America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
1. The writer of this passage must be ______.
A. an American
B. a Chinese
C. a professor
D. a student
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
3. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport
B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home
D. treated to dinner in a restaurant
4.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.
A. strict with time
B. serious with time
C. careful with time
D. willing to spend time
5.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese
B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans’ hospitality
D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships
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A. school name B. e-mail address
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A. They must be fully created by the writers themselves.
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C. They must be provided with photos and descriptions.
D. They must be sent with the copies of texts and pictures.
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A. one B. twoC. threeD. four
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A. Students who are interested in writing.
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C. Parents who wish their kids to be popular writers.
D. Readers who had a happy time in their childhood.
This sad story happened on a cold winter evening. It was so cold and snow was falling so heavily that the roads were covered with ice and a strong wind was blowing. Being outside in such weather was very unwise. However, Peter Lee had to walk home from work. Peter walked with difficulty along a country road, the cold wind beating against his chest. He thought, “ If I wear my coat backwards, maybe, it will be a little bit warmer for me.” He stopped walking, took off his coat, and put it on backwards. “That’s much better.” He said to himself happily. Walking on through the thickly falling snow, he was thinking about drinking a cup of warm coffee by the burning fireplace.
A few minutes later, a car knocked down Peter. The driver hadn’t seen him soon enough. When he tried his best to put on the brakes（刹车）, the car skidded（打滑）on the icy road. The frightened driver got out of the car and ran to see how the poor man was.
After a while, a police car arrived. A policeman went up to see Mr. Lee who was lying on the ground. He told the driver, “I’m afraid he’s dead.”
The driver was so surprised. “This can’t be the case, because I hardly touched him. Check my car carefully. There’s not a mark on it.”
The policeman sad, “I’m sure he’s dead.”
“It’s impossible,” the driver said anxiously. “As soon as I hit him, I ran to help him. He was lying on the road, but he was breathing and there was no blood.”
“Did you touch him?” The policeman asked.
“Yes, but only to turn his head around the right way.” The driver answered.
1.Why did the writer say this story was a sad one?
A. It was rather cold that day.
B. Snow was falling heavily that day.
C. The man in the story was made dead by mistake.
D. An accident happened on the road.
2. According to the writer, Peter Lee _____.
A. was wise
B. didn’t need to walk home in such bad weather
C. was in bad need of going home
D. had difficulty in finding the road leading to his home
3.Peter Lee wore his coat backwards _____.
A. to keep himself a little bit warmer
B. to help walk forward more easily
C. not to let others know him
D. not to let the cold wind blow
4. The driver failed to see Peter Lee soon enough, _____.
A. so the car skidded on the icy road
B. so he tried his best to put on the brakes
C. and he had to get out of the car
D. so his car knocked him down
5.What did the driver do to make Peter Lee die?
A. He touched him carefully.
B. He turned his head around the right way.
C. He helped him to sit up.
D. He turned him over gently.
书面表达
为了配合“足球进校园”活动，你们班开展了一次主题班会．请你以足球迷的身份，根据下列表格中的要点提示，用英语向同学们介绍足球这项运动并谈谈自己的梦想．
常 识 | 历史悠久，深受喜爱 世界杯4年举行一次 |
好 处 | 男生女生皆可参加 利于培养团队精神 考生自拟（至少1点） |
偶 像 | 梅西，有足球天赋 |
梦 想 | 考生自拟（至少1点） |
注意：（1）词数90左右．短文的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数；
（2）短文须包括所有要点，不要逐词翻译，可适当发挥，使短文连贯、通顺；
（3）短文中不得出现真实的人名、校名等相关信息．
参考词汇：梅西 Messi（阿根廷著名足球运动员）
Dear classmates，
I’m very excited to hear that China will build 20，000 football﹣themed schools by 2020.
完成句子
根据所给汉语和句子意思，用英语补全句子。
1.— Time for dinner. Mum and Dad.
—There’re only (两双筷子) on the table. We need one more.
2.Millie said she (等不及看) her computer. It’s a present from her parents.
3.My watch (比你的新). I bought it last week.
4.— We’ll have a trip early tomorrow morning， won’t we?
—Yes， you’d belter (不要熬夜) tonight.
5.It (对我们是有帮助的) to choose public transport to change traffic jams.
①Getting recognition（认可）from National Geographic， a famous US magazine， is the dream for many photographers. A Chinese teenage photographer has made this dream come true.
②With his work Weed（野草）on the Wall， Gong Zijie， a 14-year-old boy from Changsha， Hunan， won the 2014 International Photography Competition for Kids in China. It was hosted by National Geographic Kids. Gong got the first place for the subject Wild Vacation. His photo shows the shadow of a weed on the Forbidden City’s red walls. In photographer Li Shaobai’s words， “The picture is silent but powerful.”
③Gong learned photography from his father， a professional photographer working for Hunan TV. Since the age of 4， he has been following his father to take pictures of nature and society.
④Gong is a patient photographer. When he finds something amazing， he can spend hours waiting for the perfect time to catch the moment. In his first work， Gong took the beautiful view of the sunset near his hometown. It looked simple， but Gong worked for four days to take the best photo.
⑤Now， the young photographer cares more about social （社会的）problems. In Gong’s pictures of Liuyang River， hundreds of dead fish show us the deadly results of pollution. He has made up his mind to document polluted rivers at least once every year to make people pay more attention to environmental protection.
⑥ “Now photography is not only a hobby， but also a duty（责任）for me.” said Gong.
1.What’s the name of the photo that helped Gong Zijie get the first place?
2.What does photographer Li Shaobai think of Gong’s work?
3.Did Gong learn photography by himself?
4.What does the writer want to tell us about Gong in Paragraph 4?
5.What can you learn from Gong?
