摘要:18.Did Jack learn Chinese before he came to China?A.No.he didn't. B.Yes.he did. C.We don't know.

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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 what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感)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. 3Not 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. 4Here 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.

(一)  根据短文简要回答

1.Why did Jack bring the couple their food very fast?

2.What would Jack do after this experience?

(二)将划线的句子译成汉语

3.________________________________________________________________

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(三) 请给短文拟一个适当的标题

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     "The history of York (约克) is the history of England." King George VI (乔治六世) said. York was first
built in A.D. 71, and it has a rich and long history of more than 1, 900 years. Its history makes it one of the
most popular cities for visitors in England. People can hear a lot about England's history and they can see it
and walk in it. Thousands of people from different countries take a walk through 1, 900 years of history on
York's city walls."York is a great city with many special buildings, old city walls and a famous university (大
学)-York University. Besides (此外), it has interesting shops and many fine restaurants. It's both old and
modern. I really love it." said Jack Smith, a visitor from the U.S.A.
     It's really easy to come to York. York is between London and Edinburgh (爱丁堡), the capital of Scotland (苏格兰). You can take a train from London to York. If you have enough time, you can also take a bus from
London to go through Cambridge (剑桥) to York. Come and find out more about York's history!
1. How many years of history does York have?
A. Less than 1, 900 years. ?
B. Only 71 years.
C. Less than 71 years.
D. Over 1, 900 years.
2. Where is York? It's _____.?
A. in Cambridge
B. in Scotland?
C. in England
D. in the U.S.A.
3. What did Jack Smith think of York??
A. Very boring.?
B. Very interesting.
C. There is nothing to see.?
D. A little scary.
4. What does the sentence underlined(下画线) mean??
A. You can learn nothing about the history of England in York.
B. Both York and England have short history.
C. You can learn much about the history of England in York.?
D. York is the only place in England.
5. From the passage, we know that _____ is the right map. 
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