根据下面提示写篇短文。

a.歇洛克·福尔摩斯是19世纪末英国的

b.他通常在警察到来之前，就把案件侦破了；

c.许多人信任他，当他们有麻烦或有危险私事；

e.有很多故事都是关于福尔摩斯的，至今他还被人们所怀念.(字数:70左右)

 

根据下面提示写篇短文。

a.歇洛克·福尔摩斯是19世纪末英国的

b.他通常在警察到来之前，就把案件侦破了；

c.许多人信任他，当他们有麻烦或有危险私事；

e.有很多故事都是关于福尔摩斯的，至今他还被人们所怀念.(字数:70左右)

 

In the United States, friendships can be close, constant, intense, generous, and real, yet fade away in a short time if circumstances (环境) change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greeting 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 where it left off and are delighted.

In the States, you can feel free to visit people’s homes, share their holidays, enjoy their children and their lives without fear that you are taking on a lasting obligation. Do not hesitate to accept hospitality because you cannot give it in return. No one will expect you to do so for they know you are far from home. Americans will enjoy welcoming you and be pleased if you accept their hospitality easily.

Once you arrive there, the welcome will be full and warm and real. Most visitors find themselves readily invited into many homes there. In some countries it is considered inhospitable to entertain at home, offering what is felt as “merely” home cooked food, not “doing something” for your guest. It is felt that restaurant entertaining shows more respect and welcome. Or for various other reasons, such as crowded space, language difficulties, or family custom, outsiders are not invited into homes.

In the United States, both methods are used, but it is often considered more friendly to invite a person to one’s home than to go to a public place, except in purely business relationships. So, if your host or hostess brings you home, do not feel that you are being shown inferior (差的) treatment.

Don’t feel neglected (被忽视) if you do not find flowers awaiting you in your hotel room either. Flowers are very expensive there, hotel delivery (递送，投递) is uncertain, arrival times are delayed, changed, or canceled – so flowers are not customarily (通常) sent as a welcoming touch. Please do not feel unwanted! Outward signs vary in different lands; the inward welcome is what matters, and this will be real.

1.In the United States, you will find friendships __________ if circumstances change.

A．die suddenly                           B．pass away

C．disappear gradually                      D．last forever

2.Americans _________ their foreign friends to make a return for their hospitality.

A．ask              B．wish              C．never allow        D．don’t expect

3.In some other countries, giving a dinner party at home is considered _______ than in a restaurant.

A．less formal                            B．less hospitable

C．more natural                           D．more popular

4.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．Flowers are available at all time.

B．Flowers are expensive.

C．Flowers are signs of outward welcome.

D．Flowers are not necessarily sent to guests.

5.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

A．American Hospitality                     B．American Friendships

C．American Invitation                      D．American Welcome

 

My father was 44 and knew he wasn’t　going to male it to 45. He wrote me a letter and hoped that something in it would help me for  the  rest  of my life.

Since the day 1 was 12 and first read his letter, some of his words have lived in my

beart. One it aways times out. “Right now, you are pretending to be a time-killer. But I know that one hay, you will do something great that will set you among the very best.” Knowing that my dad believed in me gave me permission to believe in myself. “You will do something great.” He didn’t know what that would be, and neither did I, but at times in my life when I’ve felt proud of myself, I remember his words and wish he were here so I could ask. “Is this what you were talking about, Dad? Should I keep going?”

A long way frim 12 now, I realize hew would have been proud when I made any progress. Lately, thongn. I’ve come to believe he’d want me to move on to winat com next: to be nrood of and believe in, somebody else. It’s time to start writing my own letters to my children. Our children look to us with the same unanswered question we had. Our kids don’t  hold back because they’re afraid to fail. They’re only afraid of failing us. They don’t worry about being disappointed. Their fear－as mine was until my father’s letter－is of being a disappointment.

Give your chikdren permission to succeed. They’re witing for you to believe in them. I always knew way parents loved me. But trust my That elic will be more comlece, that love will be more real, and their belief in the nelces whi be greater if you write the words on their hearts; “Don’t worry; you’ll do something great.” Not having that blessing from their parents may be the only thing holding them back.

1.We learn from the text that the author___________.

A.lost his father when he was young

B.worked hard before he read his father’s letter

C.asked his father permission to believe in himself

D.knew execty at thing his father wanted him to do

2.What clis the hor tell us in the 3rd passgiaph?

A.Children need their parents’letters.

B.Children are afraid to be disappointcd.

C.His children’s fear of failure held them back.

D.His father’s letter removed his fear of failing his parents.

3.Which of the following is true of the author?

A.He got no access to success.

B.He wrote back to his father at 12.

C.He was surk his parents loved him.

D.He whce asked his father about the letter.

4.The main purpose of the text is to _______.

A. describe children’s thinking

B.answer some questions children have

C.stress the importance of communication

D.advise parents to encourage their children