Once my friend Peterson bought a pack of chicken, the brand of which was very famous at that time. But when he got home he found that the chicken had gone bad. He took the chicken back to the shop and he was paid twice of the price. We may say now he should have been satisfied but my friend would not like to stop. He decided to write a letter to Frank, president of the company, who was also the founder of the chicken brand.
About a week later he received a letter written by the president himself. In the letter he apologized to my friend for it whole –heartedly .There was also a card in the envelope ,with which my friend could get another pack of chicken in any of the shops. In the end my friend was asked to answer some questions.
1. When and where did you buy the chicken?
2. What was the real problem of the chicken?
3. What did the shop ass istant say when you took the chicken back to the shop?
4. W hat do you think is the reason for the chicken to go bad?
5. What do you suggest we should do to get away from such problems?
Two days later, my friend also received a telephone call from the president’s office, asking whether he had received the letter as well as the card and then some other questions. Since then, my friend has always bought chicken of this brand whenever he wants to.What did the friend get when he took the bad chicken back to the shop?
| A．Another pack of chicken. |
| B．Two packs of chicken. |
| C．Double the price. |
| D．A whole-hearted apology. |
What did the author’s friend do when he came back from the shop after he was paid back?
| A．He felt satisfied with the result. |
| B．He wrote a letter to the President of the US. |
| C．He became very angry with the shop assistant. |
| D．He wrote a letter to the president of the company. |
What is the author’s friend’s attitude towards the chicken brand?
| A．He still believes in it. |
| B．He doesn’t believe it at all. |
| C．He will never buy it again. |
| D．He has never been satisfied with it. |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．The company may still be a top brand now. |
| B．The president of the company is a responsible person. |
| C．The company must have closed down. |
| D．The author may also believe in the chicken brand. |
As a group of young African immigrants struggle to adapt to life in the United States, an after-school drama program at White Oak Middle School aims to make their lives easier by first making them a little harder.
Project X is a program that uses drama, dance, poetry and other creative outlets to help students discuss the tough and sometimes painful problems they face as pre-teen immigrants with language barriers. A final unveiling of their creation will be performed for friends and family at the end of the year at Imagination Stage.
Wanjiru Kamau, coordinator of White Oak’s African Club said it’s important to give troubles to group members to help them find their place at the school. “It comforts those who are uncomfortable, and it discomforts those who are comfortable,” Kamau said of Project X.
Kamau teamed up with Imagination Stage after she noticed that many African students seemed uncomfortable talking about problems, such as being laughed at by their fellow students about how they look and talk. When most of the kids join the club, they speak little or no English, Kamau said. Each week, the club typically draws five to ten students who are originally from Africa for discussion sessions and the Project X programme.
“We are going to express ourselves through our words and our actions, and that’s powerful,” said teaching artist Meg Green as she introduced fill-in-the-blank poems the students wrote about their identities.
One student, Frank Ketchouang, 13, wrote, “I am from the world; I am love,” which drew oohs and aahs from the group. Ketchouang has been in the United States for less than a year, said Program Coordinator Chad Dike. When Ketchouang started attending Project X, he had been in the United States for two months and spoke no English. Now he’s one of the group’s most outgoing members and helps translate instructions from English to Creole for the group’s newest member, who is from Haiti.
Many people will give up when there’s a language barrier, “but these students prove them wrong”. Kamau said. “You do have something to give. You are important. When TV, media, etc. are bringing them down, this program is bringing them up.”Project X is intended for helping the young African immigrants to_________.
| A．get over language barriers |
| B．enrich after-school life |
| C．overcome tough problems |
| D．become more creative |
How well the members learn in the Project X program is shown by_________.
| A．their annual creative performances |
| B．their annual scores gained at school |
| C．the comments of friends and family |
| D．the comments of the program teachers |
What do we know about the Imagination Stage?
| A．It’s established by Kamau for Project X. |
| B．It’s a cooperative partner of White Oak’S African Club. |
| C．It’s a project designed by White Oak Middle School. |
| D．It’s operated once at the end of each year. |
According to the author, what Franck Ketchouang wrote was______.
| A．silly | B．simple | C．excellent | D．contradictory |
The passage is written mainly to_______.
| A．introduce the Project X program |
| B．inspire immigrants to never give up |
| C．advocate White Oak’S African Club |
| D．call for more attention to immigrants |
I was interested to read a newspaper article about a new concept in old people’s homes in France. The idea is simple, but revolutionary——combining a residential home for the elderly with a nursery school in the same building. The children and the residents eat lunch together and share activities. In the afternoons, the residents enjoy reading or telling stories to the children, and if a child is feeling sad or tired, there is always a kind lap to sit on and a cuddle(拥抱). There are trips out and birthday parties too.
The advantages are enormous for everyone concerned. The children are happy because they get a lot more individual attention, and respond well because someone has time for them. They see illness and death and learn to accept them. The residents are happy because they feel useful and needed. They are more active and more interested in life when the children are around and they take more interest in their appearance too.
Nowadays there is less and less contact between the old and the young. There are many reasons for this, including the breakdown of the extended family, working parents with no time to care for aging relations, families that have moved away, and smaller flats with no room for grandparents. But the result is the same——increasing numbers of children without grandparents and old people who have no contact with children. And more old people who are lonely and feel useless, along with more and more families with young children who desperately need more support. It’s a major problem in many societies.
That’s why intergenerational programmes, designed to bring the old and the young together, are growing in popularity all over the world. There are examples of successful attempts all over the world. Using young people to teach IT skills to older people is one obvious example. Using old people as volunteer assistants in schools is another, perhaps reading with children who need extra attention.A nursery school is a place where _______.
| A．future nurses are trained |
| B．the elderly live |
| C．children are taken care of |
| D．the old join in activities |
Which is true according to the passage?
| A．A number of assistants are employed to take care of the children. |
| B．The new concept benefits both the elderly and the children. |
| C．The children become stronger after getting more individual attention. |
| D．The children learn that sick people will die. |
What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 3?
| A．The reason why the old and the young are separated. |
| B．The support children need. |
| C．One reason why children don’t live with their grandparents. |
| D．The problem that the old and the young are separated. |
What does the “intergenerational programmes” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
| A．Combining elderly homes with nursery schools. |
| B．Letting the children and the residents eat together. |
| C．Asking young people to teach IT skills to older people. |
| D．Using old people as volunteer assistants in schools. |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．Old people’s Homes in France |
| B．Building Bridges of Life |
| C．A Solution to the Elderly Problem |
| D．Children’s New Happy Life |
One year our family decided to have a special celebration of Mother’s Day, as a token of appreciations for all the sacrifices that Mother had made for us. After breakfast we had arranged, as a surprise, to hire a car and take her for a beautiful drive in the country. Mother was rarely able to have a treat like that, because she was busy in the house nearly all the time.
But on the very morning of the day, we changed the plan a little, because it occurred to Father that it would be even better to take Mother fishing. As the car was hired and paid for, we might as well use it to drive up into the hills where the streams are. As Father said, if you just go driving without object, you have a sense of aimlessness, but if you are going to fish there is a definite purpose that heightens the enjoyment.
So we all felt it would be nicer for Mother to have a definite purpose . Father had just got a fishing rod the day before, which he said mother could use if she wanted to. Only Mother said she would much rather watch him fish than try to fish herself.
So we got her to make up a sandwich lunch in case we got hungry, though we were to come home again to a big festive dinner.
Well, when the car came to the door, it turned out that there was not as much space in it as we had supposed. It was plain that we couldn’t all get in.
Father said that he could just stay home and put in the time working in the garden. He said that there was a lot of rough dirty work that he could do, like digging a trench for the garbage, which would save hiring a man, and so he said that he’d stay home; he said that we were not to let the fact that he had not had a real holiday for three years stand in our way. He wanted us to go right ahead and not to mind him.
But of course we all felt that it would never do to let Father stay home, especially as we knew he would make trouble if he did. The two girls, Anne and Mary, would have stayed and helped the maid get dinner, only it seemed such a pity,for the two girls were eager to show their new hats on a lovely day like this. But they said that Mother had only to say the word and they’d gladly stay home and work. Will and I would have dropped out, but unfortunately we wouldn’t have been any use in preparing the dinner.The author’s family decided to celebrate Mother’s Day specially to _______.
| A．show love for their mother |
| B．show gratitude to their mother |
| C．show respect for their mother |
| D．to make up for a previous appointment |
According to Paragraph 2, we know that the plan was changed because________.
| A．Father proposed to go fishing out |
| B．we thought that driving out is boring |
| C．we failed to hire a car to go out |
| D．the car was not big enough |
What problem did we find when the car arrived?
| A．The car was too old to drive on mountain roads. |
| B．The car was larger than we expected. |
| C．The car was too small to accommodate us all. |
| D．The car was too plain looking. |
Why didn’t the author drop out of the activity?
| A．Because his sisters didn’t join in. |
| B．Because he needed to have dinner. |
| C．Because he couldn’t cook the dinner. |
| D．Because he hadn’t had a real holiday for three years. |
Which of the following proverbs describes the text best?
| A．Everything comes to him who waits. |
| B．Changes always go beyond plans. |
| C．Better late than never. |
| D．Once on shore, one prays no more. |
When several people look at the same person, it is not unusual for each of them to see different things; when you are alone observing one behavior or a person at two different times, you may see different things. The followings are but some of the factors that lead to these varying perceptions(感知,认识):
(1) Each person’s perceptions of others are formed by his or her own cultural conditioning, education, and personal experiences.
(2) Sometimes perceptions differ because of what we choose to observe and how we deal with what’ve observed. It is not necessarily true that person perception is based on observations of a particular person. Your observations may be totally controlled by what others have told you about this person; or you may focus primarily on the situation or role relationship. Most people do not use the same standard to measure their parents, their friends, and strangers.
(3) Sometimes we see only what we want to see or don’t see what may be obvious to others because of our own needs, desires, or temporary emotional states. This is a process known as selective perception. Selective perception is obviously more difficult when contradictory information is particularly obvious, but it can be done. We can ignore the stimulus——“He’s basically a good boy so what I saw was not shoplifting(入店行窃).” We can reduce the importance of the contradictory information ——“All kids get into mischief(顽皮). Taking a book from a bookstore isn’t such a big deal.” We can change the meaning of the contradictory information--- “It wasn’t shoplifting because he was going to pay for it later.”…The first factor given by the author that affects our perception is _____.
| A．our hearing and visual abilities |
| B．cultural background and personal experiences |
| C．the experience one learns from others |
| D．critical measures taken by other people |
While observing a particular person,________.
| A．one is likely to take all aspects into consideration |
| B．one pays more attention to his/her advantages |
| C．children often differ from grown-ups in perception |
| D．one tends to choose certain aspects to look at |
Observation of the same person by two people at the same time may differ because _____.
| A．they follow different standards |
| B．either of them may be slow to catch information |
| C．the time for observation is not long enough |
| D．each of them uses different language to express his/her impressions |
The underlined word “stimulus” in Paragraph 4 refers to _____.
| A．something attractive |
| B．selective perception |
| C．contradictory information |
| D．shoplifting |
The worst thing in selective perception is that ______.
| A．the information received runs against your desire |
| B．facts can be twisted or totally ignored |
| C．importance of the contradictory information can be overrated (估计过高) |
| D．misbehaved children may not be punished |
It was the last day of July and the long hot summer was drawing to a close As for me．1 was out of spirits，and，if the truth must be told, out of money as well，During the past year I had not managed my finances as carefully as usual；and 1 was now limited to spending the autumn economically between my mother’s cottage at Hampstead and my own in town.
My father had been dead for some years，and my sister and 1 were the sole survivors of a family of five children. My father was a drawing-master before me He had been highly successful in his profession and my mother and sister were left economically independent after his death.
The view of London below me had sunk into the black shadow of the cloudy night, when I stood before the gate of my mother’s cottage I had hardly rung the bell．When the house door was opened violently．My worthy Italian friend，Professor Pesca，appeared in the servant’s place，and rushed out joyously to receive me．
I had first become acquainted(熟悉)with my Italian friend at certain great houses，where he taught Italian and I taught drawing What I then knew of the history of his life was that he had left Italy for political reasons and that he had been respectably established for many years in London as a teacher of languages It once happened that I saved him from certain death by drowning while we
were swimming in the sea at Brighton Afterwards he overwhelmed(淹没)me with the wildest expressions of affection and exclaimed passionately, that he would hold his life at my disposal from then on, and declared that he should never be happy again until he had had the opportunity of proving his gratitude．Little did I think that the occasion to serve me was soon to come．
Pesca dragged me in by both hands into the parlor, where my mother sat by the open window, laughing and fanning herself．Pesca was one of her especial favorites，and his wildest strange acts were always pardonable in her eyes．
“Now, my good dears．”began Pesca．“listen to me The time has come I recite my good news．I speak at last…'Hear, hear!”said my mother, humoring the joke“I go back into my life，and I address myself to the noblest of men，who found me dead at the bottom of the sea，and who pulled me up to the top. What did I say when l got into my own life and my own clothes again? I said that my life belonged to my dear friend，Walter, for the rest of my days Now,”cried the enthusiastic little mall at the top of his voice．“happiness bursts out of me at every pore of my skin．For I have found a job for you”The first two paragraphs of the passage serve as an introduction to——
| A．the financial situation the writer then faced |
| B．the season that the story was set in |
| C．the family members of the writer |
| D．the successful profession of the writer’s father |
The underlined word‘‘sole’’in the second paragraph probably means‘‘”
| A．main | B．only | C．lucky | D．possible |
It can be learned from the passage that Pesca
| A．used to be a politician |
| B．was a successful drawing-master |
| C．was quite close to the mother |
| D．wanted to give the writer some money in return |
According to the last paragraph，Pesca was more than happy because
| A．he went back into his life |
| B．he met his dear friend again |
| C．his friend ever saved his life |
| D．he had done something good for his friend |