America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
1.The writer of this passage must be ______.
A. an American B. a Chinese
C. a professor D. a student
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.
B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.
C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.
D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.
3.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.
A. warmly welcomed at the airport B. offered a ride to his home
C. treated hospitably at his home D. treated to dinner in a restaurant
4.A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.
A. Friendships between Chinese B. Friendships between Americans
C. Americans’ hospitality D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships
Linda Eveans was my best friend—like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lesson, movies, swimming, and horseback riding.
When I was 13, my family moved away, Linda and I kept in touch through letters，and we saw each other on special times, like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I sent came back, stamped “Address Unknown”. I had no idea about how to find Linda.
Over the years, I missed Linda very much, I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren, And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then mother died, There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.
One day, I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman—Linda’s married name. “There must be thousands of Wagmans . ”I thought, but I still wrote to her.
She called as soon as she got my letter, “Mrs, Tobin!” she said excitedly, “Linda Evans Wagman is my mother.”Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized at once, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives, Now the empty place in my heart is filled, And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure: we won’t lose each other again!
1.They didn’t often write to each other because they______.
A. got married B. had little time to do so
C. didn’t like writing letters D. could see each other on special times
2.There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she_______.
A. was in trouble
B. didn’t know Linda’s address
C. received the card that she sent
D. didn’t have a friend like Linda to share her happiness and sadness
3.The writer was happy when she_____.
A. read the newspaper
B. heard Linda’s voice on the phone
C. met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda
D. wrote to the woman whose last name was
4.They haven’t kept in touch_______.
A. for about 40 years B. for about 27 years
C. since they got married D. since the writer’s family moved away
假定你是李华,你的英国笔友Tom要来你校做交换生一年，写信向你咨询让他能够尽快地适应你校的生活和学习的方法，请按以下要点给他回信，给予建议，内容：
1．上课不能迟到和早退，要穿校服，保持校园整洁，不带手机回校；
2．与英国不同，走路骑车要靠右；
3．学习上，科目（subject）比较多，要合理安排时间完成作业并尽可能做好预习工作。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头已写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
I’m so glad to know that you will come and study in our school as an exchange student for one year.
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Yours
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（/\)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\ )划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线（一），并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Visiting friends is one of the most common thing in our daily life. Usually, it is politely to call a friend before your visit, so close friends often drop in on each other without calling. Some people enjoy surprise visits from friends, but many people did not. In the USA, those people don’t like surprise visits may tell his friends to call before they come. This is acceptable because the most people are very busy. Drop in at a busy time can cause problems for the person visiting and the person visited. It’s a good idea to ask a friend if he or she mind your just dropping in without calling. What you aren’t sure whether your friends welcome surprise visits, call first.
阅读下面短文,根据上下文填入适当的词语,或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。
I am taught by many teachers in my school. Every subject has a 1. (differ) teacher, but I like my math teacher 2.(well).Her name is Lakshmi but we usually call her Ma’am. She is our class teacher too.
Ma’am 3. (join) us last term. She is very kind and her way of teaching is so4.(interest) and simple that we all can understand everything 5. is being taught and how it can be done. Most 6.(important), Ma’am teaches math with lots of patience. If we do not understand a problem, she will spend extra time guiding us until we understand it. And we can go to her at any time during school hours for help.
She also helps us 7.activities at school. When there is some kind of programs, she will be there 8.help) us to get ready for the show. Even when we go on picnics, she takes good care of 9.
To me, Ma’am is not only 10. good teacher, but also our best friend. I love Ma’am and I wish her a happy life.
A ______thing happened ______me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day ______ I drove to go for a look in the country.
On the way back home, my ______ stopped. It was out of gas on a ______ road far from a town! I decided to walk until I found someone ______could sell some gas. I had walked almost a mile ______ I finally found a house near the ______. I was glad to see it because it was getting dark.
I knocked at the door and a little old lady with long white hair ______. She said, “I’ve been ______for you here for a long time. Come in. ______ is almost ready.”
“But I only came for some gas,” I answered. I couldn’t ______what she was talking about.
“Oh, Alfred! Gas? You ______tea,” said she.
I quickly______ that my car was out of ______, but she didn’t seem to listen to me. She just kept ______ me Alfred and talking about how long it had been______she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to leave. As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I ______.
Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my ______, he said, “Oh, that’s Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big house. She’s strange, but she wouldn’t ______ anybody. She is still waiting for the man she was going to marry thirty years ago. The day before their wedding he left home and never came back because of the war.”
1.A. happy B. strange C. common D. bad
2.A. on B. in C. upon D. to
3.A. and B. so C. but D. that
4.A. car B. bus C. bike D. truck
5.A. narrow B. lonely C. crowded D. busy
6.A. what B. whom C. who D. how
7.A. before B. after C. while D. as
8.A. street B. block C. way D. road
9.A. came B. answered C. opened D. appeared
10.A. asking B. looking C. calling D. waiting
11.A. Gas B. Coffee C. Tea D. Lunch
12.A. consider B. understand C. accept D. think
13.A. like B. love C. used to like D. liking
14.A. answered B. explained C. refused D. promised
15.A. gas B. tea C. strength D. energy
16.A. calling B. call C. to call D. called
17.A. until B. before C. since D. when
18.A. could B. can C. would D. wanted
19.A. accident B. incident C. experience D. surprise
20.A. hit B. injury C. hurt D. frighten
