China is a nation with a very long history and its people are known as the most hospitablepeople in the world.If you visit a Chinese family,you will be surprised at the warm way they receive the guests.
Firstly,you'll feel comfortable even noble by their greetings.Such as,"Are you busy these days?","How are things going with you?","How's your trip here?",etc.Then they will serve you with tea and snacks like sunflower seeds or peanuts.One of the family members,most of the time,the host will chat with you in order to make you feel important.
At the same time,the hostess and other family members will be busy with preparing a big dinner for you.They always prepare more food than you can eat.During the meal,the guest must be the first one to pick up the food.The host will pick food for the guest,which is impolite in the west.But this is the very Chinese way to show their hospitality.
After the meal,tea,snacks and chatting again.In the end,when you're about to leave,they will ask you to stay more time again and again.A perfect entertainment will close by the whole family seeing you off.
Being warm and hospitablehas long been an important part of Chinese culture and tradition.As Confucius said thousands of years of ago:
To meet friends from afar
How happy we are!
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61.What does the underlined word "hospitable" mean in this passage
A. |
朴实的 |
B. |
好客的 |
C. |
勤劳的 |
D. |
医院的 |
62.As a guest in a Chinese family,you are usually offered by the host.
A. |
coffee and snacks |
B. |
juice and snacks |
C. |
tea and snacks |
D. |
fruit and vegetables |
63.Why does a western visitor feel surprised when the host picks food for him?
A. |
Because he thinks it's not polite. |
B. |
Because he thinks it's not necessary. |
C. |
Because he thinks it is very rude. |
D. |
Because it won't happen in western countries. |
64.What the Chinese family do for the guests is to.
A. |
make the guest become one of the family members |
B. |
make them feel at home |
C. |
show their wealth |
D. |
make them fell uncomfortable |
65.What's the meaning of the end words said by Confucius at the end of the passage
A. |
学而时习之,不亦悦乎? |
B. |
有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎? |
C. |
人不知而不愠 不亦君子乎? |
D. |
知之为知之不知为不知. |
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56.Which of the following books is the latest in print
A. |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
B. |
Deceptively Delicious |
C. |
Rich Dad,Poor Dad |
D. |
The Road |
57.Among the books,there is/are written for adults.
A. |
one |
B. |
two |
C. |
three |
D. |
four |
58.Who wrote Rich Dad,Poor Dad
A. |
J.K.Rowling |
B. |
Robert T.Kiyosaki |
C. |
Cormac McCarthy |
D. |
Jessica Seinfeld |
59.If you buy two copies of The Road and one copy of Deceptively Delicious,you should pay.
A. |
23.83 |
B. |
18.33 |
C. |
12.83 |
D. |
11 |
60.We can learned from the form that.
A. |
Rich Dad,Poor Dad is hardcover |
B. |
The road is the thinnest of the four |
C. |
Deceptively Delicious and The Road came out on the same day |
D. |
J.K.Rowling's book is the most expensive among the four books. |
A Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.
First,reading is fun.You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading.You will never feel bored or tired.
Next,you can read a book anywhere in a car,on a plane,or even in the bathroom.All you need is a book.
Another good reason for reading is that it is useful.If you read as a hobby,you will get better and better at it.And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read.As your reading skills improve,you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better.
Some people say that reading is out of date.This is not true.You can read on computers,and the better you read,the better your computer skills will be.
Good readers may become writers,too.They always have more things to write about.
Reading is a wonderful hobby.Why not start reading right now?
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51.Reading can always keep yourself.
A. |
bored |
B. |
happy |
C. |
tired |
D. |
upset |
52.You can read a book.
A. |
when you are driving a car |
B. |
only on a plane |
C. |
anywhere |
D. |
when you have lunch |
53.You can read faster.
A. |
after you read a book |
B. |
if you are a student |
C. |
if you are not interested in it |
D. |
if you read as a hobby |
54.It is that reading is out of date.
A. |
not true |
B. |
true |
C. |
sure |
D. |
certain |
55.What does the passage tell us?
A. |
Reading is a good hobby. |
B. |
You can read on computers. |
C. |
Good readers must be good writers. |
D. |
Reading is fun. |
Are you happy most of the time?Or do you easily get angry sometimes?Everyone has a different temperament(脾气).It is usually believed that both genes(基因) and environment may influence people's temperament in different ways.Scientists have found that the season of the birth also plays a role.
Scientists from Budapest,Hungary,studied 400 university students.In the study,the students needed to finish some questions to know which of four kinds of temperaments they most had.From the questions,scientists found that the students always answered something like "My mood(情绪) often changes for no reason."and" I love to deal with new projects,even if it is risky."These answers were then connected with their birthdays.
They discovered that people born in summer easily change between sad and happy moods compared to people born in winter.Those who always feel positive are mostly born in spring and summer.
The study also found that those born in fall less probably had a mood of depressionwhich may easily drive them to cry,while those in winter were not easier to be angry.
Scientists said that this was probably because the seasons had an influence on certain chemicals in the human body.And the chemicals are important to control people's moods even in adult life."It seems that when you are born may increase or decrease your change of developing certain mood disorders."scientist Xenia Gonda told the Telegraph.
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(1)Ages probably may influence people's temperaments according to the Paragraph 1.
(2)The underlined the word "depression" most probably means sadness.
(3)The answers to the questions of the study were matched with their birthdays.
(4)People born in winter get sad or happy more easily.
(5)The best title of this passage is "The Influence of Genes". .
It was a great pleasure for the family to move to a house with a very big garden.Betty and Tony could climb up trees,grow flowers and even play badminton.They liked to watch the birds flying among the trees in the garden.They even started to put food out to attract more birds.
Everything was fine for a few days until one afternoon there was a strange bumping noise on a window.Betty went outside and found a small bird dead on the grass.Its neck seemed to be broken.
"It must have flown into the window."Tony said when his sister Betty called him to have a look" Ah,yes,look here.You can see the mark where it hit the window.There are a couple of tiny feathers stuck on the window."
"Poor things!" Betty said.
During the next month,five more birds died in the same way."Why would they fly to the windows?"They wondered.Finally they knew the truth.When the birds were flying,they couldn't see into the rooms.All they saw was the reflection(倒影) of the garden,They thought that they were flying into trees because they saw trees reflected by the window,
"Something has to be done to save the birds."the parents decided.
At first,the family tried keeping curtains (窗帘)across the windows,but this made the room dark.Then they bought some strong black paper and cut out the shape of a hawk.They made six hawks﹣﹣one for each window.They stuck the hawks to the windows.They looked pretty and did not keep out much light,When the birds saw the hawks,they would fly away.
After that,there were no more dead birds.The family were much happier.
46.They put food out to attract birds because they .
A. |
had a special garden for birds |
B. |
had too much bird food to feed the birds |
C. |
wanted to see more birds flying in the garden |
D. |
wanted to catch some birds in the garden |
47. birds died in the garden.
A. |
Six |
B. |
Five |
C. |
Four |
D. |
Seven |
48.The bird flew to the windows because they .
A. |
found the windows very big and clean. |
B. |
wanted to fight for more food |
C. |
thought there were more trees ahead |
D. |
wanted to go into the room |
49.The underlined word "hawk" means
A. |
丛林 |
B. |
鹰 |
C. |
山脉 |
D. |
燕子 |
50.The story is mainly about
A. |
why those birds died in their garden |
B. |
Betty and Tony were good at paper﹣cutting. |
C. |
how the family saved the birds in the garden |
D. |
the family had a new house with a big garden. |