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speaks two languages? Bilingual. What do you call someone who speaks one language? An American.
To people in many countries, being bilingual or even trilingual is a way of life. But since the mother
tongue of most Americans is English-a language widely spoken around the world-they often don't feel the
need to learn a foreign language. Moreover, people who live in the heartland of America have little contact
with other linguistic groups, making foreign language skills irrelevant.
Actually, though, this"land of immigrants" has always had people of many different nationalities and
languages. The 1990 census indicates that almost 14% of Americans speak a non-English at home. Yet
only 3% reported that they spoke English "not well" or "not at all". That means that slightly more than one
out of 10 Americans could be considered bilingual. Besides that, many high school and college students and
even some elementary school students are required to take a foreign language as a part of their curriculum.
In addition to old standbys like Spanish, German and French, more and more students are opting (选择)for
Eastern European and Asian languages. Of course, not all students keep up their foreign language abilities.
As the old saying goes, "If you don't use it, you lose it," But still, a growing number of Americans are coming
to appreciate the benefits of bein multilingual.
B. All Americans speak English very well.
C. Most Americans can only speak one language.
D. In America most students only study one language.
B. Because English, their mother tongue, is a language widely spoken around the world.
C. Because they don't like foreign languages at all.
D. Because they have poor abilities to learn foreign languages.
B. Trilingual.
C. Language skill.
D. Speaking many languages.
B. Most Americans are studying foreign languages.
C. Most students in America are studying foreign languages.
D. Many elementary, high school and college students are required to learn five languages.
Years ago in Scotland, the Clark family had a dream. Clark and his wife worked and saved, 21 plans for their nine children and themselves to 22 to the United States. It had taken years, but they had finally 23 enough money and had gotten passports and reservations for the 24 family on a new liner to the United States.
The entire family was 25 with excitement about their new life. However, seven days before their 26 , the youngest son was bitten by a dog. The doctor sewed up the boy 27 hung a yellow sheet on the Clarks’ front door. 28 the possibility of rabies (狂犬病), they were being quarantined (隔离)for fourteen days.
The family’s dreams were dashed. They would not be able to make the trip to America 29 they had planned. Watching the ship leave 30 his family, the father, filled with disappointment and anger, cursed both his son and God for their 31 .
Five days later, the tragic news spread 32 Scotland---the mighty Titanic had sunk. The 33 ship had sunk, taking hundreds of lives with it. The Clark family 34 have been on that ship, but because the son had been bitten by a dog, they were left 35 in Scotland.
When Mr. Clark heard the news, he hugged his son and thanked him for 36 the family. He thanked God 37 saving their lives and turning what he had left was a tragedy into a 38 .
Although we may not 39 understand, all things happen for a 40 .
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| A. making | B. taking | C. thinking | D. seeking |
| A. reach | B. get | C. travel | D. visit | |
| A. gathered | B. collected | C. raised | D. saved | |
| A. all | B. small | C. whole | D. poor | |
| A. happy | B. satisfied | C. cheerful | D. filled | |
| A. departure | B. preparing | C. going | D. waiting | |
| A. and | B. but | C. so | D. while | |
| A. Because of | B. In spite of | C. Afraid of | D. Ashamed of | |
| A. as | B. like | C. after | D. which | |
| A. before | B. behind | C. without | D. from | |
| A. luck | B. difficulty | C. hardship | D. misfortune | |
| A. through | B. throughout | C. over | D. down | |
| A. strong | B. beautiful | C. unsinkable | D. huge | |
| A. would | B. was to | C. might | D. must | |
| A. staying | B. working | C. away | D. behind | |
| A. helping | B. supporting | C. saving | D. rescuing | |
| A. for | B. by | C. as | D. with | |
| A. comedy | B. blessing | C. entertainment | D. trick | |
| A. always | B. simply | C. even | D. at all | |
| A. person | B. story | C. reason | D. result |
The Best of Friends
The evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly held image (印象) of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. “We were surprised by just how positive today’s young people seem to be about their families,” said one member of the research team. “They’re expected to be rebellious (叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There’s more negotiation (商议) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don’t want to rock the boat.”
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. “My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,” says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall. “I always tell them when I’m going out clubbing. As long as they know what I’m doing, they’re fine with it.” Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I’d done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”
What is the popular image of teenagers today?
A. They worry about school. B. They quarrel a lot with other family members
C. They have to be locked in to avoid troubles. . D. They dislike living with their parents.
The study shows that teenagers don’t want to ______.
A. share family responsibility B. make family decisions
C. go boating with their family D. cause trouble in their families
Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today’s parents______.
A. go to clubs more often with their children B. give their children more freedom
C. care less about their children’s life D. are much stricter with their children
According to the author, teenage rebellion ______.
A. existed only in the 1960s B. is common nowadays
C. may be a false belief D. resulted from changes in families
What is the passage mainly about?
A. Harmony in family. B. Education in family.
C. Negotiation in family. D. Teenage trouble in family.
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My friend John always has something to tell me. He knows so much that 21 men have to have older and more worldly wise men to tell them, 22 , who to trust, how to care for others and how to live life 23 the fullest.
Recently, John lost his 24 Janet. For eight years she fought against cancer, but in the end her sickness had the last 25 . One day John took out a folded piece of 26 from his wallet. He had found it, so he told me, when he 27 up some drawers at home.
It was a 28 love letter Janet had written. The note could look like a school girl’s scrawls (潦草地写，乱涂) about her dream guy. 29 the letter was written by a woman who had had seven children, a woman who fought for her life and who 30 only had a few months left to live.
It was 31 a beautiful recipe (处方，食谱) for how to keep a marriage together. Janet’s 32 of her husband begins like this, “Loved me. Took care of me. Worried about me.”
“Helped me when I was ill.” The next 33 reads. After that she turned 34 the paper and added “Warmth. Humor. Kindness. Thoughtfulness.” And then she writes about the husband she has 35 with and loved most in her life. “ 36 there when I needed you.” The last words she wrote 37 all the others. I can see her for me when she added thoughtfully “Good friend.”
I stand beside John now, and cannot pretend to know how it feels to lose someone who is as close to 38 as Janet was to him. I need to 39 what he has to say much more than he needs to talk.
“John,” I ask. “How do you stick together with someone through 38 years – not to mention the sickness? How do I know 40 I can bear to stand by my wife’s side if she becomes sick one day?”
“You can.” he says quietly, “If you love her enough, you can.”
21．A．old B．wise C．young D．foolish
A．for instance B．at no time C．in that case D．as a matter of fact
A．in B．to C．at D．for
A．friend B．colleague C．wife D．sister
A．possibility B．chance C．hope D．word
A．handkerchief B．cloth C．leather D．paper
A．fixed B．looked C．tidied D．put
A．small B．long C．descriptive D．talkative
A．So B．But C．And D．While
A．probably B．surely C．certainly D．definitely
．A．only B．firstly C．lastly D．also
A．imagination B．description C．dream D．expectation
A．letter B．note C．line D．paragraph
A．away B．down C．off D．over
A．lived B．dealt C．quarreled D．argued
A．Constantly B．Always C．Never D．Seldom
A．take the place of B．get rid of C．take away D．sum up
A．me B．Janet C．John D．you
A．speak up B．repeat C．discuss D．hear
A．why B．where C．if D．when
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