In the United States, friendships can be close, constant, intense, generous, and

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In the United States, friendships can be close, constant, intense, generous, and real, yet fade away in a short time if things change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greeting for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while—then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship where it"s left off and are delighted.
In the States, you can feel free to visit people"s homes and share their holidays without fear that you are taking on a lasting obligation. Do not hesitate to accept hospitality because you cannot give it in return. No one will expect you to do so for they know you are far from home. Americans will enjoy welcoming you and be pleased if you accept their hospitality easily.
Once you arrive there, the welcome will be full and warm and real. Most visitors find themselves easily invited into many homes there. In some countries it is considered inhospitable to entertain at home, offering what is felt as "merely" home cooked food, not "doing something" for your guest. It is felt that restaurant entertaining shows more respect and welcome. Or for various other reasons, such as crowded space, language difficulties, or family custom, outsiders are not invited into homes.
In the United States, both methods are used, but it is often considered more friendly to invite a person to one"s home than to go to a public place, except in pure business relationships. So, if your host or hostess brings you home, do not feel that you are being shown inferior treatment.
小题1:.
. In the United States, friendships might ________ if things become different.

A．disappear little by little	B．last forever
C．be heartbreaking	D．end suddenly

小题2:.
All the following factors but ________ prevent people from inviting their friends home for
dinner according to the passage.

A．different languages	B．naughty children
C．different customs	D．small houses

小题3:.
. We can infer that ________ in America according to this passage.

A．friendships are difficult to get but easy to lose

B．it is hard for a person to pick up the friendship when he comes across his long lost friend

C．you might be considered as a person hungry for social activities if you accept an invitation too easily

D．people care little about where they are invited to go for dinner

小题4:.
. Why is giving a dinner party at home considered less hospitable in some countries?

A．Because eating at the restaurant is a sign of respect.

B．Because having dinner at home seems less friendly.

C．Because dishes prepared at home are less delicious.

D．Because a dinner at the restaurant is more expensive.

答案

小题1:.A
小题1:.B
小题1:.D
小题1:.A

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Thanksgiving Day was near. Lucy, the first grade teacher, gave her class a fun   36 — to draw a picture of somebody or something for which they were    37  . When the students    38
their assignment, she found most of them drew some pictures of their family, teachers, friends or neighbors.
Douglas, however, made a different kind of picture. He was a   39   boy. He didn’t act the same as others. He always seemed to be shy and sad. He   40  played with other children during the break   41  they kindly invited him to. Lucy treated him very well. She always helped him and   42   him to be confident. Yes, his picture was different. He just drew a   43 . Nothing else. His abstract image   44   the imagination of his classmates. Whose hand could it be? One guessed it was a mother’s hand, for mother’s hand gives children warmth and   45 . Another child guessed it was a police officer’s hand, because the police   46  people and care for people. And so the discussion   47 .
When the children were discussing it, Lucy paused at Douglas’ desk,   48  down, and asked him whose hand it was. The little boy murmured, “It’s   49 , teacher.” Douglas was most thankful for her hand. She was   50  and felt tears in her eyes. She thought of the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here or there. She   51   how often she had said to him, “Take my   52 , Douglas. We’ll go outside.” or “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.”
The story speaks of   53  thankfulness. It also says something about teachers teaching and parents parenting and friends showing friendship. They might not always say “ 54 ” out, but they’ll remember the hand that you   55 out to give them love and be grateful to you always.
小题1:..

A．assignment

B．question

C．suggestion

D．solution

小题2:.

A．sorry

B．regretful

C．thankful

D．responsible

小题3:.

A．gave in

B．handed in

C．put off

D．called off

小题4:..

A．strong

B．kind

C．different

D．humorous

小题5:..

A．often

B．usually

C．seldom

D．ever

小题6:..

A．because

B．though

C．as

D．since

小题7:..

A．encouraged

B．discouraged

C．cheered

D．praised

小题8:..

A．hand

B．face

C．ear

D．leg

小题9:.

A．reduced

B．ruined

C．inspired

D．used

小题10:..

A．comfort

B．praise

C．sorrow

D．coldness

小题11:..

A．search

B．question

C．meet

D．protect

小题12:..

A．ended

B．succeeded

C．continued

D．failed

小题13:..

A．broke

B．pulled

C．looked

D．bent

小题14:..

A．his

B．yours

C．my mother’s

D．my father’s

小题15:..

A．disappointed

B．annoyed

C．tired

D．touched

小题16:..

A．forgot

B．regretted

C．recalled

D．understood

小题17:..

A．hand

B．book

C．lesson

D．gift

小题18:..

A．rather than

B．more than

C．anything but

D．nothing but

小题19:..

A．I’m sorry

B．Take care

C．I’m all right

D．Thank you

小题20:..

A．get

B．reach

C．put

D．make

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The American book Who Moved My Cheese has been a bestseller all over the world. It teaches people how to face changes in their lives. Now its author Spence Johnson has written a book just for teens. The book tells us that when facing change in our lives, like a new school or new friends, don"t be afraid. Instead, use this change to make a better life. The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing fro

m having two terms to three terms because there are too many students.
Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two “little people” and some cheese.
The four are in a maze looking for the cheese. Here, cheese means something important in life, like moving to a new class or getting into college. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they can’t change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people, however, can’t do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese.
After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing: to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or having good relationships or just feeling good about yourself.
小题1:The book Who Moved My Cheese is __________.

A．written all over the world	B．read across the world
C．sold only in America	D．loved only by teens

小题2:What does the text mainly discuss?

A．Never change in our life.	B．Change whenever you like .
C．Change with the changes.	D．Pay attention to the changes,

小题3: The underline word “four”（paragraph 3） refers to __________.

A．mice and little people	B．students
C．cheese	D．readers

小题4: In our lives, we should learn from __________.

A．mice

B．little people

C．Chris

D．Spence Johnson

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Bolivia has a population of three and a half million. About one tenth of the total population are white; one-fourth are mixed Indians and white; and more than half are full-blooded Indians. The government and the industries are under the control of the white people.
The Indians today live in much the same way as their ancestors. Most of them are farmers. Many work in the mines, for minin

g is the most important industry on Bolivia’s. Of all the mining products, tin is the most important, which makes up three-fourths of all Bolivia’s exports. The eastern slopes of the Andes, since there are very few roads there, are fertile but not highly developed. The two primary means of transportation are river boats and porters. East of the hill region is the great plains where tropical plants are grown. A serious problem for Bolivia is the transport of food from the warm regions, where it is grown to the mountainous regions, where most of the people live.
Bolivia gained its independence from Spain about a hundred years ago. It has been slow in developing, but its rich resources pr

omise a better future in it.
小题1:.
The majority of the Bolivian population are .

A．full-blooded Indians	B．mixed Indian and white
C．white citizens	D．all whites and mixed-blooded people

小题2:.
. The Indian’s way of life today is .

A．quite different from that of their ancestors	B．quite interesting
C．almost the same as their ancestors’	D．very exciting

小题3:.
The main product Bolivia exports is .

A．tropical plants

B．gold and silver

C．tin

D．food

小题4:.
Bolivia has been slow in developing, but it has hope for a better future because of its .

A．mining products	B．rich resources
C．independence from Spain	D．two primary means of transportation

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Read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment. And then answer questions.
Happiness(Romance) ★★★★
Happiness tells the s

tory of two people (Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy) who work for different advertising companies. They talk on the phone all the time and don"t like each other. But then they correspond by email and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. It also has beautiful music.
I Scream (Thriller) ★★
In I Scream, Paul (Colin Jacks) is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly. It doesn"t make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.
Paul"s Heroes (Comedy) ★★★
This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two. Six soldiers (including Sammy Turblow)

have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie, they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers. You can guess the ending, but it"s great fun getting there.
______________ (Drama) ★★★★
This is a very good drama with Jack Ross, who pays a hard-working truck

driver. His wife becomes ill a

nd he has to find a doctor who can help her. In his travels he meets Dr. Lloyd (Phil Driver) who has found the cure for the illness, but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America. This is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.
小题1:.Which of the four movies is the least popular with people?

A．The 1^st one.

B．The 2^nd one.

C．The 3^rd one.

D．The 4^th one.

小题2:. The underlined word "correspond" can be replaced by ______________.

A．date

B．exchange

C．write

D．communicate

小题3:.A thriller is most probably a film which tells something _______________.

A．frightening

B．instructive

C．humorous

D．interesting

小题4:. Which of the following is the best title for the fourth film?

A．A Hard-working Truck Driver.	B．Medicine.
C．A Strange Illness.	D．Twelve Hours.

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The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society—a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.
“My grandmother didn’t do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that,” said Em

ily Cornette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society.
While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age. But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers (生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people who refused their pare

nts’ way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.
If you take into consideration feminism (女权主义), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable (必然的). In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple (紫色的) clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.
“The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn’t go,” said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998. When the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention.
“The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else,” Cooper said. “Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves.” This is why chapters are discou

raged from raising money or doing anything useful. “We’re a ladies’ play group. It couldn’t be more simple,” added Cooper’s assistant Joe Heywood.
小题1:. The unlined word “chapter” in Paragraph 2 means ___.

A．one branch of an organization	B．a written agreement of a club
C．one part of a collection of poems	D．a period in a society’s history

小题2:. From the text, we know that the “baby boomers” are a group of people who ___.

A．have gradually become more noticeable	B．are worried about getting old too quickly
C．are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend
D．tried living a different life from their parents when they were young

小题3:. It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society are ___.

A．interested in raising money for social work	B．programmers who can plan well for their future
C．believers in equality between men and women	D．good at cooking big meals and taking care of others

小题4:.. Who set up the Red Hat Society?

A．Emily Cornette

B．Ellen Cooper

C．Jenny Joseph

D．Joe Heywood

小题5:.. Women join the Red Hat Society because ___.

A．they want to stay young	B．they would like to appear more attractive
C．they would like to have fun and live for themselves	D．they want to be more like their parents

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