When former American President Bill Clinton travelled to South Korea to visit President Kim Young Sam, he repeatedly referred to the Korean president’s wife as Mrs. Kim. By mistake, President Clinton’s advisers thought that Koreans have the same naming customs as the Japanese. Clinton had not been told that, in Korea, wives keep their family names. President Kim Young Sam’s wife was named Sohn Myong Suk. Therefore, she should be addressed（称谓）as Mrs. Sohn.

　　President Clinton arrived in Korea directly after leaving Japan and had not changed his culture gears. His failure to follow Korean customs gave the impression that Korea was not as important to him as Japan.

　　In addition to Koreans, some Asian husbands and wives do not share the same family names. This practice often puzzles（使困惑）English-speaking teachers when talking with a pupil’s parents. They become puzzled about the student’s correct last name. Placing the family name first is common among a number of Asian cultures.

　　Mexican naming customs are different as well. When a woman marries, she keeps her family name and adds her husband’s name after the word de (of). This affects（影响）how they fill in forms in the United States. When requested to fill in a middle name, they generally write the father’s family name. But Mexicans are addressed by the family name of the mother. This often causes puzzlement.

　　Here are a few ways to deal with such difficult situations: don’t always think that a married woman uses her husband’s last name. Remember that in many Asian cultures, the order of first and last names is reversed（颠倒）. Ask which name a person would prefer to use. If the name is difficult to pronounce, admit it, and ask the person to help you say it correctly.

(1) The story of Bill Clinton is used to ________.

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A．improve US-Korean relations

B．introduce the topic of the text

C．describe his visit to Korea

D．tell us how to address a person

(2) The word“gears”in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.

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(3) When a woman marries in Korea, she ________.

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A．continues to use her family name

B．uses her husband’s given name

C．shares her husband’s family name

D．adds her husband’s given name to hers

(4) To address a married woman properly, you’d better ________.

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A．use her middle name

B．use her husband’s first name

C．ask her which name she likes

D．change the order of her names

 Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

近年来选秀类的电视节目吸引了很多人的注意力。有的在校学生为了实现自己的明星梦辍学参加。请谈谈你对这一现象的观点。　

注意: 1. 题目自拟，包括以上全部要点可适当发挥，使上下文连贯。

　　 2. 词数: 120词左右。

 

　I can never remember feeling good about myself. From the time I was a little child I always felt nobody ___1_____ me—not my parents, my brothers, my sisters, nobody. I never had any friends, anyone I could tell everything to. I liked to ____2_____ friends, but nobody seemed to care for me. I also had a lot of problems with my _____3_______. Until grade nine I was a head taller than everybody else. My classmates always called me names like Pole or Long-Legs. I felt the others were ____4_____ me.

　　Things weren't much better at home. The only way I could _____5_____ my problems when I was a little child was to cry a lot. My mother didn't quite ____6____ my feelings and the _____7_____ annoyed（使生气）her and made her nervous.

　　Nobody in the family ever made an effort to understand me or even to talk to me. My family isn't exactly what you'd call warm. There's never any expression of _____8______. I'm sixteen and I can't remember my mother or father ever kissing us.

　　Things started getting really bad in high school. I changed schools. In the old school ______9______ I didn't have any friends, I still had classmates to go out with; in the new school I had no one. At that age everybody's in groups. I felt out of it. I tried, but I couldn't _____10______ with the others. I didn't like them. I thought something was wrong with me. They thought I was strange.

1．A. talked　　　　  B. liked　　　　　  C. spoke to　　　　 D. told

2．A. have　　　　　 B. make　　　　　  C. find　　　　　　 D. meet

3．A. weight　　　　 B. name　　　　　  C. height　　　　　 D. study

4．A. shouting to　　 B. playing with    　C. agreeing with　   D. laughing at

5．A. look at　　　 　B. deal with        C. work out　　　 　D. meet with

6．A. understand　　 B. hear             C. learn　　　      D. like

7．A. shouting　　　　B. laughing　　　  C. talking　　　　  D. crying

8．A. smile　　　　　B. voice　　　　　 C. anger　　　　　 D. love

9．A. even though　　 B. since　　　　　 C. because　　　　 D. as though

10．A. study　　　　 B. speak　　　　　 C. walk　　　　　  D. get on