题目内容
There once was a little boy who often lost his temper and ended up quarreling with his friends. In order to help the son, his Father gave him a bag of 1 and told him that every time he lost his temper and got mad at 2 , he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the little boy had 3 thirty nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, 4 he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually became 5 .Three months later, the little boy discovered it was easier to 6 his temper than to hammer those nails into the fence. 7 the day came when the little boy did not lose his temper 8 .He told his father about it and the father 9 that the little boy now pull out one nail 10 each day when he was able to control his temper. The day passed and the little boy was 11 able to tell his father that all the nails were 12 .
The father 13 his little boy by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, but look at the 14 in the fence. The fence will never be the 15 . When you say things in anger, they 16 a scar just like this one on the person to whom you lose your temper. You 17 put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won’t 18 how many times you say I’m sorry, 19 the wound is still there. A wound caused by words is as bad as a 20 one. the hurt and pain caused by the tongue are deeper than those caused by the hand.”
1.A.books B.tools C.nails D.suggestions
2.A.somebody B.anybody C.everybody D.nobody
3.A.discovered B.driven C.pushed D.pulled
4.A.till B.unless C.as D.although
5.A.smaller B.larger C.easier D.shorter
6.A.catch B.hold C.break D.lose
7.A.And then B.As with C.Up to D.From then on
8.A.after all B.at all C.in all D.at once
9.A.desired B.requested C.intended D.suggested
10.A.for B.with C.of D.at
11.A. eagerly B.fortunately C.finally D.hardly
12.A.lost B.returned C.gone D.spared
13.A.seized B.showed C.touched D.took
14.A.nails B.cuts C.holes D.surface
15.A.one B.best C.same D.fence
16.A.run B.leave C.lead D.remain
17.A.can B.will C.should D.need
18.A.change B.matter C.survive D.disappear
19.A.but B.or C.so D.for
20.A.physical B.violent C.terrible D.serious
1—5 CABCA 6—10 BABDA 11—15 CCDCC 16—20 BABDA
America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending sometimes deeply into both families.
ericans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily. Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home.
【小题1】In which part of a newspaper can this article be found?
A.Culture. | B.News. | C.Story. | D.Travel. |
A.Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families. |
B.Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives. |
C.Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy. |
D.Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break. |
A.weaken | B.develop | C.stretch | D.disappear |
A.treated hospitably at his home | B.offered a ride to his home |
C. warmly welcomed at the airport | D.treated to dinner in a restaurant |
A.friendships between Chinese | B.Americans’ hospitality |
C.different views of friendship | D.friendships between Americans |