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reply to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster
Grade School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not
understand what people were saying.
"Why did they do this?" Kate wondered aloud." I mean, you can't learn if you can't understand the
teacher."
Nadia's voice was a whisper. "I understand English. I will learn." Nadia's English was perfect.
Kate was perplexed. She couldn't understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that
moring to a new country probably wasn't the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and
unusual things to learn-all at the same time.
"There're a lot of new things to learn, huh?" said Kate.
Nadia nodded rapidly. In a quiet voice she replied. "Many things people say, I do not understand. I
have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying.
For example. yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was
carrying. Isn't a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me."
"Don't worry." said Kate. "You'll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a
computer. A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer." Nadia and Kate
were quiet after that. They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson. To Kate's surprise. Nadia
put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard.
Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her. Some of the questions were really difficult, and
no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher said that Nadia
answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.
Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. "Some things," she said in a normal voice,
"are the same all over the world."
B. helpful
C. lively
D. shy
B. angry
C. shocked
D. serious
B. Nadia had lived by the sea before
C. Nadia had never seen a computer before
D. Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness
B. Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.
C. Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.
D. Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers.
B. Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.
C. Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.
D. Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.
At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English. Nadia would not reply
to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade
School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand
what people were saying.
"Why did they do this?" Kate wondered aloud. "I mean, you can't learn if you can't understand the teacher."
Nadia's voice was a whisper. "I understand English. I will learn." Nadia's English was perfect.
Kate was perplexed. She couldn't understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that
moving to a new country probably wasn't the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and
unusual things to learn-all at the same time.
"There're a lot of new things to learn, huh?" said Kate. Nadia nodded rapidly. In a quiet voice she replied.
"Many things people say, I do not understand. I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I
do not know what some children are saying. For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the
USB port on a thin black box he was carrying. Isn't a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me." "Don't
worry." said Kate. "You'll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a computer. A USB
port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer." Nadia and Kate were quiet after that.
They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson. To Kate's surprise, Nadia put up her hand and offered
to answer questions at the blackboard.
Nadia solved every question the teacher gave her. Some of the questions were really difficult, and no one
understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher said that Nadia answered
everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.
Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. "Some things," she said in a normal voice, "are
the same all over the world."
B. helpful
C. lively
D. shy
B. angry
C. shocked
D. serious
B. Nadia had lived by the sea before
C. Nadia had never seen a computer before
D. Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness
B. Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.
C. Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.
D. Nadia understood the maths better than other teachers.
B. Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.
C. Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.
D. Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.
One stormy night many years ago, an elderly man and his wife entered the hall of a small hotel in Philadelphia. Trying to get out of the rain, they came the front desk hoping to get some shelter for the
night.
"Could you possibly give us a room here?" the husband asked.
The clerk, a friendly man with a winning smile, looked at the couple and explained that there were
three conventions in town. "All of our rooms are taken," the clerk said. "But I can't send a nice couple
like you out into the rain at one o'clock in the morning. Would you perhaps be willing to sleep in my
room? It's not exactly a suite, but it will be good enough to make you folks comfortable for the night."
When the couple declined, the young man pressed on. "Don't worry about me; I'll make out just
fine." the clerk told them. So the couple agreed.
As he paid his bill the next morning, the elderly man said to the clerk, "You are the kind of manager
who should be the boss of the best hotel in the United States. Maybe someday I'll build one for you."
The clerk looked at them and smiled. The three of them had a good laugh. As they drove away, the
elderly couple agreed that the helpful clerk was indeed exceptional, as finding people who are both
friendly and helpful isn't easy.
Two years passed. The clerk had almost forgotten the incident when he received a letter from the
old man. It recalled that stormy night and enclosed a roundtrip ticket to New York, asking the young
man to pay them a visit.
The old man met him in New York, and led him to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th street. He
then pointed to a great new building there, a pale reddish stone, with turrets and watchtowers thrusting
up to the sky. "That," said the older man, "is the hotel I have just built for you to manage." "You must
be joking," the young man said. "I can assure you I am not," said the older man, a sly smile playing
around his mouth.
The older man's name was William Waldorf Astor, and that magnificent structure was the original
WaldorfAstoria Hotel. The young clerk who became its first manager was George C. Boldt. This young
clerk never foresaw the turn of events that would lead him to become the manager of one of the world's
most glamorous hotels.
B. cover some facts
C. promote the business of WaldorfAstoria Hotel
D. deliver a lesson
B. The old couple was too poor to afford a luxurious room.
C. The clerk was willing to help those in need.
D. The clerk received an unexpected invitation from the old man.
B. suites
C. meetings
D. hotels
B. Make hay while the sun shines.
C. Man proposes; God disposes (处理, 决定).
D. One good turn deserves another.
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