America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand .Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take a day off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite in America. Americans cannot manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America! The underlined phrase "pick up" in Paragraph 1may mean "_________________".
| A．put down | B．give up | C．pay no attention to | D．continue |
From the passage, we can know_________________.
| A．Americans are always generous with their time. |
| B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon. |
| C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear. |
| D．Chinese friendships develop faster than American friendships. |
This passage is most probably written for __________________.
| A．American students | B．Chinese students |
| C．Chinese visitors to America | D．American visitors to China |
This is a song. Millions of Americans will hear this song on New Year’s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (《友谊天长地久》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s celebration.
Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends. The words “Auld Lang Syne” means “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version (版本) by Scottish poet Robert Burns came out in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared (出现) in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our programme with Auld Lang Syne, I would like to wish all of our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas. Thanks for listening.
| A．A storybook. | B．A magazine. |
| C．A TV programme. | D．A radio programme. |
| A．Robert Burns. |
| B．The Washington Saxophone Quartet. |
| C．Buddy Thomas. |
| D．We don’t know. |
| A．On New Year’s Eve. | B．On Christmas Eve. |
| C．On weekend. | D．On holidays. |
| A．It’s about the history of Scotland. |
| B．It’s about an Scottish writer. |
| C．It’s about the need to remember old friends. |
| D．It’s about the radio friends. |
| Books |
Information |
| Little Bull |
Author: Ellen James Main idea: The book tells us how the lovely 250-pound baby elephant learns about the world around him. Price: 24.0 yuan |
| The Trouble with Teachers |
Author: Barbara Calamari Main idea: Angela has found herself in trouble again at school with her teachers. She and her friends Gina and Johnny will be punished. Price: 15.0 yuan |
| I've Got a Secret |
Author: Cathy West Main idea: Nine-year-old Michelle got a new hot-pink notebook as a birthday gift and she began to keep a diary every day. Price: 30.0 yuan |
| Miss Nobody |
Author: Tomek Tryzna Main idea: At the age of fifteen, Marysia moves with her parents to the nearest big city. Then she meets two girls, Kasia and Eva, and they begin to teach her the secrets of life. Price: 33.0 yuan |
| A．Ellen James. | B．Barbara Calamari. |
| C．Cathy West. | D．Tomek Tryzna. |
| A．24.0 yuan. | B．33.0 yuan. |
| C．30.0 yuan. | D．15.0 yuan. |
| A．The book with the price of 30.0 yuan tells us how to keep a diary. |
| B．Barbara Calamari’s book tells us the story in Angela’s home. |
| C．Miss Nobody is about a fifteen-year-old girl. |
| D．If you pay 20.0 yuan, you can buy two books above. |
任务型阅读（ 本题有5小题，每小题1分；满分5分）
运动前的热身活动有助于肌肉放松，也能避免受伤。请阅读１－５题有关热身活动的文字，然后从A.B.C.D和E中选择符合文字内容的图示。Activity 1
◇Hold arms straight out to the sides
◇Move your arms in circles(圆).
◇Come back to the starting position and move your arms in the other direction.Activity 2
◇Raise one foot backward, and hold it with one hand.
◇Breathe and slowly pull your foot to your hip(屁股).
◇Try to keep both knees together.Activity 3
◇Stand with some space in front of and behind you. Move the top of your body downward.
◇Keep your back straight and reach for your feet with both hands.
◇Hold this for about half a minute.Activity 4
◇Take one step forward with your right foot.
◇Put your hands on the right knee and press(压).
◇Do the action in the same way with your left foot.Activity 5
◇Stand with feet shoulder-width apart(与肩同宽).
◇Raise both arms overhead.
◇Hold for about half a minute and relax.
Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.
His only friend was a dog named Tiger. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn’t know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled (吹口哨)to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.
“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” he repeated (重复) the woman’s words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog! Tiger raised its ears as if it understood.
“Uhum! Even a dog likes it!” he said, “Well, Tiger, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.” Tiger waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed(种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power(力量) it has!”The boy repeated the words “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”, because _______.
| A．he was thinking about the words |
| B．he didn’t understand the words |
| C．he wanted to talk to his dog |
| D．he liked talking to himself |
What made the boy start his new life?
| A．The people laughing at him. |
| B．The kind words spoken to him. |
| C．The hard life. |
| D．His lovely dog. |
He was feeling ______ when he whistled to his dog.
| A．funny | B．sad |
| C．lonely | D．excited |
What’s the best title(题目) of this passage?
| A．A Dog and A Boy |
| B．A Poor Boy’s Childhood |
| C．A Businessman and A Boy |
| D．The Power of Kindness |
A 13-year-old Shenzhen girl wrote a book about her life in junior school, and you could see the book in bookstores in June, the News Today reported yesterday. The book is A fresh Summer Day. Zhao Yue finished it in three months.
Zhao Yue is a Junior One student of a middle school. She started writing this book after she finished her first book.
“ I think it is important for me to write the life of students. Adults cannot understand the world of us. So if adults read my book, they will know more about students.” The girl also said that she wrote most of the book at night, sometimes until the early hours of the next morning. “ I went to school as usual during the three months of writing. I felt very good every day even though I slept for only four hours a day,” said the girl.
A fresh Summer Day is about love between two junior high school students. The paper said it was a common problem among young children.When could people buy A fresh Summer Day in the bookstores?
| A．In May | B．In June |
| C．In July | D．In August |
How many books did Zhao Yue write?
| A．One | B．Two |
| C．Three | D．We don’t know. |
When did Zhao Yue write the book mostly?
| A．During the class | B．In the morning |
| C．At weekends | D．At night |
The underlined word “the paper” refers to“______”.
| A．News Today | B．A fresh Summer Day |
| C．the paper in her book | D．the paper she wrote on |
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