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It was said by Sir George Bernard Shaw that "England and America are two countries separated by the same language". My first personal ___1___ of this was when I worked as a camp instructor for two months in 2006 in a Summer camp __2__ by the Boy Scouts of America, __3__ part of an international leader exchange program. Before I went, all the participants in the program were given a list of words that are in common __4__ in the UK which Americans would either be confused by or would __5__ make them angry. I memorized the words and thought "I'll manage."

However, when I finally arrived in the States three months later, I realized that perhaps a lifetime of watching American television was not __6__ preparation for appreciating and __7__ the differences between American and British speech. In the first hour of arriving at the camp, I was __8__ to High School American English, Black American English and the American English spoken by other ordinary people, all very __9__ to each other. Needless to say, I __10__ manage in the end. The Americans I met were very helpful, and I found they were patient with me when I made a social communicative mistake when I used an inappropriate word or phrase.

(   ) 1. A. chance                B. opinion                    C. viewpoint                 D. experience

(   ) 2. A. run                            B. set                           C. controlled                 D. found

(   ) 3. A. with                   B. for                           C. as                            D. like

(   ) 4. A. sense                  B. practice                    C. phenomenon             D. use

(   ) 5. A. even                   B. ever                         C. hardly                      D. never

(   ) 6. A. wrong                B. adequate                   C. true                         D. real

(   ) 7. A. helping with        B. doing with            C. dealing with             D. comparing with

(   ) 8. A. shown                B. put                          C. faced                       D. exposed

(   ) 9. A. similar                B. alike                        C. different                   D. opposite

(   ) 10. A. did                   B. should                      C. might                       D. would

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It was said by Sir George Bernard Shaw that "England and America are two countries separated by the same language". My first personal ___1___ of this was when I worked as a camp instructor for two months in 2006 in a Summer camp __2__ by the Boy Scouts of America, __3__ part of an international leader exchange program. Before I went, all the participants in the program were given a list of words that are in common __4__ in the UK which Americans would either be confused by or would __5__ make them angry. I memorized the words and thought "I'll manage."

However, when I finally arrived in the States three months later, I realized that perhaps a lifetime of watching American television was not __6__ preparation for appreciating and __7__ the differences between American and British speech. In the first hour of arriving at the camp, I was __8__ to High School American English, Black American English and the American English spoken by other ordinary people, all very __9__ to each other. Needless to say, I __10__ manage in the end. The Americans I met were very helpful, and I found they were patient with me when I made a social communicative mistake when I used an inappropriate word or phrase.

(   ) 1. A. chance                B. opinion                    C. viewpoint                 D. experience

(   ) 2. A. run                            B. set                           C. controlled                 D. found

(   ) 3. A. with                   B. for                           C. as                            D. like

(   ) 4. A. sense                  B. practice                    C. phenomenon             D. use

(   ) 5. A. even                   B. ever                         C. hardly                      D. never

(   ) 6. A. wrong                B. adequate                   C. true                         D. real

(   ) 7. A. helping with        B. doing with             C. dealing with             D. comparing with

(   ) 8. A. shown                B. put                          C. faced                       D. exposed

(   ) 9. A. similar                B. alike                        C. different                   D. opposite

(   ) 10. A. did                   B. should                      C. might                       D. would

One night recently, I was driving down a two-lane highway at about 60 miles an hour. A car approached from the  36  direction at about the same speed. As we  37  each other, I caught the other driver’s eye for only a second.  I wondered whether he might be  38  , as I was, how dependent we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to fall  39  , not to be put off by a phone conversation, not to cross over into my lane and bring my life to a sudden  40 . Though we had  41  spoken a word to each other, he relied on me in just the same way.

    Multiplied a million times over, I believe that is the way the world  42 . At some   43  , we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us  44  not to do something like crossing over the double yellow line. And sometimes it requires us to act  45  , with friends or even with  46  .

    As technology  47  our world, the need increases for cooperative action among nations. In 2003, doctors in five nations were quickly organized to identify the SARS virus, which  48  thousands of lives. The threat of international terrorism has shown itself to be a  49  problem, one requiring coordinated action by police and intelligence forces across the world’ We must recognize that our fates are not ours   50  to control.

    In my own life, I’ve put great stock in  51  responsibility.  52  , as the years have passed, I’ve also come to believe that there are moments when one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of  53  . So, while each of us faces the case of driving alone down a  54  road, what we must learn is that the approaching light may not be a threat, but a shared moment of  55  .

1.A. wrong          B. correct          C. same                     D. opposite

2.A. passed          B. greeted          C. recognized           D. met

3.A. believing      B. thinking         C. admitting            D. suggesting

4.A. down         B. off              C. asleep              D. sick

5.A. end            B. shock            C. surprise             D. disaster

6.A. apparently             B. hardly           C. never               D. ever

7.A. looks                   B. exists            C. stays               D. works

8.A. level          B. place            C. moment                 D. length

9.A. temporarily              B. simply           C. constantly           D. consciously

10.A. independently        B. respectively       C. individually         D. cooperatively

11.A. strangers              B. colleagues        C. parents             D. partners

12.A. develops             B. enlarges          C. shrinks             D. improves

13.A. killed                  B. threatened        C. destroyed           D. saved

14.A. similar                 B. different          C. serious             D. widespread

15.A. alike         B. alone            C. alive                 D. along

16.A. personal              B. public            C. common           D. general

17.A. Therefore             B. Though           C. But                     D. Thus

18.A. friends                B. authorities         C. others             D. oneself

19.A. dark         B. main             C. busy                    D. narrow

20.A. enjoyment            B. trust              C. safety                  D. encouragement