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Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily. Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably. For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home. 41. The writer of this passage must be __________. A. an AmericanB. a Chinese C. a professor D. a student 42. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families. B. Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives. C. Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy. D. Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break. 43. From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend, we will probably be ___________. A. warmly welcomed at the airport B. offered a ride to his home C. treated hospitably at his homeD. treated to dinner in a restaurant 44. The underlined words “generous with our time” in Paragraph 3 probably mean _______ . A. strict with time B. serious with time. C. careful with timeD. willing to spend time 45. A suitable title for this passage would probably be “_________”. A. Friendships between ChineseB. Friendships between Americans C. Americans’ hospitalityD. Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships B Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported. Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (扑), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater. Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free. Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (伤口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers. “This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report. He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”. Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three or four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (细菌) on the teeth of the crocodile. 46. This passage is most likely to be found in _________ . A. a travel guide B. a newspaper C. a textbookD. a novel 47. The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was _________ . A. swimming in the river B. standing on the river bank C. watching the crocodile D. fishing in the water 48. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick? A. Her eyes were badly poked. B. She had eight wounds altogether. C. One of her fingers also got hurt.D. One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg. 49. According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT _______. A. braveB. diligent C. quickD. humorous 50. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? A. The husband should save the wife B. A man saves wife’s life from crocodile’s jaws C. A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine D. Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes C English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all the languages, English has the largest vocabulary – perhaps as many as two million words. However, let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine or apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾) , we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese – so one moose, two meese? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next? English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects (反映) the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible (能看见的); but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it. 51. According to the passage ________. Ks5u A. sweet-meats and sweet-breads are different thingsB. there should be egg in an eggplant C. pineapples are the apples on the pine apple treeD. boxing rings should be round 52. Which of the following is the correct plural? A. Beeth.B. Geese.C. Meese.C. Tooth. 53. Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning? A. A wise man and a wise guy.B. Overlook and oversee. C. Quite a lot and quite a few.D. Hot as hell and cold as hell. 54. The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean _________. A. blowB. roll up C. get hurtD. finish 55. Through the many paradoxes in the English language, the writer wants to show that human beings are __________ . A. cleverB. crazyC. lazyD. dull D Feeling satisfied with yourself and your life can actually protect against cancer, strokes (中风) accidents and more. Happiness not only makes you good, but it’s good for you. Being happy can prevent- Cancer. One Swedish study showed that people who were unhappy at work had a 5.5 times greater risk of getting colon cancer than happier ones. Why? Recent research suggests depression (沮丧) weakens the body’s disease-fighting defenses. Strokes. Happy people are less likely to develop high blood pressure, a major risk factor for strokes, says, Lyle H. Miller, Ph.D. Diabetes (糖尿病). The unhappiness that results from stress can sometimes bring about diabetes, according to Miller’s research. If stress is a long time, this can wear out the pancreas (胰腺) and possibly cause it to produce too little insulin (胰岛素). That’s why people suffer diabetes. 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