A man hated his wife’s cat and decided to throw it away.

      One day, he drove it over one mile from his home and left it in a park. But when he got home, he saw that his wife was playing with the cat.

      The next day he drove the cat about three miles away. He put the cat out of the car and went home. Driving back his driveway（私人車道）, the cat was there already.

      The man keep taking the cat further and further away and the cat would always get home before him. At last he decided to drive more than ten miles away. He turned right, then left, past a bridge, then right again and another right until he thought he was far enough from home and left the cat there.

      Hours later the man was still driving home. He was lost! He called home and asked his wife, “Jen, is the cat there?”

      “Yes,” his wife answered, “why do you ask?”

      The man answered, “Put it on the phone. I’m lost and need directions.”

1.The first time the man drove out, he _____.

      A. sold the cat

B. took the cat home

C. left the cat in the park

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

      A. The man liked his wife’s cat and often played with it.

      B. Every time the man threw the cat away, it came home earlier than the man.

      C. The last time the man threw the cat away, it lost its way and didn’t come back.

3. Why did the man call home?

      A. Because he was lost.

B. Because he missed his wife very much.

      C. Because he wanted to know if the cat was at home.

4.How far away did the man take the cat the last time?

      A. Over 1 mile.            B. About 3 miles.          C. More than 10 miles.

 

Take a look at teenagers around, dressed in baggy-pants (寬松褲), drinking soft drinks such as coke, reading Japanese cartoons. Whether you are in Beijing, Wuhan or Hong Kong, you will get the same impression. But should we copy others or should we maintain (保留) our differences?
It sounds convenient that people around the world speak the same language, dress in the same style, eat the same food and play the same games. If the world was like this, you won’t feel strange in any corner of world. But just imagine living in such a strange world. How dull and colorless it would be!
Different kinds of food that people can taste, the colorful and fashionable clothes that we dress in and different languages we speak are all part of the different cultures that our ancestors left us. These differences represent their creativity (創(chuàng)造力) and talent. And we all enjoy different cultures in our daily lives. When you travel to other places, you want to see different things. When you talk to foreigners you expect to listen to interesting stories. These differences in culture are what make life colorful.
But the whole world is shrinking into a small village as globalization (全球化) takes effect and many different cultures are disappearing. In most big cities around the world people wear the same clothes. Fast food stores are everywhere. Hollywood movies are kicking traditional performing arts out of our lives. The colors of our life are disappearing.
There is joke that even the panda and zebra want to live a colorful life. So let’s take action to protect our colorful culture before it becomes as simple as black and white.
It’s not difficult. Learning some folk songs, trying on a traditional clothing and even eating local food instead of going to KFC can help. And we’re sure you will enjoy it.
【小題1】The passage is written to _______.

A．explain cultural differences	B．convince readers to maintain cultural differences
C．predict the future of globalization	D．show some cultural phenomena(現(xiàn)象)

【小題2】The author thinks that cultural differences _______.

A．make the world colorful	B．make communication difficult
C．only exist in food and clothing	D．will never fade away

【小題3】The author starts the argument by ________.

A．mentioning certain cultural phenomena

B．mentioning his view at the very beginning

C．mentioning the opposite view at the very beginning

D．giving examples of cultural differences

【小題4】The underlined word “shrink” probably means “_______”.

A．expand

B．disappear

C．become smaller

D．grow in number

【小題5】The author talks of all the following cultural phenomena except _______.

A．food

B．clothing

C．language

D．a(chǎn)rchitecture

 Dean Bluey is 14-year-old boy from the USA. He became a hero after he saved(救)the life of a girl in another country.

   A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．

   One day，he  46  an email to a friend on the Internet．To his surprise, he received a message, saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The   47   was from Finland(芬蘭)， thousands of  kilometers away from America．Later Dean said to a reporter,  “I didn't know   48   I should do.  It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first．  49   the message kept coming．Now it was easy to see that someone was in trouble. He   50   and found that the sender was a student called Tarja,   51   was ill, alone in a university library. What was   52  , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean telephoned the   53    immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance(救護(hù)車) rushed to the library   54   , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.

　“I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but   55  saved her life.”

1. A. brought      B. lent         C. sent            D. bought

2.A. speech       B. message     C. music           D. telephone

3. A. how         B. what        C. where          D. when

4.A. So           B. And        C. But            D. Or

5. A. replied        B. ran        C. walked          D. played

6.A. He           B. She        C. It              D. I

7.A. worse        B. better       C. harder          D. easier

8. A. teacher       B. friend       C. doctor          D. police

9.A. Badly        B. Hardly      C. Luckily         D. Carefully

10. A. fax          B. better       C. flight           D. e-mail

 

A man hated his wife’s cat and decided to throw it away.

      One day, he drove it over one mile from his home and left it in a park. But when he got home, he saw that his wife was playing with the cat.

      The next day he drove the cat about three miles away. He put the cat out of the car and went home. Driving back his driveway（私人車道）, the cat was there already.

      The man keep taking the cat further and further away and the cat would always get home before him. At last he decided to drive more than ten miles away. He turned right, then left, past a bridge, then right again and another right until he thought he was far enough from home and left the cat there.

      Hours later the man was still driving home. He was lost! He called home and asked his wife, “Jen, is the cat there?”

      “Yes,” his wife answered, “why do you ask?”

      The man answered, “Put it on the phone. I’m lost and need directions.”

1.The first time the man drove out, he _____.

      A. sold the cat

B. took the cat home

C. left the cat in the park

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

      A. The man liked his wife’s cat and often played with it.

      B. Every time the man threw the cat away, it came home earlier than the man.

      C. The last time the man threw the cat away, it lost its way and didn’t come back.

3. Why did the man call home?

      A. Because he was lost.

B. Because he missed his wife very much.

      C. Because he wanted to know if the cat was at home.

4.How far away did the man take the cat the last time?

      A. Over 1 mile.            B. About 3 miles.          C. More than 10 miles.

 

根據(jù)句意和漢語注釋，寫出單詞的正確形式。

1.I have no idea _______________ (是否) to stay or leave at the moment.

2.One of the ______________ (不利條件) of living in the countryside is that you can’t buy everything you want easily.

3.I’m wondering if the boy was deeply __________ (影響) by some unhealthy websites.

4.I sat _______________ (緊靠) the wall, so he didn’t notice me at all.