In my village in China, people are proud of being old．____ people always respect old people．However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a _________ since “old” shows that a person is going to retire(退休) or that the body is not working well．
After I moved to __________ , I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant．Once, when I was ___to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so__________ ．I told her that I had made___________they got their food quickly because I always respect the old._______I said that, her face _____ great displeasure. My manager, who happened_________ what I said, took me aside and gave me a long talk about how they___________the description “old”．I then walked back to the___________ and said sorry to the wife．After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was____________by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer________ ．
After that, I changed the_________ I had been with older people．It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, _________now I don’t show my feelings through words．
1.A.Young B.Old C.Poor D.Rich
2.A.luck B.fact C.problem D.fun
3.A.Japan B.America C.Australia D.I taly
4.A.serving B.cooking C.getting D.putting
5.A.silently B.quickly C.slowly D.easily
6.A.head B.much C.idea D.sure
7.A.Before B.If C.Although D.As soon as
8.A.told B.found C.showed D.noticed
9.A.hearing B.heard C.hears D.to hear
10.A.dislike B.like C.agree D.disagree
11.A.kitchen B.table C.chair D.corner
12.A.begun B.invented C.caused D.turned
13.A.angry B.happy C.afraid D.interested
14.A.idea B.way C.life D.mind
15.A.nor B.then C.and D.but
—It’s raining now and I’ll give you a ride to school.
— What a great ______!
A.Rule B.order C.news D.offer
Which of the following suffixes CANNOT be used to make a noun?
A.less B.ness C.tion D.ment
—You don’t know what great difficulty I had ________ to get the two tickets.
—But the film is really worth _________ twice.
A.managing; seeing B.to manage; seeing
C.managing; being seen D.managed; to see
—David, you look busy recently.
—I’m practicing running these days. I _______ the Xuzhou Marathon this spring.
A. was taking part in B. has taken part in
C. took part in D. will take part in
—What does “mother” mean to you, Sandy?
—Everything. Mother is the person________is always standing in the wind and waiting for me on cold winter days.
A.who B.which C.whom D.what
