The British people are famous for being quite reserved(保守的). We are known around the world for having the biggest "personal 1 "? the distance between us and the person we are 2 to. I have 3 been more aware of this than over the last month, since I arrived in China. Getting used to Chinese colleagues 4 close by me and even placing their hands on my arm is proving quite 5 . My natural British reaction is to 6 back and move away, even though I realize it is a friendly gesture by the Chinese person.
I have 7 many people holding hands or putting their arms around each other as they walk along the streets of Beijing. This would rarely be seen in the UK , even between very close friends.
And 8 at someone in Britain is considered very 9 . But here, I find myself being stared at often. It 10 me long to realize this was not rude in China, but a 11 of curiosity.
I visited Datong last week, where the local people are 12 used to Westerners. An elderly woman couldn't believe her 13 when she saw me. And 14 feel offended(使不舒服) by her staring at me, I was 15 to see her smile back when I said "Nihao."
When I visited one of Datong's middle schools to talk about English Weekly, the students asked me to 16 their copies of the newspaper. And one girl at the Yungang Grottoes asked to have her picture taken with me. I 17 like a celebrity(名人)!
I have 18 over the last month how true it is that the British are very 19 . We can learn a lot about 20 from China's culture and habits. And I am learning more every day.
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Please go and _____________________ a good meal. We shall have the honor of Mr. White’s saying for supper.
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A．prepare for |
B．prepare |
C．get ready for |
D．have |
As you can see, the number of cars on our roads _____________ rising these days.
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A．was keeping |
B．keep |
C．keeps |
D． were keeping |
I don’t like the place. The house is __________ to live in；besides, the surrounding is not satisfying.
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A．comfortable |
B．uncomfortable |
C．interested |
D．interesting |
Mr. Briggs got a job with an insurance company(保险公司) after he left school and went around visiting people in their homes to sell them life insurance. One day, after he had been working for the company for about a year, the insurance manager sent for him and said, “Mr. Briggs, I have been looking at your record as a salesman with our company, and there is one thing that surprises me about it. Why have you been selling insurance only to people over 95 years old, and why have you been giving them such generous（宽厚的）conditions? You’ll ruin our company if you go on like that.”
“Oh, no, sir,” answered Mr. Briggs at once, “Before I started work, I looked at the figures(数字) for deaths in this country during the past ten years, and I can tell you that few people die at the age of 95.”
1.Before he worked in an insurance company, what was Mr.
Briggs?
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A．He was a worker. |
B．He was an official. |
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C．He was a student. |
D．He was a businessman. |
2.The word “ruin” in the first paragraph means .
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A．lose |
B．break |
C．leave |
D．destroy |
3.As a salesman with the company, Mr. Brigs .
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A．visited people to ask them to work with him |
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B．called on people to make them join the company |
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C．saw old people in order to help them |
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D．visited many people so as to offer insurance |
4.What was it that surprised the manager?
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A．Mr. Briggs sold life insurance only to 95 people. |
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B．Mr. Briggs sold insurance only to people of more than 95. |
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C．Mr. Briggs had ruined the insurance company. |
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D．Mr. Briggs gave people generous conditions. |
5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
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A．Mr. Briggs had studied the figures for deaths for several years. |
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B．Mr. Briggs began to look at the figures after he started work. |
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C．A great number of very old people die every year. |
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D．The number of the very old people who died every year is |
small.
Dog owners now have a little help understanding their furry friends . A new device called Bow-Lingual “translates” dog barks into English , Korea or Japanese.
Bow-Lingual’s Japanese inventors spent much time and money analyzing dog barks . They found that dog noises can be broken down into six different emotions : happiness , sadness , frustration , anger , assertion and desire .
Part of the Bow-Lingual device hangs on the dog’s collar . The other part is a handle-held unit for the owner . When the dogs barks , the unit displays translated phrases .
Some people have scoffed at Bow-Lingual. “Who would pay US$ 120 to read a dog’s mind?” they ask .
But those who have purchased Bow-Lingual praise the device . Pet owner Keiko Egawa , of Japan , says it helps her empathize with her dog , Harry . “Before we go to the park , he always says he wants to play,” says Egawa , “and after a walk , he always says he is hungry.”
Bow –Lingual is not yet available in Chinese . So you’d better keep studying Studio Classroom , or soon your dog may know more English than you do !
1.This passage is mainly talking about .
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A．Bow-Lingual’s inventors |
B．dog barks and their different emotions |
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C．talking dogs |
D．a little help for dog owners |
2.Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage ?
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A．Dog owners now can understand their dogs better . |
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B．Bow-Lingual is a new device that enables dogs to talk in English , Korean or Japanese . |
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C．More and more Chinese dog owners would keep studying Studio Classroom in order to know more English than their dogs . |
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D．People who have used the Bow-Lingual say it helps them better understand their dogs . |
3.What does “scoffed at” mean in the 3rd paragraph ?
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A．shouted at |
B．questioned at |
C．laughed at |
D．doubted about |
4.How do you understand the sentence “Bow-Lingual is not yet available in Chinese” in the last paragraph ?
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A．Bow-Lingual has not yet appeared in Chinese market . |
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B．Bow-Lingual can not yet recognized Chinese dogs’ barks . |
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C．Chinese dog owners do not know yet how to use Bow-Lingual . |
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D．Dog barks can not yet be translated into Chinese phrases with Bow-Lingual . |
5.The writer of this passage is most likely to be .
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A．a dog owner |
B．a reporter |
C．an advertiser |
D．an expert on dog barks |
