题目
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If it"s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don"t worry about it. Here are some advice for you to
bridge the generation gap (消除代沟).
Don"t argue (争辩) with your parents. Don"t get to your parents when you are angry, 2. ________ And
you can"t express yourself well if you are angry. Think about what you want to say to your parents. If you
don"t think you can speak to them at the moment, try writing a letter.
Try to reach a compromise (和解). Perhaps you and your parents disagree on something. You can keep
your disagreement and try your best to accept (接受) each other. Michael"s mother didn"t agree with him
about buying a motorcycle. They argued over it. But they finally came to a compromise. Michael bought the
motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days.
Of course, your parents might refuse to compromise on something. In these situations (情况), it is
especially important to show love and respect (尊敬) to them. 3. _________
Talk about your values (价值). 4. _________ Tell your parents what you care about, and why.
Understanding your values might help them see your purposes (目的) in life.
A good relationship with your parents can make you a better and happier person. It is worth having a try!
| A. your parents probably won"t consider (考虑) your ideas if you are shouting at them. B. Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. C. Tell your parents you disagree with them. D. Showing respect will keep your relationship (关系) strong. E. The values of your parents are probably different from those of your own. F. You should love your parents. | |||||||
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| Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can "farm" on a piece of "land" and "grow", "sell" or even "steal" "vegetables", "flowers" and "fruits" on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more "seeds", "pets" and even "houses". Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions. Harold: I don"t quite understand why they are so crazy about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident (自信) enough to face the real world. Allan: I enjoy putting some "bugs" in my friends" gardens and we"ve become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it. Laura: You know, people in the city want to enjoy the life in the countryside. It can reduce my work pressure (压力); besides, it gives me the exciting experience (经历) of being a "thief". Ivy: Well, it"s just a waste of time. Students playing the game spend so many hours on it that they can"t put their hearts into their study. | |||||||
| 1. According to the passage, people can"t _____ things in this game. | |||||||
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| A. grow B. borrow C. steal D. sell | |||||||
| 2. From Laura"s words, we can guess that she"s most probably _____. | |||||||
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| A. an office worker B. a farmer C. a student D. a thief | |||||||
| 3. Which is NOT the reason why people like the game? | |||||||
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A. They want to enjoy the country life. | |||||||
| 4. Where can you find this passage? | |||||||
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| A. In a car magazine. B. In an advertisement. C. In a newspaper. D. In a science book. | |||||||
| 在短文的空格内填入适当的词，填其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。 | |||||||
| A survey has been published which shows that British people don"t like their neighbours very much. 80% of the people who took part in the survey feel that their neighbours 1. h_______ pay attention to others" feelings. 25% don"t talk to the people who live next door and 10% don"t even know their names. In fact, one million people in Britain would like to 2. m_______ because they don"t get along well with their neighbours. According to the survey, the 3. b_______ problem is noise. Many of the complaints about noise came from people who live in flats and old houses. These places often have thin walks which can"t 4. s_______ the noise from next door. The other main problems are disagreements (不和) about car parking spaces, and old people complaining about the young. Some disagreements last 5. a _______ time. In one case, people who live in the same building haven"t talked to each other for fifteen years. Sometimes the disagreements end in violence.In one of the worst cases, a mam killed a neighbour because he kept parking in "his space". Another survey shows that 90% of the neighbours never share a meal, 80% have never had a drink 6. t_______ and 20% have never even spoken. However, when neighbours become each other"s 7. f_______, they are often ready to offer help, as we can see in many parts of the world. One solution to such problems is to talk about them with a professional organization and, if necessary, to sign a written agreement. Now people can get this service in more and more towns. 1._______ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________ 6.________ 7.________ | |||||||
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| America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don"t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) deeply into both families. There is another difficult point for us to understand.Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don"t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take day off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is opposite in America, Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality (好客) at home and enjoy your visit in America! | |||||||
| 1. The underlined phrase "pick up" in Paragraph 1 may mean "_____". | |||||||
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| A. keep out B. give up C. pay no attention to D. continue | |||||||
| 2. Which of the following is the typical (典型的) way of American hospitality? | |||||||
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| A. Treating friends at home. B. Taking days off to be with friends. C. Meeting friends at the airport at midnight. D. Sharing everything they have. | |||||||
| 3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? | |||||||
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| A. Americans are always generous with their time. B. Americans don"t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon. C. Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear. D. Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships. | |||||||
| 4. This passage is most probably written for _____. | |||||||
| A. American students B. Chinese students C. Chinese visitors to America D. American visitors to China | |||||||
| 完形填空。 | |||||||
| Every day cars kill or hurt many people on roads. Sometimes the drivers drive too fast or do not drive carefully enough. Some of them 1 the traffic rules and cause accidents. According to some researches, it is usually the pedestrians (行人) who cause the accidents. A lot of road users are very careless. They walk or run across the roads 2 the cars. They walk in the roads but not on the walkways. They get into or out of cars in the middle of the road. Some do not take the trouble to 3 the green lights and simply cross the roads against the red lights. Many people think accidents often happen in busy roads in large cities, but this is not always true. 4 , Tokyo is one of the world"s largest cities and probably one of the busiest cities, however, there are 5 accidents to pedestrians. The reason is that the police there are very strict and the pedestrians are very careful. Pedestrians never cross against a red light and they 6 follow traffic rules. Do you know alcohol (酒精) is another main cause of traffic accidents? It delays people"s response. Those who have drunk alcohol are 7 in making decisions. They need a few more seconds to react (反应). Alcohol drinking is especially dangerous for motor car drivers. It is not only drivers who may have accidents after drinking. Drunken pedestrians may put their lives in danger as well. | |||||||
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