After I made it to the city center, I started to feel it might be easy for a foreigner to deal with the great size of Beijing. With growing confidence, I decided to take the subway to the hotel, not realizing that the network didn’t go that far. Impressed with the cleanliness of the station, I bought a ticket and boarded the first train that came along.
After a few minutes I asked in English of course a young man seated next to me where I should get off closest to the Friendship Hotel. Wearing a smart business suit and tie, he would surely speak English, wouldn’t he? Unfortunately, he couldn’t undersold me but seemed very friendly. I showed him the room card with all the information of the Friendship Hotel in Chinese characters (汉字). He looked at it, and then his eyes moved quickly to the carriage (车厢) subway map. Next, he raised three fingers of his right hand.
In Australia, raising fingers at someone is not usually nice, but this man wasn’t smiling. At the next station he showed me two fingers. Now in Australia, that’s really rude, but I got the message. When we stopped at the third station, he didn’t just point to the door, but got up, took me out of the train, and led me to the top of the stairs, and out onto the street. Then he stopped a taxi and told the driver where to take me.
All this came from a man who couldn’t speak my language, and I couldn’t speak his. I was now speechless, especially when he refused my offer of money. I felt a little embarrassed having even thought he would accept a tip.
This experience made it clear I had to learn some Chinese quickly or my adventures might start turning into bad luck.
1.The author decided to take the subway because ________.
A. he believed in his ability to deal with the trip B. the network covered most of the stops
C. he lived near the city center D. he had a good impression of its cleanliness
2.Having been shown the room card, the young man ________.
A. still remained puzzled B. understood the author well
C. answered the author directly D. pointed at the subway map
3.The author’s purpose of writing this passage is mainly to ________.
A. prove the importance of being careful B. appreciate the kindness of the young man
C. complain some cultural misunderstanding D. describe one of his adventurous experiences
阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
Yoghurt
It was a rough week. The price of oil skyrocketed as the temperature dropped sharply in Maine. We were looking at a high of eight degrees that week, and I had missed three days of work so my paycheck was going to be lower than normal. I was stressed, to say the least. I shopped strategically, looking for every possible way to cut pennies so I could buy groceries and keep the house warm.
My eight-year-old son didn't understand when I told him we were struggling that week. He wanted a special kind of yoghurt, but I didn't have the extra three dollars to buy it for him. It was the kind of yoghurt with a cartoon kid riding a skateboard on the front of the box, and a mere two spoonfuls in each cup. It was the kind of product that wastes a parent's money and makes me hate advertising.
I felt guilty as a parent when those big eyes looked at me with confusion, as if to say, “It's just yoghurt. What's the big deal?” So I found a way. I put something back as single mothers often do. He got his yoghurt.
On the way driving back from the grocery store, I noticed a homeless man holding a sign by the side of the road. My heart hurt, and I tried not to look at him. I watched people stay away from him on the street and walk by without even meeting his eyes. My son didn't seem to care much, either. I looked at the man closely then — bare hands grasping a piece of cardboard, snot (鼻涕) frozen to his face, a wornout jacket. And there I was struggling because I had to buy oil and groceries. But I decided to help. I pulled over to the man and handed him a five-dollar bill.
注意：1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
3. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
Seeing this, my son became confused and surprised.
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Paragraph 2:
On that day, my son performed an act that most adults wouldn’t have done.
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假如你是李华，获知你的英国朋友Eric在汉语书法比赛中获得一等奖。请你给他写一封邮件，内容包括:
1. 表示祝贺；
2. 赠送名家字帖。
注意:1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:字贴 calligraphy copybook
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has detailed 1. (instruction) on how hand-washing should go.
First, wash your hands with clean running water, turn off the tap to save water and apply soap 2. your hands. The temperature doesn’t matter, but using warm water is usually better for your comfort. Then, rub your hands together 3. (make) a lather (泡沫), and make sure to lather the backs of your hands, between your fingers and under your fingernails.
This is 4. many people fall short: You should be washing your hands for at least 20 seconds. Evidence 5. ( suggest) that you can remove more germs (病菌) from your hands for this amount of time while 6. (wash) your hands.
Next, wash your hands well under clean water, and dry them using a clean towel 7. a hand drier.
If you’ve been washing your hands 8.(different), that’s okay. Anything is 9. (good) than nothing. But still, doing it the right way keeps yourself and those around you 10. (health).
Just a few months earlier, I would never have pictured myself acting in a play in front of two hundred people. If not for my ________, Mrs. Sather, I might never have found that opportunity.
In the first and second grade, I was extremely ________ It just wasn’t in my personality to be very outgoing. I would escape in my writing. Mrs. Sather, always ________ me to write more. I think she was one of the first people to see my inner _________
One day, she announced our class was going to ________ a play, a take off on The Wizard of Oz. “I need someone to play the lead part of Dorothy.” A few excited hands ________ Mine, of course, was not one of them.
After school, Mrs. Sather said to me, “Dallas, I was ________ you didn’t raise your hand. You’re great at memorizing things, and you have such a sweet personality. Perfect for Dorothy! I had you in ________ for Dorothy while writing the play! If you ________ don’t want to, though, I won’t make you. It’s your ________.”
I realized it was time to show the world who I really was. I ________ the role. Fast-forward through five months of ________, line memorizing, and costume creating, we were ready.
At the end of the play, when the audience stood and applauded, I knew they were not just ________ for my performance that night, but for the ________ that they knew would come in later years because of my newfound _________
1.A.partner B.teacher C.parent D.classmate
2.A.shy B.weak C.energetic D.ambitious
3.A.recommended B.allowed C.encouraged D.accompanied
4.A.drawback B.peace C.character D.strength
5.A.perform B.watch C.write D.enjoy
6.A.put down B.reached out C.shot up D.drew back
7.A.excited B.amused C.afraid D.surprised
8.A.store B.mind C.memory D.comparison
9.A.initially B.really C.finally D.spiritually
10.A.turn B.choice C.luck D.fault
11.A.accepted B.played C.created D.remembered
12.A.practicing B.learning C.observing D.communicating
13.A.celebrating B.chatting C.cheering D.congratulating
14.A.praises B.efforts C.beliefs D.performances
15.A.skill B.confidence C.interest D.hobby
The dictionary isn’t forever. What happens to a word when its popularity starts to decline? Here’s how the process of deleting a word from the dictionary works.
The dictionary is actually a steadily enlarging volume. 1. New words arise from emerging and expanding disciplines. Definitions also change and shift, so common words gain new meanings. On the other hand, there are also words that become outdated. 2.
Who decides which words to delete? 3. While adding a word to the dictionary is a precise process, it’s even more difficult for a word to get deleted. Editors maintain and study vast language databases to keep up-to-date on the words in circulation across various media.
The Oxford English Dictionary covers the English language over the last 1,000 years, and it’s considered definitive and authoritative. 4. And each has its own process for additions and removals.
5. A 2019 petition(请愿)with 30,000 signatures calls for the Oxford English Dictionary to remove sexist language and definitions, especially those terms under the word “woman.” And Merriam-Webster recently changed definitions of identity-related words to reflect new cultural meanings around fairness.
A. Some new words might be out of date one day.
B. As a result, words get removed from the dictionary.
C. Dictionary additions and deletions reflect social changes.
D. It’s up to the dictionary editors to make the final decision.
E. That’s because the English language constantly develops and changes.
F. These are often the types of words that will make it into dictionaries.
G. However, there are many other dictionaries that are reliable and trustworthy.
