America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings 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. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

  Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.

   Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice（慣例） in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine（常規(guī)）. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

   For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

46. The writer of this passage must be ______.

A. an American    B. a Chinese    C. a professor    D. a student

47. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

48. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

A. warmly welcomed at the airport     

B. offered a ride to his home

C. treated hospitably at his home       

D. treated to dinner in a restaurant

49. The underlined words  “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A. strict with time     B. serious with time

C. careful with time   D. willing to spend time

50. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A. Friendships between Chinese   

B. Friendships between Americans

C. Americans’ hospitality        

D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships

 

  America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings 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. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.

  Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.

   Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice（慣例） in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine（常規(guī)）. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.

   For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!

46. The writer of this passage must be ______.

A. an American    B. a Chinese    C. a professor    D. a student

47. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families.

B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives.

C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy.

D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break.

48. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ______.

A. warmly welcomed at the airport     

B. offered a ride to his home

C. treated hospitably at his home       

D. treated to dinner in a restaurant

49. The underlined words  “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean ______.

A. strict with time     B. serious with time

C. careful with time   D. willing to spend time

50. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “______”.

A. Friendships between Chinese   

B. Friendships between Americans

C. Americans’ hospitality         

D. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships

 

請認真閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Carolyn Stradley is the founder of C&S Paving Ine.(鋪路公司)in Atlanta,USA.In the following account,she recalls the job that challenged her   1and skill but left her flying high.

“When the Atlanta Airport was under   2in 1979,we were a new company struggling to make it.National Car Rental wanted to have 2500 square meters of dirt paved   3the cars could be on site   4the airport opened,and the official opening was only ten days away!   5other local paving company wanted to do the job,   6it couldn’t be done in such a short time.”

“Because we were new and really needed the work,we were   7to try harder.We gave National Car Rental our offer and    8our best effort to get the job finished within ten days.We also   9them that if we failed,they would be no worse off,   10they had plenty to gain if we succeeded.”

“We got the job and immediately went into   11.Working at night needed lights,so I rented a machine to produce electricity for the site.Our   12challenge was to keep the rock mixture   13enough.All the available water wagons(灑水車)were rented out for the airport construction,and we certainly couldn’t afford to buy a new one.  14,I got a special   15to rent fire engine hoses(消防水龍帶)and connect them to nearby hydrants(消防);then I   16held one of those hoses to   17down the rock.”

“Those ten days were filled with challenges that  18one creative idea after another.Nine days later,the night before the airport opened,National Car Rental was the  19company that had cars on the parking lot.”

“The key to our success was having the    20to take on any job and then being creative in our approach to getting it done.”

1.A.kindness            B.patience          C.imagination           D.experience

2.A.construction        B.repair                C.control               D.development

3.A.after           B.as                    C.for               D.so

4.A.while           B.since             C.where             D.when

5.A.Some            B.Any               C.No                D.Every

6.A.stating         B.reporting         C.telling               D.warning

7.A.able                B.nervous           C.afraid                D.willing

8.A.supported       B.promised          C.continued         D.improved

9.A.asked           B.surprised         C.reminded          D.demanded

10.A.though         B.but               C.as                    D.unless

11.A.discussion     B.action                C.practice          D.production

12.A.next               B.first             C.past              D.previous

13.A.cold               B.wet               C.loose             D.clean

14.A.Naturally          B.Obviously         C.Meanwhile         D.Instead

15.A.excuse         B.order             C.permit                D.reason

16.A.exactly            B.personally            C.angrily               D.hardly

17.A.pull               B.knock             C.hit                   D.water

18.A.required           B.mixed             C.followed          D.formed

19.A.best               B.last              C.second                D.only

20.A.courage            B.interest              C.hope              D.chance

 

 

第二節(jié)  完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

   When I was a teenager, I volunteered to work at the water station for 10km race. My job was to pass out water to the   36  . I saw all kinds of people passing by and thought maybe I can do it too! So the next year I   37   up for the race. I didn’t do much to   38   except jog around my neighborhood and I had no specialized training, no game plan, nothing. My only goal was to   39   the race.

   On the day of the race, it was extremely hot. I remember   40   at the 7th kilometer, thinking, “I must be   41  ; why do I do this? I will never do this again!” That first 10km race was quite a(n)  42  . I jogged and I walked．At times, I didn’t know if I could finish.

   At one point near the end, an old man ran past me, and I felt   43   that I, a 20-year-old, couldn’t even keep up with a 70-year-old．But then I   44   something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had different abilities, experience, training and   45   for himself. I had mine. My goal was merely to finish.

   How   46   in life do we compare ourselves with others and feel disappointed in ourselves when we really shouldn’t?

   After a minute, it   47   to me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I turned my embarrassment into inspiration. I decided that I would not   48   running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to make full preparations   49   and one day I would be one of those old but energetic runners.   50   I crossed the finish line, I was   51   of my achievement.

In life we all have those moments when we   52   ourselves with others. It’s only natural. But don’t   53   them to weaken you. Turn them into   54   and let them lift you up. Use them to show you what is   55  . Live with your dreams and you are a winner!

36．A．runners            B．volunteers        C. joggers                  D．trainers

37．A．followed          B．a(chǎn)ttempted         C. took                  D．signed

38．A．prepare            B．plan                C. practice             D．help

39．A．win              B．finish                  C. participate         D．inspect

40．A．wandering           B．resting             C. struggling          D．hesitating

41．A．tired             B．crazy            C. ridiculous          D．teased

42．A．mistake           B．a(chǎn)musement   C. decision              D．experience

43．A．discouraged     B．confused          C. annoyed            D．embarrassed

44．A．sensed             B．realized           C. recognized      D．a(chǎn)cquired

45．A．goal             B．a(chǎn)ge                  C. income              D．thought

46．A．much                  B．long                C. often              D．soon

47．A．occurred        B．a(chǎn)ppealed          C. reminded           D．a(chǎn)ppeared

48．A．give out           B．give up            C. give in                  D．give off

49．A．timely             B．delightedly       C. properly            D．personally

50．A．Unless             B．When                  C. Since          D．Until

51．A．proud              B．a(chǎn)shamed       C. doubtful            D．sure

52．A．cooperate       B．compare          C. combine            D．communicate

53．A．a(chǎn)llow                  B．expect          C. discourage         D．forbid

54．A．information     B．imagination      C. qualification      D．inspiration

55．A．unbelievable    B．reliable            C. valuable            D．possible

 

Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing __1__ was something she picked up by herself. After her first__2__, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. __3__, writing stories was simply a __4__ interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher (出版商). __5__, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long __6__ and paid Tracy a $ 15,000 advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for __7__ writer.”

__8__ Tracy’s characters (人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes __9__ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could __10__ the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”

“Can I? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have __11__ when things come to me __12__. “Once, she was wondering how to complete a __13__ set in ancient (古代的) China. __14__ the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese __15__. It came without her having __16__ it.

Though she has published 45 books, Tracy has remained __17__ by her fame. She lives in the same __18__ she lived 27 years ago -- although in a more comfortable home. There’s more room for __19__ in her life -- and it wasn’t just __ 20__.

1. A. skill   B. experience     C. practice D. method

2. A. duty     B. effort    C. job      D. task

3. A. Instead   B. Normally  C. Certainly     D. Then

4. A. general    B. deep      C. personal    D. lively

5. A. Interested   B. Anxiously   C. Seriously  D. Encouraged

6. A. film       B. story  C. program   D. article

7. A. a foreign   B. a popular   C. an unusual   D. an unknown

8. A. Now that    B. Even though  C. Just because  D. Except that

9. A. find   B. turn      C. leave    D. hold

10. A. make up    B. connect with    C. control    D. explain

11. A. events     B. chances    C. feelings    D. moments

12. A. for no reason  B. from a distance 

    C. by accident D. as gifts

13. A. description   B. pointing     C. scene   D. talk

14. A. Surprisingly   B. Suddenly

   C. Expectedly     D. Fortunately

15. A. cooking    B. history   C. play    D. medicine

16. A. known     B. sent     C. realized   D. ordered       

17. A. unchanged  B. excited   C. determined  D. unmoved     

18. A. life   B. city       C. house     D. way

19. A. success    B. work      C. joy  D. variety

20. A. writing  B. reporting    C. luck   D. fun