UrbanSpace in midtown New York is a place where white-collars come for lunch during their workdays.For the past a few months,customers have always lined up before a kiosk which sells a very authentic Chinese food in north China—Jianbing,or the Chinese crepe.
The kiosk is branded "Mr.Bing",and is owned by Brian Goldberg,who is born and raised in New York.Goldberg is very involved with Chinese culture.He was a Chinese major back in college in Boston,and studied in China 20 years ago.
"When I went to China,I just love Jianbing so much.It tastes so good.It's hot.It's fresh.It's customizable.They make it how you like it.When I come back to America,I can't find it. So I make it!"said Goldberg.
Goldberg's Jianbing plan is not a whim（突发的想法）.It was the theme of his business plan when he was a MBA in Columbia University.As a student,he didn't have enough funds to start.It was until five years ago that he made the first step in Hong Kong.To open the Hong Kong shop,Goldberg spent many weekends flying back and forth from Beijing,Tianjin,and Shandong Province,the origins of Chinese Jianbing.
After tasting tons,he focused on one kiosk in Beijing,Xiaoyan Jianbing,whose chef offered to teach him and his Hong Kong employees the recipe.In Hong Kong,"Mr.Bing" was fairly popular,but Goldberg always thought of going back home.
Two years ago,he moved back to New York and put himself into his Jianbing shop. Selling Jianbing to New Yorkers is surely not the same with selling them to Chinese.To cater to the taste of Americans,Goldberg applied several changes to the recipe after trial and errors.
The Jianbing as you see today at Mr.Bing's is a revised version: fried wonton skin is used to replace dough stick（油条）,and a signature Chinese spicy sauce instead of fermented bean curd,and there is meat,which Americans love.
Even with one storefront,Goldberg is selling hundreds of Jianbing each day.He is confident this Chinese snack can be something."Anyway,Americans didn't know much about sushi or burritos（墨西哥玉米面卷饼）back twenty years.But now they are having them all the time."Goldberg said.The great goal of Goldberg is bringing Jianbing to the world and establishing his own signature brand with "Mr.Bing".
1.Which of the following is NOT a possible factor for Americans' love of Chinese Jianbing?
A. It tastes delicious. B. Its price is very cheap.
C. It is hot and fresh. D. It has been improved.
2.The underlined sentence 'It's customizable.' in Paragraph 3 means that .
A. customers can make orders of Jianbing on the Internet
B. customers can make Jianbing by themselves very easily
C. it can be made according to customers' tastes and needs
D. it can be seen distributed among every corner of the USA
3.From Goldberg's experience we can conclude that .
A. he once studied Chinese in Columbia University 20 years ago
B. he takes possession of several storefronts in Hong Kong,China
C. before setting up his business of Jianbing he did market research
D. he has bought the parent of recipe from Chinese Xiaoyan Jianbing
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. A man's duty of spreading Chinese culture
B. Jianbing of Mr.Bing attracts New Yorkers
C. A kind of traditional Chinese food—Jianbing
D. Chinese snack can be something in the USA
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Tuesday declared April 25 as La La Land Day in front of the LA City Hall,in honor of this Oscar-winning movie which was filmed across Los Angeles.
The dedication ceremony kicked off by a jazz band,followed by aerial dancers dressed as the characters from the movie,performing a dance medley off the side of City Hall.
"It (La La Land) inspires our heart and inspires our city,"Garcetti said at the announcement,"Have a great La La Land Day!"
Hundreds of citizens joined for the festivities by the film's Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle,Oscar-winning composer Justin Hurwitz,and a few other filmmakers.
"We made this movie;we wanted to make a love letter to Los Angeles,"producer Jordan Horowitz told Xinhua at the celebration,"thank you for embracing the picture that is about romance and love and lacks any kind of cynicism（愤世嫉俗）,looking the world in a relative clear-eyed way." The movie-musical tells a love story of a jazz pianist and an aspiring actress in Los Angeles.
La La Land swept the 89th Academy Awards' winner list including the Best Director,Best Actress,Best Original Score and Best Original Song among other awards but failed to clinch the Best Film and Best Actor trophy（奖杯）.The film has grossed over 440 million US dollars at the global market.
1.Who acted in the movie La La Land?
A. Eric Garcetti and Damien Chazelle.
B. Justin Hurwitz and Eric Garcetti.
C. Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz.
D. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.
2.What can we infer from the passage?
A. A jazz band didn't appear in the dedication ceremony.
B. Many citizens of LA got inspiration from the movie.
C. People will not enjoy the songs and dances in the movie.
D. The movie succeeded in winning the award—the Best Film.
One day,two little boys were walking along the road.They overtook a woman____a large basket of apples.
The boys thought the woman looked very____and tired,so they said,"Are you going to town?If you are,we will carry your____."
"Thank you,"____the woman,"You are very kind.You see I am week and ill."Then she told them that she was a ____,and had a lame son to____.
She lived in a cottage three miles away,and was now going to the____to sell the apples which grew on the only tree in her garden.She wanted the money to____her rent.
"We are going the same way you are,"said the boys."Let us have the basket."And they took____of it,one on each side,and trudged（艰难地走）along with____hearts.
The poor widow looked glad,and said that she hoped their mother would not be____with them."Oh,no,"they replied,"Our mother has taught us to be kind to everybody,and to be useful in any way____we can."
She then offered to give them a few of the ripest apples for their____."No,thank you,"said they,"We do not want any pay for want we have done."
____arriving at home,she told her lame son what had happened on the road,and they were both made happier that day by the____of the two boys.
The other day,I saw a little girl stop and____a piece of orange peel,which she threw into the gutter."I wish the boys would not throw orange peel on the sidewalk,"said she."Someone may tread upon it,and____."
Perhaps some may say that these are little things.____they are.But we must not wait for____to do great things. We must____with little labors of love.
1.A. carried B. carrying C. carry D. carries
2.A. nice B. ugly C. old D. pale
3.A. backpack B. baggage C. basket D. packet
4.A. replied B. quoted C. noticed D. sighed
5.A. farmer B. widow C. seller D. villager
6.A. bring along B. bring out C. bring about D. bring up
7.A. market B. grocery C. canteen D. hospital
8.A. cost B. pay C. spend D. take
9.A. control B. charge C. place D. hold
10.A. heavy B. light C. worn D. brave
11.A. happy B. content C. angry D. friendly
12.A. which B. what C. how D. that
13.A. trouble B. challenge C. courage D. travel
14.A. In B. By C. Upon D. Before
15.A. promise B. kindness C. protection D. relief
16.A. turn up B. come up C. pick up D. put up
17.A. jump B. fall C. lie D. skip
18.A. Such B. So C. As D. Now
19.A. occasions B. situations C. periods D. access
20.A. live B. deal C. agree D. begin
—Why not try that?
—Do you think I can beat Mike?
A. Are you joking? B. What's up?
C. It's hard to say. D. Don't mention it.
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin to hold extensive talks on Sunday,and they will discuss coordination between the Belt and Road Initiative and Eurasian Economic Union.
A. are expected B. would expect
C. have expected D. will expect
Not only his students to know more about modern science,but hard to develop a curiosity about nature among them.
A. he wants; also he tries B. does he want; he also tries
C. wants he; he also tries D. does he want; does he try
