摘要:8.C.should表示“应该 .

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  When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture.One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬)elders.Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

  I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant.One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly.I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly.As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure.My manager, who happened to hear I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感的)Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”.I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife.After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

  In my village in China, people are proud of being old.Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience.Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

  However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well.Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young.When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young, I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.

  After that, I changed the way I had been with older people.It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

根据短文内容,选择最恰当的答案,用A, B, C或D表示。

(1)

Jack brought the couple their food very fast because ________.

[  ]

A.

the manager asked him to do so

B.

he respected the elderly

C.

the couple wanted him to do so

D.

he wanted more pay

(2)

When Jack called the couple “elderly,” they became ________.

[  ]

A.

nervous

B.

satisfied

C.

unhappy

D.

excited

(3)

In Jack’s hometown, ________.

[  ]

A.

people dislike being called “old”

B.

people are proud of being old

C.

many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

D.

the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

(4)

After this experience, Jack ________.

[  ]

A.

lost his job in the restaurant

B.

made friends with the couple

C.

no longer respected the elderly

D.

changed his way with older people

(5)

Which of the following is TRUF?

[  ]

A.

The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B.

Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.

C.

The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

D.

From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

(6)

Which is the best title for this passage?

[  ]

A.

Different countries, different customs

B.

Old people, old customs

C.

Different restaurants, different services

D.

Differences between old and young

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Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

Happy New Years

  Today is March 17th. About two and a half months ago, I said “Happy New Year!” to many of my friends. Just more than a month ago, I said the same thing to some other friends. In about four days, I'll repeat the same wishes to yet another group of friends. I'll do the same thing in July and also in September.

  “How can that be?” you might be thinking. “Everyone knows that New Year's Day is in January!”

  You might ask: “When is the New Year's Day exactly?” Different calendars(日历) give different answers to that question.

  1.January 1st: New Year's Day on the Western/international calendar.

  2.Between January 10th and February 19th: New Year's Day on the Chinese calendar(China, Korea, and a few other places).

  3.March 21st: New Year's Day on the traditional Persian(波斯的) calendar(Iran伊朗).

  4.Mid-July(usually the 16th): New Year's Day on the Islamic(伊斯兰教的) calendar.

  5.September: New Year's Day on most Eastern Orthodox Church(东正教的) calendars(Central and Eastern Europe.and, usually, on the Jewish(犹太教的) calendar.

  And these are just the New Year's Days that I know about! Actually, there are probably even more!

Choose the best answer(根据短文内容,选择最恰当的答案,用A、B、C或D表示)

1.The first time the writer said, “Happy New Year!” was around January 1st. The second time was on or before ________.

[  ]

A.February 28th
B.the middle of March
C.February 19th
D.March 21st

2.The author will say “Happy New Year” around March 21st to some ________ friends.

[  ]

A.Korean
B.Persian(Iranian)
C.Eastern Orthodox
D.Chinese

3.The author uses quotation marks(“”) in the second paragraph to show that the words inside the quotation marks are ________.

[  ]

A.not his thoughts
B.very important
C.incorrect English
D.funny English

4.The New Year's Day on most Eastern Orthodox Church calendars and the New Year's Day on the Jewish calendar are ________.

[  ]

A.probably on different dates

B.not always in September

C.probably on the same date

D.always September 1st

5.The Chinese calendar is used ________.

[  ]

A.only in China

B.in several different places

C.only in China and Korea

D.in all Asian countries

6.The word “Years” in the title of this short article ________.

[  ]

A.suggests that January 1.st is at different times on different calendars

B.is grammatically incorrect and should actually be New Year's

C.suggests that one has to say “Happy New Year!” many, many times in his whole life

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