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　　Vegetarians (素食者) choose not to eat meat for a number of reasons. Sometimes they just don't like meat, so they don't eat it. Some vegetarians believe that it is unhealthy to eat meat. Others believe that it is wrong to kill animals; they feel that animals are living things as people are, and that we shouldn't hurt them. Still other vegetarians feel that if people ate more grains (谷类粮食) such as corn, rice and wheat and less meat, food would be less expensive, and fewer people in the world would go hungry.

A． True or False?

1．A vegetarian is a person who doesn't eat meat.

2．There are four reasons for vegetarians not to eat meat according to the passage.

3．The underlined word “unhealthy” means in good health.

4．Corn, rice and wheat are grains.

5．There were more hungry people in the world if people ate more grains.

B． Fill in the blanks.

6．Vegetarians ________ eat ________ and ________ . They ________ not to eat meat.

7．They don't like to ________ animals be killed ________ hurt.

8．They think that animals are living things ________ us ________ ________ .

When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, pretended（假装） not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
My mother has realized the disadvantages of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on phone to pretend I was she. I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker（股票经纪人）. I said in a voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs. Tan.” And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, “Why he doesn’t send me the check. It’s already two weeks late.”
And then, in perfect English I said: “I’m getting rather anxious .You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.” Then she talked more loudly. “What does he want? I’ll come to New York and say it in front of his boss.” And so I turned to the stockbroker again, “I can’t accept any more excuses. If I don’t receive the check immediately, I have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.”
The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English. When I was a teenager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed (使困窘) me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is clear and direct. It was the language that helped me form the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.
【小题1】Why was the author’s mother poorly treated?

A．She was unable to speak good English.

B．She was often misunderstood.

C．She was not clearly heard.

D．She was not very polite.

【小题2】From Paragraph 2, what can we know about the author?

A．She was good at pretending.

B．She was rude to the stockbroker.

C．She was ready to help her mother.

D．She was unwilling to phone for her mother.

【小题3】Even after the author made the phone call to the stockbroker,__________.

A．they forgave the stockbroker

B．they failed to get the check

C．they moved to New York immediately

D．they wrote to their boss at once

【小题4】What does the author think of her mother’s English now?

A．It’s hard for her to understand.

B．It embarrasses her.

C．It helps her understand the world.

D．It helps her forgive rude people.

My mother began to ask us to be on time when my twin brother and I were about five years old.  She _1_ told us not to be late for the bus, not to be late for school, and so on. “ Don’t be late” became our family rule.
Mother_2 as a teacher when my twin brother and I started the first grade. Every school day morning, she called us to get up, and cooked _3_ breakfast.  School started at 8:00 am, _4_ we arrived at the school before 7:30 am each school day morning.
When we were in high school, our_5_ once told my mother that we had been late for three times in one month.  That made my mother so _6_ that she beat us.  After that I was not late for anything.
I kept the _7_ of being on time for a long time. When I _8_ a teacher, we were asked to get to school at 8；00 am, but I always got there at 7；15 am.  That gave me more time to do my job _9_ .
When you learned good habits from your _10_ , they will give you more than you can imagine.

【小题1】

A． never B． already C． always D． even

【小题2】

A．worked B． helped C． learned D． studied

【小题3】

A． her B． him C． us D． them

【小题4】

A．because B． but C． and D． so

【小题5】

A． teacher B． sister C． brother D． father

【小题6】

A． happy B． angry C． excited D． relaxed

【小题7】

A．trip B． time C． hope D． habit

【小题8】

A．caught B． got C． started D．became

【小题9】

A．worse B． worst C． better D． best

【小题10】

A．classmate B． family C． friend D． group

“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”
“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室) than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control(控制) of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(症状):
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
●You can’t wait for your next online time.
●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
●You go out with your friends less and less.
【小题1】What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

A．How to become an Internet addict.

B．What an Internet addict usually does.

C．Where to find an Internet addict.

D．Why to write this passage.

【小题2】 How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

A．It is something like keeping drugs.

B．It is a way of producing drugs.

C．It is like taking drugs.

D．It is terrible to imagine.

【小题3】Why do people worry about the teens?

A．The teens are wasting too much money.

B．They used to work on the Internet.

C．The playing field of the teens will disappear.

D．More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet.

【小题4】The example in the passage shows that _______.

A．Internet problems are more serious among college students

B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

D．The police often help to find those Internet addicts.

【小题5】What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?

A．Don’t be addicted to the Internet.

B．Go to family activities more often.

C．Do things as you have planned.

D．Stay with your parents as often as possible.

A taboo(忌讳，禁忌) is a social action that is not allowed. Every culture in the world has its own taboos. The breaking of a taboo sometimes makes people feel uncomfortable. I learned this through my own experience.
Last weekend, Wang Lin and I showed two foreigners around our city. Mr Singh was from India and Mr. White from USA. When I held out my left hand to shake hands with him, Mr. Singh seemed to be unhappy. Mr. White, however, was quite casual. He said hello to me with a big smile and a wave of his hand.
In the evening, we stopped at a restaurant for dinner. I noticed that Mr. Singh didn’t touch the beef and Mr. White seemed not to like chickens’ claws. During the meal, Wang Lin said sorry to Mr. Singh and continued to explain that we didn’t know it was a taboo in India to shake one’s left hand. Mr. Singh explained that since oxen are sacred(神圣的) in India, people don’t eat beef there. Mr. White joined in and said that it was not usual in the states for people to eat chickens’ claws. He went on to say that Americans don’ t usually get into each other’ s personal space. Marriage, job and age are their taboos. Isn’ t it a good lesson to remember?

Main idea	The taboos in every country are ____【小题1】_____. People sometimes feel     ____【小题2】____  if one breaks a taboo.
Facts	In India	Indians don’ t eat ____ 【小题3】___because they think oxen are sacred. It’ s   【小题4】    to shake one’ s left hand.
	In the USA	Although it’ s not a taboo, Americans  【小题5】  eat chickens’ claws
		Americans don’ t usually get into each other’ s personal space. For example, they usually don’t ask someone else’s  【小题6】  , job or   【小题7】    .
Conclusion	If you pay    【小题8】  to taboos, you can get on  【小题9】  with the people with different   【小题10】   .