America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real，yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two，perhaps a few letters for a while— then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance，even years later，they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand，because friendships between us develop more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings，extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes，share their holidays，and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives，they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes，we，as hosts，will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans，however，express their welcome usually at homes，but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes，the welcome will be full，warm and real. We will find ourselves 
treated hospitably.
For the Americans，it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants，except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
1.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
2.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend，we will probably be ______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport
B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home
D. treated to dinner in a restaurant
3.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragra
ph 3 probably mean ______.
A. strict with time B. willing to spend time
C. careful with time D. serious with time
4.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese
B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans’hospitality
D. Americans’and Chinese’s views of friend
Televisions were among the most talked-about things at CES 2013—the 2013 International Consumer Electronic Show (国际消费类电子产品展销会) last week in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were bigger and better with some of the highest technology (技术). Some TVs used a new technology called OLED. They were bigger, thinner and lighter, offered better colour and were brighter than traditional TVs using LED.
Ultra High Definition TVs were also popular. Most of the TVs shown on the exhibition used 4k technology.
Smart TVs this year were smarter. Many offered technology that users have a more personalized （个性化的）experience. One such TV from TCL can know who is watching with the help of new technology. Then it can offer programmes according to the user’s usual interest. Another TV from Pa
nasonic offers a similar personalized user experience.
Size also played an important part in CES 2013. TVs changed in size from big to bigger, with at least two companies —Samsung and Hisense —showing TVs that are 110 inches large on the exhibition.
The yearly CES is the biggest technology show in North America and one of the biggest in the world.
It’s a meeting of the brightest minds and the top leaders from many industries and those who want to know about the future.
Digital health and fitness inventions were also big at CES 2013. There was even a fork that tells you when you are eating too fast.
The show had over 3,200 different companies showing more than 20,000new products in about 26 miles of exhibition space.
1.Which difference between OLED and LED is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Weight B. Colour C. Size D. Price
2.The writer takes TCL and Panasonic for example to tell us _________.
A. smart TVs were smarter at CES 2013
B. Ultra High Definition TVs were popular at CES 2013
C. size played an important part in CES 2013
D. digital health and fitness inventions were big at CES 2013
3.From the passage, we can know __________.
A.CES 2013 has not been held yet
B. TVs at CES 2013 were smaller than before
C. many companies attended CES 2013
D. no leaders from industries appeared at CES 2013
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said.“You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
1.What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?
A. Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me.
B. She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer.
C. I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on.
D. Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious.
2.Why did her father listen to her quietly?
A. Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true.
B. Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while.
C. Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment.
D. Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth.
3.Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
A. Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend B. The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had
C. My Father D. My Childhood
Long ago, there was a mother and a son living in a house. She worked hard everyday, they were always poor.
One day, her son stole his friend's . "Mom, what do you think of this bag?" His mother praised（表扬）her son scolding（责骂）him. "It looks great!"
The next time, he stole an overcoat. She praised him again he stole it.
A few years later, he to be a young man. He stole jewelry and them to his mother. "How !" This time, she did not scold her son again.
Then, because he was scolded by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things. One day, the police him. Before putting him in , he begged the police to meet his mother. They took him to his mother.
As soon as he saw his mother, he her earlobe（耳垂）. "Ouch! What's the matter with you?" She finally scolded him. Her son answered, " you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief."
The mother’s was broken as she looked at her son heading to prison. "If 
I only could _ time, I would scold him strictly." She regretted（后悔） that she always praised him, he did.
1.A. but B. and C. or D. then
2.A. bag B. watch C. bike D. book
3.A. because of B. instead of C. because D. instead
4.A. before B. since C. when D. until
5.A. put up B. looked up C. got up D. grew up
6.A .brought B. put C .told D. bought
7.A. beautiful B. terrible C. useful D. kind
8.A. often B. never C .sometimes D. always
9.A. heard B .looked C. caught D. searched
10.A .hospital B. school C. hotel D. prison
11.A .bit B .hit C .took D. ate
12.A .If B. Unless C. Though D. Although
13.A. eye B. heart C. mouth D. ear
14.A. turn on B. turn off C. turn back D. turn down
15.A. wherever B. whoever C. whenever D. whatever
It all depends on _____ you can support us.
A. if B. whether C. that D. what
Which of the following sentences doesn’t contain(包含) an object clause?
A. Many people believe robots will do most of our work.
B. Scientists should be able to develop plants that grow on Mars.
C. People think that humans on Mars have to wear special boots to make themselves heavier.
D. We all know the29th Olympic Games was held in Beijing.
