Cynthia Kadohata wrote Kira-Kira and never thought it would be so popular among students. It is a book about a young Japanese-American girl, Katie Takeshima, and the difficulties that her family have to face when they are forced to move to Georgia. This book tells the story of one family’s journey to a new place, their experience of racism, and the ability of people to move forward through hard time.
In the book, Kate and Lynn Takeshima are sisters. The story begins in Lowa, where their parents’ small family-owned store runs out of business. Soon after, the Takeshimas begin to face financial difficulties and they have to go in search of a new living. The family moves to Georgia where they work at a hatchery（孵化厂）with their uncle. On the way to their new home in Georgia they experience racism. They have difficulty in “fitting in” when a hotel manager tells them to go to “the back” where the “Indians” have to stay.
Life gets even harder for the Takeshimas when they begin to work at the hatchery. Katie’s parents are over-worked there. They have to stay in a cramped apartment with little space. And as if that isn’t enough, Katie has too much schoolwork to do. During Katie’s struggle, Lynn becomes sick and Katie feels unsafe, because she has always looked up to Lynn. There are hard times that Katie and her family have to experience. This story is a beautiful-example of resilience (适应力) and friendship. It also opens the reader’s eyes to some of the struggles that Asian Americans are facing.
1.Why does the family have to move to Georgis?
A.They are not used to the life in Lowa.
B.They don’t have enough money to live in Lowa.
C.People look down on them in Lowa.
D.They want to open a hatchery in Georgia.
2.From the second paragraph, we can infer that Indians ___________.
A.run the hotel B.are not friendly
C.have a hard life D.like staying in the back
3.The underlined word “cramped” in the third paragraph probably means ____________.
A.comfortable B.crowded
C.quiet D.bright
4.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?
A.Katie’s parents died in the hatchery.
B.Lynn really looked up to Katie.
C.Katie’s uncle owned the hatchery.
D.Katie went on schooling in Georgia.
Every year the United Sates exports "cultural products" to the rest of the world while it only imports similar products from other countries equal to about one percent of the amount exported. Movies, for example, are one such_______. The movie industry in countries like England and Italy is almost completely_______on American exports. Both countries report that 85% to 95% of all movie tickets sold each year are for movies produced in the United States. Millions of people worldwide buy American pop, rap, and rock music. Billions of people drink Coca-Cola and eat McDonald's hamburgers. American software_______the computer market.
Can all of the above products be called "cultural", however? That depends on how one_______culture. Most people _______culture into two forms: "high" culture and "low" culture. High culture is the kind produced by writers and_______. It is more concerned with stimulating thought in the people who view or use it and does not_______care how marketable people find it Low culture,_______ is viewed as a product usually for entertainment and is only as good as how well it sells. Because it is_______by masses of people, this type of culture can also be called "mass culture". The________between low and high culture are not very clear.
Pierre Guerlain, a professor of English and American Studies in France, points out that when a cultural product is imported, the product cannot cover the existing culture, thus________it. The imported product is changed to adapt to the local context. Anyone who believes that a society which imports American products of mass culture will become a ________of America is being naive(幼稚的).
America may seem to have the strongest hand in exporting cultural products, but there is a boomerang(相反的) ________for being more of an exporter than importer. Because Europeans and Japanese import so many cultural products from the United States, they know a lot more about American culture________than Americans know about European or Japanese culture. It is a definite advantage for the Europeans and Japanese to be bilingual as well as bicultural. These countries can use their knowledge of American society and________to increase their chances of success in the American market
1.A.aspect B.product C.example D.project
2.A.fixed B.emphasized C.called D.dependent
3.A.dominates B.abandons C.enters D.grasps
4.A.defines B.presents C.absorbs D.creates
5.A.prefer B.divide C.alter D.view
6.A.designers B.technicians C.composers D.artists
7.A.comprehensively B.temporarily C.necessarily D.representatively
8.A.as a result B.as a whole C.on the average D.on the other hand
9.A.consumed B.produced C.invested D.sponsored
10.A.connections B.distinctions C.ranges D.advantages
11.A.overcoming B.accepting C.attracting D.replacing
12.A.source B.supplier C.copy D.target
13.A.effect B.feedback C.disadvantage D.idea
14.A.in particular B.in general C.in contrast D.in the meantime
15.A.values B.economy C.policies D.characteristics
This is the little girl __________ the famous artist said was thought of as a very talented and promising painter in the future.
A.whom B.who C.whose D./
He wouldn’t give up smoking__________ the doctor told him it was a matter of life and death.
A.except when B.after C.until D.in case
Tommy__________ for he has gone out hunting without permission.
A.will have been punished B.is punished
C.has been punished D.will be punished.
—Would you please repeat your telephone number? I __________ quite catch it.
—It’s 62548239.
A.can’t B.couldn’t C.didn’t D.don’t
