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Many cities in the world are benefiting from the night activities of a group of people who call
themselves guerrilla (游击队) gardeners. Armed with trowels, spades and a van full of flowers
and plants, guerrilla gardeners turn abandoned urban land into a blaze of color. In city centre
locations where there was mud, weeds and empty plastic bottles, residents often wake up to
find that the wasted area has been transformed overnight with brightly-colored bedding plants.
In most British cities, local governments and police turn a blind eye to the effort of the gardeners,
whose activities are always carried out under cover of nightfall. And so far, there has been nothing
but praise from the astonished and delighted local residents when they find their neighborhood
transformed in such a striking fashion.
Not only do the guerrilla gardeners beautify neglected places, they also return regularly to
water the plants and weed the flower beds. They also make sure that at least some of the plants
they bring are evergreens, which means that the area doesn"t look depressing in the winter months.
The first guerrilla gardener in London was Richard Reynolds, whose day job is at an advertising
agency. Mr. Reynolds, a graduate of Oxford University, began his efforts two years ago when he
moved to a flat in a tower block in South London. From his balcony, he could see several empty
concrete pots, placed by the local governments to contain plants but never used. He went out after
midnight and filled the pots with plants, and then planted more flowers in the path leading to the
entrance to the block.
He then set up a website to explain his plan and called upon more gardeners to join him. Cash
donations flooded in and, more importantly, volunteers rushed to be part of the campaign. Within
six months, there were five hundred people in London prepared to come out at very short notice
to restore neglected parts of the urban landscape. There are now unofficial but carefully-organized
groups in many cities in Britain and North America and there is also a website where would-be
urban gardeners can find out the location of the next expedition.
B. nearby their house
C. often in return for others" help
D. out of their own free will
B. beautify the neighborhood
C. attract attention for his ad agency
D. make the plants a feast for his eyes
B. enjoying these beautiful flowers
C. helping plants live through winter months
D. changing the varieties of the plants
B. will later get well paid
C. are still not accepted by the local government
D. become more and more organized
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imagined a 1 park, where his already hugely popular 2 -
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and
the rest could 3 . Anaheim (阿纳海姆) was chosen 4 the location for Disneyland on the 5
that there are many orange groves.
This super cool 6 park is divided into eight themed areas. Main Street, USA brings you back
7 the days of horse-drawn carriages and streetcars. Adventure
land is an exotic tropical place in a far-off region place of the world. Get transported into the 8 in Tomorrowland.
Fantasyland takes you to the place where dreams come 9 . Step into New Orleans Square to
experience good fashioned Southern charm. Play 10 whimsical (离奇的) wildlife creatures in Critter
Country. Enter the land that Toons built - Mickey"s Toontown - which is the actual home of your
favourite Disney characters!
fork,but that"s only superficial. Besides,in decent restaurants,you can always ask for a pair of knife
and fork,if you find the chopsticks not helpful enough. The real difference is that in the West,you
have your own plate of food,while in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares.
If you are being treated to a formal dinner and particularly if the host thinks you"re in the country for
the first time,he will do the best to give you a taste of many different types of dishes.
The meal usually begins with a set of at least four cold dishes,to be followed by the main courses
of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup then will be served (unless in Guangdong style restaurants) to
be followed by staple food ranging from rice,noodles to dumplings. If you wish to have your rice to
go with other dishes,you should say so in good time,for most of the Chinese choose to have the staple
food at last or have none of them at all.
Perhaps one of the things that surprises a Western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts
like to put food into the plates of their guests. In formal dinners,there are always "public" chopsticks
and spoons for this purpose,but some hosts may use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of genuine
friendship and politeness. It is always polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it,just leave the food in
the plate.
People in China tend to over-order food,for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is consumed.
When you have had enough,just say so. Or you will always overeat!
B. On Chinese dinner table,chopsticks replace knife and fork.
C. You"re treated to a formal dinner for the first time.
D. The host will do the best to give you a taste of many different types of dishes.
a. a set of four cold dishes.
b. staple food such as rice,noodle or dumplings.
c. the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes.
d. serving soup.
B. cabd
C. acdb
D. cadb
B.Chinese think it polite to put food into the plated of the guests with their own chopsticks.
C.People in China tend to over-order food,for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is consumed.
D. Chinese all think it impolite for guests to ask for a pair of knife and fork.
B. you should say so happily
C. you"d better say so
D. you should say so kindly.
B. share the food together
C. show the genuine friendship and politeness
D. put food into the plates of their guests
confidence in the way they talk, the way they smile, the way they dress and the way they walk.
Living and competing with all these confident American students, I find it extremely important to
be confident as an international student and instructor. As a student, being confident means you
should never hesitate to raise your hand whenever a question or a point comes to your mind.
Don"t mind if it sounds simple or silly. Otherwise you will never get a chance to speak in class at
all. What"s worse, the professors may think you are not prepared for the discussion or you do not
have your own opinion on the issue-this is the last comment any graduate would like to receive.
Being confident for me as a foreign instructor means calmly asking the student to repeat what
he or she has said if I did not get it. Pretending to understand what you actually did not may just
bring yourself embarrassment or even disgrace. But the time I most need to be confident is when
my students come to my office and bargain about the grades I have given for their speeches.
(The course I"m teaching here is Public speaking). Modesty is a trait highly valued in China, but it
won"t be of much help here if you want to survive and succeed in a good American graduate
program.
B. be polite and friendly
C. have more discussions with them
D. understand what they think about
B. tries to seize any chance to speak in class
C. shows no interest in the course
D. is considered to have no opinion of his own
B. the students bargain with him
C. he pretends to know what he doesn"t
D. he has to give a speech
B. modesty doesn"t help you much in America
C. Americans also like modest people
D. modesty can help you through an American graduate program
B. The writer teaches in Europe for a living.
C. Students are encouraged to present simple questions.
D. One"s ignorance will give away in time.
widely accepted as social duty and responsibility. Because gift-giving is such an important social
aspect of Japanese life. It"s important to be aware of some key factors.
Devalue the gifts you give. The important thing is to act and seem modest. You don"t
want the receiver to think that you are arrogant or proud. Denigrate(贬低) your gift as much as
possible. It doesn"t matter if the label on the box bears the symbol for a famous brand. The
Japanese value the appearance of a modest gift-giver who tries to stay away from praise.
Praise the gift you receive. Although praising may seem obvious, overpraising the gift is
the key. It"s also important to praise the fine taste of the gift-giver in making that particular choice
for you. And don"t forget to give a thousand and one thanks.
Unless you are urged to do so. And when you do, you must take the utmost care in
unwrapping it. Don"t look eager, and be careful that you don"t tear the paper or cut the ribbon.
After observing, praising, and thanking, be sure to rewrap the gift as if it had never been opened.
Try to appear as if you take great pride in the value of the gift.
Choose gifts with practical value. In general, don"t buy things such as ornaments, vases,
and kitchenware; it"s already assumed that everyone has these things. To do so may suggest that
you don"t approve of the other person"s taste. Also, most Japanese houses are very small and
don"t have extra space for useless junk.
2. Fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words. (no more than 6 words)
3. List three kinds of things you"d better not buy for a Japanese friend.
①
②
③
4. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.
5. What do the Japanese usually do when they receive a gift? (no more than l0 words)
be 1 and damaged? Judging from an experiment in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to
discover what language a child would speak if a baby heard no mother 2 , the experimenter
told the nurses to keep silent.
All the 3 died before the first year. But clearly there was more than lack of language here.
What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life 4 , the
capacity to survive is seriously affected.
Today no such severe lack exists as that ordered by the experimenter. 5 , some children are
still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is 6 to the signals of
the infant, whose brain is programmed to learn language rapidly. If these sensitive periods are neglected,
the ideal time for 7 skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again. A bird learns to
sing and to fly rapidly at right time, but the process is slow and hard once the 8 stage has passed.
Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed sequence and at a 9 age, but there are
cases where speech has started 10 in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ. At twelve
weeks a baby smiles and makes vowel-like sounds; at twelve months he can speak simple words
and understand simple 11 ; at eighteen months he has a vocabulary of three to fifty words. At three
he knows about 1,000 words which he can put into sentences, and at four his language differs from
that of his parents in style 12 grammar.
Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the 13 to speak. What is special about
man"s brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to 14
the sight and feel of, say, a toy-bear with the sound pattern "toy - bear". And even more 15 is the
young brain"s ability to pick out an order in language from the mixture of sound around him, to analyse,
to combine and recombine the parts of a language in new ways.
| ( ) 1.A. constructed ( ) 2.A. sound ( ) 3.A. parents ( ) 4.A. randomly ( ) 5.A. Consequently ( ) 6.A. unfamiliar ( ) 7.A. acquiring ( ) 8.A. critical ( ) 9.A. pleasing ( )10.A. last ( )11.A. commands ( )12.A. or rather ( )13.A. inspiration ( )14.A. justify ( )15.A. unpredictable | B. starved B. singing B. care-takers B. originally B. Nevertheless B. inaccessible B. practising B. temporary B. troublesome B. late B. necessities B. or else B. passion B. connect B. unbelievable | C. spoiled C. educating C. infants C. greatly C. Theoretically C. insensitive C. occupying C. contemporary C. flexible C. early C. resolutions C. other than C. creativity C. oblige C. uncountable | D. exhausted D. tongue D. investigators D. especially D. Fortunately D. unaccustomed D. seizing D. reasonable D. constant D. lately D. directions D. rather than D. capacity D. devote D. unbearable |