I decided not to bring in home any other things with the words Made in China on a dark Monday, two days after last Christmas, though I still keep some in my house.
At work my boss, Mr. White, points out that I am ___36__ myself if I think I have been __37_____ Chinese products, in spite of the obvious facts in daily life.
“Chinese ___38___ are everywhere,” he says, “You can’t avoid those, no matter how hard you try, it is impossible.”
That is the __39____, which I have been considering for months, since I have kept the American car with the Chinese ___40__ in it. This week I was __41___ again of the difficulty of avoiding China when I bought earrings from a local artist. I was feeling pleased with myself ___42_____ I got home and noticed the gift box made in China.
My boss continues, “You know what you are doing? You are ___43__ your dependence on China, not __44___ it,” he says, “You are just cheating yourself.”
The boss, a frequent complainer, doesn’t slow down when I ___45___ to stop him to ___46___ that I am writing a __47____ of stories on the boycott for the business magazine.
“Maybe you can ___48____ it a year without Chinese products, ___49_____ sooner or later you will even ___50___ Chinese dishes,” the nice boss says, “There is no getting around it.”
I ____51____ at him as he turns to leave, quite ___52____.
“Thanks for your support,” I say to his ___53____.
The year is nearly half over. I can ___54_____without them. ___55___, it is a little inconvenient to live without a DVD player, a DV camera or a printer made in China. But a better question might be: How hard could it be to live without Made in China with the whole family?
A．fooling B．persuading C．beating D．enjoying
A．keeping B．accepting C．avoiding D．admitting
A．advertising B．items C．materials D．business
A．story B．plan C．suggestion D．point
A．parts B．engines C．wheels D．goods
A．asked B．reminded C．troubled D．puzzled
A．as B．when C．since D．until
A．delaying B．losing C．catching D．lacking
A．escaping B．obeying C．objecting D．hating
A．mean B．manage C．try D．intend
A．describe B．suggest C．declare D．state
A．copy B．book C．set D．series
A．do B．get C．make D．have
A．but B．or C．and D．for
A．wash B．break C．serve D．enjoy
A．laugh B．glance C．nod D．stare
A．annoyed B．surprised C．delighted D．satisfied
A．honor B．back C．kindness D．face
A．work B．rescue C．survive D．stay
A．Finally B．Honestly C．Generally D．Directly
In the movie Cast Away, Tom Hanks a man named Chunk Noland. Chunk is a businessman who is always busy that he has little time for his friends. One day Chunk is on a across the Pacific Ocean when suddenly his plane crashes. Chunk survives the crash and a deserted island.
On the island, Chunk has to learn to survive all . He has to learn how to collect water, hunt for food, and make fire. Perhaps the most difficult challenge is to survive without friends. survive, Chunk develop a friendship with friend----a volleyball he calls Wilson.
Chunk learns a lot about himself when he is alone on the island. He realizes that he hasn’t been a very good friend he has always been thinking about himself. During his five years on the island, Chunk learns how to be a good friend to Wilson Wilson is just a volleyball. Chunk learns that we need friends to happiness and sorrow, and that it is important to have someone to care about. He also learns that he more about his friends. When he makes friends with Wilson, he understands that friendship is about and that we must give as much as we take.
The lesson we can Chunk and all the others who have unusual friends is that friends are teachers. Friendship helps us understand who we are, why we need each other and we can do for each other.
A．adds B．plays C．shows D． joins
A．such B．too C．so D．well
A．boat B．train C．car D．plane
A．lands on B．hides away C．jumps to D．finds
A．lonely B．alone C．along D．long
A．how B．when C．where D．who
A．So that B．In order to C．In order that D．So
A．an unusual B．a popular C．a lovely D．a usual
A．when B．while C．since D．because
A．if B．even C．but D．though
A．share B．calm C．list D．give
A．has cared B．should care C．should have care D．could have cared
A．reasons B．feelings C．feel D．advice
A．set down B．learn C．learn from D．study
A．how B．which C．that D．what
Music is often divided into several categories, or groups. Some of the categories are: classical music, traditional music, rock music, and jazz.
The first ,classical music, orchestra music(管弦乐)that originated(起源)in Europe a few hundred years ago. Most of the original music was composed, or written, in Italy, Germany, Austria, or Russia. Beethoven and Bach were two famous of classical music. Classical music is usually by a variety of string such as the violin and by a variety of wind instruments such as the flute.
The second type of music is traditional music. Traditional music is that came from a particular .Every culture has its own special of traditional music and its own instruments for playing its traditional music.
_ kind of music is rock music. Rock is generally a kind of music, played with a strong .Rock musicians often use instruments, such as electric guitars and electric pianos. Rock music probably in Europe about 30 or 40 years ago. Rock became very especially among young people.
The kind of music is jazz. Jazz probably from Africa originally.
These are the four types of music. Certainly there are categories of music. In addition, many kinds of music are combinations of classical and traditional music, or classical music and jazz, or rock music and jazz, and so on.
A．kind B．name C．way D．part
A．deals with B．refers to C．does with D．dates from
A．old B．good C．historical D．classical
A．writers B．authors C．poets D．composers
A．played B．acted C．done D．made
A．objects B．things C．equipments D．instruments
A．that B．music C．one D．anything
A．Culture B．people C．country D．nation
A．ways B．means C．manners D．forms
A．strange B．chief C．special D．best
A．Third B．Other C．Another D．Some
A．loud B．soft C．strong D．gentle
A．hit B．beat C．defeat D．blow
A．electricity B．electrical C．electric D．electronic
A．came B．produced C．invented D．began
A．usual B．common C．welcome D．popular
A．last B．best C．fourth D．final
A．began B．came C．took D．got
A．general B．normal C．rough D．whole
A．some B．several C．else D．other
One day, I was walking with my daughter, and we saw a man picking bottles out of garbage cans(垃圾箱). He did not ask us for spare , like others had before him. My 10-year-old daughter asked he was doing that, as he appeared to be unclean and possibly . I told her he had his dignity(尊严), and was doing what he could to help . My daughter had a 2-dollar I had given her, and she told me she to give her money to this man she thought he needed it more than she . I agreed. We are on welfare(福利救济), we have a place to live, and food to eat. So we followed the man the local store, where he sold his bottles and cans. My daughter up to im and gave him the coin. He us loudly as we left the store, and God to bless us.
The kindness was to my daughter. When she got to the a couple of months later, she she had left her at home and it happened that I had not taken my purse along, 38 . Then a lady noticed us and saw how my daughter was. The lady gave her the money to go swimming. Surprisingly, it was two dallars, which was the amount as that she had given to the man on the street.
A．room B．time C．bottle D．change
A．what B．how C．why D．where
A．honest B．homeless C．unnecessary D．homeful
A．others B．us C．children D．himself
A．coin B．can C．toy D．box
A．had B．tried C．wanted D．agreed
A．because B．while C．unless D．though
A．would B．needed C．expected D．did
A．so B．thus C．but D．still
A．off B．into C．onto D．at
A．walked B．came C．caught D．kept
A．begged B．called C．answered D．thanked
A．ordered B．asked C．taught D．celebrated
A．repaid B．paid C．turned D．sent
A．square B．store C．pool D．park
A．knew B．thought C．understood D．realized
A．pass B．money C．clothes D．glasses
A．too B．also C．either D．though
A．sad B．worried C．bad D．lovely
A．exact B．more C．different D．same
When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can’t what it was about, but I have never forgotten the I learned that day.
I was that I was right and he was wrong--and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The decided to teach us a very important lesson. She both of us up to the of the class and him on one side of her desk and me on . In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could see that it was black. She asked the boy what the object was. “White,” he answered.
I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, it was obviously black! Another started between my classmate and me, this about the color of the object.
The teacher told me to go and stand where the boy was standing and told him to come and stand where I had been. We changed , and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I answer, “White.” It was an object with two colored sides, and from his side it was white. from my side was it black.
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must in the other person’s shoes and look at the through their eyes in order to understand their view.
A．think B．suppose C．remind D．remember
A．lesson B．lecture C．class D．text
A．told B．wished C．convinced D．allowed
A．officer B．teacher C．doctor D．parent
A．told B．came C．brought D．woke
A．back B．front C．middle D．side
A．planted B．placed C．had D．fixed
A．the other B．another C．other D．others
A．happily B．fortunately C．clearly D．nearly
A．width B．shape C．color D．size
A．when B．unless C．until D．if
A．fight B．argument C．conversation D．game
A．time B．year C．month D．day
A．places B．seats C．attitudes D．glasses
A．needed to B．was able to C．hoped to D．had to
A．similarly B．differently C．beautifully D．surprisingly
A．Still B．Since C．Only D．Also
A．seat B．stand C．lie D．put
A．situation B．movement C．condition D．behavior
A．unexpectedly B．suddenly C．quietly D．Truly
I still remember my first day in the U. S. very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane at Kennedy Airport at three o’clock in the afternoon. The weather was very and it was snowing, but I was too excited to . From the airport, my friend and I took a taxi to my .On the way, I saw the skyline of Manhattan for the time and I looked in surprise at the famous skyscrapers（摩天大楼） and their man-made . me unpack at the hotel, my friend left and promised to return the next day.
my friend had left, I went to a near the hotel to get something . Since I couldn’t speak a single word of English, I couldn’t tell the what I wanted. I was very worried and started to make some , but he didn’t understand me. Finally, I ordered the thing as the man at the next table was . After dinner, I started to walk along Broadway I came to Times Square with its theatres, neon lights, and crowds of people. I did not feel tired, so I to walk around the city. I wanted to see on my first day, although I knew it was impossible.
When I returned to the hotel, I couldn’t fall asleep, lay and thought about New York. It was a very big and amazing city with many high-rise buildings and streams of cars, and full of and busy people. I also decided right then that I had to learn to .
A．took off B．landed C．dropped D．reached
A．hot B．warm C．cold D．cool
A．look B．listen C．enjoy D．mind
A．home B．hotel C．office D．school
A．first B．one C．last D．only
A．satellites B．lakes C．beauty D．parks
A．Helped B．Helping C．Had helped D．Being helped
A．Before long B．Shortly after C．Soon D．Then
A．restaurant B．shop C．supermarket D．pub
A．to drink B．to read C．to eat D．to listen
A．boss B．cook C．waiter D．waitress
A．voices B．suggestions C．sounds D．gestures
A．similar B．different C．same D．right
A．looking B．ordering C．picking D．eating
A．until B．when C．before D．after
A．tired B．stopped C．determined D．continued
A．anything B．everything C．something D．some things
A．asleep B．awake C．afraid D．alive
A．noise B．voices C．streets D．places
A．drive a car B．cook meals C．teach Chinese D．speak English