America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don ’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship .This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families. There is another difficult point for us to understand . Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China ,we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends .It is opposite in America , Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes , the welcome will be full , warm and real. For Americans , it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!
1.
The underlined phrase “pick up” in Paragraph 1 may mean “_______”.
A.
keep out
B.
give up
C.
pay no attention to
D.
continue
2.
Which of the following is the typical （典型的）way of American hospitality?
A.
Treating friends at home.
B.
Taking days off to be with friends.
C.
Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.
D.
Sharing everything they have.
3.
Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?
A.
Americans are always generous with their time.
B.
Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.
C.
Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.
D.
Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.
Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may be a good idea for those very bright students, it can have terrible results for many students who are not gifted enough. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope. Such students feel that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any longer. They became dropouts. It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers’ work to help their children. To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to those schools opening in the evenings and on weekends—they only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them any real sense of the world. Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students’ hair to their clothes and things in the school bags. Child psychologists now think that such strict rules are harmful to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, even for their parents.
1.
Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A.
The Trouble in Japanese Schools
B.
The Problems of Japanese Students
C.
The Pressures of the Students in Japan
D.
Education in Japan
2.
“Dropouts” are those who ___.
A.
make troubles in and out of schools
B.
go about or stay home instead of being at school
C.
try hard but always fail in the exams
D.
lose hope and give up some of their subjects
3.
Why do Japanese students work very hard at school and feel unhappy?
A.
They want to find a good job.
B.
They want to pass exams.
C.
They’re under pressure from their parents.
D.
They’re not clever enough.
4.
Failure in examinations cause students to ___.
A.
chop out of school
B.
quarrel with their parents
C.
go to schools opening on weekends
D.
have their parents lose hope
5.
According to the passage, it’s necessary to teach students ___.
Welcome to the White House Hotel Special（特价）: now get 3 nights at the price of 21! Enjoy the beautiful English countryside when you stay with us ---we are in an 18th century(世纪) house in the middle of pretty green hills and gardens --- near many of the famous places to see in the Lake District. Go for a boat ride, or walk along the country roads. Try traditional English afternoon tea in the villages nearby. Prices: May—June :$ 40 every person, every night. July—August: $50 every person, every night. (All prices are bed + breakfast)
1.
You can probably read the passage in ______.
A.
a newspaper
B.
a notebook
C.
a story book
D.
a dictionary
2.
How much will it cost(花费) for two people to stay from 20 to 22 August?
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