For those of you who were born in the year of the pig, good luck and much success! This is your year.
When talking to a Westerner, however, you’ve got to be a little careful when you talk about pigs. Chinese people view the pig as a smart and prosperous (rich, lucky) animal. Western ideas tend to be a little more negative（否定的）.
A pig in the West is seen as a dirty, lazy, and fat animal. If anyone ever called you a pig, you wouldn’t be smiling. When a person doesn’t like someone, sometimes he will call that person a pig.
If you ever meet a Westerner who was born in the year of the pig, don’t say, “ Oh, you’ re a pig!” Most Westerners will be understanding. They will be sure that you made some kind of mistake. However, don’t take any chances. You might just offend (触怒)someone who does not share your positive ideas about pigs.
1.
According to the passage we can see that Chinese people think of the pig as a ________ animal.
A. clever B. rich C. good D. all the above
2.
A Westerner will call someone a pig if he ______ that man.
A. dislikes B. is afraid of C. looks up to D. makes fun of
3.
When you call a Westerner a pig, who was born in the year of the pig, most of them _______.
A. will be angry B. will be very surprised
C. can forgive D. may quarrel with you
4.
From the passage we can conclude that ________.
A. it’s impolite to talk about pigs
B. Westerners do not like pigs as much as the Chinese
C. in general, Westerners and the Chinese don’t like pigs
D. all of the Chinese like pigs better than Westerners
Mr. Hall was a rich businessman and lived in a big house beside a beautiful river.
The river usually __16__ over in winter, and one year __17__ happened very early, so that by Christmas time it was covered with really __18__ ice. People could walk across it safely.
The sight of this ice gave Mr. Hall __19__. He decided to have a big Christmas party on the ice. He would have all the furniture in his living-room _ 20 _ out onto the ice. He would have pretty colored lights _ 21 _ all around, and they would have a wonderful party. So he sent out __22__ to all his important friends, and on Christmas Eve they all began to _ 23 his house and then went onto the ice. They were all in very good _ 24 and thought that it _25_ a wonderful idea of Mr. Hall to have a party on the ice.
The party 26 until late at night, and as the _ 27 guests said their merry Christmas, Mr. Hall was pleased with himself for the __28 party.
He had drunk rather 29 at the party, so he did not wake up very early __30 morning. In fact, it was 31 midday when he got up and looked out of the window at the spot where the party was held last night. __32__ he saw there made him wonder whether he was still 33 _. He closed his eyes, opened them again but there was no mistake! The ice had __34 up in the early sunshine and had carried all his living-room furniture out to __35 .
1.
A. flows B. flowed C. freeze D. froze
2.
A. freezing B. ice C. snow D. rain
3.
A. thin B. thick C. deep D. shallow
4.
A. a wish B. an idea C. a hope D. a plan
5.
A. selling B. carrying C. sold D. carried
6.
A. lay B. lain C. hung D. hanged
7.
A. introductions B. invitations C. informations D. lights
8.
A. look for B. come to C. see D. leave
9.
A. spirit B. strength C. condition D. manners
10.
A. would be B. had been C. had had D. would have
11.
A. went to B. kept on C. happened D. took place
12.
A. first B. last C. most D. important
13.
A. big B. new C. interesting D. successful
14.
A. many B. little C. a lot D. more
15.
A. next B. the next C. following D. followed
16.
A. most B. mostly C. near D. nearly
17.
A. Where B. What C. That D. Which
18.
A. afraid B. awake C. asleep D. alive
19.
A. dried B. come C. frozen D. broken
20.
A. his house B. the sea C. the river D. land
Rather than ____ on a crowded bus, he always prefers ____ a bicycle.
A. ride; ride B. riding; ride C. ride; to ride D. to ride; riding
. After class they will discuss the _____ to the study of physics.
A. approaches B. means C. methods D. ways
By the end of 2007, about half a million people had flooded into the city, ____ up around 10 percent of its total population.
A. make B. made C. making D. to be made
We must avoid _____ a bad impression on others in public places .
A. to leave B. leaving C. to have left D. leave
