54. The
underlined phrase ‘figure out’ in the text means .
A. work out B. add up C. guess D. study98B
"As I stood in front of the grave(墓)of
President Richard
Nixon,I was thinking about the time 25 years ago when this
president
helped bring the United States
and China
closer
together.Young people of our two contries
should help this
relationship
grow."
This remark was make by a Shanghai
student when speaking to his
fellow
students at the Nixon Library in California,U.S.A.He
was
one of
80 middle school students from China
attending a month-
long"Youth Summit".The Summit was to mark the
25th anniversary
(周年)of President Nixon's journey to China,which
was the
turning
point in China-U.S.relations.
The Youth Summit was aimed at increasing understanding and
friendship
between young students of the two countries through
visits
and discussions.Seventy-five American students were
selected
to visit China.They also visited the Nixon Library on
July 21
before leaving for jBeijing the next day.The head of the
Library
said he was pleased to see the American and Chinese
students
talking and laughing together.
One Chinese student said,"I didn't
find it particularly
difficult
to talk with Americans.We have our differences,but we
have a
lot in common.Dialogue is good for us."
