,000 kilometers long, and 5 four and five metres 6 . In most places it is wide enough for five 7 or ten men 8 side by side (并排) along the top. It was very 9 to build such a great wall 10 our modern machines. All the work had to 11 by hand. Many people 12 to work on the wall far away from their homes. Thousands of men 13 and were buried (埋葬) 14 the wall. The Great Wall was made not only 15 stone and earth, but also of the flesh and blood (血肉) of millions of men. |