题目内容
Many visitors find the pace at which American people move very troubling. One’s first ______ is likely to be that everyone is in a rush. City people always ______ to be hurrying to get where they are going and are very impatient if they are delayed even for a brief moment.
____, this may seem unfriendly to you. But drivers will ______ you; storekeepers will be in a hurry as they ______ you; people will push you ______ they walk along the street. You will ______ smiles, brief conversations with people as you shop or dine away from home. Do not ______ that because Americans are in such a hurry they are ______. Often, life is much slower outside the big cities, as is true in other countries______.
Americans who live in cities such as New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles, often think that everyone is ______ in a hurry to get things done; they ______ others to “push back”, just as city people do in Tokyo, Singapore or Paris, for example. ______ when they discover that you are a stranger, most Americans become quite kind and will take great ______ to help you. Many of them first came to the city as ______ and they remember how frightening a new city can be. If you need help or want to ask a question, _______ a friendly-looking person and say, “I am a stranger here. Can you help me?”
Most people will stop, smile at you, and help you find your ______ or answer your questions. But you must let them know that you need help. Otherwise they are ______ to pass you by, not noticing that you are new to the city and in ______ of help. Occasionally, you may find someone too busy or perhaps too rushed to give you aid. If this happens, don’t be ______; just ask someone else. Most Americans enjoy helping a stranger.
1.A. mistake B. discovery C. experience D. impression
2.A. chance B. appear C. pause D. come
3.A. At times B. In the end C. At first D. Now and then
4.A. rush B. load C. remind D. send
5.A. drive B. persuade C. employ D. serve
6.A. because B. as C. although D. before
7.A. wear B. enjoy C. miss D. trust
8.A. think B. shock C. watch D. attract
9.A. unhappy B. unexpected C. uncertain D. unfriendly
10.A. as usual B. as well C. in need D. in reply
11.A. equally B. generally C. endlessly D. frequently
12.A. forbid B. limit C. expect D. choose
13.A. Even if B. So C. And D. But
14.A. temper B. care C. step D. energy
15.A. rebellers B. experts C. strangers D. patients
16.A. choose B. reject C. disturb D. avoid
17.A. hotel B. way C. necessity D. duty
18.A. likely B. unable C. nervous D. terrible
19.A. face B. charge C. front D. need
20.A. gentle B. tired C. discouraged D. surprised
The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters. In many cases, a single character can also make up a word. The history of the Chinese language can be examined by looking at how these characters developed.
Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. According to an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese writing. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the tracks of animals in the snow and observed that the appearance of each one was different. Then he had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects. The first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters have been simplified and others have been made more difficult over time. However, as a whole the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms.
Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects. Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together. Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. It is easy to distinguish their meanings by looking at them.
Though these kinds of characters indicate meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced. Therefore, a method was developed to have one part of a character indicate the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation. Many Chinese characters used today were made this way.
In the 1950s the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters and now they have widespread use in China’s mainland.
Brief 1. | The Chinese language is 2. from western language because it uses characters to 3. ideas, objects or deeds. |
The origins of Chinese characters | An idea 4.to Cangjie after he observed the tracks of animals 5. appearance differed from each other in the snow. |
The 6. of Chinese characters | ·As a whole, the characters developed from drawing into standard forms. ·Some characters were made by comining two or more characters together, whose meanings are easy to 7.. ·Many Chinese characters consists of two parts, one 8. the meaning and the other suggesting the pronunciation. ·Now, Chinese characters have become much 9. and been used in china’s mainland 10.. |
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