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    　　The repairman told me, “No charge, Professor Pan!” We’re friends．

    　　“I’d rather pay,” I replied．“If it’s free, I can’t afford it!”

    　　Chinese often refuse payment for professional services, insisting, “We’re friends now!” But then they show up later to ask me to tutor them in English, or get them into an American university, and I wish I’d have just paid the 30 yuan I owed them in the first place!

    　　According to the Americans, “There is no free lunch．” means that there’s a price for everything．And I’m always looking around to figure out what this means．

    　　Many of our neighbours have given us fruit or flowers or costly teas, never asking anything in return．For years, a bicycle repairman has repeatedly refused to let me pay him．“Wait until you have something major to fix!”he insists．

    　　I mentioned to a peasant friend that I wished I had a stone mill to grind(磨)flour for bread．A month later he showed up with a beautiful mill that he’d had his uncle in the countryside carve from a solid block of granite(花岗石)．

    　　Chinese generosity(慷慨)is a real education for Americans like me, who would rather avoid social entanglements(纠纷)and just hand over the money．But cash can’t compensate(补偿)for the greatest gift－friendship．

    　　When an American saw some of my friends sitting on bamboo stools under the trees, sipping(呷)tea, he said, “They must have nothing better to do．” “Actually, ” I said, “they are professors, with plenty to do．But probably you are right in saying that, at this moment, they have nothing better to do．And neither do I!”

    　　And I joined the group．When chatted about tea and Chinese cooking and how much my boys have grown since we arrived．One man said, “They were pocket-sized when you came here．Now they’re taller than you．How time flies!”

    　　How life flies．And Chinese are smart enough to share what they know they cannot keep．They freely give off their time, never too busy to help a friend．And they are teaching me, slowly, to both give and receive．So the next time someone says, “No charge．We’re friends!” I will thank them heartily．But if they show up later asking me to tutor them in English, I’ll make sure they tutor my son in Chinese as well, because there’s still no free lunch．

    (1)

    Why did the author insist paying the repairman while he was offered free repairs?

    [　　]

    A．

    Because he was an upright man．

    B．

    Because he didn’t know the repair man．

    C．

    Because he thought it natural to pay for other’s service．

    D．

    Because he didn’t want to help others in return．

    (2)

    Generally, the author thinks that ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    Chinese are generous and always ready to help their friends

    B．

    Chinese are good at exchange of equal values

    C．

    Chinese are free enough to drink and chat with their friends

    D．

    Chinese are helpful but don’t treasure time

    (3)

    The best title for the passage should be “________”．

    [　　]

    A．

    Still No Free lunch

    B．

    A Good Lesson From Chinese

    C．

    True Help Or Not

    D．

    Learn To Both Give And Receive

    (4)

    Which of the following is TRUE?

    [　　]

    A．

    All the Chinese that once gave the author help have asked him to tutor them in English．

    B．

    When a peasant knew the author needed a mill, he made one for the author himself．

    C．

    The author thinks that Chinese are wise enough to enjoy the limited life．?

    D．

    The author is not used to the Chinese ways to make friends．

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    　　Tom Smith was a writer．He wrote stories for magazines．One evening he could not find an end for a story．He sat with his typewriter in front of him, but he had no ideas．So he decided to go to the cinema．

    　　When he came back, he found that he had a visitor．Someone had broken into his room．The man had had a drink, smoked several of Tom's cigarettes(香烟)and had read his story．The visitor left Tom a note(便条)：

    　　“I have read your story and I don't think much of it．Please read my suggestions(建议)and then you can finish it．By the way, I am a thief(贼)．I am not going to steal(偷)anything tonight．But if you become a successful writer, I will return!”

    　　Tom read the thief's suggestions．Then he sat down and wrote the rest of the story．He is still not a successful writer, and he is waiting for his thief to return．Before he goes out in the evening, he always leaves a half-finished story near his typewriter．

    (1)

    Tom went to the cinema because he ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    hoped to get ideas

    B．

    didn't want to see a visitor

    C．

    was feeling tired

    D．

    could not finish a story

    (2)

    The visitor came to Tom's room to ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    steal something

    B．

    have a drink

    C．

    see Tom

    D．

    read Tom's story

    (3)

    The man thought that Tom's story was ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    rather poor

    B．

    quite good

    C．

    too short

    D．

    very exciting

    (4)

    Why did Tom always leave a half-finished story before he was out?Because ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    he wanted to catch the thief

    B．

    he would like to get more ideas from the man

    C．

    he wanted the man to finish the story for him

    D．

    he must go to the cinema

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    　　A linguist, an expert on languages, is always listening, never off-duty．I invited a group of friends round to my house, telling them that I was going to record their speech．I said I was interested in their regional accents, and that it would take just a few minutes．Thus, one evening, three people came to my house and were shown into my front room．In front of each chair there was a microphone at head height, connected to a recorder in the middle of the floor．They sat down, rather nervously, and I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from one to twenty．Then we could relax and have a drink．

    　　I turned on the recorder and each in turn counted from one to twenty in their best accents．When it was over, I turned the recorder off and brought round the drinks．I joined them in talking and joking freely．Then I left them for a telephone call which lasted some time．The rest of the evening seemed to be spent in total relaxation．

    　　Or at least that is how it would appear, for, of course, the microphones were not connected to the recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one in the bedroom．My friends, having seen the recorder before them turned off, paid no more attention to the microphones a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality．

    　　I should add, perhaps, that I did tell my friends what had happened to them, after the recording was over, and asked them whether it should be destroyed．None of them wanted to-but for some years after that, it always seemed that when it came to buying drinks, it was I who paid for them．Linguistic research can be a very expensive business．

    (1)

    The writer asked his friends to count from one to twenty because he _________．

    [　　]

    A．

    wanted to record how they pronounced numbers in their own regional accents

    B．

    had to check if his recorder was working

    C．

    wanted them to believe that was all he would record

    D．

    wanted to discover who had the best pronunciation

    (2)

    The writer left them in the middle of the evening because _________．

    [　　]

    A．

    he had to make a phone call

    B．

    the phone rang in the bedroom

    C．

    he wanted the others to have a talk without him

    D．

    he liked to stay with them and didn't stop talking until the phone bell rang

    (3)

    The writer managed to get as _________ a piece of talk as it would be possible to find．

    [　　]

    A．

    natural

    B．

    clear

    C．

    excellent

    D．

    expensive

    (4)

    The last sentence of the passage shows _________．

    [　　]

    A．

    you will pay much money if you want to do some linguistic research work

    B．

    his friends always made him buy them drinks in return

    C．

    the writer's kindness and humor

    D．

    linguistic research is a kind of business

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    The repairman told me, “No charge Professor Pan! We’re friends．” “I’d rather pay,” I replied．“If it’s free, I can’t afford it!”
    Chinese often refuse payment for professional services, insisting, "We’re friends now!" But then they show up later to ask me to tutor them in English, or get them into an American university, and I wish I’d have just paid the 30 yuan I owed them in the first place!
    According to the Americans, "There’s no free lunch," meaning that there’s a price for everything, and I’m always looking around to figure out what this means．Many of our neighbours have given us fruit or flowers or costly teas, never asking anything in return．For years, a bicycle repairman has repeatedly refused to let me pay him．"Wait until you have something major to fix! "he insists．
    I mentioned to a peasant friend that I wished I had a stone mill to grind(磨)flour for bread．A month later he showed up with a beautiful mill that he’d had his uncle in the countryside carve from a solid block of granite(花岗石)．
    Chinese generosity(慷慨)is a real education for Americans like me, who would rather avoid social entanglements (纠纷) and just hand over the money．But cash can’t compensate(补偿)for the greatest gift--friendship．
    When an American saw some of my friends sitting on bamboo stools under the trees, sipping(呷)tea, he said, "They  must have nothing better to do．""Actually, "I said, "they are professors, with plenty to do．But probably you’re right in saying that, at this moment, they have nothing better to do．And neither do I!" And I joined the group．We chatted about tea and Chinese cooking and how much my boys have grown since we arrived．One man said, "They were pocket-sized when you came here．Now
    they’re taller than you．How time flies!"
    How life flies．And Chinese are smart enough to share what they know they cannot keep．They freely give of their time, never too busy to help a friend．And they are teaching me, slowly, to both give and receive．So the next time someone says, "No charge．We’re friends! " I will thank them heartily．But if they show up later asking me to tutor them in English, I’ll make sure they tutor my son in Chinese as well, because there’s still no free lunch．
    64．The author insisted on paying repairman while he was offered free repairs because he     .
    A．was an honest man
    B．didn’t know the repairman
    C．thought it natural to pay for others’ service
    D．didn’t want to help others in return
    65．Generally, the author thinks that Chinese are _________．
    A．generous and always ready to help their friends
    B．good at exchange of equal values
    C．free enough to drink tea and chat with their friends
    D．helpful but don’t treasure time
    66．The best title of the passage should be “       ”.
    A．Learn to Both Give And Receive    B．A Good Lesson from Chinese
    C．True Help or Not                   D．Still No Free Lunch
    67．Which of the following is TRUE?
    A．The Chinese would rather not take the money to avoid problems in social communication.
    B．When a peasant knew the author needed a mill, he made one for the author himself.
    C．The author thinks that Chinese are wise enough to enjoy the limited life.
    D．The author thinks little of Chinese way of life.

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    The repairman told me, “No charge Professor Pan! We’re friends．” “I’d rather pay,” I replied．“If it’s free, I can’t afford it!”

    Chinese often refuse payment for professional services, insisting, "We’re friends now!" But then they show up later to ask me to tutor them in English, or get them into an American university, and I wish I’d have just paid the 30 yuan I owed them in the first place!

    According to the Americans, "There’s no free lunch," meaning that there’s a price for everything, and I’m always looking around to figure out what this means．Many of our neighbors have given us fruit or flowers or costly teas, never asking anything in return．For years, a bicycle repairman has repeatedly refused to let me pay him．"Wait until you have something major to fix! "he insists．

    I mentioned to a peasant friend that I wished I had a stone mill to grind（磨）flour for bread．A month later he showed up with a beautiful mill that he’d had his uncle in the countryside carve from a solid block of granite（花岗石）．

    Chinese generosity（慷慨）is a real education for Americans like me, who would rather avoid social entanglements （纠纷） and just hand over the money．But cash can’t compensate（补偿）for the greatest gift--friendship．

    When an American saw some of my friends sitting on bamboo stools under the trees, sipping（呷）tea, he said, "They  must have nothing better to do．""Actually, "I said, "they are professors, with plenty to do．But probably you’re right in saying that, at this moment, they have nothing better to do．And neither do I!" And I joined the group．We chatted about tea and Chinese cooking and how much my boys have grown since we arrived．One man said, "They were pocket-sized when you came here．Now

    they’re taller than you．How time flies!"

         How life flies．And Chinese are smart enough to share what they know they cannot keep．They freely give of their time, never too busy to help a friend．And they are teaching me, slowly, to both give and receive．So the next time someone says, "No charge．We’re friends! " I will thank them heartily．But if they show up later asking me to tutor them in English, I’ll make sure they tutor my son in Chinese as well, because there’s still no free lunch．

    1．The author insisted on paying repairman while he was offered free repairs because he     .

           A．was an honest man

           B．didn’t know the repairman

           C．thought it natural to pay for others’ service

           D．didn’t want to help others in return

    2．Generally, the author thinks that Chinese are _________．

           A．generous and always ready to help their friends

           B．good at exchange of equal values

           C．free enough to drink tea and chat with their friends

           D．helpful but don’t treasure time

    3．The best title of the passage should be “       ”.

           A．Learn to Both Give And Receive                   B．A Good Lesson from Chinese

           C．True Help or Not                                        D．Still No Free Lunch

    4．Which of the following is TRUE?

           A．The Chinese would rather not take the money to avoid problems in social communication.

           B．When a peasant knew the author needed a mill, he made one for the author himself.

           C．The author thinks that Chinese are wise enough to enjoy the limited life.

           D．The author thinks little of Chinese way of life.

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