题目内容
Being an American in China I am often asked: “Why do you come to China? Do you like it? Why do you like to live here?” some people can’t imagine why I would choose to live and work in this country.So many Chinese are anxious to go to the United States, I feel both proud and concerned (担心) about this.Proud because America is indeed a great land, and concerned because China too, is a great land and my friends, don’t always see that.Beauty in one’s own backyard is sometimes taken for granted so I would like to share with you some common foreign observation about China.
1.The writer of this passage is ________.
A.a Chinese American
B.an American Chinese
C.a traveler
D.an American expert
2.Some people can’t imagine why the writer ________.
A.comes to China
B.leaves America for China
C.is willing to live and work in China
D.wants to live in China
3.The writer cares about ________.
A.many Chinese are anxious to go to the United States
B.America is not a great country, compared with China
C.China too, is a great country and his friends don’t always see that
D.beauty in one’s own backyard is some times taken for granted
4.From this passage we can learn ________.
A.people sometimes made stupid mistakes
B.people sometimes take a one- sided view of things
C.people must look at things from all sides
D.beauty lies in love’s eyes
提示:
1. 本文作者是一个在中国工作的美国人,可能是美国专家 2. 参见some people can’t imagine why I would choose to live and work in this country. 3. 见…and concerned because China too, is a great land and my friends, don’t always see that 4. 本文是一个外国人对中国的看法,他觉得中国很美,但是很多想去美国的中国人却没看到,提醒我们要多角度的看事情
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My mother was a household servant. Through her work, she observed that successful people spent a lot more time reading than they did watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and write book reports. She would mark them up with check marks. Years later we realized her marks were a ruse. My mother had only received a third-grade education. Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody.
When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went form being an A- student to a B- student to a C-student, but I didn’t care.
One night my mother came home and I complained about not having enough shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week cleaning floors and bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all the shirts you want.”
I was very pleased with that arrangement but once I got through allocating(分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less buy clothes.
I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual(理智的) preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again. I dreamed of becoming a doctor when I was just a kid. And now I have achieved my dream.
Over the years my mother’s changeless faith in God has inspired me, particularly when I found myself faced with my own medical illness. A few years ago I discovered I had a very serious cancer; I was told it might have spread to my spine(脊柱). My mother believed in God very much. She never worried. She said that God would never throw me away forever; there was no way that this was going to be a major problem. The abnormality in spine turned out to be not bad; I was able to have surgery and am cured.
My story is really my mother’s story -a woman little formal education or worldly goods who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children.
1. The underlined word “ruse” in the first paragraph probably means .
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A.discovery |
B.success |
C.trick |
D.pleasure |
2.When the author asked his mother to buy him shirts, she .
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A.advised him to earn money by himself |
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B.asked him to try to manage their money |
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C.persuaded him not to buy them patiently |
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D.agreed to buy them for him immediately |
3. What do we learn about the author?
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A.He now works as a doctor. |
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B.He disliked watching TV as a kid. |
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C.He received little formal education. |
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D.He often did housework when young. |
4.The underlined word “this” in the last but one paragraph refers to .
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A.God’s throwing me away |
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B.my own medical illness |
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C.the operation on my spine |
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D.my mother’s changeless faith in God |
5.In writing the passage, the author mainly shows us .
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A.the happy relationships in his family |
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B.the benefits of reading for young children |
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C.the importance of formal education for adults |
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D.his mother’s great influence on his development |