题目内容
Every year people celebrate the Spring Festival in China．Usually it is in January or February．It’s the most important (重要的) festival in China．So before it comes，everyone buys many things，and they often make a special kind of food called dumplings—It means(意思是) “come together”．Parents always buy new clothes for their children and children also buy presents for their parents．On the Spring Festival eve (除夕)，all the family come back home. They sing, dance and play cards．When they enjoy the meal，they give each other the best wishes for the coming new year．All of them have a good time.
【小题1】Which is the most important festival in China?
| A．The Mid-Autumn Festival. | B．The Spring Festival. |
| C．Children’s Day. | D．May Day. |
| A．January or February | B．February or March |
| C．September or October | D．December or January |
| A．Fruit. | B．Fish. | C．Dumplings. | D．Chicken. |
| A．be nice | B．be hungry | C．come together | D．come back |
| A．Chinese Spring Festival is children’s festival. |
| B．Sometimes Chinese Spring Festival comes in October. |
| C．The children don’t get any presents from their parents at Spring Festival. |
| D．All the family usually get together and have a big dinner on the Spring Festival Eve. |
【小题1】B
【小题2】A
【小题3】C
【小题4】C
【小题5】D
解析试题分析：这篇文章主要讲述了中国的传统节日——春节的习俗。它是中国最重要的是节日，人们在这天与家人团聚，穿新衣，吃饺子，互相祝福等。
【小题1】细节理解题。文中Every year people celebrate the Spring Festival in China． It’s the most important (重要的) festival in China．在中国每个人都庆祝春节，它是中国最重要的节日。故选B。
【小题2】细节理解题。文中Usually it is in January or February，它经常在一月或二月。故选A。
【小题3】细节理解题。文中描述…they often make a special kind of food called dumplings,他们经常做一种特殊的食物叫做饺子，故选C。
【小题4】细节理解题。文中描述…they often make a special kind of food called dumplings—It means(意思是) “come together”, 他们经常做一种特殊的食物叫做饺子，它意味着团聚。故选C。
【小题5】判断推理题。文中描述On the Spring Festival eve (除夕)，all the family come back home，在除夕夜，所有家人都回到家里，从而判断D正确。
考点：文化类短文阅读。
阅读快车系列答案In 2013, China chose “中国梦,”which means “Chinese dream,” as the Character of the Year to symbolize the overall feeling of the past 366 days. It’s easy to see why the word “dream” would be chosen as so many Chinese dreams have been recently realized: space exploration, a China-made aircraft carrier and a Nobel Prize-winning author.
Finishing national dreams makes us proud, but realizing personal dreams makes us worthy in our own eyes. Though the media would try to convince you, there is no set of “approved” dreams that we should all go after. Some may strive for money, fame and power, but others have more humble dreams that are just as important: learn English, study abroad, achieve inner peace, and be of service to humanity. It’s normal for people to create lofty New Year’s resolutions and just as normal to start strong and give up a few weeks later on our goals. How do we make sure that we achieve our dreams? Make your resolutions SMART and they’ll come true.
S — specific, detailed goals are easier to accomplish.
M— measurable goals enable you to complete a fixed amount of something.
A— achievable goals are possible, not ones that would take magic or miracles to accomplish.
R— relevant goals are meaningful to you.
T— time bound goals have an ending date. They’re not infinite. You know when you’re done.
Trip Bethel, a local college professor suggests that all goals should be positive and future-focused. “You can’t make a goal about being perfect. You’ll always disappoint yourself. But you can make a goal about perfecting your process. Then, you’re always on the way to a better life.”
Trip says many people write endless lists, but he just writes his resolutions once. He states them simply on a piece of paper and then puts the paper away for a year. “Often, when I look at the paper a year later, I’ve accomplished everything, or gotten close. There is something about writing things down that makes goals real and the opportunities to achieve them will come into your life.”
【小题1】In 2013, China chose “__________” as the Character of the Year?
| A．dream | B．smart |
| C．future | D．Chinese dream |
| A．worried | B．proud | C．worthy | D．excited |
| A．Together | B．Today | C．Time | D．Tomorrow |
| A．Dreaming in 2013 | B．Dreaming Big in 2013 |
| C．Dreaming Big in 2012 | D．Dreaming in 2012 |
When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬) 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(退休) 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 makeup, hoping to look young. 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.
【小题1】Jack brought the couple their food very fast because______.
| A．the manager asked him to do so | B．he respected the elderly |
| C．the couple wanted him to do so | D．he wanted more pay |
| A．people dislike being called “old” |
| 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 |
| A．lost his job in the restaurant |
| B．made friends with the couple |
| C．no longer respected the elderly |
| D．changed his way with older people |
| A．The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got. |
| 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. |
| A． Different countries, different customs | B． Old people, old customs |
| C． Different restaurants, different services | D． Differences between old and young |
My interest in Chinese food started many years ago, when I had my first job. I was a young reporter for the Daily Journal in San Francisco. Our office wasn’t far from Chinatown. I usually managed to arrange my time so that I could go there at least two or three times a week for a good meal.
The first time I ever ate Chinese food I loved it. And since then, it just tastes better and better to me. The first thing I noticed was the fresh tastes of the meat and vegetable. When I learned more about the food, I began to understand why it has this special feature.
About 5000 years ago, China lost much of its wood because of over population and poor management of its forest. This loss was very bad for the country, of course, but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get, so the Chinese had to learn how to use it better.
In order to use less wood in cooking, they started to cut their meat and vegetable into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil. That way, the food cooked faster and they saved their fuel. The food prepared in the manner kept its fresh flavor(风味)--- and its this flavor that attracts people to the art of Chinese cooking.
I often wonder if the Chinese appreciated their solution to that ancient energy problem as much as I do now --- whenever I eat Chinese food.
【小题1】This passage is mainly about ___________.
| A．why Chinese food tastes fresh |
| B．what Chinese food tastes like |
| C．how Chinese food is cooked |
| D．what makes Chinese food special |
| A．when he worked as a reporter in China |
| B．from a news story in the Daily Journal |
| C．after he got a taste of it in the Chinatown |
| D．before he got his first job in San Francisco |
| A．keeping its fresh flavor |
| B．saving their hard –to-get wood |
| C．producing a different kind of food |
| D．attracting westerners to their food |
| A．fresh flavor | B．meat and vegetable |
| C．hot oil | D．firewood |
| A．the wood used to make the cooking fire |
| B．the fast speed at which it is cooked |
| C．the high quality of Chinese meat and vegetable |
| D．the well –developed art of Chinese cooking |
Shanghai is not only the largest seaport (港口) city and economic center of China, but also the modern and fashionable international city as well. It lies in the east of China and faces the East China Sea.
With a long history, there are many interesting places in Shanghai. It is really a good place to go on vacation. Also, since it’s a modern city, Shanghai is a good place to go shopping. You can see many fashionable things there. Walking along the Nanjing Road and the Huaihai Road, you will follow the latest fashion.
Come to Shanghai, please! But don’t forget to take your umbrella because it rains a lot here in Summer.
| Shanghai | |
| Where | 【小题1】 |
| What kind of city | 【小题2】Not only 【小题3】But also |
| What place | 【小题4】 |
| The weather in summer | 【小题5】 |
| Welcome to Shanghai | |
选词填空，根据文章内容，选用所给单词的适当形式填空。其中有两个是多余的。
| they，be，tell，luck，slow，say，order，come，take，put，he，watch |
There 【小题3】 one hamburger, some French fries and one drink. The little old man carefully divided the hamburger in half and the French fries into two piles. Then he neatly 【小题4】 the half of the food in front of his wife. Both he and 【小题5】 wife took a sip(一小口) of the drink. “How poor the old couple was!” the people around them might think. As the old man started to eat his hamburger and his French fries, his wife sat there 【小题6】 him. They took turns to drink. A young man 【小题7】 over and offered to buy another meal for 【小题8】. But they refused politely and said they got used to sharing(分享) everything.
Then a young lady asked the wife. “Excuse me, Madam. Why aren’t you eating? You 【小题9】 that you shared everything. Then, could you 【小题10】 me what you are waiting for?” She answered in a smile, “The teeth.”
Miss Wu is a young teacher of English in China. She loves teaching very much. One day when she was giving an English lesson, she found the headmaster sitting at the back of the classroom. After class, the headmaster told her that he came to her class to find out how much English and how much Chinese she was using. The result was about half English and half Chinese. She was using Chinese when she gave instructions(说明、指令) to her students and when she wanted to get feedback(反馈)from her students. The headmaster told her that she should use more English in her class.
Miss Wu made a plan like this: firstly, talk with an Englishman every Sunday for two hours to learn more English expressions(表达); secondly, write some English expressions on cards. These cards not only remind her to use English in class, but also help her remember some expressions; thirdly, have a five-minute talk in English with students before class. She used body language to help her if students could not understand.
One year later, she found she could use English freely in class.
【小题1】The headmaster came to Miss Wu’s class to ______.
| A．help her improve her English teaching |
| B．write some English expressions on cards |
| C．give instructions to the students |
| D．get feedback from the students |
| A．use more English |
| B．use more Chinese |
| C．use half English and half Chinese |
| D．use body language |
| A．Teachers should use cards in English teaching. |
| B．Teachers should talk with English-speaking people. |
| C．Teachers should speak more English in English class. |
| D．Teachers should learn more English expressions. |
We each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things in a short time, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.
【小题1】Some people can easily learn many things in a short time because______.
| A．they always sleep very well | B．they often eat good food |
| C．they read a lot of books | D．they have very good memories |
| A．at the age of six | B．when he is a small child |
| C．after he goes to school | D．when he can read and write |
| A．read and write | B．make sentences |
| C．hear and remember the sounds | D．think hard |
| A．Because he must speak English every day. |
| B．Because he will have a good memory in England, not in China. |
| C．Because his father is an Englishman. |
| D．Because his English teacher is better in England. |
Last weekend, our family went to have Christmas dinner in a restaurant. We were the only family with a baby in the restaurant. Suddenly, my baby Erik became excited when we were enjoying our meal. I looked around and saw an old man with old clothes and dirty old shoes. His hair was unwashed. He was smiling at my Erik.
“He might hurt my Erik,” I thought. Everyone in the restaurant looked at us and the old man. Then we decided to leave. The old man sat between the door and us.
As I walked closer to the man, I turned my back. Suddenly, Erik leaned(倾斜) over my arms, reaching with both arms in a baby’s pick-me-up position(姿势). Before I could stop him, Erik had escaped(逃跑) from my arms to the man’s. Soon the very old smelly man and my young baby developed a kind of friendship.
Erik put his little hand on the man’s face, and I saw the old man closed his eyes and tears running down his face. His aged hands held my baby so gently(温柔地). A moment later, the old man opened his eyes, passed me my baby and said, “Thank you, Madam. You’ve given me the best Christmas gift.”
I cried, with my face burning hot. A child saw a soul(灵魂), but a mother saw only a kind of clothes.
【小题1】 At first, the writer thought the old man was ______ .
| A．terrible | B．friendly |
| C．impossible | D．wise |
| A．had finished the meal already |
| B．had some important things to do |
| C．thought the food there was bad |
| D．worried about their baby’s safety |
| A．showed kindness to the old man | B．had seen the old man before |
| C．was popular in the restaurant | D．was hurt by the old man |
| A．Because the writer bought food for him |
| B．Because the writer said Merry Christmas to him |
| C．Because staying with the baby made him feel happy |
| D．Because the writer asked him to play with her baby |
| A．A special restaurant | B．A lovely baby |
| C．Soul and clothes | D．Parents’ influence on babies |