in the UK last year, studying English at a language school.She really enjoyed her first two weeks in the
UK.But soon she started to miss things of her own country.She found it hard to make friends,and got
annoyed(恼火的) about local people"s behaviour.Mami said,"After a few weeks I started to cry a lot.
I felt homesick.I thought the weather was dark and too changeable,and that affected my mood as well."
To comfort herself Mami began to spend many hours on the Internet chatting with her friends back
home.She spent a couple of weeks in the countryside in Kent.She went to a social club for British
people who were interested in Japan and started to make some friends there.In addition, she took a
short course in calligraphy(书法)to get an opportunity of mixing with local people.A few months later,
Mami"s impression of the UK had greatly changed.She found that most of the British were friendly,
witty and fun.
However,once Mami was back in Japan,she experienced "culture shock"again.She said,"I missed
the friends I had made in England.My way of thinking had changed.Sometimes I was annoyed by the
views of people in my country-for example,about the value of money and time.I thought people around
me lived in such a small world."Mami noticed some changes in her behaviour:"I kept the habit of always
carrying an umbrella with me, even on a fine day-my friends thought I was crazy!"
1. How did Mami feel at the beginning of her stay in Britain?
A. Shocked.
B. Annoyed.
C. Pleased.
D. Homesick.
2. The second paragraph tells us ________.
A. how Mami overcame culture shock in Britain
B. how Mami felt as soon as she arrived in Britain
C. what Mami learned in her language school
D. what Mami liked and disliked about Britain
3. The reason why Mami had the habit of carrying an umbrella was that ________.
A. she liked umbrellas very much
B. the umbrella reminded her of her life in the UK
C. she had got used to the changeable weather in Britain
D. it often rained in Japan those days
4. Why did Mami experience culture shock in Japan?
A. She didn"t like Japanese culture any more.
B. The world in Japan was too small for her.
C. The Japanese behaviour had changed a lot.
D. She had got used to British culture and life.
represent,in fact,what I call__1__and love.
I don"t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool.But he did__2__the water.Any kind
of __3__ride seemed to give him pleasure.__4__ he loved to fish;sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father __5__.I liked being at the water,
moving through it,__6__it all around me.I was not a strong__7__, or one who learned to swim early,
for I had my__8__.But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father"s office and__9__those
summer days with my father,who 10 come by on a break.I needed him to see what I could do.My
father would stand there in his suit, the 11 person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go 12 his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk,
where he let me 13 anything I found in his top desk drawer.Sometimes,if I was left alone at his desk
14 he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn"t be
playing with his 15 . But my father always 16 and said easily,"Oh, no, it"s 17 ."Sometimes he
handed me coins and told me to get 18 an ice cream…
A poet once said,"We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is 19 ."And I think it is not only
what we "look at once, in childhood" that determines our memories, 20 the person who, in that
childhood, looks at us.
( )1. A. desire ( )2. A. avoid ( )3. A. boat ( )4. A. But ( )5. A. expected ( )6. A. having ( )7. A. swimmer ( )8. A. hopes ( )9. A. spending ( )10. A. should ( )11. A. next ( )12. A. away from ( )13. A. put up ( )14. A. the moment ( )15. A. fishing net ( )16. A. stood up ( )17. A. fine ( )18. A. the student ( )19. A. memory ( )20. A. as | B. joy B. refuse B. bus B. Then B. desired B. to leave B. rider B. faiths B. saving B. would B. only B. out of B. break down B. the first time B. office things B. set out B. strange B. the assistant B. wealth B. but | C. anger C. praise C. train C. And C. wished C. make C. walker C. rights C. wasting C. had to C. other C. by C. play with C. while C. wooden chair C. showed up C. terrible C. myself C. experience C. or | D. worry D. love D. bike D. Still D. did D. get D. runner D. fears D. ruining D. ought to D. last D. inside D. work out D. before D. lab equipment D. turned out D. well D. himself D. practice D. and | ||||||
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The measure of a man"s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. | |||||||||
( ) 1.A. test ( ) 2.A. examined ( ) 3.A. lying ( ) 4.A. didn"t ( ) 5.A. come ( ) 6.A. no ( ) 7.A. excuse ( ) 8.A. above ( ) 9.A. repeat ( )10.A.worry ( )11.A. chance ( )12.A. even ( )13.A. way ( )14.A. All ( )15.A. quick ( )16.A. out ( )17.A. Should ( )18.A. extra ( )19.A. paid ( )20.A. me | B. problem B. completed B. cheating B. did B. leave B. certain B. reject B. common B. get B. know B. incident B. still B. sentence B. Few B. wise B. for B. Must B. small B. remembered B. you | C. paper C. marked C. guessing C. would C. remain C. many C. help C. following C. put C. hear C. lesson C. always C. choice C. Some C. great C. up C. Would C. some C. shared C. us | D. lesson D. answered D. discussing D. wouldn"t D. apologize D. more D. scold D. unusual D. copy D. talk D. memory D. almost D. reason D. None D. personal D. upon D. Need D. necessary D. returned D. then | ||||||
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As a music teacher, I have always known that music touches the soul. It can__1_all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way.It can be the __2_for each child to find their light. I would like to __3__a story about it. For a few years I was__4_with the opportunity to teach disabled students.One of my most __5_ students was a fiveyearold girl called Vanessa, who had difficulty walking, and could not speak. We __6_sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to__7_ on my lap(大腿). One of her favorite songs was John the Rabbit.It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students__8_twice while singing the repeating phrase, "Oh, yes" Vanessa liked to__9_ her hands together with mine and clap with me. We probably performed that song during every class, Vanessa and I clapping together.But she 10 said or sang a word. One day, when the song was finished, Vanessa turned around, 11 me in the eye, clapped her tiny hands twice and said the words,"Oh, yes!"I opened my mouth in 12 and for that moment I was the one who could not speak.When my heart 13 started beating again, I looked over at the assistant teacher to find her also 14 . Through music, we had made an awesome connection. Several years later, I met Vanessa on the street in town.She waved with a big 15 on her face and then clapped her hands twice, imitating the song we had 16 so many times in our music class.The little girl, 17 her connection with music, left an impression on me that will last forever.Every child has the 18 to learn and grow. It is up to us to 19 the way to reach each and every one of our students. We all must find each child"s 20 . | |||||||||
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