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  As I travel across China, I hope to learn as much as I can about the Chinese people, your history, and your dreams for the future and I hope to help the Chinese people understand more of America's history, the lessons the American people have drawn from it, and the dreams we hold for the 21st century.

  I believe both Chinese and Americans aspire(立志,有愿望) to many of the same things--to provide for our families, to teach our children, to build our communities, to protect our earth, to shape our own futures, and pass brighter possibilities on to our children.

  There may be those here and back in America who wonder whether closer ties and deeper friendship between America and China are good. Clearly, the answer is yes. We have a powerful ability to help each other grow. We can learn much from each other. And as two great nations, we have a special responsibility to the future of the world. The steps we take over the next week can lead to far greater strides for our people in the years ahead.

  Here in this city of your magnificent history, we must always remember that we, too, are ancestors(祖先). Someday our children and their children will ask if we did all we could to build just societies and a more peaceful world. Let our monument be their judgment that we did that. Let our progress include all people, with all their differences, moving toward a common destiny.

  Let us give new meaning to the words written in the ancient Book of Rites, what you call the Li Shi: When the great way is followed, all under heaven will be equal.

1.It becomes clear from the passage that _____.

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A.both China and America are the most powerful countries in the world

B.both China and America should do something for the future of the world

C.both China and America are great countries with a long history

D.both China and America can provide their children with good education

2.Which of the following statements is NOT mentioned in the passage?

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A.America will encourage their children to learn the Chinese history.

B.The speaker is in the city with the magnificent Chinese history.

C.Both Chinese and Americans share some desires and interests.

D.The speaker wants Chinese to understand more of American history.

3.The underlined word“here”used in Paragraph 3 refers to“_____”.

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A.in the city       B.on the platform

C.at the ceremony(仪式)  D.in China

4.It can be inferred that the person who made the speech is a _____.

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A.scientist    B.statesman

C.businessman  D.professor

Here I must put in a few words about my experience here in China. If I have 36 with a Chinese host, he always presses 37 food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it of the previous helping. That often makes me 38 very awkward. I have to eat the food even if I don’t 39 it, because it is considered  40 manners in the West to 41 one’s food on the plate.

I have also 42 that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he very often 43 the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or 44 . This might be good manners in China, but it is certainly 45 in the West.

In the United States, it is 46 to keep asking someone again and again or press something on him. Americans are very 47 . If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “ 48 ” Here’s an example: When an American is offered 49 by the host, and he doesn’t like beer, he will probably say, “No, thanks. I just don’t feel like it. I’ll 50 some diet Pepsi-Cola if you have it. ” That is 51 an American will do.

52 are taught that “Honesty is the best policy. But in some countries, courtesy(谦虚)might be more important than 53 . So when I am here in China, I have to observe the 54 here. But when you go to 55 , you had better “do as the Romans do”.

36. A. trouble        B. dinner        C. words        D. difficulty

37. A. more         B. a little        C. few          D. little

38. A. think          B. taste             C. feel       D. smell

39. A. eat           B. like           C. drink        D. help

40. A. important       B. bad         C. polite         D. rude

41. A. take           B. leave         C. forget        D. pass

42. A. noticed         B. minded       C. heard        D. informed

43. A. accepts        B. refuses       C. nods         D. gives

44. A. thirsty         B. angry        C. happy        D. full

45. A. so           B. kind         C. not          D. right

46. A. impolite       B. good        C. kind         D. sad

47. A. friendly       B. direct        C. short         D. kind

48. A. I’m sorry     B. Yes, I want    C. No, thanks    D. Yes, please

49. A. food         B. beer          C. coffee        D. tea

50. A. bring        B. offer         C. like          D. take

51. A. that         B. what         C. whether          D. how

52. A. Englishmen    B. Frenchmen    C. Americans        D. Australians

53. A. manners      B. honesty       C. request          D. order

54. A. customs      B. habits        C. action           D. ways

55. A. China       B. Rome        C. the United States   D. the United Nations

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