about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very
expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from
Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it. They
thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt.
They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give
them to their children as sandwiches. Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of
the East In-dia Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next
few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could af-ford to buy it. At the
same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk
without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted
like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk. Because
she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, so they also drank their tea
with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Brit-ons (British
people) drink tea without milk. At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought
of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess (公爵夫人) found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three
or four o"clock stopped her getting" a sinking feeling" as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new
meal with her and so, tea-time was born.
B. Tea reached Britain from Holland.
C. The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea.
D. It was not until the 17th century that the Britons had tea.
B. how tea became a popular drink in Britain
C. how the Britons got the habit of drinking tea
D. how tea-time was born
B. in sixteenth century
C. in seventeenth century
D. in the late seventeenth century
influence of _________.
B. the ancient Chinese
C. the upper social class
D. people in Holland
Valentine"s Day (情人节) is named for Saint Valentine an early Christmas churchman who reportedly
helped young lovers. Valentine was killed for his Christian beliefs on February 14 more than 1700 years ago,
but the day that has his name is even earlier than that.
More than 2,000 years ago, the ancient Romans celebrated a holiday for lovers. As part of the celebration,
girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a large container. Boys reached into the container
and pulled one out. The girl whose name was written on the paper became his lover or sweet heart for a year.
Lovers still put their names on pieces of paper and they sent each other Valentine"s Day cards that tell of
their love. Sometimes they also sent gifts, like flowers or chocolate candy. Americans usually send these gifts
and cards through the mail system. But some used another way to send this message. They have it printed in a
newspaper. The cost is usually a few dollars. Some of the messages are simple and short"Jane, I love you very much". Others say more. This one, for example,"Dan, Roses are red. Violets are blue. I hope you love me as
much as I love you. Forever. May."
Most of the newspapers that print such messages are local, but USA Today is sold through-out the United
States, and 90 other countries as well. This means someone can send a Valentine message to lover in a far-away city or town almost anywhere in the world. These messages cost 80 dollars and more. An employee of USA
Today says readers can have a small heart or rose printed along with their messages this year. Will this kind of
Valentine"s Day message reach the one you love? Well, just make sure he or she reads the newspaper.
B. More than 2000 years ago
C. On February 24
D. It is not mentioned in the passage.
B. a few dollars in a local newspaper and 80 dollars in USA Today
C. 80 dollars, and more
D. very expensive
B. Valentine was killed for helping lovers
C. Readers of USA Today can send roses to their lovers along with printed messages
D. Valentine was honored by people for his firm Christian belief and warm heart
B. To advertise for USA Today.
C. To tell you that Americans are open to express their love.
D. To sell roses on Valentine"s Day.
States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.
In the early years, these schools were much alike. Only young men went to college. All the students
studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science
then, and one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students
graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.
In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers
could receive their training (*训练) in Harvard"s law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began
teaching modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began teaching American history.
As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were
allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.
Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller
schools that deal with (涉及) special fields of learning. There"s so much to learn that one kind of school can"t
offer it
all.
B. Yale
C. Princeton
D. Columbia
B. people, young or old, might study in the colleges
C. students studied only some languages and science
D. when the students finished their school, they became lawyers or teachers
B. Latin, Green, French and German
C. American history and German
D. French and German
B. many new subjects
C. law and something about medicine
D. the subjects that interested students
B. the world-famous colleges in America
C. what kind of lesson each college teaches
D. how colleges have changed
have decided that Chinglish is a disease for China"s modernizing claim and must be obliterated before the city
hosts the Olympic Games in 2008.
A road sign on the Avenue of Eternal Peace (Chang"an Street ), for example, advised: "To Take Notice of
Safe ; The Slippery are Very Crafty, "a warning that the sidewalk was slippery. Another sign in a Beijing park
reads:"Little grass is smiling slightly, please walk on sidewalk".
Li Honghai, the city official in charge of the battle, said: "Linguistic perfection (语言美) is becoming
increasingly important with the rise in the number of the foreigners flowing into the city."
However, not everyone shares the disdain (蔑视) of the Beijing government for the mixed language. "The
choice of words is pretty much. One can either choose the verbs,adverbs, nouns or whatever one likes,"
explained one Hongkong linguist on an Internet website.
So many examples exist that several Internet sites have been set up to collect Chinglish phrases. Many
come from English instructions on packages such as a candle marked with "Keep this candle out of children"
and a model boat-curiously named Posh Sailboat-which means"Please don"t place it in dusty play."
If the battle against Chinglish is successful, Chinese will also turn their attention to the English-language
versions of newspapers, which play an even more important role in teaching right English.
B. exploited
C. translated
D. beautified
B. all the people don"t share the disdain for the mixed language
C. Chinglish usually communicates in many cases
D. several Internet sites have been set up to clear the Chinglish phrases
B. should report the battle above
C. should be paid more attention to
D. should collect more Chinglish phrases
wide. Seen from the air, it look like a long finger. From the sea it is just like a picture we often see.
Manhattan has some wonderful sights. What is the easiest way to see them? First, get a map of New
York City, which is often supplied free at gas stations and tourists offices. You can take a bus tour, but a
better way to see the sights is to walk, and you"ll walk with your head thrown back so that you can look at
the tall buildongs rising like steep cliff(悬崖) on_____ of the streets.
It is not easy to get lost here. The streets of New York from squares called blocks. Nearly all the streets
are in the straight lines, running from east to west. Those from north to south are called avenues. Most of the
avenues and streets have only numbers. The famous fifth Avenue is the dividing line between the east and
west in Manhattan. Here you"ll see the Empire State Building. On the 102nd floor, over 1,400 feet above the
ground, it is possible for you to see the area in which one in ten of all the people in America live. You can also
look down at the other huge skyscrapers, the United Nations" buildings, the Statue of Liberty (自由女神像) in
the harbor, Broadway---the longest street in the world but not the straightest, and the greatest ships in the
world"s biggest port.
__________________________________________________________________________
2. Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
A street known as the Fifth Avenue divides Manhattan into two parts---the east and the west.
__________________________________________________________________________
3. Please filll in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words and phrases to complete the sentence.
(Please answer within 10 words)
__________________________________________________________________________
4. Which is the better way to see the sights in Manhattan---to take a bus or to walk? Why?
__________________________________________________________________________
5. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.
__________________________________________________________
he repeatedly referred to the Korean president"s wife as Mrs. Kim. By mistake, President Clinton"s advisers
thought that Koreans have the same naming customs as the Japanese. Clinton had not been told that, in Korea,
wives keep their family names. President Kim Young Sam"s wife was named Sohn Myong Suk. Therefore,
she should be addressed (称谓) as Mrs. Sohn.
President Clinton arrived in Korea directly after leaving Japan and had not changed his culture gears. His
failure to follow Korean customs gave the impression that Korea was not as important to him as Japan.
In addition to Koreans, some Asian husbands and wives do not share the same family names. This practice
often puzzles (使困惑) English-speaking teachers when talking with a pupil"s parents. They become puzzled
about the student"s correct last name. Placing the family name first is common among a number of Asian
cultures.
Mexican naming customs are different as well. When a woman marries, she keeps her family name and
adds her husband"s name after the word de (of). This affects (影响) how they fill in forms in the United States.
When requested to fill in a middle name, they generally write the father"s family name. But Mexicans are
addressed by the family name of the mother. This often causes puzzlement.
Here are a few ways to deal with such difficult situations: don"t always think that a married woman uses
her husband"s last name. Remember that in many Asian cultures, the order of first and last names is reversed
(颠倒), Ask which name a person would prefer to use. If the name is difficult to pronounce, admit it, and
ask the person to help you say it correctly.
B. introduce the topic of the text
C. describe his visit to Korea
D. tell us how to address a person
B. naming customs
C. travel maps
D. thinking patterns
B. uses her husband"s given name
C. shares her husband"s family name
D. adds her husband"s given name to hers
B. use her husband"s first name
C. ask her which name she likes
D. change the order of her names
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