A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to warm themselves up during one particularly icy cold winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years ago. They both had jobs, so it was decided that her husband would fly to Florida on a Thursday, and his wife would follow him the next day. Upon arriving as planned, the husband checked into the hotel. There he decided to open his laptop(笔记本电脑) and send his wife an e-mail back in Minneapolis. However, he accidentally left off one letter in her address and sent the e-mail without noticing his error.

In the mean time: In Houston, a woman had just returned from her husband’s burial. He was a minister of many years who had been “called home to glory” following a heart attack. The woman checked her e-mail, expecting message from family and friends. Upon reading the first message, she fainted(昏厥)and fell to the floor. Her son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor and saw the computer screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife

From: Your Departed Husband

Subject: I’ve arrived!

I’ve just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then. Hope your journey is as uneventful(平静)as mine was.

P.S. Sure is hot down here.

Why did the couple decide to go to Florida for weekend?

       A. To visit their family and friends         B. To escape from the cold winter

       C. To escape from their busy work         D. To attend a friend’s funeral

What mistake did the husband make after checking into the hotel?

       A. He checked into a wrong hotel           B. He forget to bring the laptop

       C. He misspelled her wife’s address         D. He forgot to mail his letter

The expression “called home to glory” probably suggests that the man had           .

       A. gone back to his hometown            B. called his family to say hello

       C. been awarded an honor               D. died and gone to heaven

How did the woman probably feel after reading the e-mail?

       A. Pleased       B. Inspired        C. Frightened          D. Moved

Which of the following is true according to the text?

       A. The woman’s husband died of a heart attack

       B. The woman liked to chat with her friends by e-mail

       C. The couple held their wedding in Florida 20 years ago.

       D. His wife wouldn’t go to Florida for his error.

To Chinese immigrants, in the mid-1800s, California was “The Land of the Golden Mountain.” In their homeland they had heard the words, “There’s gold in California.” They sailed 7,000miles to join the gold rush and strike it rich.Between 1849 and 1882, more than 30,000 Chinese came to California.Most were men.They had been farmers in China.They came here to be miners and laborers.They ended up doing many other jobs, too.
Like many other immigrants, they did not plan to stay in America.They came because of their ties to their homeland and their families.They planned to return to China with their fortunes and help their families.
Only a few Chinese gold miners struck it rich.Most picked over the areas that had been mined already.But still, white miners resented the Chinese.Slowly, they drove the “yellow peril” from the mining camps.
By the end of the 1850s, many Chinese returned home.Those who stayed found other jobs.
Few women had come west in the gold rush.The Chinese saw a good business opportunity.They began doing the jobs women would have done.Many became house servants.Many more opened laundries.
The Chinese opened restaurants.Chop suey and show mein are popular Chinese-American dishes.The Chinese probably created these dishes to serve to the white miners.
Other Chinese became fishermen, farmers, and even cigar makers.
【小题1】Why did Chinese go to America in the mid-1800s?

A.Because they could find good jobs there.
B.Because they had found gold there.
C.Because they could open laundries and restaurants there.
D.Because they heard there was gold there.
【小题2】The underlined word “resented” mean “________”.
A.likedB.helpedC.hatedD.served
【小题3】Which of the following was NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.Some Chinese became drivers.
B.Many Chinese opened shops to help wash clothes.
C.Many Chinese picked gold around the old mines.
D.Many Chinese returned to China by the end of the 1850s.
【小题4】Which should be the title of the passage?
A.Early Chinese immigrants in America
B.Dream to strike it rich
C.The difference between men and women
D.Gold miners in America

A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to warm themselves up during one particularly icy cold winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years ago. They both had jobs, so it was decided that the husband would fly to Florida on a Thursday, and his wife would follow him the next day. Upon arriving as planned, the husband checked into the hotel. There he decided to open his laptop and send his wife an e-mail back in Minneapolis. However, he accidentally left off one letter in her address and sent the e-mail without noticing his error.

In the same time: In Houston, a woman had just returned from her husband’s funeral(葬礼). He was a minister of many years who had been “called home to glory” following a heart attack. The woman checked her e-mail, expecting message from family and friends. Upon reading the first message, she fainted(昏厥)and fell to the floor. Her son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor and saw the computer screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife

From: Your Departed Husband

Subject: I’ve arrived!

I’ve just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then. Hope your journey is as uneventful(平静)as mine was.

P.S. Sure is hot down here.

1.Why did the couple decide to go to Florida for weekend?

A. To visit their family and friends

B. To escape from their busy work

C. To escape from the cold winter

D. To attend a friend’s funeral

2.What mistake did the husband make after checking into the hotel?

A. He checked into a wrong hotel

B. He forget to bring the laptop

C. He forgot to mail his letter

D. He misspelled her wife’s address

3.The expression “called home to glory” probably suggests that the man had.

A. died and gone to heaven

B. called his family to say hello

C. been awarded an honor

D. gone back to his hometown

4.How did the woman probably feel after reading the e-mail?

A. Pleased            B. Frightened         C. Amazed         D. Moved

5.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. His wife wouldn’t go to Florida for his error.

B. The woman liked to chat with her friends by e-mail

C. The couple held their wedding in Florida 20 years ago.

D. The woman’s husband died of a heart attack

 

Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I’m not a football commentator(评论员), though-just an English teacher in Japan.

I come to Japan two years ago, and didn’t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you. People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it’s best to teach in a bigger city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for the nightlife factor. But I’d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.

I teach English privately, which means I’m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it’s well worth doing a TEFL course first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule(日程表) of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time.

Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.

The schools are unwilling to take time off –even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.

1. From the passage we know in Japan the writer likes to live in ________.

A.Tokyo                                B.a small town

C.a city of middle size                      D.a big city

2.According to the writer, one had better _______ first to do private teaching better.

A.give a TEFL course                       B.decide his or her own lessons

C.find students                           D.build up a full schedule

3.The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that _______.

A.there are many foreigners in Japan

B.Japan is good for nightlife

C.they can teach English privately in Japan

D.Japan has something more attractive than expected

4.After reading the passage, we can see _________.

A.the writer travelled a lot and saved much money in Japan.

B.the writer teaches English in more than one school as a part-time job.

C.the writer enjoys watching football games

D.the writer spent one year in finding students for his private teaching.

 

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