How the Americans view love
An old song says that " love makes the world go around" If you watch Americans on Valentine's Day, you can believe it. The whole country breaks out with little red hearts. Lovestruck people give cards, flowers and candy to their sweethearts.
The American concept of love and romance begins with dating. Young people date in several ways. At first they might have group dates with several boys and girls together. Later, they start going on single date - just one boy and one girl.
When two couples go out together, it's called double dating. A friend might even arrange a blind date for you with someone you don't know who your partner will be until the time of the date.
American young people see a date as a time just to have fun. They don't always have a romantic interest in mind. Someone may go out with one person this week, and another the next. After a while, a boy and a girl may decide they want to go steady. This means they think of each other as boyfriend and girlfriend. It also
means they don't want to date anyone else. Romance is beginning to bloom.
Romance love is v
ery much a part of American culture. Movies, TV shows and books in America all picture people falling in love. Actually, people all over the world search for happiness in a loving relationship. Maybe love does make the world go around.
【小题1】 How do you understand the understand sentence in the first paragraph?
| A．Many young people's hearts break in America that day. |
| B．You can see many pictures of little red hearts all over America that day. |
| C．People all over the world show their hearts to each other that day. |
D．people go out with their warm hearts t hat day |
nds of dates a
re mentioned in the passage?| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
| A．You can not see who is your partner during the date. |
| B．The partner of your date is a stranger. |
| C．Your date is arranged secretly. |
| D．You will not know your partner until the date begins. |
hich of the following statement is true about American's view of romantic?| A．Romance love is the most important thing in the world |
| B．People all over the world search for romance love |
| C．Date is one thing, romantic is another. |
| D．They can find their ideal love in movies, TV shows and books |
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Christmas is over. And I got my wanted radio-controlled truck. But you would not believe the ___1___ and work that went into getting this holy toy.
For over a month I stared at ___2___ magazines I received from my friend until I had made up my ___3___: I wanted a Pumpkin truck. I ___4___ to work immediately, dropping hints to my father about it.
My first job was to tell him about how the steering(操纵杆) on my old car didn’t ___5___, but he just blamed the problems on my bad ___6___.
My next plan would have to be more ___7___. “Look at this, Dad, the truck with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250!” You can’t ___8___ to miss out on this bargain!”
His ___9___ was that he certainly could afford to miss this ___10___ and for US$250 you could buy ___11___ educational like a telescope. “A telescope? To look at the moon? I’ll look at it when I’m 97 years old and living in a ___12___ home! This is my youth! I am supposed to run about.”
I went to my room, ___13___ at how mean(吝啬的) my father was. It was obvious that he didn’t ___14___ that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck.
When I ___15___ on Christmas morning I wasn’t excited. I had been ___16___. I opened all my presents until there was just one big package ___17___. “The telescope,” I thought. I ___18___ the packaging and looked at the top of the box—it was a Pumpkin truck. I had ___19___! I loved my parents! I felt like I could do anything! I could ___20___ get an A+ in English class.
1. A. pain B. attempt C. joy D. shyness
2. A. housing B. fishing C. car D. fashion
3. A. mind B. idea C. opinion D. head
4. A. get B. set C. searched D. went
5. A. operate B. run C. start D. work
6. A. riding B. driving C. thinking D. keeping
7. A. strong B. practical C. ideal D. obvious
8. A. afford B. pay C. allow D. stand
9. A. talk B. expression C. face D. response
10. A. truck B. telescope C. chance D. bargain
11. A. one B. something C. everything D. nothing
12. A. heating B. loving C. nursing D. finding
13. A. pleased B. good C. expert D. angry
14. A. say B. believe C. care D. learn
15. A. went off B. woke up C. rang up D. found out
16. A. worried B. instructed C. warned D. defeated
17. A. opened B. wrapped C. left D. faded
18. A. recovered B. refused C. reopened D. removed
19. A. won B. done C. beaten D. failed
20. A. ever B. already C. still D. even
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Mom creates a kind of give-and-take relationship with wildlife in her yard. She knows to pick the apples on her trees a little early to fend off the bears and that if she leaves the bird feeders out at night, it’s likely they’ll be knocked down by a family of raccoons (浣熊). Spiders that make their way into the house are captured (捕获) in a juice glass and set loose in the garden.
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Why does the author say Earth Day is connected with Mother’s Day?
A. Because Mother’s Day falls shortly after Earth Day.
B. To stress that all the older women in her family are environmentalists.
C. To stress how much her mother cares about the environment.
D. Because on Mother’s Day her mother shows her how to be friend to nature.
According to the fourth paragraph, which of the following is the author’s mother NOT likely to do?
A. When she came across a lost dog, she helped it to find its shelter.
B. In spring, she spent some time watching the plants growing in the garden.
C. She joined in the campaign to encourage the public to contribute actively towards a better environment.
D. She walked to a nearby shop which was within ten minutes’ walk rather than drove there.
What can we conclude from the article?
A. The author’s mother is very patient with her children.
B. The author’s mother knows how to live in harmony with nature.
C. The author’s mother always took care of the wildlife that came into her yard.
D. The author’s mother used to remind her to slow down to protect the environment.
We can infer from the article that ______.
A. the author thinks that too many people now label themselves environmentalists
B. the author’s mother knows how to get rid of the wildlife in her yard
C. the author believes that only by learning to slow down, can we enjoy life
D. the author realizes that she should teach her children by example as well
What is the main idea of the last three paragraphs?
A. How the author taught her children to protect the environment.
B. How the author’s mother influenced the author.
C. What inspired the author to slow down and enjoy life.
D. How the author spent her time with her children.
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Meditations manage their daily tasks better because they ________ .
A . are given less pressure
B. allocate their attention better
C. have more stimuli for life
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In the experiment ,volunteers doing meditation for longer hours _____ .
A. were more likely to catch both of the members
B. were used to memorizing numbers in groups
C. usually ignored the first number observed
D. paid more attention to numbers than to letters
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A .meditation improves one’s health
B .brain activity can be recorded
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下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
| 例如： It was very nice to get your invitation to spend ∧ weekend with you. Luckily I was the am
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