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There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy son. The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labour and said: ¡°Today, I want you to go out and earn something, failing which you won¡¯t have your meals tonight.¡±
He went crying straight to his mother. Her heart melted at her son¡¯s eyes. She gave him a gold coin. When the father asked his son what he had earned, the son presented him the gold coin. The father asked him to throw it into a well.
The next day, he asked his son to earn something. This time he went crying to his sister who gave him a coin. When he showed it to his father he again asked him to throw it in a well. Then the father asked him to earn more money.
This time since there was no one to help him, the son was forced to go to the market. One shopkeeper told him he would pay him two coins if he carried his trunk to his house. He did so and sweated plenty. As he returned home he was asked to do the same. The son almost cried out. He could not imagine throwing his hard-earned money like this. He cried, ¡°My entire body is aching. You are asking me to throw the money into the well.¡±
At this moment, the businessman told him one feels the pain only when the fruits of hard labour are wasted. On the earlier two occasions he was helped and therefore had no pain in throwing the coins into the well. The son had now realized the value of hard work. He promised never to be lazy and to safely keep the father¡¯s wealth. The father handed over the keys of his shop to the son and promised to guide him through the rest of the life.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿Which of the following is TRUE?
| A£®At first the son was hard-working and responsible. |
| B£®The father taught his son a lesson in a good way. |
| C£®The father didn¡¯t like his son at all. |
| D£®The businessman was a little lazy. |
| A£®the importance of helping others |
| B£®the importance of money |
| C£®the value of hard labour |
| D£®the value of money |
| A£®the mother was very generous |
| B£®the sister was very warm-hearted |
| C£®the father was very strict |
| D£®the shopkeeper was very cruel |
| A£®look for a good job |
| B£®use up his father¡¯s wealth |
| C£®become a successful guide |
| D£®follow his father¡¯s career |
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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 ¡ª 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 (ºÃ¿Í) 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.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿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 |
