【题目】BELJLNG — Eating at a Beijing restaurant is usually an adventure for foreigners, and particularly when they get the chance to order “chicken without sex life” or “red burned lion head”.

Sometimes excited but mostly confused, embarrassed or even terrified, many foreigners have long complained about mistranslations of Chinese dishes. And their complaints are often valid, but such an experience at Beijing’s restaurants will apparently soon be history.

Foreign visitors will no longer, hopefully, be confused by oddly worded restaurant menus in the capital if the government’s plan to correctly translate 3,000 Chinese dishes is a success and the translations are generally adopted.

The municipal（市政）office of foreign affairs has published a book to recommend English translations of Chinese dishes, which aims to help restaurants avoid bizarre translations. It provides the names of main dishes of famous Chinese cuisines in plain English, “an official with the city’s Foreign Affairs office said .” Restaurants are encouraged to use the proposed translations, but it will not be compulsory .“ It’s the city’s latest effort to bridge the culture gap for foreign travelers in China.

Coming up with precise translations is a daunting task, as some Chinese culinary（烹饪的）techniques are untranslatable and many Chinese dishes have no English-language equivalent. The translators, after conducting a study of Chinese restaurants in English-speaking countries, divided the dish names into four categories: ingredients, cooking method, taste and name of a person or a place. For some traditional dishes, pinyin, the Chinese phonetic system, is used, such as mapo tofu (previously often literally translated as “beancurd made by woman with freckles”), baozi (steamed stuffed bun ) and jiaozi (dumplings) to “reflect the Chinese cuisine culture,” according to the book.

“The book is a blessing to tourist guides like me. Having it, I don’t have to rack my brains trying to explain Chinese dishes to foreign travellers,” said Zheng Xiaodong, a 31- year – old employee with a Beijing-based travel agency.

“I will buy the book as I major in English literature and I’d like to introduce Chinese cuisine culture to more foreign friends,” said Han Yang, a postgraduate student at the University of International Business and Economics.

It is not clear if the book will be introduced to other parts of China. But on Tuesday, this was the most discussed topic on weibo.com, China’s most popular microblogging site.

【1】What’s the best title of the passage?

A. An adventure for foreigners who eat in Beijing.

B. Confusing mistranslations of Chinese dishes

C. Chinese dishes to have “official” English names

D. The effort to bridge the culture gap

【2】“chicken without sex life” or “red burned lion head” are mentioned in the beginning of the passage to show__________.

A. some Chinese dishes are not well received

B. some Chinese dishes are hard to translate

C. some Chinese dishes are mistranslated

D. some Chinese dishes are not acceptable

【3】What measure has the municipal office taken?

A. Recommending a book on Chinese dishes

B. Advocating using precise translation for Chinese dishes

C. Publishing a book on China’s dietary habits

D. Providing the names of main Chinese dishes

【4】What’s the meaning of the underlined word “daunting” in paragraph 5?

A. discouraging B. disappointing

C. confusing D. worthwhile

【5】What’s the attitude of most people to the book according to the passage?

A. not clear B. excited

C. favorable D. divided

【题目】Liu Xiang’s breaking the world record was an exciting moment, ______ all of us will never forget.

A. that B. One C. it D. what

【题目】Herbie Ricketts，52,lives in Thornton Heath，south London，and works as an electrician．He has been a listening volunteer with the Samaritans for 16 years.

Each caller is as individual as their circumstances and I didn’t realize so many people take their own lives until I became a Samaritan．And only then did the true nature of the work I was doing hit home.

I’ll always remember my first day on duty．The caller, stressed and depressed，told me he was suicidal(想自杀的)．He’d been too frightened to talk to the people around him，which is common．People are told they’ve got nothing to be upset about．Or, if they are already classified as having mental health issues，so they tell no one．How do you make sense of your feelings if you can’t tell someone? Just allowing people to say what they honestly feel helps them find a different perspective．I couldn’t offer him practical advice but I could support him emotionally．I helped him come to terms with his situation and make sense of some of the terrible emotions he was experiencing．Offering anonymity(匿名)and being nonjudgmental(无偏见的)allows people easily hurt to explore their thoughts without fear or worry．I left him in an emotionally safe place，ensuring he knew 1 wasn’t rejecting or abandoning him．I let him know we were still there if he needed us，explaining that it might not be me on the other end of the phone but another Samaritan who could also support．

Suicidal people will ring with issues like drug use or loneliness．If you look at it from the perspective of, “How can I solve this? ”you can become，like them，at a loss．Every cell in your body wants to offer solutions，but as a Samaritan I’m not there to sort their problems out．I listen and will support them when they can’t see any further than tomorrow．When the phone goes silent，we stay with that caller as long as we possibly can，which could be two or three hours．

The shifts are up to four hours long．When it doesn’t go so well，I offload to my colleague，so I don’t carry home a heavy heart．Being a Samaritan has greatly improved my life．I’m calmer and become a supportive listener, which has also improved my relationships．But being a wonderful Samaritan doesn’t make you a wonderful parent or wonderful partner—I wish it did．

【1】What does the underlined sentence in the passage probably mean?

A．Those who called in had their unique nature．

B．I got to realize the value of being a Samaritan．

C．It was common that many people committed suicide．

D．I was determined to be a Samaritan at home．

【2】Some people choose not to tell others about their feelings mainly because they________.

A．actually have nothing to worry about

B．are too shy to expose themselves to others

C．suffer from serious mental health problems

D．find no supportive listeners around them

【3】Samaritans usually help callers by________.

A．sorting out their problems

B．providing practical advice for them

C．offering them emotional support

D．asking questions such as“How can I solve this? ”

【4】We may infer from the passage that________.

A．being a good Samaritan takes patience

B．Samaritans are easily affected by callers

C．callers are always successfully comforted

D．people kill themselves for lack of listening volunteers

【题目】The printer is of good quality. _____ it break down within the first year, we would repair it at our expense.

A. Would B. Could C. Might D. Should

【题目】______ left before the deadline, it doesn’t seem likely that John will finish the job.

A. Though such a short time

B. Because such a short time

C. With such a short time

D. As such a short time

【题目】All the people present fixed their eyes on me, _____ me feel very embarrassed.

A. to make B. having made

C. made D. making

【题目】．—Do you have enough to all your daily expenses?

—Oh yes, enough and to spare.

A. cover B. spend C. fill D. offer

【题目】In the beauty competition, women are asked_______ some of the exercises ________ the music.

A. performing to; to B. performing; with

C. to perform; to D. to perform; by

【题目】To make your argument more ________, you should put forward more supporting information.

A. convinced B. convincing

C. to be convinced D. to be convincing

【题目】I finally got the job I dreamed about. Never in my life _____ so happy.

A. I was feeling B. did I feel

C. I felt D. had I felt