题目内容
brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young
people should always respect the elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United
States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got
their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great
displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about
how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description"old". I then walked back to the table
and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by
cultural differences, so they laughed and were' no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and
people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older
people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think"growing old" is a problem since "old" shows that a person is
going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from
growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on make-up, hoping to look younger. When I told
the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had
failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn't want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don't respect them any more; I
still respect them, but now I don't show my feelings through words.
B. he respected the elderly
C. the couple wanted him to do so
D. he wanted more pay
B. people are proud of being old
C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
B. made friends with the couple
C. no longer respected the elderly
D. changed his way with older people
B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.
B. Old people, old customs.
C. Different restaurants, different services.
D. Differences between old and young.
阅读理解
My name is Bill. I’m an English boy. I’m in No.8 High School. Sam is my good friend. He is thirteen. I’m thirteen, too. But we are in different looks. Miss Zhang is my English teacher, and she’s Sam’ s English teacher, too. We don’t know her age(年龄). But she looks young. Look at this photo. It is white and black. It is mine.
1.Bill is ____.
A.eight |
B.four |
C.thirteen |
D.fourteen |
2. Sam’s good friend is ____.
A.Miss Zhang |
B.Bill |
C.a teacher |
D.an English girl |
3. The two boys are ____.
A.in the same class |
B.in the same looks |
C.in different looks |
D.in different schools |
4. Miss Zhang is ____.
A.Bill’s good friend |
B.Sam’s mom |
C.old |
D.young |
5. —What color is this photo?
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A. White. B. Black. C. A and B. D. I don’t know.
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2. What did the writer think was very important to us when his mother asked him for the first time?
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3. How many times did his mother ask the writer the same questions?
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4. "Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life." Here what does "shoulder" really mean?
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5. According to the passage, what is the most important body part?
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