The factory produced many famous cars, none of _____ were shipped to foreign countries.
A.them B.what C.those D.which
We established a mutual trust tradition which can _____ the test of time.
A.fail B.stand C.take D.conduct
When you go by train, make sure you take an express, ___________stops only at big stations.
A.one B.one that C.that D.what
You are really ! I heard marvelous news that you set a new world record.
A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything
Geraniums of Love
As the fifth of seven children, I went to the same public school as my three elder sisters and brother. Every year, my mother went to the same ceremony and had parent-child interviews with the same teachers. The only thing different was the child. And every child _______ an old school traditional activity---the annual plant sale held in early May, just in time for _______Day.
Third grade was the first time that I was allowed to take part in the plant sale. I wanted to surprise my mother. _______, I didn’t have any money. I went to my eldest sister and _______ the secret, and she gave me some money. When I arrived at the plant sale, I carefully made my _______. I agonized(苦苦思索) over that decision, _______ each plant to ensure that I had indeed found the best geranium. The moment I had smuggled it home, with the help of my sister, I _______ it on the upstairs neighbor’s porch. I was very afraid my mother would find it before Mother’s Day, but my sister assured me that she wouldn't, and _______ she did not.
When Mother’s Day arrived, I was bursting with pride when I gave her that geranium. I remember how bright her eyes were, and how delighted she was with my _______.
The year I ________ fifteen, my younger sister reached third grade. In early May, she came to me full of wonder and secrecy and told me that there was going to be a plant sale at school and she wanted to ________ our mother. As my eldest sister did for me, I gave her some money and ________ went my sister. She arrived at home full of ________ excitement, the geranium hidden in a paper bag ________ her sweater. “I looked at every plant,” she explained, “and I know I got the best one!”
I helped my little sister hide that geranium on the upstairs neighbor’s porch, assuring that our mother wouldn’t find it before Mother’s Day. I was there when she gave my mother the geranium and I saw them both bursting with pride and ________. It was like being in a dream I had already dreamed. My mother noticed me ________, and she gave me a soft secret smile. Shocked and puzzled, I ________ back. I had been wondering how my mother could ________ to be surprised at this gift from her sixth child. But as I watched her eyes ________ with delight as she was ________ with that most precious gift, I knew she was not pretending.
1.A.passed down B.participated in C.broke with D.carried on
2.A.Women’s B.Father’s C.Children’s D.Mother’s
3.A.Furthermore B.Moreover C.However D.Therefore
4.A.shared B.discovered C.guarded D.stuck
5.A.plan B.preparation C.present D.selection
6.A.watering B.growing C.inspecting D.protecting
7.A.showed B.potted C.packaged D.hid
8.A.indeed B.instead C.properly D.anyhow
9.A.performance B.grades C.gift D.presence
10.A.went B.turned C.grew D.came
11.A.inspire B.surprise C.satisfy D.relax
12.A.off B.up C.in D.out
13.A.nervous B.youthful C.increasing D.false
14.A.on B.beside C.over D.under
15.A.confusion B.anxiety C.delight D.astonishment
16.A.listening B.watching C.smelling D.tasting
17.A.waved B.smiled C.signed D.called
18.A.pretend B.continue C.appear D.try
19.A.take up B.make up C.light up D.set up
20.A.impressed B.satisfied C.associated D.presented
Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. You have to learn different cultural practices and try to adapt to them.
1. They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and instructive (侵犯的).
In China, elders are traditionally treated with enormous respect and dignity while the young are cherished and nurtured. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children. 2.
Chinese people have their own way to define friends. 3. Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obliged to give each whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.
As is well known, the Chinese like to save. 4. It is different in the US, where for fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts.
5. If you achieve something in the US, it’s because you are great. While in China, if you achieve something it’s because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets attributed to the greater whole, while in America individual merits are celebrated.
A.Just hanging out together from time to time is not friendship.
B.Chinese people put more emphasis on good character and faith.
C.More often than not, they call casual acquaintances friends.
D.They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money.
E.Basically China values the community and the US values the individual.
F.Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do.
G.Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.
