1 . In the West you can order any Chinese food with only 10 words of Chinese (the numbers 0 to 9) as everything on a Chinese takeaway menu is numbered! However, most takeaway staff in the West speak English and Cantonese, not Mandarin, so efforts to be cross-cultural tend to fall flat. In China, by contrast, ordering food can be a real cultural experience, and there are no English speaking staff to help often or even English menus, and certainly no numbers.

When arriving in a restaurant, after sitting down at the table, and a pot of tea has been served, the next thing that will arrive is the menu. If the menu has pictures, you are in luck as this offers an easy way to order. Just point to what you want and say yi fen. In northern China ‘one portion’ is pronounced yi fenr. You could also do the same if you see someone else eating something you would like by pointing at their food. However, although people will usually excuse you for being foreign, this is a little impolite and strange.

Some Chinese menus, particularly in big restaurants or those that have a Western theme, have English menus. This is the ideal situation, but be ware-sometimes the English is incorrect factually, quite apart from the Chinglish and spelling mistakes. In English menu restaurants the staff will still often not be able to speak English, so you will still have to point at the menu and say yi fen as above. If you have a phrase book with you or an ability to remember Chinese characters, then you could point to the Chinese for the food you want.

Typically one more dish is ordered than there are people eating, but this often leaves food spare. The Chinese custom is always to order too much to show generosity and hospitality. A dish per person is usually enough. There is a Chinese superstition about the number 4, as it sounds like the word for death in Chinese, so four dishes are seldom ordered. Largely such customs are ignored now apart from on special occasions, and Westerners would certainly not be expected to follow them.

1. What does the underlined phrase “fall flat” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．Meet expected goal.

B．Work out well .

C．Break into pieces.

D．Come to nothing.

2. Which is the last choice for a foreigner to order food?

A．Pointing to the food pictures in the menu.

B．Pointing at some else’ food on anther table.

C．Referring to a phrase book he carries about .

D．Remembering Chinese characters carefully.

3. Why does Chinese always order more food than needed?

A．To show the host’s hospitality.	B．To avoid the unpopular numbers.
C．To praise a chef’s satisfying work.	D．To stress the excellence of the food.

4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A．A Real Culture Experience in China.	B．How to Remember Chinese Characters.
C．A Well Designed Page about Chinese Food.	D．How to Order Food in Restaurants in China.

2 . I grew up in a three-bedroom brick house in the Park Hill section of North Little Rock, Ark. It was a sweet, ordinary little home but reminded me of so much love.

I’ve always felt I was raised by a beautiful fairy. My mom, Nellie, was soft-spoken and had an extraordinary smile. My father, Maurice, was a train conductor and his declining health was the most defining aspect of my childhood. When I was 8, the doctors told us that Dad had a severe heart condition and we needed to care for him. I developed magical thinking, which was vital to my later acting. I’d say to myself that if I did this and that, my daddy would live.

After high school, I attended Hendrix College in Arkansas. When I was a freshman, they cast me in a school’s big play. At the end, one of the drama professors said, “You don’t really belong here. You belong in New York. They’d know what to do with you.” He gave me a list of schools. He pointed to the Neighborhood Playhouse and said it was small but Sandy Meisner, the man who ran it was great. I auditioned (试镜) and a month later, I was accepted. Mom and I started crying.

After moving to New York, my big break came six years later, in 1977. I took a meeting about a movie called “Goin’ South,” with Jack Nicholson. After the audition, they said I wasn’t quite right. Back in reception, I wanted to apologize for being stubborn. Jack was standing there. He said, “Are you waiting to see me?” I told him I was but I didn’t have a script. He gave me one and told me I’d have 10 minutes with him the next day. I made it to a screen test in L. A. Later, I was in Jack’s office and asked if someone could approve my hotel expenses. Jack was smoking a cigar. He said, “Don’t worry about it, kid. You’ re on the payroll.”

Today, my husband, actor Ted Danson, and I spend most of our time in Ojai, Calif. I also love the wildness of the mountains. I still own my childhood home in Arkansas. I haven’t been able to part with it. Emotionally, the love from our parents is still there.

1. What motivated the author to develop her ability to acting?

A．Her family’s poor housing.	B．Her father’s serious disease.
C．Her mother’s gift for acting.	D．Her confidence in learning subjects.

2. What can be inferred from paragraph 3?

A．Her mother refused her to become an actress.

B．Her performance was common in high school.

C．She was declined by manager Sandy Meisner.

D．She was highly praised by the drama professor.

3. How did Jack feel to the author’s performance in the screen test?

A．Indifferent.

B．Critic.

C．Impressive.

D．Neutral.

4. Why does the author mention her childhood home in the last paragraph?

A．To prove the excellent environment she lives.

B．To stress the beautiful scenery of her hometown.

C．To show her gratitude to her beloved parents.

D．To attract more people to enjoy the mountains.

3 . Writing groups support successful academic writing for students and visiting scholars whose first language is not English or whose educational culture is not North American. Registration for Summer Writing Groups is open. Groups will begin meeting in mid-May.

What happens in a writing group?

Small groups (4-6 writers) meet for a hour every week with an English Language Specialist who guides the group. Each week: one or more members share a draft of something they are writing. They ask group members for feedback. Group members ask questions, respond to the text, make suggestions for clarification or revision. The specialist teaches writing techniques, strategies, and grammar points where appropriate.

Who can join a writing group?

Our writing group welcome the students across the world who speak English as an additional language, including graduate students and visiting scholars working on any kind of English teaching or translating!We also provide the great chance to the students and scholars whose educational culture is not North American, regardless of first language.

When can I join a writing group?

There’s no limit on the number of semesters you can participate in writing groups. Some students participate in writing groups from their first semester of course work until they complete their dissertations (学位论文). Some join for a while, take a break, and then rejoin in a following semester. Some groups work together for several semesters or even years! Groups are scheduled every semester according to the participants’ availability.

How do I join a writing group?

Register now for Summer Writing Groups! We will send you a link to a Doodle poll in early May, so you can tell us what times will work for you during the Summer. Group members will begin meeting in mid-May.

1. Who can join the writing groups?

A．A Chinese exchange student.	B．An American scholar.
C．A Japanese chemistry teacher.	D．An Indian bridge engineer.

2. How do the participants improve their writing skills?

A．By learning in a writing class.	B．By discussing typical works.
C．By establishing principles.	D．By being taught by specialists.

3. How long will it take participants to know their tasks for discussion?

A．About two weeks.

B．About three weeks.

C．About four weeks.

D．About five weeks.

4 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Natasha Steer and her son Zac were about to miss their bus. As she turned the corner, she called back over her shoulder. “Zac, PLEASE. We’re going to miss it!” They were walking from their hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Zac was dragging behind. It was hot and his bag was heavy, but Steer kept up the pace — they’d be left behind otherwise.

“My stomach hurts!” Zac’s voice came from too far behind her. She turned, impatient. “I know, but we really need to keep going, OK?”

“OK …but it really hurts …”

She turned to keep walking, assuming that if she kept up the pace he’d speed it up, too. She felt bad. Her nine-year-old son was rightfully uncomfortable under his backpack and the hot sun during a long walk, and a stomach ache on top of that couldn’t be pleasant. Still, they needed to make this bus to Ho Chi Min City. He’d be able to rest once we sat down.

She sped up as they neared the bus stop, eyes searching the platforms until they landed with relief on their bus. She turned to see Zac dragging himself up the sidewalk, leaving her pack on the ground before walking back toward him. She took his bag off so she could carry it the rest of the way.

“Does it still hurt?” asked Steer.

He nodded. “I don’t feel good.”

Steer handed Zac some water and told him he would feel better if they got on the bus and she carried their backpacks to the bus, leaving them in the pile with the others while she searched her pocket for their bus tickets.

On the bus and in their seats, she handed Zac the water bottle one more time. He leaned his head on her shoulder, closing his eyes. Suddenly, Zac doubled over, vomiting onto his feet.

“Oh no — hold on!” she moved quickly to get him a bag to vomit (呕吐) in, saving his feet and the floor from some of the mess. He looked up, apologetic, and Steer felt the eyes of everyone on the bus on them. “Don’t worry about it honey, it doesn’t matter — do you feel better? Here — have some water.”

As she twisted off the cap, Zac began to throw up again — only this time, there was no bag. Moving quickly to help him, Steer knocked over the two-liter water bottle.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

She felt flurried (慌乱) as the bus attendant came up to see what was happening.

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Learning about Zac’s serious conditions, all other passengers did what Steer unexpected.

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6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the talk mainly about?

A．Pet behaviors.

B．A new invention.

C．Map technologies.

2. What is the best description of the collar according to the speaker?

A．Common.

B．Useless.

C．Expensive.

3. What does the collar help do?

A．Track and find pet dogs.

B．Help pet dogs cross streets

C．Make pet dogs stay inside the house.

4. Where might the collar be available in about a year?

A．In the US.

B．In Britain.

C．In China.