While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I had an experience which happened only two feet away from me.

Trying to locate my friend among the passengers coming through the jet way, I noticed a man walking toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to greet his family.

First he kissed his three children one by one and said, “It’s nice to see you. I missed you so much!” Then he hugged his wife, “I’ve saved the best for last!” giving her the longest, most passionate (狂热的) kiss I ever remember seeing. They stared at each other’s eyes, smiling at one another, while holding both hands. For an instant they reminded me of newlyweds(新婚夫妇), but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be.

Full of admiration, I asked, “Wow! How long have you two been married?” “Being together for fourteen years total, married twelve of those.” He replied, without breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well, then, how long have you been away?” I asked. “Two whole days!” “Two days?” I was astonished. By the intensity (热烈) of the greeting, I had thought he’d been gone for at least several weeks—— if not months. I knew my expression betrayed me, so I turned away my eyes and said quietly, “I hope my marriage is still that passionate after so long!”

The man suddenly stopped smiling and looked me straight in the eye. With forcefulness he told me something that left me a different person. “Don’t hope, friend. Decide!” Then he smiled again, shook my hand and said, “God bless!”

With that, he and his family turned and walked away together.

I was still watching that man and his special family walk just out of sight when my friend came up to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without hesitation, and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “My future!”

1.The best title of the passage may be __________.

A. Long Loving Hugs B. My Future

C. Don’t Hope. Decide D. Love Is Everywhere

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. The man replied to the author, with his eyes still fixed on his wife’s face.

B. After being away for several weeks, the man missed his family very much.

C. It was fourteen years since the couple had got married.

D. Their three kids reminded the author of newlyweds.

3.By saying “my expression betrayed me” (in Paragraph 4), the author means that____.

A. he failed to express his ideas to the man

B. the man felt his real feelings from his expression

C. he didn’t believe in his expression any more

D. his expression was not faithful to him

4.From the passage, we can infer that ______.

A. the experience may be easily forgotten by the author

B. the author will live a passionate life from now on

C. the author will be away from his family and hug them passionately upon his return

D. Americans prefer to save the best for last

5.What did the writer see at the airport?

A. He saw a happy family with four children

B. He saw his future wife

C. He saw the man give the best kiss to his wife

D. He saw a newly-married couple

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Children are amazing! They pick up languages so naturally and easily. Have you ever why? It’s because of the way they learn.

Children learn by doing what comes naturally---they listen, copy, and talk. Let’s take a closer look at how children learn languages. Perhaps we can d1. a better, more natural way to learn English.

Listen as often as possible. When people talk to children, they often use s2. words that children can understand. That’s really important to the children’s language development. In order to learn, children must be able to understand what they hear. If they don’t understand it, it’s just m3. noise. Listen to radio or TV programs that use English at your level. If you r4.that you can’t understand every word or sentence, don’t give up. Just pay attention to what you can understand. And listen as often as you can.

Be a Copycat. Children like to copy their parents, their friends or other r5.. This helps teach them how to pronounce the language. As you listen to English, repeat what you hear as much as p6..

Use English to talk. O7. to those who usually practice grammar rules, some students use language to talk about things they are interested in. This helps them learn to express themselves d8.. They don’t worry about their small vocabulary or poor grammar.

Students should also pay more attention to real c9.. So try your best to communicate by talking with people in English. If you can’t find a foreigner to talk to, talk with other English students i10.. Start an English discussion group and talk about music, movies and so on. Don’t worry about making mistakes. You can learn English better by correcting mistakes.

“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” says Li Wei, 26, a reporter in Shanghai. Taobao, China’s largest online shopping website, has become a(n) ______ part of Li Wei’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.

A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Li have found the ______ of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young people. ______ women shop online than men. Clothing and home-use products (产品) are the most popular online.

It was reported that more than 250 billion yuan was ______ on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao. Taobao means “______ treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost ______ they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to bicycles.

Shopping online makes shopping easier, because you don’t have to walk from one shop to another. But you may question the ______ of online shopping. It’s natural because some online sellers are ______. They don’t offer good things. With the help of Taobao, you ______ worry about it. Unless you ______ the products from the sellers and find nothing wrong, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.

1.A. interesting B. important C. impossible D. difficult

2.A. joy B. sadness C. trouble D. magic

3.A. Fewer B. Less C. More D. Better

4.A. paid B. spent C. taken D. cost

5.A. processing B. making C. bringing D. finding

6.A. something B. nothing C. anyone D. everything

7.A. safety B. price C. rules D. time

8.A. lonely B. ugly C. dishonest D. careful

9.A. mustn’t B. can’t C. don’t D. needn’t

10.A. hear B. receive C. learn D. return

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