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 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 days 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!
【小题1】The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.

A.keep outB.give upC.pay no attention toD.continue
【小题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 midnight.
D.Sharing everything they have.
【小题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.

Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the  money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument(乐器) or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter. However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children are very skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today's children are short of self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking requires patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully step by step. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.

Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse(激发) his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

1.Most Chinese parents don't realize_______.

A.how much the best education is worth       B.when children should be educated

C.what children really need in later life        D.why school tests don't satisfy children

2.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.Fixing old machines is very important.        B.Interest is necessary for everything.

C.Broken things are useful for children.        D.Using hands helps improve thinking ability.

3.The writer's attitude(看法) to children's education is that

A.the cheaper an education is, the better it is

B.children today should learn different skills

C.practical skills are useful to children's growth

D.school education can't meet parents' expectation.

 

Chinese are very generous in educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities such as musical instrument learning or ballet classes, or other classes. They think these will give them a good future. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend much unreasonable money on education. Even poor parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

However, most parents don’t understand that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children are very good in some areas while poor in others. Parents can also see some children are good at these skills and others do well in others. Most parents don’t realize that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need are to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence. 

Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with, will make him curious(好奇的) and improve his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them. Your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

1.We know from this passage parents in China         .

A.are too strict with their children

B.are too rich to educate their children

C.are too poor to educate their children

D.have some problems in educating their children correctly

2.We learn from the passage that        .

A.the cheaper an education is, the better it is

B.children today should learn difficult skills

C.practical skills are helpful to children’s growth

D.school education can’t meet parents’ expectations

3.Doing some cooking at home helps children        .

A.benefit (有益于) from it and prepare themselves for the future

B.learn how to serve their parents

C.learn how to become strong and fat

D.make their parents believe that they are clever

4.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.Broken things are useful for children

B.Interest is necessary for everything

C.Learning to think is very important.

D.Using hands helps improve thinking ability

 

Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work.” But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.

A CCTV program, News One Plus One, reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

Do we have too much food? According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2010, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.

Chinese people are well known for being generous(慷慨的). Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table.

Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, got fired(开除) because she took some leftover(剩余的) food home for her son. Many people stood by her side and agreed that it was not right to waste food.

What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food? Here are some tips:

1. Do not order(点菜) too much in a restaurant. Only order what you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.

2. Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.

3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.

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1.According to the CCTV program, Chinese people ___________.

A.save food enough to feed 200 million people for a year

B.throw away lots of food every year

C.get enough food to feed millions of people every year

D.have to feed 200 million hungry people every year

2.From the third paragraph, we know that ___________.   

A.we have too much food to feed people in the world

B.there were 925 million people in developing countries

C.because of hunger, six million children die every year

D.there are only a few people getting hungry every year

3.From the fourth and fifth paragraphs, we can learn about that___________.

A.all Chinese people are generous

B.Chinese people always waste food

C.Li Hong got fired because she wasted food

D.everyone should get into the habit of saving food

4.What should we do to save food in our daily lives?

A.When we order too much food in a restaurant, just take the leftover food home.

B.Eat more food that doesn’t taste great.

C.We should not buy vegetables and fruit.

D.We should keep an eye on the food we like.

5.What’s the main topic of the passage?

A.Don’t waste food.                      B.Many people die of hunger.

C.Don’t be picky about food.               D.Eat all the food you order.

 

A woman was collecting money for a church charity. The money she collected was going to be given to poor children who had no parents to take care of them. She went from apartment to apartment and from house to house. She knocked on doors and asked for money. She always said the same thing. “Good morning, I’m collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $5,000.” Then she held out a collecting box. Most people put a few coins in the box. An artist lived in one of the apartments. He opened the door. “Good morning.” she said. “I’m collecting for a church charity. Please give generously. We need $5,000.” The artist thought for a moment, then he said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t have any money. However, I’ll give you a painting. It’s worth $ 400.” The woman thanked the artist and took the painting away. A week later she called on him again. “I’m sorry to trouble you again,” she said, “but we still need more money. I need another $ 100. Can you help?” “Of course,” the artist said. “I’ll increase the value of my painting to $ 500.”

1.Who was the woman collecting money for?

A.Poor children.      B.Herself.           C.Her friends.        D.A church.

2.What did most people give her?

A.A lot of money.     B.A few dollars.       C.Paintings.          D.Very little money.

3.Why didn’t the artist give money to her?

A.He was not a generous man.

B.He did not have any money.

C.He had too many paintings.

D.His paintings were worth a lot of money.

4.Did the woman collect enough money at last?

A.No, she didn’t.                        B.Yes, she did.

C.We don’t know.                       D.Yes, she does.

5.How much money does she need?

A.$5,000           B.$5,00             C.$4,00            D.We don’t know.

 

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