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What sport does the man like best?

A. Ice skating.    B. Skateboarding.    C. Skiing.

假设你是李华。你的外国笔友Jane打算七月份来中国，特来信了解中国人的社交习俗。请你用英语回一封信，按以下几个方面的提示做具体介绍。

提示:1. 见面时的问候方式；

2. 对赞美的回答方式；

3. 接受礼物时的回应方式；

4. 晚宴礼节。

注意:词数100左右，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jane,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

He’s saving for college 25 cents at a time.

For senior David Krichbaum of Firestone High School in Ohio, US, that means handfuls of peanut M&Ms, lots of sales pitches (推销辞令) and plenty of rejections.

This 17-year-old student bought his first gumball machine (口香糖贩卖机) about 18 months ago “just for something to do”.

He cleaned up the machine with fresh paint and placed it inside a popular Chinese restaurant in Ohio.

Since then, David has set up six more vending machines (自动售货机) in spots around Ohio.

But it wasn’t until he added a full-color “My College Fund” sign above the candy-filled globe late last year that his business skyrocketed.

“My sales doubled when I added that sign,” he said.

His goal is to expand his market to 30 gumball machine locations and generate $800 a month in profits.

He has already been accepted into the University of Akron’s business college, where the cost of tuition and books will be about $10,500 (69,000 yuan) per year.

The budding (崭露头角的) businessman doesn’t want to take out a student loan. “I just want to have some responsibility and at the same time get some experience in sales and business,” he said.

Theresa Krichbaum said her son has always had a creative mind. Aside from the vending business, he also runs his own hot dog stand at special events.

When he was recently denied a chance to sell his hot dogs at a local wrestling meet, he bought and opened his own candy stand. David hopes it will carry him through college and eventually to his own restaurant or other small business.

As with any business model, things in the candy market are not always sweet. David estimates that prospective business clients have rejected him and his vending machines about 200 times.

“It’s no big deal; it’s just part of the game,” he said.

1.What inspired David to begin his business? (no more than twelves words)

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2.What made his candy business greatly take off? (no more than ten words)

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3.Ideally, how long does David have to run his business to cover the cost of one year in the University of Akron’s business college? (no more than 5 words)

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4.What is David’s long-term goal in business?  (no more than 15 words)

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5.What two words can best describe David? Please give your reasons? (no more than 30 words)

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Our oldest daughter is having trouble letting go of an old red couch.

It’s not the couch she’s having trouble letting go of as much as the memories. It was their first sofa. It has been loaded and unloaded onto moving trucks seven times. Three kids have eaten on it, dripped on it, and jumped on it.

Yet she’s having a hard time letting go and asked if I thought that was strange.

“Completely,” I said. “You get it from me.”

When we were ready to get rid of our baby things, I sold our crib (婴儿床) at the neighborhood garage sale. I had pieces of it in the garage and the other pieces of it still in the house. A young woman said she wanted to buy it.

My throat tightened and the tears began to well. She pulled out cash and I perked up.

But by the time I returned with the other pieces to the crib, I was all sobbing. “Have you considered that maybe you’re not ready to sell it?” the woman asked.

“No-o-o-o,” I cried. “It’s fine, really,” I said. “Take it.”

Our attachment to stuff grows in direct relationship to the amount of time it has sat in one place. The longer it sits, the harder it is to get rid of it. You think: “Hey, we’ve hung onto it this long – it must be valuable!” As though yellowing and a layer of dust increase value.

People who find it extremely hard to part with things have been made into entertainment in a television show called Hoarders. If an episode of that isn’t depressing enough for you, producers now offer Extreme Hoarders. Both of which are not to be outdone by Storage Wars, a show about aggressive people who bid (出价) on other people’s storage units.

Let the sofa go, I told my daughter. It served its purpose. You can get a new one. Give the kids some crackers and juice and it will be like the old one in six weeks.

1.What does the author mean by saying the underlined sentence “You get it from me”?

A. “You can get another sofa from me.”

B. “You can get mental support from me.”

C. “You behave just the same way I do.”

D. “You are asking the right person to help you.”

2.When the writer was selling the crib, _____.

A. she felt relieved that there was someone willing to buy it.

B. she showed a strong attachment to the old item.

C. she couldn’t decide whether or not to sell it in the end.

D. she changed her mind in hopes of keeping it and increasing its value.

3.The writer refers to the television shows to _____.

A. prove that it’s depressing to get attached to old stuff

B. explain what contributes to people’s attachment to old stuff

C. show that people in TV shows live the same lives as ordinary people do

D. prove that it’s actually common for people to find it hard to abandon old stuff

4.Which opinion might the writer agree with according to the article?

A. If you give away old stuff regularly, you are wasteful.

B. If the old stuff has done what it was supposed to, then let it go.

C. Nothing is more valuable than your love for your old stuff.

D. The older your stuff is, the less trouble you have getting rid of it.

5.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Family Ties.

B. Sofa of Memories.

C. Values of Old Things.

D. Attachments to Things.

It seems like people today are more easily offended than ever before.

If smoking in an elevator or talking in a movie theater were normal in the past, they are considered to be rude today. We used to be obliged to answer whatever questions a family elder directed our way, but now when a prying (爱打听的) relative asks about our test grades or dream university --- information that we’d rather keep to ourselves --- we feel offended, even if they mean well.

The boundary between “politeness” and “rudeness” has changed over the years, especially among young people.

But this change doesn’t just go one way --- things that used to be considered rude may also go across to the other side of the boundary. For example, to stand up for themselves, some youths may try to make statements by using phone cases printed with phrases like “Leave me alone” or “None of your business”. In their eyes, this is more like being independent than being rude.

“These phenomena involve rejecting previously moral order to ignore insults, recognize the good intentions of those who accidentally give offense, and be charitable (体谅的) toward those with whom we disagree,” wrote Time. “They suggest a new morality.”

And this fresh morality is introduced by a new group of people. According to The Economist, young people, or millennials (千禧一代), are “the best-educated generation ever”, which is why they tend to be more conscious about their privacy and personal space. They are also freer than previous generations, more eager to explore the world and refuse to be tied down by elders’ rules.

But there are, of course, people who think that millennials have gone too far to defend their own needs. An earlier Time article called millennials the “Me Me Me Generation”, saying that they are self-involved, less grateful and less tolerant of people.

But Lauren Martin, a lifestyle writer in the US, and a millennial herself, has a theory.

“Our generation is an anomaly (与众不同的事物),” she wrote on Elite Daily. “We refuse to do things their way, so they call us entitled. We refuse to sit in cubicles (办公室隔间), so they call us spoiled. We refuse to follow their plans, so they call us stubborn. What they are slowly realizing, however, is we’re not lazy, stubborn or entitled. We just refuse to accept things as they’re given to us.”

1.What is the article mainly about?

A. Why people today are more easily offended.

B. The definition of “politeness” and “rudeness”.

C. The morality of millennials and some views on it.

D. Key characteristics of the millennial generation.

2.What can we conclude from the first four paragraphs?

A. A prying relative always makes people feel offended.

B. Many young people can’t tell politeness from rudeness.

C. Young people today are more independent than ever.

D. Traditional morality has been rejected by some.

3.According to The Economist, millennials ______.

a. are more curious about the outside world.

b. are less thankful and understanding.

c. are more concerned about their privacy.

d. are more likely to challenge elders’ rules.

e. enjoy more freedom and are self-involved

A. a, b, c    B. a, c, d    C. b, d, e    D. c, d, e

4.What does Lauren Martin think of millennials?

A. They are too stubborn to listen to others.

B. They cannot get along well with others.

C. They have their own ways of viewing things.

D. They should adjust their way to defend their own needs.

5.What does the underlined word “entitled” mean?

A. Arrogant.    B. Lazy.    C. Conscious.    D. Independent.