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?

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（三） 请给短文拟一个适当的标题

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情景设定：学校运动会正在进行之中。校广播台“荣辱广角镜”栏目小记者萧鸣看到了下面两组镜头。镜头一：男子接力比赛最后一棒，二班王强同学跌倒受伤，仍然坚持跑到了终点。镜头二：赛场周围，有部分同学说笑嬉闹，还将剩余的饮食和废弃物随手乱扔。假设你是萧鸣，请你从上面两组镜头中任选一组，并根据其内容为校广播台写一篇80词左右的短讯。

要求：

1．确定并围绕所选镜头进行表达，短讯内容应给予情景想象和细节扩展；

2．对所选的镜头要有个人观点，提出表扬、倡议或批评、建议；

3．词数80词左右，开始语已给出（不计入词数）。

School sports meeting was still going on.

A bird（鸟）is         tree （树）and some apples are         the tree．

A．on; on             B．in; in              C．in; on                 D．on; in

The books on the table are very nice．Please         them to your brother．

A．bring              B．take               C．have                 D．look

This is         orange,          orange is          orange．

A．an; An; an          B．an; The; an         C．an; The; /                D．the; An; /

--Do you have computers?

--        ．

A．Yes, it is           B．Yes, we have        C．No, we haven't      D．Yes, I do

What do you like         for breakfast?

A．eat                B．eats                 C．to eat                D．is eat

My brother         likes salad        ．

A．a lot; /              B．lots of; /            C．/; a lot              D．/; lots of

I'm Jim Green．          is my         name．

A．Jim; family          B．Jim; last            C．Green; family         D．Green; first

-- Is this T-shirt small?

--No, it is        ．

A．good                B．fun               C．nice               D．big