America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong (终身的)feelings, extending (延伸) deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don't show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is opposite in America, Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America!
1.The underlined phrase “pick up”in Paragraph 1 may mean“_____”.
A. keep out B. give up
C. pay no attention to D. continue
2.Which of the following is the typical (典型的) way of American hospitality?
A. Treating friends at home.
B. Taking days off to be with friends.
C. Meeting friends at the airport at mid night.
D. Sharing everything they have.
3.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Americans are always generous with their time.
B. Americans don't feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D. Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.
4.This passage is most probably written for _____.
A. American students
B. Chinese students
C. Chinese visitors to America
D. American visitors to China
5.What do you think this passage is about?
A. An introduction of friendships.
B. An advertisement of mobiles.
C. Friendships between Chinese.
D. The ways Americans treat friends.
San Russell is not your average(一般的) baseball fan. He is a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan. He has a season ticket and he arranges his work schedule so he does not miss a game. San also attends game dressed in their uniform, and his car is red. He has even lost some friends by choosing to watch the Red Sox instead of going to their weddings. Is this healthy behavior?
Although Russell’s case is extreme, being a sports fan can be healthy for you. According to a study at the University of Kansan in the USA, sports fans suffer from depression less than people who are not interested in sports, fans also experience other effects from watching their team play. When their team wins a game, their own confidence and happiness increase, just like the athletes. Losing, on the other hand, always leads to some sense of disappointment.
What about die-hard fans whose team always loses? The team spirit keeps those fans from losing hope. Knowing that other fans are probably feeling the same way also helps them. In addition, there is always the hope that their team will win the next game. Russell has lost some friends because of his love for baseball and although you may think that would make him unhappy, he has made many more new friends because of his team spirit.
For Sam Russell, supporting the Red Sox is not just a hobby; it is a way of life and the secret of his happiness.
1.From the reading we can infer that a die-hard fan .
A. goes to a game without caring for work
B. prefers going to a game to a friend’s wedding
C. suffers from more depression than ordinary people
D. is not willing to help other fans
2.In order not to miss a game, Russell .
A. bought a red car
B. keeps a season ticket
C. arranges his work time carefully
D. tries to make new friends
3.Russell feels disappointed and sad when .
A. his team loses the game
B. he has less friends
C. he can’t go to friends’ weddings
D. he has no hope for his team
4.It’s clear the writer of the reading .
A. is against the die-hard fans
B. understands the die-hard fans’ behavior
C. is a die-had fan himself
D. supports average fans
5.The best title for the reading is .
A. Enjoy Baseball Games! B. Be a die-hard fan!
C. Average Fans Better? D. Just a game?
At present, almost everyone has a mobile phone, but have you ever thought that cell phones be bad for your health? A study shows that heavy mobile phone use may cause hearing loss(失聪).
This study shows that people who use cell phones for about an hour a day have a time hearing some similar sounds, especially in their right ears. It is getting harder for to tell the difference between the sounds of“s”and“f”，and“t”and“z”.
Researchers studied 100 people who used cell phones and them with 50 people who did not. The study lasted for 12 months. What the researchers found was that cell phone users had more hearing than those who did not use cell phones.
Besides this, our ears have many little inside them. Too much noise will cause these hairs to get weak and die. When these hairs die, it affects our ability to listen.
However, cell phone users don’t care too much this study. One man said,“I’d be more worried about people who MP3 players. They put those earphones in their ears and listen to very music. I think that is more likely(更有可能的) to cause hearing loss than a cell phone.”
1.A. should B. need C. might D. must
2.A. busier B. happier C. harder D. shorter
3.A. us B. you C. it D. them
4.A. compared B. suggested C. showed D. taught
5.A. advantages B. problems C. rules D. experiences
6.A. noises B. pains C. hairs D. pimples
7.A. hardly B. actually C. clearly D. finally
8.A. to B. with C. about D. of
9.A. produce B. use C. discover D. see
10.A. beautiful B. soft C. loud D. light
－It’s Sunday today, so you get up so early.
－Yes, I can have a good rest.
A. don’t need B. don’t have C. haven’t D. needn’t
－Tom, who taught Chinese before you came to China?
－Nobody. I learned it by .
A. your; myself B. his; himself C. you; myself D. him; himself
－I don’t know
－Because he has to look after his mother.
A. Why he is leaving B. why is he leaving
C. whether he will leave D. what is he leaving for
