I was born and raised in Hong Kong．For the past six years, I've been living in the United States．I work as a salesgirl in a large department store．Right now I'm going through a difficult period of my life which is hard for me to talk about．

A few months ago, I went to Hong Kong for a visit．It was the first time I'd gone back there since coming to the United States．I was eager to see my parents, my brothers, my sisters and my friends．

I really got a shock when I arrived．Hong Kong was not the same city as I left six years ago．Things had changed so much that I didn't recognize parts of it．My primary school was gone．The houses on the street where I used to live had been torn down and replaced by office buildings．

The shock from the physical changes in the city, however, was nothing compares to the confusion and hurt I soon began to feel in my parents' home．My family greeted warmly when I arrived．While my mother was busy preparing a special dinner in my honor, the rest of the family eagerly asked me questions about my life in the United States．I felt happy that day and for a couple of days after, but then I began to feel that something was wrong．I noticed that my family, especially my mother, would sometimes glance at me in a strange way when I was speaking．They gradually became less warm and friendly towards me, I became uncomfortable and confused as to why they were behaving that day．

I decided to talk to my mother．She asked me, "Have you forgotten your Chinese way?" I asked her what she meant．She asked, "You've forgotten the place of women in a Chinese home．You talk when you should remain silent．You speak on matters that of concern only to men．You speak openly of your inner feelings and desires．That's not the way of a Chinese woman．We keep our thoughts and feelings to ourselves．

I was born and raised in Hong Kong．Here raise means______．

A．bring up     B．stay         C．become higher   D．live

What shocked the author most during her visit in Hong Kong?

A．The physical changes in Hong Kong．

B．Her primary school didn't exist any longer．

C．She couldn't recognize parts of Hong Kong．

D．The confusion and hurt she experienced in her parents' home．

Why did the author's family become less warm and friendly towards her?

A．She had forgotten her role as a woman．

B．She didn't follow the Chinese custom about how a woman should behave at home．

C．She spoke of her inner feelings and desires directly．

D．She talked about matters that were not concerned with women．

The best title for this passage is _______．

A．My Trip in Hong Kong                 B．The Changes in Hong Kong

C．Caught Between Two Cultures          D．The Chinese Way

Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together, they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: international competitions encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Not only was there the tragic incident including the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by incidents caused mainly by smaller national contests.
One country received its second-place medals with visible anger after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were sure that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in great anger when he said, “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension（停赛）of the team for at least three years.
Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages  aggressive patriotism (爱国主义).
【小题1】According to the author, recently the Olympic Games have ______.

A．created goodwill between the nations

B．brought about only false national pride

C．hardly showed any international friendship

D．put an end to misunderstanding and hatred

【小题2】The underlined word “disallowed”(in Paragraph 2) means “______”.

A．permitted to pass	B．considered as reasonable
C．won by the other side	D．refused to accept

【小题3】What did the manager mean by saying, “Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished"?

A．His team would no longer take part in international games.

B．Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions.

C．There should be no more Hockey matches organized by the Federation.

D．The Federation should break up.

【小题4】The author gives the example in paragraph 2 to show ______.

A．how false national pride led to undesirable incidents in international games

B．that sportsmen are often against the final decisions

C．that competitiveness in the games discourages international friendship

D．that unfair decisions are common in the Olympic Games

【小题5】What conclusion can be drawn from the passage?

A．The organization of the Olympic Games must be improved.

B．Athletes should compete as individuals in the OlympicGames.

C．A game should be played competitively rather than for the love of the game.

D．More and more athletes will compete for their own honor.

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It had been a tiring day and I was looking forward to a quiet evening. My __36__ would not be back until late and I had __37__ to sit comfortably in a chair in the _38___ room and read a good book. I put the children to bed _39__ and prepared a cup of coffee for myself. Soon I was seated comfortably with my__40___ in front of me and the sandwich and the cup of coffee on a small table beside me.

I was just beginning to __41__ the food when the telephone rang. I put down my book and hurried to __42___ it. By the time I got back to the living room, my coffee was__43__. I ate the sandwich and begin__44___ cold coffee with the book _45___ open to the front page. _46___ there was a loud knock at the front_47___. It surprised me so much that I spilled (洒)some coffee on my skirt. The man at the door was looking __48___ a certain address and __49___ me to  give him some information. It _50___ me a long time to explain something to him. After that , I sat down again and __51__ to read a whole page without further interruption(打扰) --- until the baby woke up. He started __52__ at the top of his voice, __53__ I run upstairs quickly. He was still awake at 11 o’clock when my husband came back. I really wanted to throw something __54____ him when he asked me if I had spent a ___55____ evening.

A. mother          B. husband            C. children         D. sister

A. said            B. told                C. decided          D. considered

A. living           B. bed                C. reading         D. waiting

A. late             B. early               C. quickly         D. slowly

A. baby            B. dog                C. TV            D. book

A. watch           B. see                 C. eat            D. listen

A. receive           B. take               C. hold           D. answer

A. cold             B. hot                C. gone           D. missing

A. finding           B. drinking            C. changing       D. throwing

A. yet              B. already             C. still            D. was

A. Heavily          B. Angrily             C. Certainly        D. Suddenly

A. door        B. window            C. street           D. room

A. at               B. for                 C. up             D. after

A. wanted           B. liked               C. suggested       D. hoped

A. spent             B. cost               C. took            D. used

A. finished          B. allowed             C. began           D. managed

A. crying            B. shouting            C. singing          D. talking

A. and              B. so                 C. as              D. till

A. to               B. on                 C. at              D. for

A. troubling         B. busy                C. sad             D. happy

 I like the book so much that I'll buy it, _______.

A. no matter how it may cost              B. how may it cost

C. how much may it cost                   D. however much it may cost

 

London Thursday July 26(Reuters)--Ian Johnstone missed his girlfriend so much that he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose to her．The problem is that she flew in the opposite direction．

He and Amy Dolby even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore at the same time to wait for connecting flights.

Dolby，heartbroken when she arrived at Johnstone’s Sydney apartment to find he had flown to London，told the Times：“It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us.He is the most romantic person I have ever known．I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive(冲动的)people.We are always trying to surprise each other．”

After an 11，000-mile flight across the globe，she was greeted by Johnstone’s astonished flatmate asking what she was doing there.

“The terrible truth dawned when I found that Lan’s rucksack and most of his clothes were missing.I sat on the end of his bed and cried my eyes out．And that really annoyed me，”she said．

Johnstone，a 27-year-old bricklayer，had taken a year off to travel round Australia．But he was missing Dolby，a 26-year-old secretary，so much he got a job on a Sydney building site and started saving for a surprise.

He then flew home to Britain and went to her apartment armed with an engagement ring，champagne and flowers．

“I really missed Amy and I’d been thinking about her all the time．I thought she was winding me up when she phoned me from Australia．”he said．

Johnstone then asked Dolby to marry him on the phone．“I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted，”she said．

Dolby was given a short tour of Sydney by Johnstone’s friends and Johnstone had to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket．

1.According to the text，it seemed that       .

A．Johnstone and Dolby could have seen each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore

B．the couple pretended not to see each other in the same airport waiting-room in Singapore

C．the young lovestruck couple had both intended to propose to each other

D．Dolby stayed longer in Sydney than Johnstone stayed in Britain

2.We can learn from the text that        .

A．Johnstone was not as impulsive as Dolby

B．Johnstone got a job in Sydney in order to start saving money for a surprise to Dolby

C．Dolby was heartbroken because someone was playing a cruel joke on her

D．Dolby was greeted by Johnstone’s flatmate at the airport

3.When Johnstone asked her to marry him on the phone，Dolby didn’t know whether to laugh or cry because she had a mixed feeling of        .

A．excitement，anger and shyness

B．sadness，happiness and surprise

C．love,hatred and nevousness

D．cheer，regret and annoyance

4.Which of the following shows the right order of what happened in the story?

a.Johnstone flew back to Britain to propose to his girlfriend，Amy Dolby．

b.Johnstone started working at a Sydney building site．

c.Johnstone went to Amy’s apartment in Britain with an engagement ring．

d.Johnstone proposed to Dolby over the phone．

e.They were waiting for their connecting flight in the airport in Singapore．

f.Dolby called Johnstone from Australia．

A．b—a—d—e—c—f	B．c—a—b—e—f—d
C．b—a—e—c—f—d	D．b—a—f—e—c—d