Americans wear black for mourning (哀悼) while Chinese wear white. Westerners think of dragons as monsters. Chinese honor them as symbols of God. Chinese civilization has often shown such polarities (对立)with the West, as though each stands at extreme ends of a global string. Now in the University of California, Berkeley, a psychologist, has discovered deeper polarities between Chinese and American cultures—polarities that go to the heart of how we reason and discover truth.
His findings go far toward explaining why American cultures seem to be aggressive and Chinese cultures so passive, when compared to each other. More importantly, the research opens the way for the peoples of the East and the West to learn from each other in basic ways. The Chinese could learn much from Western methods for determining scientific truth, said Kaiping Peng, a former Beijing Scholar, who is now a UC Berkley assistant professor of psychology. And Americans could profit enormously from the Chinese tolerance for accepting contradictions in social and personal life, he said.
“Americans have a terrible need to find out who is right in an argument,” said Peng. “The problem is that at the interpersonal level you really don’t need to find the truth, or maybe there isn’t any.” Chinese people, said Peng, are far more content to think that both sides have advantages and disadvantages, because they have a whole awareness that life is full of contradictions. They do far less blaming of the individual than do Americans, he added.
In studies of interpersonal (人际的) argument, for example, when subjects were asked to deal with contradictory information resulting from conflict between a mother and a daughter or a student and a school, Peng found that Americans were “non-compromising (折中), blaming one side—usually the mother—for the causes of the problems, demanding changes from one side to attain a solution and offering no compromise” in dealing with the conflict. Compared to this angry, blaming American method, the Chinese were paragons (模范) of compromise, finding fault on both sides and looking for solutions that moved both sides to the middle.
1.In Paragraph 1, the author sets examples in order to ____.
A.expose the contradiction between Chinese and Americans
B.show the differences between Chinese culture and American culture
C.find the reason for the differences
D.generalize the main idea of the passage
2.In the opinion of Peng, compared with Americans, Chinese are____.
A.likely to find the truth in life
B.unwilling to admit their own failure
C.unwilling to have a general idea of things
D.likely to know advantages and disadvantages of things
3.The studies show___.
A.an American treats his or her mother badly
B.different ideas of treating the aged
C.different personality of Chinese and Americans
D.different hobbies of Americans and Chinese
4.The main idea of the passage is___.
A.polarities between American and Chinese cultures
B.extreme ends of the string
C.different attitudes towards the aged
D.different manners in social occasions
Dearborn Heights, Michigan—2.7 million children under 18 have a parent in prison, and women put in local prisons are the fastest growing population. Shawna Reynolds has seen some of those women up close while working in the corrections system(劳教所) for 17 years, and she was encouraged to try something different.
After seven years of education and collecting as much money as she could, Shawna created About Face Course Correction—a one-year rehabilitation program(康复项目) that offers a more personal way to help non-violent women prisoners. The program includes classes for women to finish their education, find a job and So on. “You can’t expect people who have been in prison to stay in prison,” Shawna says. “YOU want them to be helpful people but if you are not going to help them, it’s not going to happen.”
The women live free for a year in a house in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. Women like 20-year-old Jennifer Douglas, who dropped out of school, took drugs(吸毒), and has spent years in and out of prison. She says,“I was doing things I would never have thought I would do in my whole life. Because of About Face, Jennifer’s life is changing. ” “Everyone is starting to trust me again and proud of me and what I’m doing,” she says. “It’s helped me a lot. It has kept me on the right track.”
There are many other women like Jennifer. Every woman’s story is different, but each woman is important. And Shawna is determined to break the cycle and help them turn their lives around. She is using her own money and donations to pay for the house and this program. If you would like to donate, please visit their Go Fund Me account here.
1.Shawna set up About Face to help women who have been in prison ________.
A.live more happily
B.become non-violent
C.escape from prison
D.go on the right track
2.Shawna Reynolds can be described as ________.
A.different
B.educated
C.proud
D.warm-hearted
3.This passage most probably comes from ________.
A.the Internet
B.a magazine
C.a newspaper
D.a poster
4.What’s the writing purpose of the passage?
A.To collect suggestions for the program.
B.To tell a story about Jennifer Douglas.
C.To introduce Shawna and her program.
D.To show Shawna has been in trouble.
A Canadian woman who lost her diamond ring 13 years ago while cleaning her garden on the family farm is wearing it proudly again after hew daughter-in-law pulled it from the ground or a carrot.
Mary Grams, 84, said she can’t believe the lucky carrot actually grew through and around the diamond ring she had long given up hope of finding. She said she never told her husband, Norman, that she lost the ring, but only told her son. Her husband died five years ago.
“I feel glad and happy, ”Grams said this week . “I grew into the carrot. I feel it amazing”,
Her daughter-in-law, Calleen Daley, found the ring while getting carrots in for supper with her dog Billy at the farm near Armena, Alberta, where Grams used to live. The farm has been in the family for 105 years. Daley said while she was pulling the carrots and noticed one of them looked strange She almost fed it to her dog bu decided to keep it When she was washing ;the carrots she noticed the ring and spoke to her husband, Grams’son, about what she had found.
They quickly called Grams. “I told her we found her ring in the garden She couldn’t believe it, ”Daley said. “It was so strange that the carrot grew perfectly through that ring. ”
Grams said she wanted to try the ring on again after so many years With her family looking on, she washed the ring with a little soap to get the dirt off. It moved on her finger as easily as i did when her husband gave it to her.
“We were laughing, ” she said. “It fits. After so many years it still fits perfectly.”
1.How old was Grams when she lost her diamond ring?
A.13. B.71.
C.84. D.105.
2.Who found the woman’s long-lost diamond ring?
A.Mary Grams, B.Norman.
C.Colleen Daley. D.Billy.
3.This passage mainly tells us that .
A.a Canadian woman lost her ring
B.a long-lost ring was found
C.the family farm has a long history
D.a strange carrot was pulled
在你成长过程中一定有一些对你有帮助，对你很重要的人．假如你是李华，请你用英语写一篇短文给校刊投稿．
内容包括：
1．对你很重要的人是谁
2．对你很重要的原因
3．你想如何回报他（她）。
注意：词数不少于100（文章开头已给出，不计入字数）．
On the journey of my growth， there are many people who have cared about me and helped me when I'm in trouble.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号 （∧） ，并在其下面写出该加的词．
删除：把多余的词用斜线 （\） 划掉．
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词．
注意：1． 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词．
2． 只允许修改10处，多者 （从第11处起） 不计分．
My grandpa is a retired teacher． He used to teaching in the school of his village． At that time he was only teacher in the school which taught all the grades all the subjects． He worked there for nearly forty years． He was so busy that he hardly had time for his families． During those years， grandpa was willing devoted to his work． Since his retirement， great changes have been taken place in his village but a new school building has been completed． Today the students will move into the new building． For the invitation of the school， grandpa will give a talk to the teachers and students as a guest of honor． Grandpa is exciting about it． He will give a gift to the school， which is a name list of all the students he teaches．
阅读下面短文,在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式Now and then you are not satisfied with yourself，thinking you're short of beauty，short of money or short of friendship.Actually，all these are not necessary.Why not learn to love yourself?
Loving yourself means loving everything in you，your height，your voice，your eyes，your hair，even 1.(include) the mistakes that you have made.2. we know，no one is perfect.Always ask yourself，“Am I getting unhappy just because of the mistakes I made？” or “Do I have the courage to correct my mistakes？” 3. the answer is yes or no，having a positive attitude is the most important.Bravely face the mistakes that 4.(make) yesterday and try your best to encourage yourself to learn 5. them.They might be your best teachers.When correcting the mistakes and making your own 6. (decide)，you will find that you are getting 7. (strong) and more optimistic with each day passing.Don't expect everybody to like you.8. is still OK if someone doesn't like you.Being 9. you are is the best way to show your love for yourself.
My dear friends，get 10. (start) from now on.Love yourself and smile every day!
