"The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence." That's an old in English. It means other places often look better, more interesting than the place you live. Some people worry young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese ignoring Chinese culture and, instead, Japanese cartoon books, watching Korean soap operas and even celebrating western holidays.
Foreign books and soap operas are good, Chinese writers and actors are just as good. As for holidays, Christmas is nice, but it can have the meaning for Chinese that Spring Festival has, and the West has nothing to compare with Mid-autumn Festival. And let's not forget the part of Chinese culture I like best: friendliness. Not all countries are as as China.
It's good to enjoy other cultures and to learn them, but they cannot replace your own culture. It's good to look on the other side of the fence, but you take a good long look. You will find that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.
A．saying B．words C．voice D．talk
A．why B．when C．where D．how
A．if B．that C．what D．whether
A．buy B．refusing C．refused D．buying
A．but B．so C．or D．because
A．always B．ever C．still D．never
A．it B．they C．its D．their
A．warmer B．warm C．co1d D．colder
A．from B．with C．to D．over
A．make up B．make sure C．make up of D．be sure to
Sometimes it is impossible to deliver（投递）all the mail that arrives at the post office. Perhaps there is an mailing address and there is no return address. The post office cannot just the mail, so it becomes “dead mail”. Dead mail is to one of the U.S. Post Service’s in Atlanta, New York, and San Francisco. Seventy-five million pieces of mail can be put in these offices in one year.
There the workers of the dead mail offices have ways to deal with all of these pieces of dead mail. First of all, they look for something that can help them deliver the mail; they open packages, expecting that something will show where the package came from or is going to. Dead mail will also be listed on a so that people can call in and check to see if a missing thing is there on the screen. However, all of this mail cannot simply be forever; there is just too much of it. When a lot of dead mail comes together, the dead mail offices hold public auctions (拍卖). Every three months, some people who are are invited to the offices with objects（物品） found in dead mail packages and they are sold to the bidder (出价者).
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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
About a year ago, a couple with 3 children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise from the children, but the parents were always them, in a frightening way. We met often in the hallway when we were coming or going. I always spoke, but the only I ever got was a hello from the 4-year-old girl.
I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I returned ,they were just coming from their apartment and the little girl was holding the door open for others. I stayed in the car doing unnecessary things as I wasn’t in a . The parents were telling her to get into the car immediately. I looked up and saw the little girl was still holding the door open, waiting for .
As a disabled man, I can’t hurry at , but I hurried as much as I could and thanked her. She was smiling like a lovely angel. I was so by her small act of kindness. That afternoon I was shopping and I saw a white bear. I thought of the and said to myself. “I believe she would like that” so I bought it.
The next day there was a knock on the door and it was the little girl and her parents. She was so of her bear and thanked me as if I had never been thanked before. The mother and father thanked me.
Now when we meet in the hall we all speak, and in a friendly manner I might add. As time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. . , hardly at all.
Last night we had about four inches of . I looked out at my car and wondered I was going to keep my doctor’s appointment(约会).
When I opened the outside door, there was my car with all the snow cleaned. I can’t express how I felt at that moment. The man next door was the only person I knew in the whole building, when I saw him the next day, I asked him if he was the good man that cleaned my snow. He said . He wanted to but his wife said she wanted to do it.
Isn’t it amazing that a 4-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? My guardian angel(守护天使) says that good things usually come from .
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请先阅读下面短文，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
A very old lady won a million dollars in a lottery．Her son and his wife heard the news the radio．
“How are we going to tell your mother?” the wife asked．“The might kill her!”
“That’s true.” the son said．
“Perhaps we’d better to her doctor about it．He’ll know how to break the news to her ．”
Then they explained the situation to the old lady’s doctor．
“I’m you told me，”the doctor said，“A shock，even a happy one could give her a heart attack． it to me ,I’ll find a way of telling her．”
He the problems for a few days．and finally decided he would say．
He called on the old lady and sat by her bedside ．He took her in his．
“Let’s play a game，my dear ”he said. “ A ‘Let’s Pretend’ game.”
“Oh，yes. ”the old lady said，“I love ‘Let’s Pretend’ game.．”
“Good．I’ll ask you a question ,”said the doctor . “Then you can ask me ”
He pretended to think for a few . Then said, “Tell me，what would you do if you a million dollars in a lottery?”
“Oh，that’s an easy one，”the old lady said，“I will give you most of it because you have been so to me all these years . Doctor !”
But the doctor was now on the floor .He had died of a shock。
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完形填空：从每题的三个选项中，选出最佳答案。（每小题1.5分，共12分）
In China, very few children make pocket money. However, in western countries, most kids make pocket money by themselves. They make money in many different . When kids are very young, their parents help them sell the fruits of their own trees to neighbors. Kids may also help do housework to make money at home. When they reach sixteen , they can make money by sending newspapers or by working in fast food restaurants, during the summer holidays.
There are many of making pocket money by kids themselves. First of all, they learn the of money by working hard so that they will not waste any. Secondly, they learn to money to buy things they need or want, such as books, pencils, movies and even clothes they like. Thirdly, they learn to the daily life problems by helping their parents or others. Making pocket money is for children when they grow up. That is why parents encourage their kids to make pocket money.
A. ways B. levels C. homes
A. teachers B. friends C. parents
A. really B. hardly C. especially
A. choices B. advantages C. problems
A. fun B. value C. message
A. count B. waste C. manage
A. give up B. look up C. deal with
A. helpful B. careful C. beautiful
完形填空。(10分)
A: Good afternoon, Helen. Look! is a photo.
B: Oh! It’s a(n) photo. Is it your family, Eric?
A: Yes! Can you see me in the ?
B: the boy you?
A: Yes.
B: Are these your parents?
A: Yes, are.
B: Who is the ?
A: She is my sister.
B: Is the tall (高的) boy your brother?
A: No. He is my uncle’s son. He is my .
B: his name?
A: Paul Miller.
B: What’s his ?
A: It’s 698-4569.
B: Oh, I see. Well, a good day!
A: Thanks! You, too.
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