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　　The polite English man at table holds and keeps his knife in his right hand, his fork in his left, cuts his meat and presses(压) his vegetables into his fork. The polite American first cuts up all his meat, then places his knife down of the right of his plate, takes his fork in his right hand and with his fork lifts the food to the mouth. He will have coffee half way through his dinner before the pudding. The Englishman drinks his coffee after the dinner. And, of course, Americans are coffee-drinkers rather than tea-drinkers. The Englishman would be surprised at the American’s idea of how tea should be made.

　　The popular way to make tea is to take a cup or a pot of hot water and drop into it a cotton bag with tee leaves in it. For a change they will sometimes put a pan of water on the electric stove(炉)and, just as the water gets warm, throw in some tea and then pour(倒)the mixture into a tea pot, pour it from there into a cup(or a glass) and drink it without turning a hair.

1．Which of the following is true?

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A．Neither the polite Englishmen nor the polite American holds his knife in his left hand．

B．Both Englishmen and Americans take their forks in the same hands

C．Englishmen and Americans have coffee at the same time at dinner

D．Foreigners, whether Englishmen or Americans, are all coffee-drinkers

2．”Americans are coffee-drinkers rather than tea-drinkers” means “ ________ ”.

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A．Americans do not drink tea at all.

B．Americans drink less tea than Englishmen.

C．Americans like coffee better than teed．

D．Americans can drink more coffee.

3．A polite American ________.

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A．holds his knife in his right hand and the time at table.

B．Does not use a knife during his meal

C．Places his knife down on the right of his hand

D．Uses his knife only once during his dinner

4．“Without turning a hair” means ________.

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A．to show no worry or fear

B．to sit quiet

C．to be careful of everything

D．to think about nothing

5．What is the story about?

A，Different people have different manners(礼貌).

B．Englishmen and Americans all use knives and forks at dinner.

C．Englishmen and Americans have the same way to make tea.

D．Englishmen and Americans have different manners at dinner.

Last year, I took a sightseeing trip to Washington D. C. I saw many of our unfortunate and homeless fellow citizens on the street.
　 Standing outside the Ronald Reagan Center, I heard a voice say, “Can you help me?” When I turned around, I saw an elderly blind woman with her hand extended. Immediately,　 I pulled out all of my loose change and placed it on her hand without even looking at her.　 I was annoyed at being bothered by a beggar. But the blind woman smiled and said, “I don’t want your money. I just need help finding the post office.”
　 In a moment, I realized what I had done. I acted with prejudice（偏见）— I judged another person simply for what I thought she had to be.I hated what I saw in myself. This incident re-awakened my belief in humility（谦卑）I’d lost for a moment.
　 The thing I had forgotten about myself is that I am an immigrant. I left Honduras and arrived in US at 15. I started my new life with two suitcases, my brother and sister, and a strong, no-nonsense mother. Through the years, I have been a doorkeeper, roofer, cashier, mechanic（技工）and pizza delivery driver among many other humble（卑微的）jobs, and eventually I became a network engineer.
　 In my own life, I have experienced many open acts of prejudice. I remember a time, at age 17 — I was a busboy, and I heard a father tell his little boy that if he did not do well in school, he would end up like me. So I know what it’s like, and I should have known better.
　 But now, living in my American middle-class lifestyle, it is too easy to forget my past, to forget who I am, where I have been, and to lose sight of where I want to be going. That blind woman on the streets cured me of my self-induced（自我引发的）blindness. She reminded me of my belief in humility and to always keep my eyes and heart open.
59. How did the writer give the blind woman money?

　 A. In a modest way.　　　 B. In a polite way.　　　 C. In an impatient way.　 D. In a painful way.

60. According to the passage, the writer ________.
　 A. still lives a poor life.　　　　　　　　　　　 B. might be born in Honduras.

　 C. was busy with his work　　　　　　　　 D. was a native of Washington D. C.

61. At the end of the story, the writer might ________.
　 A. help the lady to the post office　　　　　　　　 B. say sorry to the woman and gave her more money
　 C. ignore the woman 　　　　 　　　　　　 D. send the woman home

Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying. “I hate her! I hate her! I will __36__   play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed,  __37__  she told her father what had happened. He listened attentively.   __38__   she stopped, he asked, “Is there __39__  else?” Dahlia added more details and began  __40__  bitterly again. Father was listening. When Dahlia   __41__  talking, he said, “It must __42__ you to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia  __43__  her father’s embrace（拥抱）and support as she cried  __44__  more in his arms. Then as  __45__   as the storm of tears began, she was finished. She got up and  __46__  announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are  __47__   a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I   __48__   ruin her work again, and I’m sure she will be  __49__ to me. ”

　　Why was this encounter (sudden meeting) so successful? How did Dahlia __50__  her sadness so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter __51__  her own?

　　There were three main parts in her father’s reaction that   __52__  : (A) Attention (B) Respect (C) Trust. He gave his daughter __53__ attention and took her seriously as she   __54__  her feelings. He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help. He validated（证实）the feelings she __55__ . And he trusted her to do and say what she needed in order to lead herself toward resolution of her emotions.

1.                A．hardly          B．seldom         C．ever     D．never

2.                A．so             B．but            C．and  D．then

3.                A．Before         B．When          C．While    D．Since

4.                A．something      B．anything        C．everything D．nothing

5.                A．crying          B．running         C．talking    D．saying

6.                A．kept           B．started         C．stopped  D．hated

7.                A．hurt           B．ache           C．injure    D．wound

8.                A．got            B．received        C．accepted D．admitted

9.                A．many          B．some           C．any  D．no

10.               A．soon           B．quickly         C．suddenly D．fast

11.               A．surprisingly     B．angrily         C．sadly D．cheerfully

12.               A．building        B．buying         C．making    D．repairing

13.               A．shouldn’t      B．won’t         C．daren’t  D．can’t

14.               A．polite          B．cruel          C．rude D．nice

15.               A．get over        B．get away        C．get along  D．get through

16.               A．for            B．on            C．by   D．in

17.               A．did            B．followed        C．went D．worked

18.               A．full            B．incomplete      C．half   D．undivided

19.               A．sent out        B．threw out       C．put out    D．poured out

20.               A．expressed      B．showed         C．said D．strengthened

Some time ago ,I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended , as there are a whole lot of antique shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth - so I decided that my approach must be wrong.
I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“ Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said, “ Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,” I said. “OK, ”he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds. ”“It ‘s got a slightly broken leg,” I said. “Yes, I saw that, it's nothing.”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?”I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done. ”“I'll buy it,” I said. “What do you mean？ You’ve just sold it to me,” he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I'm sorry, I'll give you twenty -seven pounds for it. ”“ Your must be crazy, ”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair. ”“ You’re right, ”I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, Would you mend this chair for me?I wouldn't have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?”He was a very nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
【小题1】We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.

　　Some time ago ,I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended ,as there are a whole lot of antique（古董）shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception（接待）. I was quite wrong. The man wouldn't oven look at my chair.

　　The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth - so I decided that my approach must be wrong.

　　I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“ Would you like to buy a chair?” He looked it over carefully and said,“ Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?” “Twenty pounds,”I said. “OK, ”he said, “I’ll give you twenty pounds. ”“It ‘s got a slightly broken leg,”I said. “Yes, I saw that, it's nothing.”

　　Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. “What will you do with it?”I asked. “Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done. ”“I'll buy it,”I said. “What do you mean？ You’ve just sold it to me,”he said. “Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I'm sorry, I'll give you twenty -seven pounds for it. ”“ Your must be crazy, ”he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair. ”“ You’re right, ”I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said,’Would you mend this chair for me　I wouldn't have agreed to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?”He was a very nice man and was greatly amused（感到有趣）by the whole thing.

　　We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer ________.

　　A. was rather impolite

　　B. was warmly received

　　C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

　　D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

　　The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper ________.

　　A. changed his mind　　　　　　　 B. accepted the offer

　　C. saw the writer’s purpose　　　　　D. decided to help the writer

　　How much did the writer pay?

　　A. ￡ 5.　　　　B. ￡ 7.　　　　 C. ￡ 20.　　　　D. ￡ 27.

　　From the text, we can learn that the writer was ________

　　A. hanest　　　　B. careful　　　　C. smart　　　　 D. funny