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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 — 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 (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

Americans 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!

1.The writer of this passage must be ______.

A. an American B. a Chinese

C. a professor D. a student

2.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

A. warmly welcomed at the airport

B. offered a ride to his home

C. treated hospitably at his home

D. treated to dinner in a restaurant

3.The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A. strict with time B. serious with time

C. careful with time D. willing to spend time

4.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A. Friendships between Chinese

B. Friendships between Americans

C. Americans’ hospitality

D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships

Mr Backer is a kind-hearted man. Once he gave some food to a poor woman. Mr White, the boss of the restaurant, found it and became angry. He often gave the leftovers(剩饭菜) to some poor workers. Mr Backers lost his work for it. It was difficult for him to find work in the small country though(虽然) he was an able cook.. The war made all stop. Children couldn't go to school, most shops were closed, even some farmers were hungry. Some people were made to leave their houses and they had to find the safe places. It was an autumn night. Mr Backer hadn't any food to eat and went to bed, but he couldn't fall asleep. suddenly he heard a noise in his room. He saw a man looking for something useful there. He said nothing and watched it carefully. At last the man brought a few old clothes out of a broken paper box and took them away. He got up quickly and followed him gently(文雅地), with his quilt on his back. The man didn't find him and went into a small and wet house. Mr Backer also went in and saw there was nothing in the room. The thief(贼) saw him and was surprised. He asked, “What did you come here for?” “You have carried my things here,” said Mr Backer. “I have to move there, too!”

1.Mr White sent Mr Backer away because .

A. he couldn't cook

B. he didn't work hard

C. he didn't like him at all

D. he gave some leftovers to the poor woman

2. ____________ , so the people in the small country got into trouble.

A. The war broke out(爆发)

B. It didn't rain

C. Children couldn't go to school

D. Shops and factories were closed

3.Mr Backer couldn't go to sleep because .

A. the weather was cold B. the weather was hot

C. he was hungry D. he was ill

4.Mr Backer said nothing when the thief went into his room because .

A.he wanted to send him to the police station

B.there was nothing expensive there

C.he was afraid the man could hurt him

D.he hoped the man could help him

单词拼写 （共10小题； 每小题1分， 满分10分）

根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示， 在横线上写出对应单词的正确形式， 每空只写一词。

1.We are sending you some money in return for your ______( 宝贵的) help.

2.The bomb was _______(爆炸) by remote control.

3.She takes ______(主管) of the day_to_day running of the business..

4.He was _____(录取) into a key university last year.

5.Chest pain can be a _____(信号) of heart problems.

6.She had never been greatly concerned about her _____( 外貌)

7.He took the poor children under his ____(保护).

8.We all admire her for her speaking English ___________( 流利 ) .

9.I hear the concret will be ______(广播) live on TV tomrrow evening.

10.He gave a _______(幽默的) account of their trip to Spain .

假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出改正后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

A Frenchman is once visiting London. He wished to take a walk to see a city. But he was afraid he might get being lost because he knew no words of English. So after he left his hotel, he stopped on the first corner and carefully copied in his notebook the names of the street where he was staying. Then he walked on. At last, he got lost. In several hours he found a policeman .The Frenchman tried his best to explain the policeman that he didn’t know the name of his hotel, and he knew the name of the street. He then showed the policeman that he copied in his notebook. It was read : “One-way street”.

书面表达 （20分 ）

2月4日，星期天上午，你们班同学骑车到学校附近的公园组织了一次环保活动。请根据下列内容写一篇日记并发表你对此次活动的看法。

活动内容一 扫除： 收集废纸、烟蒂、塑料袋等废弃物

活动内容二 宣传： 树立标牌、告诉游客要爱护花草树木

活动内容三 演讲： 向游客宣传：“白色污染”的害处以及保护环境的重要性

你的看法 ……..

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-----May I ask a question after class, Sir?

-----_______, but not during my lunch break.

A. I’m sorry B. Anytime

C. Certainly D. Go ahead

Reading is ________ good habit. Stick to it, and you’ll make ________great progress.

A. a; / B. a; a

C. the; a D. / ; a

Tom ________ in the library every night over the last three months.

A. works B. worked

C. has been working D. had been working

I don’t think he is ______ to come to our help when we get into trouble.

A. maybe B. possible C. likely D. probable