题目内容
Walking in the street in the USA or the UK, you can often hear people talking about the weather. "Lovely day, isn't it?" "It's cold, isn't it?" and so oxAmericans and English people like talking about the weather. This makes lots of Chinese puzzled(困惑). But they talk about the weather not only because the weather there changes a lot, but also they do not like to talk with others about private things like age, family and income. Stay with strangers, people all like talking about the weather, then they can talk about other things naturally(自然). They think if you like spring, you have a warm heart; if you like summer, you have a great will; if you like autumn, you have abundant feeling(丰富的感情);if you like winter, you have a vast mind(广阔的胸怀).
【小题1】What is the Chinese meaning of ‘private'?
A.私人的 | B.公共的 | C.未知的 | D.不感兴趣的 |
A.Because the weather there is changeable. |
B.Because they do not like to talk about private things. |
C.Because then they can talk about other things naturally. |
D.Both A and B |
A.If you like spring, you like to help others. |
B.A lot of Chinese don't know why the English people like talking about the weather. |
C.The weather often changes in UK, |
D.English people will talk about their ages with the strangers. |
【小题1】A
【小题1】D
【小题1】D解析:
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Bob was a gardener and he had no work for a few months. One day he went out to look for a job. While he was walking in the street, he saw a poster at the gate of a big restaurant. It said the restaurant needed to hire(雇佣) a man who could grow flowers and trees well. Bob was so pleased that he went straight to answer it. There Bob was told to go back and get his old working clothes to the office. Bob did so.
The boss looked over his working clothes carefully and then decided to let Bob have the job. Bob asked the boss why his working clothes were so important. The boss answered with a smile, "Oh, young man, your working clothes are all with patches(补丁) on the knees. You know, I have dismissed(解雇) two men these days. They had working clothes with patches on the buttocks(臀部). They were too lazy."
【小题1】When the boss saw Bob, he ________.
A.gave him the job at once | B.liked Bob at once |
C.asked Bob to go home to get his working clothes | D.liked Bob's clothes |
A.to wash dishes | B.to clean the restaurant |
C.to cook dishes | D.to grow flowers and trees |
A.very clever | B.foolish | C.very kind | D.hardworking |
One day Einstein(爱因斯坦) was walking in the street in New York. His friend met him and said to him, “Einstein, you should buy a new coat. Look, how old your coat is!” But Einstein answered, “It doesn’t matter. Nobody knows me here.”
After a few years Einstein became a famous scientist. But he still wore the old coat.
His friend met him again and asked him to buy a new one. But Einstein said, “I needn’t buy a new one. Everyone knows me here.”
1.Einstein was ______ scientist.
A.an English |
B.a Chinese |
C.an American |
D.a Japanese |
2.Einstein’s coat was very old. His friend ______.
A.gave him a new one |
B.asked him to buy a new one |
C.helped him buy a new one |
D.helped him mend(修理) the old coat |
3.Einstein didn’t want to buy a new one because ______.
A.nobodyknew him |
B.he likedthe old one |
C.he had no money |
D.he didn’t mind it |
4.A few years later Einstein ______.
A.bought a new one |
B.became a great scientist |
C.still wore an old coat |
D.B and C |
5.The title(题目) of this article should(应该) be ______.
A.Einstein’s Coat |
B.Einstein and His New Coat |
C.Einstein and His friend |
D.Einstein |