Dear Flowermouse,Thank you for your comments on how Americans and Chinese view
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Dear Flowermouse,
Thank you for your comments on how Americans and Chinese view each other. This is an important subject. Modern technology has given many nations the chance of destroying other nations. This is a cruel picture but it is a realistic one. It means that every nation should make sure that these weapons of great destruction are never used. This requires greater acceptance of differences among people and nations in all parts of the planet.
Your letter asks specially about Chinese-American relationships but I want to let you know my feelings on a global scale. Because China and America are the most powerful nations and I believe they have a special responsibility for promoting better understanding and for leading the way toward peaceful solutions to the world"s problems.
You ask how Chinese and American people view each other. This is an important question. Because I know so little about China that I am not able to judge how Chinese view Americans. I am sure that the view differs according to individual experiences that persons might have. And it is not easy to describe America to foreigners. America is a vast mass of people and cultures. These people came from all parts of the world, from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe and Australia. Each brought a different culture and a different set of values within a single nation.
I believe that the vast majority of Americans like the vast majority of Chinese want peace and friendship between our two nations. Both China and America have suffered through generations from war and violence in our history. And I believe that it is the special responsibility of all Chinese and all Americans to impress this need for mutual understanding on our neighbors in other.
So my friend, this is my response. Please know that I write to you as a private person living in America. I do feel strongly that people everywhere have more in common than they have in differences. We all share the same basic needs for existence and we all depend upon the same need for the survival of this beautiful planet earth. Maybe we can begin to encourage better communication and better understanding through my columns. I hope so.
小题1:From the passage we can know that Flowermouse_______.| A．loves Americans | | B．has read about the writer"s articles | | C．is an American | | D．knows little about Americans |
小题2:It is likely that the writer_______.| A．disagrees with Flowermouse | | B．thinks it possible for nations to be destroyed due to modern technology | | C．thinks American government share the same opinions with its people | | D．believes the weapons of great destruction are never used |
小题3:The letter that Flowermouse wrote to the writer, maybe have referred to .| A．American culture | | B．American society | | C．Chinese-American relationships | | D．Chinese society |
小题4:The writer"s purpose to write the passage is to_______.| A．introduce Americans to us | | B．make friends with Flowermouse | | C．speak for the government of America | | D．call on nations to understand each other |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D |
解析
小题1:由文章开篇“Thank you for your comments on how...”可推知Flowermouse肯定读过作者的文章。
小题2:由文章第一段可知。
小题3:推理判断题。由文章第二段第一句可以看出“Your letter ask specifically about ChineseAmerican relationships ...”很清楚地表明这一点。
小题4:考查主旨题。全文倡导中美两大国加强沟通与交流,求同存异,共同为推动世界和平而努力,文章第五段更是将这一点阐释得一清二楚。 |
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1970 was “World Conservation Year”. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world was in danger. They hoped that the governments would act quickly in order to conserve nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 860 remain. The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air and the water, and everything that grows and lives. We can"t live without these things. If we continue like this, we shall destroy ourselves.
What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask “What must we do now?” The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are hoping to save our world. They plant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests and so on. In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of eleven kilometres of their river. Young people may hear about conservation through a record called “No, One"s Going to Change our World. ” It was made by Scatles, Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve wild animals.
小题1:There are few plants, trees and flowers in Holland now because _______.| A．there has been a lot of conservation in Holland | | B．Holland does not need so many plants, trees and flowers | | C．many plants, trees and flowers don"t grow there any more | | D．some plants, trees and flowers are dangerous |
小题2:We shall destroy ourselves if we don"t _______.| A．improve our technology in planting trees | | B．hear about the record called “No, One"s Going to Change our World” | | C．try our best to save the world | | D．change the earth |
小题3:“No,One"s Going to Change our World. ” was _______.| A．an important book published in 1970 | | B．a record calling on people to conserve nature | | C．an idea that nobody would accept | | D．a rule worked out by the United States |
小题4:What is the most important thing for us to do to save our world?| A．We should clean the banks of our rivers. | | B．We should know what will happen in the future. | | C．We should know what we should do and do it now. | | D．We should plant more trees and flowers. |
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Everyone has experienced trying, but failing to master a difficult book that was begun with the hope of increasing one"s understanding. When that happens, it is 36 to think that it was a mistake to try to read it, but that was not the mistake. The mistake was in 37 too much from the first reading of a(n) 38 book. If you read it in the right way, no book written for the 39 reader, no matter how difficult, need be a cause for despair(令人失望).
What is the right method? The 40 is an important and helpful rule of reading that is either not 41 or often forgotten. That rule is simply this: when reading a difficult book for the first time, read it through without ever 42 to think about the things that you do not understand immediately.
Do not be stopped by what you 43 understand. Read through the difficult 44 ,and you soon come to things that you do understand. Read these 45 .You will have a much better chance of understanding all of the book when you read it again, but that 46 you to have read the book through once 47 .
What you understand by reading the book through to the 48 will help you when you try later to read the places that you did not 49 in your first reading. Or if you never re-read the book, understanding half of it is much better than understanding 50 of it, which will happen 51 you allow yourself to be stopped by the first difficult part of the book.
Most of us were taught to 52 the things that we do not understand. We were told to find the 53 of unfamiliar words, and to try to find an explanation in another 54 for anything that we did not understand in the book that we were reading. But when these things are done before the proper time, they only 55 our reading, instead of helping it.
36. A. necessary B. useful C. natural D. effective
37. A. learning B. wanting C. accepting D. expecting
38. A. easy B. difficult C. important D. correct
39. A. ordinary B. young C. serious D. sincere
40. A. method B. question C. answer D. problem
41. A. taught B. known C. sure D. perfect
42. A. starting B. hesitating C. Stopping D. repeating
43. A. can"t B. won"t C. mustn"t D. wouldn"t
44. A. words B. articles C. parts D. points
45. A. quickly B. immediately C. clearly D. carefully
46. A. requires B. causes C. advises D. allows
47. A. later B. after C. before D. again
48. A. top B. end C. bottom D. cover
49. A. see B. turn C. Notice D. understand
50. A. anything B. everything C. nothing D. something
51. A. if B. so that C. whenever D. as though
52. A. put away B. put down C. think of D. think about
53. A. uses B. Meanings C. Spellings D. troubles
54. A. thinking B. reading C. Book D. way
55. A. harm B. increase C. Improve D. prevent |
Travel to China is a lifetime experience and a better way to understand China. Only when you are there, you may start to appreciate and understand what a difference to live in a nation with a population of 1.3 billion.
China offers variety choices for visitors. If you are interested in Chinese history, Chinese culture and Chinese scenery, your trip will be very fulfilled and very interesting. If you want to enjoy a peaceful sunshine beach holiday, there are plenty of tourist areas along the coastal line, which have unspoiled beaches and luxury hotels for visitors. In Hainan Island, the beautiful Sanya beaches are opened the whole year around and there is no winter in this island. If you want excitements and nightlife, stay in big cities. There are many places every night for international gathering. If you are adventurers, go to remote areas to watch wild life or visit minorities(少数民族) to see how they live in the hillsides or desert. If you are sporty, take a cycle trip along the countryside, enjoy the rural(田园的) life and meet with Chinese people long the route.
You may have heard or read a lot about China from books, newspapers, magazines and TV programs. Some of them are true but most of them are out of date, incorrect or even false. China is different from many of your previous experiences and may shock you in many ways. This is what China is!
This country is changing and progressing every day. Yet it is still a developing country. After the economic reform, most of the developments concentrate in major cities and remote areas(边远地区) are still very backward. China is a very populated nation and people have to cope with the crowded environment. Foreign visitors may not get used to the mentality of the people and sometimes become frustrated with the situation, which they never experienced before. Basically Chinese are reserve, peaceful and nice. They are very polite too but in their own way. When a foreigner is willing to take a more positive attitude to recognize the difference, the trip will become worthwhile or you may ruin your trip completely by unreasonable expectation and misjudgment of the people in general.
小题1:According to the passage, if you go to China, you can enjoy all but _______.| A．mountain climbing | B．sunshine beach | | C．rural life | D．watching wild life |
小题2:After economic reform, most remote areas in China now _______.| A．also develop fast | B．are very rich | | C．still need developing | D．are very forward |
小题3:This passage might be from _______.| A．advertising | B．newspaper | C．novel | D．newsreport |
小题4:Sometimes,foreigners in China may become frustrated(气恼，沮丧).Which of the following statement is NOT true?| A．They are not used to the crowded environment. | | B．Sometimes, Chinese are not polite enough in foreigners" eyes. | | C．They don"t think there are good sceneries in China. | | D．Chinese are reserve. |
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Years ago, when I started looking for my first job, wise advisers advised, “Barbara, be enthusiastic（热情的）! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience.” How right they were!
“Nothing great was ever done without enthusiasm,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste（浆糊） that helps you hang in there when the things get tough. It is the inner voice that tells you, “I can do it!” when others shout, “No, you can’t!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn’t stop working on her experiments.
We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is the childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age. At 90, cellist Pablo Casals would start his day by playing the cello（大提琴）. As the music flowed through his fingers, his shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyes. As writer and poet Samuel Ullman once worte, “Years wrinkle(起皱纹) the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”
Enthusiastic people also love what they do, not considering money or title or power. Patricia Mellratl, a retired director of the Missouri Rpertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, “My father, long ago, told me, ‘I never made any money until I stopped working for it.’”
We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-been”. We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be”. We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, with all our senses finding pleasure in the sweet of a backyard garden, the simple picture of a six-year-old, and the beauty of a rainbow.
小题1:What is the passage mainly talking about?| A．Enthusiasm is more important than experience. | | B．Enthusiasm can give people more success and fame | | C．Enthusiastic people will never get old | | D．Enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life. |
小题2:We can infer that enthusiasm is more important for a person especially when __________.| A．he is in trouble | B．he is getting old | | C．he can do what he love | D．he has succeeded |
小题3:The author mentions Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that ______.| A．enthusiasm can make people feel young | | B．music can arouse people’s enthusiasm | | C．enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed | | D．enthusiasm can keep people healthy |
小题4:How many examples are referred in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?小题5:Which proverb(谚语) may the writer agree with according to the last paragraph?| A．A good beginning makes a good ending | | B．Don’t cry over the spoiled milk | | C．Love me, love my dog | | D．All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy |
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I met the guy who told me an amazing story．He was 21 Scotland on a motorbike by himself．One late afternoon he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin．He was travelling along, miles from any village, when he saw a really 22 girl standing by the road, hitchhiking (搭便车).Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a 23 to Elgin．She got and drove off．He said he 24 having her on the back, as it was nice 25．But after a time he forgot that she was there．Suddenly he 26 but he realized that he couldn’t feel her knees 27 against him ! He 28 behind him but …she wasn’t there.
He said he felt frightened 29 his life ! He felt cold all over．He thought she must have 30 off the back．So he turned round and 31 back along the road．He didn’t find her．So he began to think that she might have been 32 by someone else.
Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin and didn’t see anyone 33 he came to a pub．He decided to 34 so that he could talk to someone and he thought he ought to tell 35 ．He went into the pub and talked to the barman．He told the barman what had happened．He said the barman didn’t seem to be at all 36 ．He just carried on 37 the glasses.
Then the barman said, “you are not the 38 person to come in here and tell the same 39．That girl you think you picked up 40 seven years ago… in a motorbike accident.”
21．A．touring B．searching C．defending D．circling
22．A．poor B．attractive C．tall D．terrible
23．A．help B．lift C．service D．trip
24．A．chose B．came C．meant D．liked
25．A．business B．event C．company D．action
26．A．thought B．considered C．remembered D．called
27．A．pressing B．turning C．going D．running
28．A．looked B．took C．felt D．seized
29．A．out of B．in case of C．in place of D．to the best of
30．A．jumped B．kept C．kicked D．fallen
31．A．raced B．walked C．got D．watched
32．A．picked up B．searched for C．taken away D．brought back
33．A．when B．until C．although D．since
34．A．wait B．enter C．stop D．march
35．A．someone B．nobody C．the father D．the police
36．A．worried B．surprised C．moving D．satisfied
37．A．breaking B．waving C．knocking D．drying
38．A．first B．last C．right D．honest
39．A．story B．message C．lie D．truth
40．A．was saved B．ran away C．died D．left |
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