It is believed that the prices of houses will be decreased by ______ 5%.
A. any other B. the other C. another D. other
I enjoy my job in research because I have to ______ all the latest developments.
A. keep in touch with B. keep pace with
C. keep away from D. keep down with
一位美国著名教授 (professor) Mr King 将到你们学校作关于美国语言的报告。请你根据以下提示写一份通知，向同学们宣布此事。
要点：1. 报告内容包括：美国英语和英国英语的不同；美国语言的发展；美国方言。
2. 地点：学校礼堂。
3. 时间：10月7日上午9点。
4. 注意事项：不要迟到；带上笔和笔记本；报告结束时可以提问题；报告结束后将进行讨论。
要求：1. 不要逐句翻译，可适当增加内容，使之连贯。
2. 词数100左右，不包括已给出的开头和结尾部分。
Attention, please. _____________________________________________________________
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That’s all. Thank you for your attention.
句型（共5小题，每小题3分，满分15分）
1.那个小女孩一点都不喜欢音乐，但她的父母坚持要她学钢琴.（although, insist）
2.她坐在那里，一副若无其事的样子。(as if)
3.正是因为那部电影，他改变了主意。(用强调句翻译)
4.自从他离开后， 我一直未收到他的信。（ever since）
5.我在初中度过的那三年我永远不会忘记。(用定语从句翻译)
词汇。用正确的词性填空（共15题，每小题1分，满分15分）
1. She tried to p_______ him to give up smoking, but he wouldn’t listen.
2. We can c________ with people from any country with a good command of English.
3. As he feared that the police would r_______ him, he never went out in daylight.
4. An unfriendly a_______ of the shopkeeper often make customers angry.
5. It’s not right to j_______ a man only by his looks.
6. Little education was a d_________ when he looked for a job.
7. They completely i_______ these facts as if they never existed
8. He has $100,000 life i_________, which his wife will receive if he dies first.
9. He bravely went into the burning house to r______ the boy
10. It is not a word in common ________. (use)
11. We must use candles because the _____________ is off. (electric)
12. I can’t forget the _________ experience. (frighten)
13. She is busy with the __________ of her daughter’s party. (organize)
14. The ______ cost may run out at rather more than we originally expected. (actually)
15. We climbed to the top of the mountain with strong ________. (determine)
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. willing to spend time
C. careful with time D. serious with 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 friendship
