1. How many people don’t go out during the week in Los Angeles?
A.60%. | B.70%. | C.90%. |
A.In Los Angeles. | B.In Tokyo. | C.In Milan. |
A.In 1935. | B.In 1975. | C.In 1995. |
A.40%. | B.50%. | C.60%. |
1. What did the man think of their trip to Iceland?
A.Great. | B.Boring. | C.Expensive. |
A.The language. | B.The route. | C.The accommodation. |
A.Fashionable bags. | B.Wool sweaters. | C.Warm gloves. |
3 . Think of the Mississippi Delta. Maybe you imagine cotton fields and blues music. It has been all that. But for more than a century, the Delta has also been a popular destination for immigrants. Recently, I was assigned to learn more about one immigrant group in particular: the Chinese in Greenville, a small city along the Mississippi River. There I met Raymond Wong, whose family has long been part of the community.
The first wave of Chinese immigrants came to the Mississippi Delta soon after the Civil War, and the pace picked up by the early 1900s. The Chinese originally came to pick cotton, but they quickly started opening grocery stores, mostly in the African-American communities where they lived. The stores sold meat, fresh vegetables, canned goods, anything you might need. Nothing Chinese about them, except the owners.
“On my street alone, there were at least four grocery stores. I’m talking about a small street,” Wong recalls. “I was raised in a grocery store. All my family — six of us — lived in a couple of rooms at the back of our store. As soon as I could count money I had to work in the store.”
In 1968, Wong’s father opened a Chinese restaurant called How Joy in Greenville, one of the first in the town. At the time, nobody knew what Chinese food was. “But the restaurant existed for 40 years. I worked there, too,” Wong says.
Wong remembers a time of big excitement when he was young: The family finally could afford to buy a house in a white neighborhood. Then suddenly, that conversation stopped.
“When people found out that we were moving in, they started throwing bottles in the driveway,” Wong says. “We ended up building a house directly behind the grocery.”
And the future? It’s probably not in the Delta. Wong remembers the question his son asked when he was still in high school: “Dad, do you want me to take over the store when you retire?” Wong’s response was immediate: “No. I want you to do better than me.” That’s the story of the typical Delta Chinese.
1. What did the Delta Chinese originally do shortly after the Civil War?A.Working in cotton fields. | B.Running restaurants. |
C.Importing Chinese food. | D.Opening grocery stores. |
A.Raymond Wong had a fun and carefree childhood. |
B.The store owners’ children were very talented in math. |
C.There was intense competition among the grocery stores. |
D.The Wongs was the most successful family in Greenville. |
A.the house owner raised the price | B.their business failed unexpectedly |
C.they did not have enough money | D.the white people did not accept them |
A.Excited. | B.Insecure. | C.Unconcerned. | D.Optimistic. |
1. Where does the speaker come from?
A.Australia. | B.America. | C.England. |
A.Humorous. | B.Quiet. | C.Friendly. |
A.Enjoy afternoon tea. | B.Watch comedy shows. | C.Play with his friends. |
A.The TV programs. | B.The old buildings. | C.The tea shops. |
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Dear Rechard,
How are you? I’ve been to China for three years since I left my hometown. My friends in England sometimes write to me, ask how soon I will stay here, and when I’m thinking of returning home. The answer to his question is simple. I do not know when I would go back to England. At the moment, I have no reason to return to England because I am like living in China. I do enjoy meeting local person and traveling around country. My work is interesting but there are so many things I don’t know about this land, that I hope to discover in the near future.
Yours
Eric
Do you know the nickname of America? A look at the history of the United States indicates that so far this country
The United States is
Over time, Americans have learned much from the customs and ideas of the immigrants. In other words, immigrants have a huge impact on American society,
7 . Fragile. Oversensitive. Glued to their phones.
Never before have the lives of any generation of teens been as flooded with mobile technology and social media as the teens of this generation.
To conclude, the teens of this generation differ in many ways from their predecessors (前辈), in some ways more positive than others.
A.No wonder the self-confidence and mental health of teens have been damaged. |
B.Yet, the effects of technology on this generation of teens are not all bad. |
C.Is this what comes to mind when we think of the teens of this generation? |
D.Their parents or grandparents were likely less connected and more isolated. |
E.Moreover, in the older generations’ mind, the teens today are more individualistic. |
F.As a result, this might be why the teens today are more open-minded and progressive. |
G.Every generation is a product of the cultural, political and economic events of their time. |
A. disapproved B. negative C. national D. appreciation E. socially F. tendency G. approach H. fitted I. enhanced J. unpopular K. namely |
What are the things that first come to your mind when you think of the UK? Are they nonstop rain, polite manners, boring food and tea drinking?
Some of the UK’s
The research polled 1, 402 foreigners living in the UK on their opinions about the British way of life. Unsurprisingly, the majority of them, almost 70 percent, said they enjoyed living in the country—good manners, especially UK people’s extraordinary ability to queue, are the main reasons for foreigners’
However, there are aspects of British culture that are
It may not be too hard to understand why heavy drinking and bad weather are
British humor is known for being dry and satirical (讽刺的), so it is generally more
“The majority of nationalities have stereotypes
9 . Many centuries ago, all people had to gather seeds and plants to eat. They did not know how to farm or raise animals for food. We call them the Stone Age people because they used stone tools and arms.
You may feel surprised in the world today there are still people who live like the Stone Age people. They live in the places that are hard to reach. Because they have met few people from the outside world, they rarely hear of modern inventions. They have not gained ways of doing things from others.
For 25, 000 years, groups of people have lived alone in the middle of Australia. One of thesegroups is the Arunta tribe (部落) . They do not know how to farm and how to raise sheep or cattle.
The Aruntas spend most of their time searching for food and water. The men hunt animals with stone-tipped spears. The women and children look for roots, seeds and nuts. They use sticks to dig up the roots. Several Arunta families live together. They have no house. At night, they sleep around small fires.
Now other people are moving into the center of Australia. Soon the Aruntas will no longer be a Stone Age people. Maybe that’s a piece of exciting news for them.
1. The Stone Age people are called so because they _________.A.gathered seeds and plants to eat | B.didn’t know how to farm |
C.used stone tools and arms | D.didn’t raise animals for food |
A.Because they haven’t yet learned new ways from other people. |
B.Because they do not want to change their way of living. |
C.Because other people are moving in and living with the Aruntas. |
D.Because each family live alone without knowing others. |
A.people in old Australia didn’t use stone tools |
B.the Aruntas do not like to hunt |
C.everyone in Australia lives in large cities |
D.the Aruntas don’t know much about modern inventions |
A.positive | B.negative | C.neutral | D.indifferent |
Tonga has been battered (重创) by the worst natural disaster in history
The Chinese side pays close attention to the situation in Tonga, and has taken urgent action to help Tonga in disaster relief to the
According to Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Chinese government
During the crisis in