America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America. Americans cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!
1. The underlined phrase "pick up" in Paragraph 1may mean "_________________".
A. put down B. give up C. pay no attention to D. continue
2. From the passage, we can know_________________.
A. Americans are always generous with their time.
B. Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D. Chinese friendships develop faster than American friendships.
3.This passage is most probably written for __________________.
A. American students B. Chinese students
C. Chinese visitors to America D. American visitors to China
Because earthquakes happen without warning, it’s important to take steps now to prepare. Because you don’t know where you will be when an earthquake happens, prepare some supplies for your home, workplace, and car.
1. Water.
A person needs at least 1/2 gallon of water daily just for drinking. Store at least1 gallon of water per person per day and be prepared for a 72-hour period. It’s suggested that you buy bottled water. Keep bottled water in its original container and do not open it until you need to use it. Also, do check the “use by” date.
2. Food.
It’s always a practical idea to keep a supply of non-perishable(不易腐烂的) food on hand. Have an enough supply of canned food, dried milk, dried fruits, non-salted nuts and canned juices for at least 72 hours.
3. Flashlights and spare batteries.
Keep a flashlight beside your bed, at your place of work, and in your car. Do not use matches or candles after an earthquake until you are sure that no gas leaks.
Prepare a battery –powered radio and spare batteries. Most telephones will be out of order, so radios will be your best source of information.
4. Clothes.
If you live in a cold place, you must think about warmth. You might not have heat after an earthquake. Think about your clothing and bedding supplies.
1. You should prepare all of the following except _______________.
A. canned juices B. dried fruits C. fresh vegetables D. dried milk
2. If you live in a cold place, you should prepare _______________ .
A. some warm clothes and bedding supplies B. some hot water
C. some batteries D. some flashlights
3. According to the article we know that _________________.
A. clothes are used to protect your head
B. a telephone is the most important prepared thing
C. flashlights but not matches are first used after earthquakes
D. we need to prepare some supplies only at home
Look at the paper in the picture
carefully. Is there anything different from your notebook paper? This kind of
paper feels as soft as your notebook paper. It’s also easy to write on. But do
you know, this kind of paper is made from stone?
As we know, stone is easy to get on the earth, so it’s cheap. And the stone paper is about 20% to 30% cheaper than ordinary paper. The stone paper causes little pollution and helps protect the environment, because it makes tree and water free. The following table shows what is needed to make one ton of stone paper and one ton of ordinary paper.
|
Ingredients (成份) One ton of |
Trees |
Water |
Bleach (漂白剂) |
Stone |
Additives (添加剂) |
|
Stone paper |
No |
No |
No |
0.8 ton |
0.2 ton |
|
Ordinary paper |
5 tons |
72 M3 |
Yes |
0.2-0.3 ton |
0 |
Now in Beijing, some students begin to use stone paper to do their homework. And during the two sessions (两会) in 2011, stone paper was also used.
1.Stone paper is ______________.
A. cheap B. difficult to write on C. not soft D. bad
2. We need _______________ ton of stone to make one ton of stone paper..
A. 0.8 B. 0.3 C. 0.2 D. 0.25
3. ________________in Beijing begin to use stone paper to do their homework.
A. All the students B. Some students C. Many students D. Nobody
完形填空（共12分，每小题1分）
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选
项中，选择最佳选项。
Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl, Sarah. After Sarah left university, 36 began to live in New York City on her own. She 37 a job in a publishing house, but the salary was less than $30，000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah could live on her _38 and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that 39 in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people, that means housing. So Sarah chose to 40__ a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 41 . When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. 42 she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then 43_ the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often 44 a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐). But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking 45 in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.” Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She 46 managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, the other to Portland.
“Don’t think of saving money as something 47 . It’s a kind of game,” said Sarah.
1. A. he B. she C. we D. they
2. A. found B. tried C. asked for D. looked for
3. A. salary B. time C. dream D. idea
4. A. difficult B. possible C. useful D. different
5. A. buy B. sell C. stay D. share
6. A. food B. rest C. studying D. playing
7. A. Soon B. Finally C. Once D. Again
8.A. prepared B. took C. caught D. picked
9. A. pay B. lend C. spend D. save
10. A. along B. up C. down D. around
11.A. even B. seldom C. always D. never
12. A. hard B. interesting C. nice D. great
—Can you tell me __________ the Capital Museum?
—Next Friday.
A. when they will visit B. when they visited
C. when did they visit D. when will they visit
— How beautiful the library!
—Yes. It ________ last year.
A. builds B. built C. was built D. is built
