题目内容
It has been said before, but experiencing it myself has made me want to say it again: a smile can cross all language barriers.
I recently moved from Canada to a small city on the south coast of South Korea to work as an English teacher. My first few weeks in Chinhae were challenging. I knew only one fluent English speaker other than myself---my employer. So, having left my family and friends far away on a different continent and having moved to a city in which I was the only foreign English teacher, I felt a bit shaken.
At the grocery stores, I could not read the food packages and certainly did not know how to ask for help. _____________. Such little frustrations began to add up and I soon felt homesick and tired．I longed for some familiar food, familiar sounds, anything familiar!
One night, after a long day at work, I was feeling particularly weary ---My legs were aching and I wasn’t looking forward to cooking dinner. Just as I was about to push the key into the door, the old woman who was the landlady called to me and signed me into her apartment. I didn’t understand a word she said, but I understood her smile. I followed her into her kitchen, which smelled like the wonderful Korean foods I was coming to love. After she had put many dishes of food on the table and had set me up with a glass of cola, she sat down across from me. We were both laughing the whole time at our complete inability to communicate in words. We did manage to have a small conversation, though. It went something like this:
“Canada?” She asked slowly, pointing at my chest.
“Yes,” I answered.
“Korea?” I said, pointing at her. We both laughed.
When it was time to leave, I said “thank you” in Korean, using some of the few words I had learned．I went home to my apartment feeling less alone than I had expected to feel that evening. Chinhae felt less like a strange and frightening place, and more like a home. I don’t think the old landlady knew how much her smile and her wonderful food meant to me that evening, but perhaps someday I will be able to tell her.
1．Why did the author feel challenged during the first few weeks in Chinhae?
A．Chinhae is a small city.
B．Only her boss was kind to her.
C．Few people could communicate with her.
D．She had difficulty in teaching English in Korea.
2．Which of the following sentences can be put in the blank?
A．Nobody could help me.
B．I thought I’d better learn Korean.
C．The food at the grocery stores made me homesick.
D．Once I bought sugar, which I thought was salt.
3．The underlined word “weary” (in Paragraph 4) most probably means “______”
A．excited B．lonely C．homesick D．tired
4．From the passage we can infer that_____.
A．the author will soon move back home
B．the author was deeply moved by the old lady
C．the author learned more Korean after the dinner
D．the old lady was very lonely because she had no children
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状元坊全程突破导练测系列答案Honey(蜂蜜)from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest(巢)and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper一a little bird called a honey guide.
The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax (蜂蜡) in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees’ nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or people as it leads them to the nest. When they
finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.
Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.
【小题1】Why is it difficult to find a wild bees' nest?
| A．It's small in size. |
| B．It's hidden in trees. |
| C．It's covered with wax. |
| D．It's hard to recognize. |
| A．A bee. | B．A bird. |
| C．A honey seeker. | D．A beekeeper. |
| A．it gets its food |
| B．it goes to church |
| C．it sings in the forest |
| D．it reaches into bees' nests |
| A．Wild Bees |
| B．Beekeeping in Africa |
| C．Wax and Honey |
| D．Honey-Lover's Helper |
Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people and many animals like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees' nest and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper - a little bird called a honey guide.
The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax, which is deep inside the bees' nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey and the wax always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.
Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined(坚定的) in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lit.
【小题1】Why is it difficult to find a wild bees' nest?
| A．It's small in size. | B．It's hidden in trees. |
| C．It's covered with wax. | D．It's hard to recognize. |
| A．A bee. | B．A bird. | C．A honey seeker. | D．A beekeeper. |
| A．it gets its food | B．it goes to church |
| C．it sings in the forest | D．it reaches into bees' nests |
| A．Wild Bees | B．Wax and Honey |
| C．Beekeeping in Africa | D．Honey-Lover's Helper |
The American book Who Moved My Cheese has bee a bestseller all over the world. It teaches people how to face changes in their lives. Now its author Spence Johnson has written a book just for teens. The book tells us that when facing change in our lives, like a new school or new friends, don't be afraid. Instead, use this change to make a better life. The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because there are too many students.
Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two “little people” and some cheese.
The four are in amaze looking for the cheese. Here, cheese means something important in life, like moving to a new class or getting into college. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they can’t change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people, however, can’t do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese
After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing: to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or having good relationships or just feeling good about yourself.
【小题1】The book Who Moved My Cheese is __________.
| A．read across the world | B．written all over the world |
| C．sold only in America | D．loved only by teens |
| A．Never change in our life. | B．Change when you like to do. |
| C．Change with the changes. | D．Pay attention to the changes, |
| A．Mice and little people | B．Students | C．Cheese | D．Readers |
| A．Mice | B．Little people | C．Chris | D．Spence Johnson |
| A．The author is Britain. |
| B．There are three terms in every school. |
| C．Most teens don't understand Chris' story. |
| D．The book tells teens how to face changes in their lives. |