Auddrey is a Chinese –American student.She has found many value(价值观)differences between the Chinese and Americans.
About money
American children love to make money by themselves.Chinese children always ask their parents for money.
American parents don’t think it is useful to send thir children to an expensive university.Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities even if it could make them very poor.
About school
Many American girls take part in sports,dancing and singing groups.ManyChinese girls take part in academic(学术的)groups.
American students usually feel happy when they get B in an exam.Chinese students feel sad when thsey get B.
American parents and Chinese parents
American parents allow their daughtgers or sons to go out with their friends if they come back home at the certain time .Chinese parents usually don’t allow their children in middle school to go out with their friends at night .
American teachers and Chinese teachers
During parent–teacher meetings ,American teachers will always find good things to say to the parents ,even to those with the worst grades.But Chinese teachers often tell the parents the mistakes that their children made at school.
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【小题1】American children prefer making money by themselves.
【小题2】All American and Chines parents send their children to expensive universities.
【小题3】Chinese girls spend more time doing sports,singing and dancing than American girls.
【小题4】Chinese children usually aren’t allowed to go out with their friends at night.
【小题5】American teachers look at the bad side of the students as much as they can.
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Dear Dr Jackson,
My parents are never happy with me. They are always criticizing (批评) my clothes, my hair and the music I listen to. They hate my friends' looks and they keep complaining when I go with them. I'm not allowed to stay out as late as my friends do, so I can't have any fun, My parents only seem to care about my school marks. Although I love them, sometimes I feel we live in different worlds. If they love me, can't they understand me? How can I make them understand me?
Dear Angel,
Your problem is common (共同的) to both teenagers and parents. Don't worry, bacause all this is natural.You see, your parents have grown up at a different time and they have different experiences. So, they think some things are strange, but you find the same things ordinary. For example, the music you like may sound like noise to them. Your parents love you, so they feel they must protect you from whatever they find strange.On the other hand, you don't want to be different from other teenagers, so you feel that your parents restrict you.
I think you should talk about this problem with your parents. Try to explain to them what you want and make them know they can believe you. Sooner or later. they'll find you are a responsible (有责任心的) person and they will give you more freedom (自由).
【小题1】Why has Angel written to Dr Jackson?
| A．Because her parents make her happy. |
| B．Because her parents can't understand her. |
| C．Because her friends don't like her parents. |
| D．Because her parents don't think she is good at school. |
| A．more fun | B．less freedom |
| C．more freedom | D．less clothes |
| A．Be different from the other teenagers. |
| B．Don't tell her parents what she wants to do. |
| C．Take no notice of her parents and do whatever she likes. |
| D．Discuss her problem with her parents. |
| A．限制 | B．保护 |
| C．放纵 | D．抛弃 |
| A．According to Dr Jackson, Angel's problem isn't usual. |
| B．Angel's father likes the music that Angel likes. |
| C．Angel should show her parents that she is a responsible person. |
| D．Angel doesn't love her parents at all. |
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Youth, friendship and love are the main themes of this year’s Chinese movies, such as So Young(《致青春》) and American Dreams in China(《中国合伙人》). Tiny Times(《小时代》), one of the most popular movies this summer, also has the same features.
The movie was based on author and director Guo Jingming’s novel of the same name. It tells a story about four girls who come from different backgrounds and of different personalities. Since it was shown on June 27, Tiny Times has made 483 million yuan at the box office. The sequel(续集) of it was shown on Aug 8 and it has also been a big box office hit.
Cao Yuhan, 13, a high school student at Beijing Jianhua Experimental School, is a big fan of the movie. “I’m deeply touched by their friendship,” Cao said. “When Nan Xiwang is in trouble, the other three girls try their best to help her, even running barefoot （光脚）in the snow. However, not everyone has had good things to say. The people’s Daily said that the film went too far in encouraging youths to become materialistic(物质至上主义的). Film commentator Raymond Zhou wrote on his online blog that “Buying luxury goods (奢侈品)seems as a way to express love or friendship, and the word ‘money’ is repeated over and over again. Song Kexin, 14, a high school student at Zhida Middle School in Taiyuan, Shanxi, shows a typical example of a fan’s attitude(态度). And that’s to look for the positive value. “That movie is a little far from our daily life. My friends and I are not having parties every day,” Song said, “But I admire Tang Wanru’s optimistic attitude（乐观态度）. She’s always looking at the bright side of life. I should learn from her.”
【小题1】Which is NOT one of the main themes of this year’s Chinese movies?
| A．Youth | B．Love | C．War | D．Friendship |
| A．is more popular than the other two movies |
| B．was made from Guo Jingming’s novel |
| C．tells about four girls with similar personalities |
| D．opened in Chinese cinemas on August 8 |
| A．The four girls’ friendship is touching. |
| B．It encourages the young to work hard. |
| C．It has many advertisements for luxury goods. |
| D．It shows money expresses love or friendship. |
| A．optimistic attitude | B．rich family background |
| C．good looks | D．excellent grades at school |
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If you live in the United States, the law says you can’t have a full-time job until you are 16 years old. At 14 or 15, you can work part-time after school or on weekends, and during summer you can work 40 hours each week. Does all that mean that if you are younger than 14, you can’t earn (赚) your own money? Of course not! Kids who are between the ages of 10 and 13 can earn money by doing lots of things.
Valerie, 11, told us that she made money by cleaning up other people’s yards. Lena, 13, makes money by knitting (织) dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors, and Reisa said she had started taking art classes and showing her work to people. People have asked her to draw pictures for them and they pay her for them. Jasmine, 13, writes articles for different magazines!
Earning is learning. By working to earn your own money, you are learning the skills you will need to succeed in life. These skills can include things like getting along with others, using technology (技术) and using your time. Some people think that asking for money is a lot easier than earning it; however, when you make your own money, you don’t have to depend on someone else. The five dollars that you earn will probably make you feel a lot better in your hand than the twenty dollars you ask for.
【小题1】Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of _________ in the USA.
A. 17 B. 14 C. 13 D. 10
【小题2】If you are 15 years old, you can’t work _________.
| A．after school | B．on weekends | C．during summer | D．on weekdays |
| A．cleaning up other people’s yards |
| B．drawing pictures for others |
| C．writing articles for different magazines |
| D．knitting dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors |
| A．parents won’t let their children earn their own money |
| B．it’s hard for kids under 14 years old to earn money in the USA |
| C．kids can learn skills if they try to earn money on their own |
| D．if kids try to earn money, they won’t have enough time to study |
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Korean culture is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.
The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is still popular. People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun (裴勇俊).
In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).
The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars don’t make plastic surgery look shameful (丢面子的).
Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.
【小题1】 What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to ____..
| A．Korean TV dramas | B．Korean culture |
| C．Korean language | D．Korean actors |
| A．the Korean pop songs | B．Taekwondo |
| C．the TV series “Winter Sonata” | D．the Korean food |
| A．Bae Yong Jun. | B．Baby Vox. | C．S. E. S | D．Finke |
| A．singing pop songs | B．acting in TV dramas |
| C．trying different food | D．having plastic surgery |
| A．Winter Sonata tells a very famous love story. |
| B．Young people like Korean pop stars’ clothes and hairstyles. |
| C．Chinese girls also want to try plastic surgery. |
| D．Korean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful. |
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Many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language because they don’t want them to lose their mother language.
In the city of Portland in the USA, there is a weekend Chinese school in a church. In the school, there are Chinese kids and American kids. They study Chinese on Saturdays and Sundays. Teachers at the school are usually some overseas Chinese women. Miss Tian is one of them. She is from Beijing. She teaches her students many Chinese characters, sentences and Chinese songs.
Most of these kids speak English better than Chinese, because they spend most of their time at the local school, and their classmates are American.Their teachers teach them in English.
When the overseas Chinese children get home after school, their parents often speak Chinese to them. Only at that time do they think they are at home.
【小题1】Why do many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language?
| A．Because they want them to speak Chinese. |
| B．Because they don’t want them to lose their mother language. |
| C．Because they live in China. |
| D．Because they can’t speak English. |
| A．In their school. |
| B．At home. |
| C．In a park |
| D．In a weekend Chinese school in a church. |
| A．Some overseas Chinese women. |
| B．Their classmates. |
| C．Their parents. |
| D．Their friends. |
| A．Most kids speak Chinese better than English. |
| B．Most kids speak English better than Chinese. |
| C．Most kids speak Chinese as well as English. |
| D．Most kids can’t speak Chinese at all. |
| A．How to learn Chinese? |
| B．How to learn English? |
| C．Never forget your mother language |
| D．Learning Chinese is important |
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New York is one of the last large American cities to have some of its policemen on horseback. The New York police have 170 horses working in certain parts of the city. The horses are expensive to feed, but it is even more expensive to look after them. Because the horses must walk on the streets, they need special horseshoes. In fact, they need more than 8,000 of them each year. Every police horse in New York gets new shoes every month. Keeping these shoes in good repair is the job of six blacksmiths(铁匠). There are only about thirty-five of these blacksmiths in the whole United States. The cost of shoeing a horse is between twenty dollars and thirty-five dollars, and it takes a good blacksmith two or three hours to do the job.
A blacksmith’s job is not an easy one. He must be able to shape a shoe from a piece of metal and then fit it to the horse’s foot. The blacksmith must bend over all the time when he is fitting the shoe and must hold the weight of the horse’s leg while he works. Clearly, a blacksmith must be very strong. But even more important, he must be able to deal with horses---for before the blacksmith can begin his work, he has to get the horse to lift its leg.
One of the blacksmiths in New York is James Corbin. He came to the country from Ireland in 1948. He not only makes horseshoes for the police but also works for a group of horse owners near the city. Corbin became interested in blacksmithing because his father did it, and, as he puts it, “It’s a good way to make a living.”
【小题1】According to the reading passage, a blacksmith must be likely a ________________ man.
| A．clever | B．rich | C．strong | D．lucky |
| A．was interested in horses |
| B．was needed by the policemen |
| C．drew a picture of the horseshoe |
| D．had to make a living |
| A．fit it on the horse’s foot |
| B．use it for two or three hours |
| C．make the form of a horseshoe from a piece of metal |
| D．draw a picture of the shoe |
| A．Policemen on Horseback |
| B．Blacksmiths and Horseshoeing |
| C．James Corbin, a Blacksmith |
| D．Horseshoeing is a Good Way to Make a Living |
| A．Only a few large American cities have some policemen on horseback. |
| B．New York is the only city in America to have some policemen on horseback. |
| C．Policemen on horseback enjoy travelling around the United States. |
| D．Policemen on horseback are less expensive than those in cars. |
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Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example, they can help people save much time, and they can help people work out many problems they can't do easily: Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.
They hope computers can help them improve(提高) their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.
In some other countries, even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves.
【小题1】Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _______.
| A．our country asks us to learn it |
| B．it can help us a lot |
| C．we can use it to play games |
| D．it can help us to find jobs |
| A．Their students and children use computers to study. |
| B．Computers let them lost their jobs. |
| C．Computers make the students and children fall behind. |
| D．Computers bring people a lot of trouble, |
| A．also bring us trouble |
| B．bring us happiness only |
| C．are hated by people |
| D．are bad for people's health |
| A．computers are used by people |
| B．people can live well without computers |
| C．one must decide how to use computers |
| D．computers are strange machines |
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The right name is important in the business world. All you have to do is think of the names for some of the products you buy every day and you’ll agree that the name and the product are connected in the everyone’s mind.
In many countries, successful trade or brand names are protected by law. This is so that other companies cannot make a product and, in fact, be buying something different. Businesses register a company or a product name with the government. In fact, more than 1,000 product and company names are registered every hour. Many companies spend a lot of money to find the right name for their products. A good example of this is. In the car industry. Some successful names for cars have powerful associations （联系）.The Ford Mustang and the Jaguar are only two examples of choosing the names of animals that are fast and strong.
When a U. S company decides to sell its product in another country, it has to make sure that the product name translates properly. When Coca-Cola introduced its soft drink to China, it looked for the right name. It wanted a name that would do two things. One was to present its image（形象）in Chinese and the second was to be close to its first brand name—Coke. It took some efforts before finding the right word —which sounds similar and translates as “happiness in the mouth”. Asian company names are not new to the United States. The brand names of Samsung and Sony have been successful. Finding the right brand name is a big business. Asian companies that sell to foreign markets pay to find a name that will connect with its customers. There are even naming companies that specialize in inventing product names. These companies can charge （要价）up to $100,000 a word for their creations. But it’s worth it. Successful companies know how important the right brand names are for their development.
【小题1】Why are trade names protected by law in many countries?
| A．To make companies pay for naming service. |
| B．To help people choose the best products |
| C．To present good images of the products. |
| D．To prevent good images from being copied |
| A．Many companies care about the cost of finding the right names |
| B．Creative trade names can help companies to have a larger sale |
| C．The government often does business with naming companies |
| D．It is considered necessary for cars to be names after animals |
| A．The Business of Names |
| B．The Development of Names |
| C．The Rules of Naming Business |
| D．The Methods of Choosing Names |
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