【题目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. network B. specify C. traditionally D. ingredient

E. uneasy F. additional G. culturally H. block

I. determine J. requirement K. critical

A multicultural person is someone who is deeply convinced that all cultures are equally good, enjoys learning the rich variety of cultures in the world, and most likely has been exposed to more than one culture in his or her lifetime.

You cannot motivate anyone, especially someone of another culture, until that person has accepted you. A multilingual salesperson can explain the advantages of a product in other languages, but a multicultural salesperson can motivate foreigners to buy it. That’s a(an) 1difference.

No one likes foreigners who are arrogant(自大的) about their own culture. The trouble is most people are arrogantly monocultural without being aware of it and even those who are can’t hide it. Foreigners sense monocultural arrogance at once and set up their own cultural barriers, which may effectively 2 any attempt by the monocultural person to motivate them.

Multiculturalism is a(an) 3 that has been neglected too often in hiring managers for international positions. Even if your company is not a multinational one, chances are you’re in touch with foreign customers or manufacturers. Do you have the right employee to build up the 4?

For 20-odd years, I’ve run an executive-search firm from Brussels. When clients ask us to find the right person for a new pan-European sales or management position, I start by asking them to 5 the qualifications their ideal candidate would have. Most often they list the same qualities they would want for a domestic position, but with the 6 requirement that the new manager be fluent enough in English, German and French to cope with faxes and email. It sometimes takes me hours to persuade clients that the linguistic (语言的)abilities they see as crucial are not enough.

Of course, it’s far more difficult to 7 candidates multiculturalism than it is to check their language skillsbut it’s also a far more important 8 to success. I remember a company that asked me to check out a salesman they were planning to send to Mexico. He’d studied Spanish, and had grown up in New York Citythe most 9 diverse place in America. But when I interviewed him, he turned out to have no concept of the great pride Mexicans took in their culture, and moreover he was 10 about Mexican restaurants and markets being dirty and unsafe. I rejected him just as Mexican buyers would have if he’d been selected for the job.

【题目】Bert Katz, my father-in-law, celebrated his 90th birthday in November 2016. Bert loved sports and was an enthusiastic Yankees ( an American professional baseball team based in the New York City ) fan, so it was no wonder that over the years, he was an avid (热切的)listener to WFAN radio and, in particular, the afternoon show hosted by Mike Francesa.

Bert had health issues in his later years that limited his mobility, and when he lost his eyesight three years ago, his attachment to his radio and Francesa became more pronounced. He just loved listening to Mike talk about sports and his Yankees each afternoon. Those hours brought him so much pleasure.

Of course, Mike will be leaving Dec. 15, 2017 after 30 years at the station. Mike lives in the same community where I work on Long Island, and I have gotten to know him over the past 20 years. So when my father-in-law was approaching his special birthday the year before last year, I asked Mike for a favor: to call Bert and wish him a happy birthday.

Mike agreed without hesitation. Two days before the special day, Mike stopped at my workplace. I called Bert at his nursing home and put Mike on the phone. It was a complete surprise to Bert. Mike spent more than 10 minutes wishing Bert a happy birthday, and of course, talking about the Yankees.

When my family celebrated Bert’s birthday two days later, he couldn’t stop talking about the phone call. Over his lifetime, he said it was one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for him.

Unfortunately, Bert’s health declined last year and he passed away July 13, 2017. But even in his final months in the hospital and nursing home, he always had a radio set to WFAN to listen each afternoon to Mike Francesa. And he also had the memory of that special phone call for his 90th birthday.

1What habit did Bert keep for years?

A. Playing baseball.

B. Listening to a sports program.

C. Checking his eyesight regularly.

D. Leading organized cheering for the Yankees.

2What does the underlined word “pronounced” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Obvious. B. Unusual.

C. Important. D. Understandable.

3What word can describe the author?

A. Honest. B. Caring.

C. Patient. D. Independent.

4What is the best title for the text?

A. A special gift. B. The call finally arrived.

C. The big dream came true. D. An unforgettable birthday party.

【题目】In 1948,my family drove to the Singer Sewing Center and bought a brand-new electric Singer. Then Ruby, my mother-in-law,____sewing. After supper, Ruby would bend over the machine, ___clothes for her children and neighbors. Thousands of dresses. The Singer raised its needle millions of times.

In 1987,Ruby __ us on the phone, ___.After thirty-nine years, her Singer didn’t work. No repairman could fix it because parts were not __.

I went to a sewing machine store to buy one. Her old one was____.The new machines are plastic and have computers. They give classes on how to __ them. In the display window was a 1948 metal Singer blackhead.

“Does that one __ ? ” I asked the man.

“I don’t know,” he said. He plugged it in. It___ to work.

“It’s not for sale,” he said. It’s a(an)___ . There aren’t lots of old Singer blackheads around anyone”

I __ him about Ruby — how she lives by herself and sews to keep busy, how she ___only six dollars to make a dress __the people she sews for are poor.

He __ the machine to me for twenty-five dollars.

The next weekend we took it to Ruby’s. She stood by the car as we opened the trunk. As she looked down at the __, a smile creased (弄皱)her face.

“It’s just like my __one,”she laughed.

It’s still going strong. Ruby ___charges six dollars a dress.

On several occasions, my wife and I found 1948 Singer blackheads in antique stores. We __ them and gave them to Ruby. She’s got a lot of___ ahead, and we don’t want her to run out of sewing machines __ she runs out of things to sew.

1A. took out B. gave up C. set about D. put off

2A. drying B. making C. washing D. folding

3A. called B. advised C. changed D. ordered

4A. puzzled B. excited C. frightened D. discouraged

5A. available B. practical C. simple D. helpful

6A. plastic B. metal C. noiseless D. man-made

7A. fix B. link C. use D. get

8A. work B. stay C. matter D. stop

9A. failed B. began C. continued D. meant

10A. invention B. artwork C. bargain D. display

11A. asked B. warned C. told D. reminded

12A. spends B. charges C. saves D. earns

13A. while B. until C. though D. because

14A. sold B. lent C. delivered D. donated

15A. car B. clothes C. machine D. computer

16A. new B. old C. small D. large

17A. still B. once C. already D. never

18A. booked B. bought C. copied D. borrowed

19A. travelling B. learning C. cooking D. sewing

20A. so B. if C. before D. when

【题目】 Even if you love fish, actually cooking it in your kitchen can be a commitment. Long after the fish has been eaten, the pots washed, and the plates put in the dishwasher, the fish smell still exits.1 Luckily, expert cooks have figured out how you can cook your fish without leaving a smell that exists for days.

First off, know that truly fresh fish really shouldn't have much of an odor(气味)at all. So if you unwrap a package of fish and take a step back from the smell that greets you, throw it away because it's not fresh.2

A lot of the smell from cooking fish is because of the cooking method you use.3

However, other techniques, like cooking fish in paper, can put a lid on the problem before it starts. Cleaning experts recommend minimizing the odor before cooking by bathing fish in milk or a solution of lemon and water.

If it's too late and your home is beginning to smell like the parking lot of a seafood joint, then Good Housekeeping suggests mixing together vinegar and water and letting it boil for several minutes to get rid of the smell.

4 Shut any inside doors to keep the smell from spreading throughout the house and into bedrooms, but open up kitchen windows and doors to allow the smell to get out. And be sure to wipe any spills and throw away any trash containing fish bits.5 And the resulting sweet scent will make everyone forget about any fishy odor.

AFrying can cause a big smell problem.

BPrepare your home ahead offish cooking time.

CHere's how to make every room smell amazing.

DCooking fish wrong brings about terrible smells.

EWhen all else fails, bake up some cookies for dessert.

FBut, admittedly, even the freshest fish can get a bit of smell once it's cooked.

GIt can be enough to put even the most devoted fish eater off cooking it regularly.

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