Wang Chongrun calls himself a beggar, but says he doesn’t feel ashamed. He raises money not for himself, but for orphans whose parents died of AIDS. “I’ve given all my savings but more money is needed to pay for their medical treatments,” Wang said.
He was a doctor in a local clinic. He could have lived a happy life from his good job, but he didn’t. He raises money not for AIDS orphans by setting up “Caring family” for them in Nanyang, Henan Province in 2004. Wherever he goes, he carries a big bag filled with pictures of children and booklets on AIDS. He wants to make people more aware of AIDS to rid them of their fear.
Meanwhile he wants to arouse their feelings by showing them pictures of these children. It’s not so easy. Wang keeps turned a way by people because they don’t want to hear about AIDS. He said that his hearts hurt a lot when he saw kids who have no access to treatment.
It’s difficult for him to keep his “Caring Family”, an orphanage because of the lack of financing. He said “I don’t know how long we can continue, but.”
1.What is the best title of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words)
2.Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one? People refuse him.
3.Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words).
4.What would you do if your fellow student were an AIDS student? (30 words)
5.Translate the underlined sentence in the second paragraph.
“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a typical _36__ of Chinglish.
Obviously it is a word-by-word literal（字面上的）translation of the Chinese greetings with a 37 English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 38 .I was too delighted to believe her. Her words could not 39 me at all. So I did a 40 on Google. Com.. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages 41 “Long time no see”. This sentence has been 42 used in emails, letters, newspapers, moves, or any other possible place. Though it is 43 informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. 44 , if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the 45 will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.
Nobody knows the 46 of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully 47 a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom 48 quoting (引用) Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon “Long time on see” became a 49 phrase in America 50 the popularity of these movies.
Some people 51 America to a huge melting pot (熔炉). All kinds of culture are 52 in the pot together, and they 53 the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also 54 some changes to be 55 in the mixed pot.
1.A.example B. sign C. word D. change
2.A.damaged B. perfected C. learned D. ruined
3.A.custom B. greeting C. habit D. proverb
4.A.persuade B. encourage C. convince D. believe
5.A.job B. research C. survey D. search
6.A.containing B. printing C. publishing D. expressing
7.A.widely B. hardly C. seldom D. search
8.A.lots of B. plenty of C. lots of D. sort of
9.A.Unfortunately B. Luckily C. However D. Suddenly
10.A.hardware B. software C. operator D. speaker
11.A.use B. origin C. expression D. meaning
12.A.created B. published C. did D. discovered
13.A.by B. in C. with D. of
14.A.ordinary B. rare C. modern D. popular
15.A.because B. as to C. thanks to D. but for
16.A.compare B. add C. join D. owe
17.A.joined B. mixed C. compiled D. done
18.A.improve B. change C. lower D. promote
19.A.owing B. putting C. taking D. contributing
20.A.influenced B. mentioned C. used D. considered
—It’s wrong for a students to follow his teachers say．
—It’s true, I can’t agree ．
A．whatever；more B．no matter what; more
C．whatever; much D．no matter what; much
；no matter what只引导让步状语从句；I can’t agree more.表示“我再同意不过了”。
He ______ his things and left for Shanghai.
A. turned up B. looked up
C. packed up D. made up
— Mary is sort of worried today.
— How do you know?
— The look on her face _______ her ______.
A. gives…away B. gives…up
C. gives…in D. gives out
— What do you think of the report?
— It ________ what we heard yesterday.
A. contacts B. contrasts C. contradicts D. contrasts
