题目内容
Every Chinese-language textbook starts out with the standard phrases for greeting people; but as an American, I always found myself 1 to speak freely when it came to seeing guests off at the door. Just a good-bye would not do, yet that was all I had ever learned from the 2 books. So I would smile and nod, bowing like a Japanese and searching madly for words that would 3 over the visitor's leaving and make them feel they would be welcome to come again. In my unease, I often hid behind the skirts of my Chinese husband's kindness.
Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrases that 4 relationships and sent people off not only successfully but also skillfully.
5 for the Chinese includes a lot of necessary habitual practice. Although as a foreigner, I'm not expected to observe or even know all the rules, I've had to learn the expressions of politeness and 6 at a leaving-taking.
The Chinese feel they 7 see a guest off to the farthest possible point-down the flight of stairs to the street below or perhaps all the way to the nearest bus stop. I've sometimes waited half an hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, 8 he's gone to the bus stop and waited for the bus to arrive.
That's very well, but when I'm the guest being seen off, my protests are always 9 . My hostess or host, or both, insists on 10 me down the stairs and well on my way, with my repeating the “Don't 11 to see me off at the every landing”. If I try to go fast to 12 them from following, they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me. Better to accept the inevitable (不可避免的).
Besides, that’s going against Chinese 13 , because haste (doing things quickly) is to be avoided. What do you say when you 14 someone?Not “farewell or Godspeed (祝福)”, but “Go slowly”. To the Chinese it means “Take care” or “Watch your 15 ”,or some such caution, but translated literally it means “Go slowly.”
1. A. easy B. difficult C. unable D. effective
2.A.useful B. terrible C. priceless D. proper
3.A.smooth B. talk C. calm D. take
4.A.speeded B. broke C. destroyed D. eased
5.A.Parting B. Leaving C. Separating D. Interviewing
6.A.protest B. refuse C. explain D. state
7.A.can B. will C. may D. must
8.A.although B. unless C. if D. since
9.A.effective B. unnecessary C. useless D. troublesome
10.A.leading B. seeing C. inviting D. pushing
11.A.trouble B. have C. decide D. walk
12.A.protect B. keep C. discourage D. dismiss
13.A.rule B. custom C. design D. opinion
14.A.meet with B. talk with C. part from D. call on
15.A.foot B. health C. shoe D. step
1-15 CBADA ADDCB ABBCD
THE WAY TO READ FAST
Perhaps you have been told about some habits(习惯) which stop a person reading fast、and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have.
Do you still have any of these bad habits7 Check yourself by answering "yes" or "no" to
these questions:
1. Do you move your lips(嘴唇) when reading silently?
2. Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
3. Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
4. Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, start at once to break the habit.
If you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading. Then if your lips move, you will know it and can stop them.
If you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand. Then you will not have a free finger to use in pointing while reading.
If you move your head, place your chin(下巴)in one hand, and hold your head still(不动地,静止地).
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take in more words at each glance(看一眼) as your eyes travel across the lines of words.
【小题1】You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading
| A.to hold a piece of paper between them |
| B.to stop yourself talking to others |
| C.to tell others to be silent |
| D.to feel whether y our lips move or not |
| A.you need to read the words out |
| B.you need to look at every word carefully |
| C.you need to read several words at a time |
| D.you need to remember every word |
| A.don’t use your finger to point to words |
| B.don’t hold your books with your hands |
| C.don’t hold your head still |
| D.don’t do any of the things mentioned(提到)above. |