Before my recent graduation, the last project of the term was called “Smile”. The class was asked to go out and   36   at three people and record their  37 .

Soon after we were given the  38   , my husband and I went out to McDonald’s one cold morning. We were standing in   39   , waiting to be  40   , when suddenly everyone around us began to back away. A feeling of  41  rose up inside of me as I wondered what happened.

As I   42  around I smelled a horrible dirty smell. Behind me were two poor homeless men. As I looked at the short man close to me, he was smiling and his blue eyes searched for   43 .

He said “Good day” as he   44 the few coins. The waitress asked him what they wanted. He said, “Coffee is all, Miss.” That was all they could   45 .

I   46  felt the urge and actually hugged him. That was  47  I noticed all the eyes in the restaurant were set on  48 . I smiled and asked the waitress for two more breakfast meals on   49 trays(托盘). I then walked to the table that the men had   50  as a resting spot. I put the trays on the table and laid my  51 on the short man’s cold hand. He said “Thank you” with tears in his eyes.

I  52 this story as my project. My instructor read it and said, “Can I  53 this with your classmates?” I nodded. At that moment I found something more  54 than a simple smile. I graduated with one of the most important  55 I would ever learn, unconditional acceptance.

1.                A．stare           B．aim            C．smile     D．shout

 

2.                A．experiences     B．behaviors       C．reactions D．feelings

 

3.                A．task           B．degree         C．information    D．advice

 

4.                A．public          B．turn           C．road D．line

 

5.                A．served         B．called          C．paid D．checked

 

6.                A．excitement      B．panic           C．satisfaction    D．disappointment

 

7.                A．got            B．moved         C．turned   D．stayed

 

8.                A．pleasure        B．attention        C．service   D．acceptance

 

9.                A．counted        B．begged         C．saved    D．collected

 

10.               A．accept         B．afford          C．drink D．find

 

11.               A．eagerly         B．probably        C．hardly D．really

 

12.               A．why           B．when          C．where D．how

 

13.               A．me            B．him            C．my husband    D．the waitress

 

14.               A．separate        B．usual          C．clean D．large

 

15.               A．booked        B．hidden         C．chosen    D．ordered

 

16.               A．meal           B．money         C．bill   D．hand

 

17.               A．made up        B．handed in       C．went through   D．put away

 

18.               A．believe         B．improve        C．share D．evaluate

 

19.               A．cheerful        B．practical        C．reasonable D．valuable

 

20.               A．courses        B．lessons         C．skills  D．rules

 

 

Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change—to find poetry where no one has ever seen or experienced it before.

Landscape(风景) is another unchanging element of art. It can be found from ancient times through the 17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued this practice. Leslie sought out the same place where Thomas Cole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography(摄影术) to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom.

Besides, all art begs the age-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods.

Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Many and different are the faces of art, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.

Leslie's paintings are extraordinary because_______ .

A. they are close in style to works in ancient times

B. they look like works by 19th-century painters

C. they draw attention to common things in life

D. they depend heavily on color photography

What is the author's opinion of artistic reality?

A. It will not be found in future works of art.

B. It does not have a long-lasting standard.

C. It is expressed in a fixed artistic form.

D. It is lacking in modern works of art.

What does the author suggest about the arts in the last paragraph?

A. They express people's curiosity about the past.

B. They make people interested in everyday experience.

C. They are considered important for variety in form.

D. They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation.

Specialists say it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. “Culture shock” is the term these specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. There are three stages of culture shock, say the specialists. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers begin to adjust to their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more.

There are some obvious factors in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systems—the telephones, post office, or transportation—may be difficult to work out. The simplest things seem to be big problems. The language may be difficult.

       Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their own community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same established positions. They find themselves without any identity. They have to build a new self-image.

       Culture shock gives rise to a feeling of disorientation （迷失方向）. This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick, people feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the strange environment, and create an escape inside their room for a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and gaining experience — these are the long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock.

41. When people move to a new country, they _______.

       A. will get used to their new surroundings with difficulty

       B. have well prepared for the new surroundings

       C. will get used to the culture of the country quickly

       D. will never be familiar with the culture of the country

42. According to the passage, factors that give rise to culture shock include all of the following except __________.

       A. language communication                           B. weather conditions and customs

       C. public service systems                                   D. homesickness

43. According to the passage, the more successful you are at home, _______.

A. the fewer difficulties you may have abroad      

B. the more difficulties you may have abroad

C. the more money you will earn abroad

D. the less homesick you may feel abroad

44. When people are homesick, they tend to ______.

A. find some people to talk to                                   B. go outside to have a walk

C. visit their friends far away                                   D. stay indoors all the time

45. The writer tells us that the best way to overcome culture shock is to ______.

A. protect ourselves from unfamiliar environment   

B. develop a strange sense of self-protection

C. get familiar with new culture                             

D. return to our own country

Experts say it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. “ Culture shock” is the term these experts use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. There are three stages of culture shock, say the experts. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers begin to adjust to their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more.

There are some obvious factors in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systems---the telephone, post office ,or transportation --may be difficult to work out. The simplest things seem to be big problems. The language may be difficult.

Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their home countries and were successful in their community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same established positions. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity. They have to build a new self-image.

Culture shock causes a feeling of disorientation (迷惘）. This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick, people feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the strange environment, and create an escape inside their room for a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and gaining experience--these are the long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock.

1.According to the passage, the more successful you are at home, _________________.

A．the fewer difficulties you may have abroad

B．the more difficulties you may have abroad

C．the more money you will earn abroad

D．the less homesick you will feel abroad

2..Which of the following is NOT right according to the passage?

A．“Culture shock” is a term used to describe the feelings that people experience in a new environment

B．In the second stage of “ Culture shock”, people may hate the life in the new environment

C．When you are homesick, you had better not stay at home all the time

D．Every one of us doesn’t feel culture shock in this way or that

3..What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Escape unfamiliar environment

B．The feeling of homesickness

C．The best way to overcome (克服、战胜）culture shock: get familiar with the new culture

D．Homesickness can solve the problem of culture shock

 

All our dreams have something to do with our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. But something on the “outside” may affect what we ___1__. If a person is hungry or tired or cold, his dream may include a feeling of this kind. If the ___2___ on your body has slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are ___3___ or resting on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will ___4___ tonight is probably to come from the experiences you have today.

__5___ the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has an effect on you ___6___ you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests you have now. This is why very young __7___ are likely to dream of fairies(仙女), older children of school examinations, ___8___ people of food, homesick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.

To show you how that is ___9___ while you are asleep and how your wishes or needs can all be joined together in a dream, ___10___ is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his ___11___ was rubbed ___12__ a piece of cotton. He would dream that he ___13___ in a hospital and his girlfriend was visiting him, ___14___ on the bed and feeling gently his hand!

There are some scientists who have made a special ___15__ of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams ___16__. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, but it ___17__ an interesting approach(方法) to the problem. They believe that dreams are ___18___ expressions of wishes that didn’t ___19___. In other words, a dream is a way of having your wishes ___20___ out.

1. A. long       B. dream C. think   D. wish

2. A. blanket   B. book   C. shoe    D. trousers

3. A. working B. running      C. sleeping     D. studying

4. A. have       B. meet   C. see      D. think

5. A. But B. For     C. Because      D. So

6. A. before    B. while  C. after   D. during

7. A. children  B. fathers       C. drivers       D. gentlemen

8. A. happy     B. sad     C. hungry       D. old

9. A. taking    B. happening  C. dreaming    D. carrying    

10. A. that      B. it C. here    D. this

11. A. leg       B. head   C. body   D. hand  

12. A. in  B. of       C. with    D. off

13. A. left       B. lived   C. gave   D. was

14. A. waiting B. sitting C. smiling      D. speaking

15. A. study    B. watch  C. sleep   D. way

16. A. stand    B. do      C. form   D. mean

17. A. makes   B. offers  C. finds   D. demands

18. A. any      B. almost C. mostly       D. hardly

19. A. get       B. arrive  C. come true   D. believe in

20. A. carried  B. taken  C. kept    D. called