I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor—and go to court(法庭).

     After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful

and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $ 200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I'd have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.

    But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $ 115 each time. The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $ 215.

     My lawyer was at all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided

 seeing me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss(解雇) him. And he made mepay him $ 770.

    Now I had to act as wn lawyer. Due to my inexperience,I told the insurance company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time,… and I left without getting a cent.

   My experiences taught me two things about America:firstly,in a country like America money is everything. It is more important than friendship,honour or professional morality(职业道德). Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about America, we should see both its good and bad sides.

1.The author's roommate offered to help him because

A. he felt sorry for the author.

B. he thought it was a chance to make some money.

C. he knew the doctor was a very good one.

D. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer. 

2.A good doctor is essential for the author to  ________.

A. be properly treated

B. talk with the person responsible for the accident

C. recover before he leaves America

D. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury 

3.The word “charge” in this passage means________.

A. be responsible    B. accuse     C. ask as a price        D. claim 

4.Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very ________.

A. friendly          B. greedy     C. professional         D. busy 

5. What conclusion can you draw from the story?

A. Going to court is something very common in America.

B. One must be very careful while driving a car.

C. There are more bad sides in America than good sides.

D. Money is more important than other things in the US. 

Children have their own rules in playing games.They seldom(很少)need a referee(裁判)and rarely trouble to keep scores.They don’t care much about who wins or loses,and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished.Yet,they like games that depend a lot on luck,so that their personal abilities can not be directly compared.They also enjoy games that move in stages,in which each stage,the choosing of leaders,the picking?up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start,is almost a game in itself.

Grown?ups can hardly find children’s games exciting,and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again.However,it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons.He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person,and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid.He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn.He can be confident,too,in particular games,that it is his place to give orders,to pretend to be dead,to throw a ball actually at someone,or to kiss someone he has caught.

It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control.Everyone knows the rules,and more importantly,everyone plays according to the rules.Those rules may be childish,but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.

1.What is TRUE about children when they play games?

A.They can stop playing any time they like.   B.They can test their personal abilities.

C.They want to pick a better team.       D.They don’t need rules.

2.To become a leader in a game the child has to ______.

A.play well              B.wait for his turn

C.be confident in himself       D.be popular among his playmates

3.What do we know about grown?ups?

A.They are not interested in games.

B.They find children’s games too easy.

C.They don’t need a reason to play games.

D.They don’t understand children’s games.

4.Why does a child like playing games?

A.Because he can be someone than himself.

B.Because he can become popular among friends.

C.Because he finds he is always lucky in games.

D.Because he likes the place where he plays a game.

5.The writer believes that ______.

A.children should make better rules for their games

B.children should invite grown?ups to play with them

C.children’s games can do them a lot of good

D.children play games without reasons

 

If you visit a big city anywhere in the world,you will probably find a restaurant which serves the food of your native country.Most large  1 in the United States offer an international sample of  2 .Many people enjoy eating the food  3 other nations.This is probably one reason  4 there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States.A second is that Americans  5 from all the parts of the world.They enjoy tasting the foods of their  6 lands.

In the city of Detroit, 7 ,there are many people from Western Europe,Latin America 8 the Far East.There are many restaurants in Detroit 9 serve the foods of these areas.There are many

10 international restaurants,too.Americans not only like the foods in these restaurants but also enjoy the chance to  11 understand the foreign people and their  12 of life.

One of  13 most common international restaurants to be  14 in the US is an Italian restaurant.The restaurant is a small business  15 by a single family.The mother of the  16

cooks all the dishes and the  17 and children serve the customers who come to eat there.Or it may be a 18 restaurant which can  19 many customers during one evening.So a restaurant may be owned  20 one family,one person,or by several different people who work together in the business.

1.A.cities      B.countryside    C.nations      D.families

2.A.waiters     B.restaurants    C.foods       D.cooks

3.A.about      B.of         C.on         D.with

4.A.as      B.when      C.which       D.why

5.A.arrive    B.come       C.go         D.leave

6.A.garden    B.country      C.state       D.native

7.A.as      B.like      C.for example    D.such as

8.A.and       B.with      C.of         D.then

9.A.where    B.which       C.when      D.why

10.A.other    B.others       C.another      D.other’s

11.A.worse    B.better       C.hardly       D.more

12.A.hope    B.wish      C.place       D.way

13.A.the       B.a        C.this      D.that

14.A.cooked     B.enjoyed     C.found       D.eaten

15.A.built    B.run       C.driven       D.lived

16.A.family     B.city      C.business    D.restaurant

17.A.mother     B.guests       C.visitors      D.father

18.A.small    B.large       C.tiny      D.bad

19.A.deal      B.work      C.serve       D.prepare

20.A.by       B.with      C.of         D.for

 


第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was 14 when Mr. Ingram knocked on our farmhouse door in Sacred Heart. Okla. The old farmer   36  about a mile away and needed an assistant to help out grass. It was the first time I had been actually   37  for work.
Mr. Ingram was   38  with the job I did and ended up hiring me to dig potatoes. I even   39  when a   40  cow was being born.
One day he found an old truck that was   41  in the   42 , sandy soil of the melon field. Was full of melons that someone had tried to steal before their truck got stuck.
Mr. Ingram explained that the truck's owner would be returning soon, and he wanted me to   43   the truck and lean(倚靠) against it. Soon a man from a nearby village, who had a terrible   44  for fighting and stealing,   45   with his two full – grown sons. They looked   46  .
While   47   Mr. Ingram said, “Well, I see you want to buy some   48  .”
There was a long silence   49   the man answered, “Yeah, I guess so. What are you getting for them?”
“Three dollars each,”   50  said immediately. “Well, I guess that would be   51   enough if you help me get my truck out of here,” the man bargained.
It   52  out to be our biggest sale of the summer, and an unpleasant, perhaps unfortunate incident had been   53  . After they left, Mr. Ingram smiled and said to me, “Son, if you don’t   54   your enemies, you’re going to run out of friends.” Mr. Ingram died a few years later, but I have never forgotten him or what he taught me   55   my first job.
36.A.covered    B.went  C.lived D.ran
37.A.charged    B.paid  C.inquired    D.blamed
38.A.strict B.disappointed     C.unsatisfied       D.content
39.A.assisted     B.disturbed  C.included   D.existed
40.A.father       B.mother     C.baby  D.brother
41.A.struck       B.dropped    C.fallen       D.stuck
42.A.soft   B.hard  C.smooth     D.tough
43.A.glare at     B.watch       C.spot   D.stare at
44.A.honor       B.custom     C.reputation D.habit
45.A.took down       B.showed up       C.set out      D.broke up
46.A.sad   B.angry       C.happy       D.pleased
47.A.hardly      B.anxiously  C.calmly      D.noisily
48.A.truck B.watermelons     C.tomatoes   D.grass
49.A.before      B.after  C.since D.unless
50.A.they  B.the sons    C.I      D.the farmed
51.A.expensive B.sure   C.friendly    D.fair
52.A.turned      B.came C.broke       D.stood
53.A.caused      B.postponed C.prevented  D.cancelled
54.A.hate  B.forgive     C.admire      D.abandon
55.A.under       B.below       C.off    D.on

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