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luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should
always respect 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. Not 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. Here 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.
B. he respected the elderly
C. the couple wanted him to do so
D. he wanted more pay
B. satisfied
C. unhappy
D. excited
B. people are proud of being old
C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
B. made friends with the couple
C. no longer respected the elderly
D. changed his way with older people
B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.
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in my town. Most of the 1 I spent there was with Mr Gillespie. He never had any 2 , and nobody
seemed to care about his 3 .
I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him,_4_anything that needed to be done. He
became a close friend of mine, 5 he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏) of my hand. Mr
Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷).
I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr Gillespie was 6 . I didn"t have
the 7 to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear they might 8 me he had died.
Several 9 later, when I was a junior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar
face. When I 10 who it was, my eyes filled with tears. He was 11 ! I built up the courage to ask him if
his name was Mr Gillespie. With a(n) 12 look on his face, he replied yes. I 13 how I knew him, and
that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me
the warmest hug I had ever 14 .
He began to tell me how, 15 he lay there comatose, he could hear me talking to him and could 16
me holding his hand the whole time. Mr Gillespie 17 believed that it was my voice and 18 that had kept
him alive.
Although I haven"t 19 him since, he fills my heart with 20 every day. I know that I made a difference
between his life and his death.
| ( )1. A. money ( )2. A. visitors ( )3. A. interest ( )4. A. talking about ( )5. A. so ( )6. A. dead ( )7. A. right ( )8. A. cheat ( )9. A. days ( )10. A. realized ( )11. A. great ( )12. A. happy ( )13. A. apologized ( )14. A. dreamed ( )15. A. because ( )16. A. notice ( )17. A. hardly ( )18. A. humour ( )19. A. forgotten ( )20. A. joy | B. energy B. relatives B. requirement B. looking for B. even though B. mad B. chance B. tell B. weeks B. wondered B. alive B. uncertain B. remembered B. shown B. if B. feel B. rightly B. worry B. called B. regret | C. time C. patients C. condition C. pointing out C. yet C. go C. courage C. remind C. months C. heard C. successful C. nervous C. explained C. wanted C. unless C. imagine C. firmly C. touch C. missed C. respect | D. effort D. problems D. thought D. helping out D. as if D. excited D. time D. warn D. years D. asked D. lucky D. proud D. told D. received D. as D. appreciate D. wrongly D. treatment D. seen D. honour | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| After we finished thirteen miles of hiking, we were tired and our muscles ached as we made our way back to New England. The car ride to the airport followed by a two-hour flight left our legs more worse condition than they were when we first came off the mountain we just climbed. When we heard that two seats in first class on our next flight were available for a bit higher price, we jumped at the opportunity. Our spirits lifted immediately. After all, flying first class was a new experience for us, and we would end our adventure in comfort and style. As we boarded the plane, we noticed that the stewardess(空姐) was working non-stop to ensure the comfort of the first class passengers. She could not walk by a seat without receiving an order. How much she must love her job! She smiled kindly at each one while attending to their needs. As the stewardess walked by our seats near the end of the flight, I looked at her and said, "Thank you and I hope you have a great night." She stopped, bent down, looked at me and said, "Excuse me." I repeated my words and she smiled in a rather funny way, almost as if I had asked her a question that she did not know how to answer. After a few moments she returned to our seats. "I can tell you work with the public," she said. "Why do you think so?" I asked. She answered very quietly, "Because you are the only passenger here to say something nice to me tonight and I really appreciate your kindness." The sense of belonging to the elite(精英) group of people in first class disappeared as we heard her words. Our first class seats offered us more than a comfortable ride. We were reminded that without kindness, we would be flying in no class. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Where did the writer ever go hiking? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. In a forest B. In a mountain C. Along a river D. Near an airport | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Why did they choose to take a first class flight? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. Because they were extremely tired B. Because they wanted to go back as soon as possible C. Because the tickets were cheaper D. Because they wanted to enjoy the first class service. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. After boarding the plane, the writer felt_______. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. proud B. uncomfortable C. nervous D. disappointed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.When the stewardess first heard what the writer said, she_________. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| A. didn"t understand the writer B. knew what work the writer did C. didn"t believe her ears D. had a big smile on her face | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle"s nest rested. The eagle"s nest contained four 1 eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked (使震动) the mountain 2 one of the eggs to roll down the mountain, 3 a chicken farm, which was in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must 4 and care for the eagle"s egg, so an old hen (母鸡) 5 to hatch (孵) and raise the large egg. One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. 6 , however, the eagle was raised to be a(n) 7 . Soon, the eagle believed he was 8 more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, 9 his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked at the skies above and 10 a group of eagles soaring in the skies. "Oh," the eagle 11 , "I wish I could soar like those birds." The chickens shouted with 12 , "You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar." The eagle 13 staring at his real family up above, 14 that he could be with them. Each time the eagle let his 15 be known, he was told it couldn"t be done. That is 16 the eagle learned to believe. Slowly, the eagle 17 dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. 18 , after a long life as a chicken, the eagle 19 . You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle, 20 your dreams, not the words of a chicken. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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