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　　My friend Alice decided to be a nurse __1__ she was four years old. She always wanted to play” doctors and nurses” with other children. When she left school last year, she still wanted to be a __2__. One day she saw an advertisement in the newspaper: DO YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE? STUDY NURSING. Send this form to us for more information（情况）. Alice 3 the table with her name and address. She cut it out and __4__ it that day.

　　Later September she started her studies in a big __5__ in Richmond. She had to study very hard. She went to classes every day and studied late at night. She __6__ went to bed until twelve o'clock. Then a really important day came: her first day in a ward（病房）. At last she was really helping __7__ instead of just sitting in classes or learning from books. At first, student nurses have to do all kinds of work in the ward. They help to serve（端）meals or wash the patients. They also keep the ward tidy and make the __8__. They can't give injections（打针）or help the doctors.

　　One of Mice's jobs was in the ward of old people. She was told to clean all patients' false（假的）teeth. She asked each patient if he had any false __9__. She brought all the teeth together and took them to the washing room. Instead of cleaning each of teeth one by one, she put them all in to one big plate.

　　“It'll be quicker this way,” She said to herself.” Then I can give back everyone' s teeth !”Alice stood in the middle of the ward with her big plate of teeth. She had no idea __10__ teeth these are. The problem is how the old men could find their own teeth.

(1) A．until	B．when
C．and	D．since
(2) A．worker	B．teacher
C．driver	D．nurse
(3) A．wrote down	B．found out
C．filled in	D．thought about
(4) A．posted	B．called
C．took	D．wrote
(5) A．factory	B．hospital
C．school	D．farm
(6) A．always	B．else
C．ever	D．never
(7) A．patients	B．students
C．farmers	D．singers
(8) A．desks	B．chair
C．rooms	D．beds
(9) A．legs	B．hair
C．teeth	D．hands
(10) A．who	B．whose
C．which	D．where

When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire(退休) or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

1.Jack brought the couple their food very fast because______.

A. the manager asked him to do so   B. he respected the elderly

C. the couple wanted him to do so    D. he wanted more pay

2.In Jack’s hometown, ______.

A. people dislike being called “old”　　　　　

B. people are proud of being old

C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

3. After this experience, Jack ______.

A. lost his job in the restaurant      　

B. made friends with the couple

C. no longer respected the elderly　　　

D. changed his way with older people

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A . The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.

C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

5.Which is the best title for this passage?

A.  Different countries, different customs     B.  Old people, old customs

C.  Different restaurants, different services    D.  Differences between old and young

 

任务型阅读，阅读与回答问题。（10分）
We need to be responsible for our environment. Being a frugal consumer（节俭的消费者） is one way to help. But,what exactly does that mean？
Use It Up. You can use things up instead of wasting them. Squeeze that last bit of toothpaste out of the tube. Use the last little piece of soap. Don’t  throw away any bits of the biscuit at the bottom of the box.
Wear It Out. You do not always need to have new things. Suppose your sneakers have broken laces， but they still fit you. Repair them and wear them longer. You don’t have the latest iPhone until the old one doesn’t work any more. Then you can get a new one. Think twice before replacing something that still works.
Make It Do. When something you want is not on hand， look for something else that you already have to take its place. Suppose you are packing your lunch for tomorrow and want a butter sandwich. You are out of butter. Have a cheese sandwich instead so that you can use all of the cheese. Learn to fix broken toys instead of just throwing them away. With a little thought， you can make something do，instead of buying something new.
Do Without. Think about all those things that you would like to have. Do you really need them？ How long will you really play with that new toy you saw on TV？ Making the things that we want uses up your world’s  resources（资源）。 And， getting rid of the things we don’t want any more takes up even more resources and space.
【小题1】 What do we need to be responsible for？(请将答案写在答题纸上)
【小题2】How do we deal with the last little piece of soap？(同上)
【小题3】 When do we need to get a new iPhone？(同上)
【小题4】 What should we do when something we want is not on hand？(同上)
【小题5】What does the writer want to tell us？(同上)

When I was 14, I left school with learning disabilities and decided to surf the biggest waves in the world, first in California and then in Hawaii. One morning, I met an old man, a bum（流浪汉）, on the street comer. He asked me if I was running away from home. I told him, “Not exactly, sir. ”

    After talking a while, he told me that he had something to show me and share with me. We walked several blocks until we came upon the downtown Public Library.

    The bum asked me to sit down and wait a moment. Later he returned with some books, and then said, “I want to teach you two things. Number one is never to judge a book by its cover, for a cover fools you. I’ll bet you think I’m a bum, don’t you?”

    I said, “I guess so, sir.”

    “Well, young man, I've got a little surprise for you. I am one of the wealthiest（富有的）men in the world. But a year ago, when my wife passed away, I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of which was what it would be like to live like a bum on the streets. For the past year I have been going from city to city doing just that. Number two is to learn how to read, for there is only one thing that people can’t take away from you, and that is your wisdom（智慧）. ”At that moment, he gave me the books he’d pulled from the shelves. His parting request（请求）was for me to never forget what he taught me. I have remembered until today.

1.The boy     when he was 14.

    A. liked running        B. left school

    C. did well in study    D. traveled around the world

2.Which of the following is true?

    A. The old man took the boy home.

    B. The old man was homeless and poor.

C. The old man was friendly to the boy.

    D. The old man and his wife went from city to city.

3.The old man taught the boy how to           .

    A. love people          B. become wise

C. choose friends       D. experience the bum’s life