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This year 1 twenty-three hundred teenagers from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. 2 . They will attend U. S, schools, meet U. S. teenagers, and form 3 of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new 4 and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.
Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George's family. 5 , George's son Mike spent a year in Fred's home in America.
Fred, a lively young man; knew little German when he arrived, but after two months' study, the language began to come to him. School was completely different from what he had expected-much 6 . Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects 7 the six that are usual in the United States:There were almost no 8 activities.
Family life, too, was different. The father's word was 9 , and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. 10 , he missed having a car.
“Back home, you 11 some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”
At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly 12 boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize American school,” he says. “It is far too easy by our 13 . But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but 14 . Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for 15. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”
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Number one is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign , they must not go at more than thirty kilometers can hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number two is a sign that we're near a crossing. We must drive carefully. Number three is a sign that there is a bend in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go round a bend very fast. Number four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. There is a junction at this place. Number five is a sign that there is a hill and number six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number seven has the word “ SCHOOL” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number eight is a sign with the letter “ P ” on it. The letter “ P ” means “ Parking ”. At some places, there're the signs “ No parking ” or “ No waiting”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the number of his car.
【小题1】At the places where you see Sign 1, .
| A.you are already out of a town |
| B.you still have thirty kilometers to go |
| C.there must be many houses and buildings not far away |
| D.there must be a town thirty k8ilometers away |
| A.traffic | B.subway |
| C.turning | D.danger |
| A.each of the eight signs |
| B.either of Signs 2 and 3 |
| C.all of Signs 2, 4, 6 and 7 |
| D.any of Signs 3, 5, 6 and 7 |
| A.teach drivers lesson |
| B.make drivers even safer |
| C.stop cars going there |
| D.learn another kind of language |
| A.Another language. |
| B.On the road. |
| C.What to do. |
| D.Traffic signs. |
A sign is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you see on the roads.![]()
Number one is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign , they must not go at more than thirty kilometers can hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number two is a sign that we're near a crossing. We must drive carefully. Number three is a sign that there is a bend in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go round a bend very fast. Number four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. There is a junction at this place. Number five is a sign that there is a hill and number six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number seven has the word “ SCHOOL” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number eight is a sign with the letter “ P ” on it. The letter “ P ” means “ Parking ”. At some places, there're the signs “ No parking ” or “ No waiting”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the number of his car.
【小题1】At the places where you see Sign 1, .
| A.you are already out of a town |
| B.you still have thirty kilometers to go |
| C.there must be many houses and buildings not far away |
| D.there must be a town thirty k8ilometers away |
| A.traffic | B.subway |
| C.turning | D.danger |
| A.each of the eight signs |
| B.either of Signs 2 and 3 |
| C.all of Signs 2, 4, 6 and 7 |
| D.any of Signs 3, 5, 6 and 7 |
| A.teach drivers lesson |
| B.make drivers even safer |
| C.stop cars going there |
| D.learn another kind of language |
| A.Another language. |
| B.On the road. |
| C.What to do. |
| D.Traffic signs. |
They will play many games, until they know who the winner is. The woman shows no feelings but thinking about all the possible ways of placing her next stone. The old man, on the other hand, looks at the movements of her hands and of her face. This has always helped him to win.
He wins the first three games. She wins the next game, and the man is surprised. He has never lost to a woman. The old man worries about the way the young woman is playing the game. He can’t read her face, he does not understand her way of playing.
“The way I think about the game”, says the woman, “is that it is steps for getting what I want.” Again, the old man is surprised. For him, the game is a way of life itself, and not a model of life. “There is no more beauty any longer. Everything is science and rules. Everything is about winning. Nothing is about playing,” he says.
They cannot agree with each other, but it is not necessary. “Change is a necessary part of life”, thinks the man. “Playing is as important as winning”, thinks the woman.
They start to play their final game.
小题1: According to the passage, the Go games are played by .
| A.Two Go beginners | B.two Go lovers |
| C.father and daughter | D.husband and wife |
| A.a computer game player | B.a computer science teacher |
| C.a computer engineer | D.a computer store owner |
| A.The old man loses the third game to the woman. |
| B.The old man wins all the games against the woman. |
| C.The woman has her own way of playing Go. |
| D.The woman is very slow in learning how to play Go. |
| A.An Old Go Player | B.A Strange Woman |
| C.A Boring Game | D.Winning or Playing |
Toward the end of my three-week trip, I was invited by my Russian friend Nicolai Vasilevich and his wife Yulya out to dinner. At the end of a wonderful meal, Yulya asked if I would like a banana. I politely declined(婉谢) and thanked her, and explained I was most satisfied with the meal. But my mind was racing: "What should I do? Should I offer her a banana though they are as close to her as they are to me? What is the polite thing to do?"
"Would you like a banana?" I asked Yulya.
"Yes," she smiled, but didn't try to take any of the three bananas in the fruit basket.
"Which one would you like?" I asked again.
"That one," she pointed at one of the bananas. So thinking about Russian politeness, f picked the banana Yulya had pointed at. Then I peeled it half way and handed it to her.Smiles on Yulya's and Nicolai's faces told me I had done the right thing. Alter this experience, I spent much time letting the world know that in Russia, the polite thing was to peel bananas for ladies.
However, sometime during my third trip i learned I was wrong.
"Oh no, David," a Russian politely corrected me. "In Russia, when a man peels a banana for a lady, it means he has a romantic interest in her." How embarrassed (尴尬) I felt.
So to communicate properly with people of different cultures, we should watch carefully how people of the same culture communicate with each other. Besides, don’t be afraid to ask questions about their culture.
小题1:Before his first visit to Russia, the writer learned Russian gentlemen are polite to____.
| A.foreigners | B.strangers | C.friends | D.women |
| A.took the skin off something |
| B.put something hack |
| C.made something clean |
| D.cut something in two |
| A.The writer's third trip lasted about three weeks. |
| B.Russian gentlemen never peel bananas for ladies. |
| C.The writer tried to follow Russians~ behavior in Russia. |
| D.Yulya was pleased with the writer's behavior but Nicolai wasn't. |
| A.show us how polite Russian people are |
| B.tell us his funny experience in Russia |
| C.ask us to care about cultural differences |
| D.remind us what we should do in Russia |