On my first visit to India with my friend, Barry, we met a really nice woman on the plane. Her name was Uma. Talking with her made us very happy.

When we arrived in India, we found that our bags weren’t on our plane. It was 4 am on Saturday morning. But we were told that we couldn’t get our bags until Monday. What could we do? As we stood there thinking, Uma came over. She said, “Our car will come soon. Come home with me.”

We went out of the airport and got into the small car. It was already crowded with Uma’s family who had come to welcome her home.

At the house, we showered and rested. They provided us with delicious Indian meals and took us on tours of their city. On Monday morning, their driver took us to the airport, where we were happy to get our bags.

The following year, we returned to India, and our first thing was to visit Uma and her family. We have become good friends. Her kindness was a real gift. Everywhere we went, we met kind Indian people. We also did our best to pass on that kindness wherever we went, just as Uma did.

1.How was the writer’s first trip to India?

A. Boring. B. Bad.

C. Terrible. D. Nice.

2. Uma and her family did all of the following things for the writer and Barry EXCEPT _______.

A. taking them to their home

B. providing them with delicious Indian meals

C. taking them to the airport to get their bags

D. selling them some clothes and fruit

3. What is the best title for this passage?

A. Indian People.

B. My Best Friend

C. My Unhappy Experience in India

D. A Nice Woman I Met in India.

It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, "No, I'm not." Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan, or Thailand, or China. To each question, Tara answered them a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, "She's not from anywhere!" The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Korean.

The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory(介绍的)questions of each other. A student in Tara's group asked her, "Where are you from?" Tara answered that she was from Korea. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara's answer.

"Aha!" they both exclaimed, "You ARE from Korea!" Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized(道歉)to both of them for lying the day before. She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English only.

"I agree." said Rose.

"You're 100 percent right." agreed Jenny, "Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other. Right,Rose?" Rose nodded,and then said something in Korean. All three women laughed.

The next half a year, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break.

1.The underlined word "exclaimed" in Paragraph 3 means " ".

A. announced with excitement

B. shouted in surprise

C. screamed with joy

D. cried in fear

2. From the passage, we can infer(推断)that .

A. Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from Korea

B. Tara said she was from Korea because she wanted to make friends with the student in her group

C. Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her the following days

D. Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't like Rose and Jenny and wasn't willing to speak Korean with them

3.Which is the best title of this passage?

A. Don't Tell Lies B. An ESL Class

C. Let's Speak English D. Three Korean Women

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