1 . M: Have you lived in America for many years?
W: Yes, I have lived there for10 years, why?
M: Tomorrow I will go to an American friend's home to celebrate Christmas.     1    
W: OK. No problem.
M:     2    
W: Both are OK. Don’t get there early.
M:     3    
W: If you're going to be more than fifteen minutes late, I advise calling your hosts to tell them.
M:     4    
W: Certainly Flowers are always nice.
M:     5    
W: Just watch the other guests and follow them.                      
M: Thank you.
A. Should I arrive on time or five to ten minutes late?
B. What should I do at the dinner table?
C. Have you got some flowers?
D. Could you give me some advice?
E. I worry I might meet terrible traffic.
F. Should I bring a gift?
G. Should I arrive early ?

2 . I was a shy girl. I didn’t even like to answer the telephone for fear I’d have to talk to somebody I didn’t know. I enjoyed the loneliness of exploring nature. However, at school I had to spend all day in the company of others. My escape was reading. I spent a lot of time studying and was rewarded with good grades. My only failure was Spanish—I’d get all As on my written work and tests, but Ds and Fs on the spoken part.

Eventually I went to college. During my third year of college, I had enough of being shy and determined to change my outlook and behavior. One day while at school, I noticed an advertisement for positions on the local classical music radio station. I had grown up listening to classical music, and I could easily pronounce names such as Tchaikovsky, Albinoni, and Chopin.

I had absolutely no background in radio, and absolutely no hope of getting the job. The idea of talking to thousands of listeners in “radio land” terrified me. However, I luckily survived the interview. I was given brief descriptions of symphonies（交响乐）and a public service announcement to read, and a list of composers’ names to pronounce. It wasn’t hard for me. I left the recording session（录音时段）with a sense of relief and a sense of accomplishment. About two weeks later I actually landed the job. It was a challenging job, but I grew to enjoy it greatly. I began to feel comfortable talking to people.

Although I now spend many hours each week talking with people, I’m still basically a quiet person. Perhaps it is my soft voice and my quiet nature that helps draw people out as they respond to my questions as I interview them. My former shyness is a fortune, as I can relate to people who feel discomfortable when they talk to newspaper reporters. I still enjoy moments of loneliness and the peace found in nature. But I’m also glad I decided to make a change in my life that has opened many doors and opportunities that I never knew existed.

1. What do we learn about the author?

A．She didn’t like reading.	B．She didn’t work hard enough.
C．She wasn’t interested in music.	D．She wasn’t good at speaking Spanish.

2. How did the author feel before the interview?

A．Very excited.	B．Pretty confident.
C．Highly confused.	D．Extremely nervous.

3. What does the author later think of her quiet personality?

A．It makes others feel less comfortable.	B．It is beneficial for her challenging job.
C．It prevents her being a newspaper reporter.	D．It draws a negative response from audiences.

4. The text mainly focuses on the author’s ________.

A．desire to find her true self	B．feeling about being a radio hostess
C．story of exploring the meaning of life	D．experience and feeling of overcoming shyness

3 . Rescue officials in Poland are working quickly to clear one of the country’s highways. The roadway is covered with a sticky brown material. It is blocking cars from both directions.

What is causing the mess? Milk chocolate. The problems began early Wednesday, after a huge truck carrying many tons of liquid chocolate overturned. Chocolate spilled out. It spread across six driveways of Poland’s A2 highway.

The liquid chocolate solidified（凝固）as it cooled, causing even more difficulties. The accident happened near the western Polish town of Slupca. Bogdan Kowalski is with the fire fighters of Slupca. He told the Associated Press that “the cooling chocolate is worse than snow”.

Videos published on social media showed rescuers and cleaners were trying to move the sticky brown mess with a bulldozer（推土机）.

The private Polish broadcaster TVN24 reported that the driver of the truck was taken to a hospital with a broken arm. The accident happened in the morning when there was little traffic. Nobody else was harmed.

The sticky situation became a hot topic on social media. Some people offered to help the clean-up workers by eating the chocolate themselves.

Marlene Kukawa is a media officer for Slupea police. She told the New York Times that rescue workers needed to remove the truck from the highway first. “The cleanup”, she said at the time, “will take a few hours or more.” She added that accidents are rare in this part of the A2 highway. And, she told the New York Times, she is sure the area has never experienced something quite like a huge chocolate spill.

1. What caused the traffic trouble?

A．A broken-down car.	B．Cars stuck on the highway.
C．Serious traffic accidents.	D．The liquid chocolate.

2. What made the situation even worse?

A．The difficulty to get rid of the chocolate.	B．Fear caused by videos on social media.
C．The chocolate becoming hard.	D．Snow falling on the highway.

3. Why did some people offer to eat the chocolate?

A．To avoid wasting the chocolate.	B．To reduce loss for the driver.
C．To play a joke.	D．To solve the problem.

4. What did Marlene Kukawa think of the incident?

A．It happened very rarely.	B．It was the most serious accident.
C．It was unexpected by other drivers.	D．It was lucky that no one was killed.

4 . Last year I went to America and stayed there with an American family for two months.

As is said, “The best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China.” So I ________ pride and pleasure to ________ “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in a ________ way: changing the dishes color, the meat’s type or the soup’s style. Thus, my American friends could discover the ________ of eating Chinese food. Because of my “________” job, I was often rewarded by their ________ of thanks such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.

________ something funny happened yesterday when I cooked Sichuan style fish for dinner. I was ________ with my work.

When the whole family sat round the table, they first looked ________ at the fish, then looked at me. “Why do all the fish have their ________? ” they asked, “It’s terrible!”

________ or terrible? I can’t understand. But I do know that fish heads are delicious. The head is the ________ part of fish; in ________ only the important guest can have the ________ of enjoying it.

Another ________ thing is: the American friends often said to me“________ ”as they ________ home fruits or other things. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness ________ actually helping myself to any of the food. ________, I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me! No matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they ________ hesitated (犹豫) to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished.

1.

A．took

B．shared

C．held

D．had

2.

A．leave

B．fetch

C．cook

D．buy

3.

A．simple

B．new

C．same

D．magic

4.

A．importance

B．joy

C．trouble

D．way

5.

A．new

B．daily

C．good

D．hard

6.

A．smile

B．flowers

C．talk

D．expressions

7.

A．However

B．But

C．So

D．And

8.

A．surprised

B．pleased

C．strict

D．proud

9.

A．worriedly

B．excitedly

C．surprisedly

D．happily

10.

A．heads

B．skins

C．tails

D．bones

11.

A．Particular

B．Wonderful

C．Comfortable

D．Beautiful

12.

A．biggest

B．best

C．dearest

D．lightest

13.

A．the West

B．China

C．USA

D．the East

14.

A．ability

B．safety

C．chance

D．honor

15.

A．enjoyable

B．exciting

C．interesting

D．common

16.

A．dear me

B．excuse me

C．help yourself

D．enjoy yourself

17.

A．collected

B．wanted

C．bought

D．brought

18.

A．and

B．but

C．without

D．not

19.

A．In return

B．Above all

C．After all

D．At last

20.

A．always

B．often

C．never

D．usually