判断Philanthropy一词在古希腊语中的原意是“人们的爱”,它更接近于中国“公益”的概念。A. 正确B. 错误

1.Yo'u' ll be _________ for a period of three months before you get this job. What do you say?2. There is not much point in _________ when mobiles are so common now.3._________salary, I leave it to you to decide after you have considered my abilities and experience.4. Certainly, no all-round knowledge can be acquired merely by glancing this way and that and _________ hearsay.5. The hunger for liberty is strong, and it is not _________any time or place.6. It is found that people's voices often get higher when they lie, and they are more likely to _________ words.

Women islanders usually rely on their husbands to get some medicines for them without diagnoses and prescriptions.The Doctor Will Skype You NowF)Even off the islands, Bangladesh faces a critical deficit of health services. The country has half the doctors-per-person ratio recommended by the World Health Organization: roughly one doctor per 2,000 people, instead of one doctor per 1,000 people. And of those physicians, many are concentrated in cities: 70% of the country’s population live in rural areas, yet less than 20% of health workers practice there. Over 70% of TD’s 3,000 patients are female, in part because many are not comfortable speaking with local doctors who tend to be male. The rural women are mostly not literate or confident enough to travel on their own to the nearest town to visit medical facilities. Many have spent their entire lives rebuilding their homes when the islands flood. Early marriage and young motherhood, which are prevalent in these parts of Bangladesh, also contribute to the early onset of health problems.G)For most TD patients on the islands, Dr. Mustahid is the first big-city doctor that they’ve ever consulted. TD doctors are not meant to treat serious illnesses or conditions that require a doctor to be physically present, such as pregnancy. But they can write prescriptions, diagnose common ailments—including digestive issues, joint pain, skin diseases, fever and the common cold—and refer patients to doctors at local hospitals. The visit is also an opportunity for the patients, especially women, to air their concerns about aging, motherhood and reproductive health according to Dr. Mustahid. The doctors also offer health, dietary and lifestyle advice where necessary, including insight on everything from recognizing postnatal (产后的) depression to daily exercise. Dr. Mustahid regularly recommends her patients to take a daily thirty-minute morning walk before the sun gets too intense.H)After a few sessions about general health issues Fazila finally opened up about something else that was bothering her: her persistent skin condition. It can get expensive to travel to the doctor, so usually the women living on the islands describe their illness to their husbands. The husbands then go to the pharmacy, try to describe the issue and return home with some random medicines. Nothing worked for Fazila until she started seeing Dr. Apa.I)Other nonprofits are also starting to provide health services on the islands. A local non-governmental organization called Friendship operates floating boat hospitals that provide health services to islands all over Bangladesh, docking at each for two months at a time. Friendship also runs satellite clinics in which one doctor and one clinic aide who are residents of the community disperse health and hygiene information.J)TD still has a few major challenges. Many residents complain the medicines they are prescribed are sometimes unaffordable, but the government isn’t doing enough for them. Patients often ask why the medicine isn’t free along with the consultation from the doctors. The organizations are linked to local pharmacies and offer discounts to the patients and make sure to prescribe the most cost-effective brands, but still many residents can’t afford even that.K)Nevertheless, TD’s remote consultations seem to be popular: Of 3, 000 patients, at least 200 have returned for follow-ups, according to TD. The reason, explains one resident, might be the simple gesture of treating the island inhabitants with respect. “Dr. Apa is patient,” he says, “At government hospitals, the doctors treat us very badly, but here they listen to us, I can repeat myself many times and no one gets annoyed.”A、A) Fazila is a young woman that has been dealing with eczema （湿疹）, a common skin condition, for the past five years, but never got it treated. The nearest hospital is an hour away, by boat and bus, and her skin condition didn't seem serious enough to make the trek, so she ignored it—until a new technology brought the doctor to her. Fazila lives on one of the remote river islands in northern Bangladesh. These islands are low-lying, temporary sand islands that are continuously formed and destroyed through sand buildup and erosion. They are home to over six million people, who face repeated displacement from flooding and erosion—which may be getting worse because of climate change—and a range of health risks, including poor nutrition, malaria (疟疾) and other water-borne diseases.B、B) The most dangerous thing for these remote island dwellers is land erosion. The second is lack of access to medical supplies and doctors. There are no doctors within miles, and while child mortality and maternal death have gone down in the rest of the country, this is not the case for the islands. The medical situation is so bad that it really takes away from the quality of their life. Yet for many island inhabitants—some of Bangladesh’s poorest—paying for health care is a costly ordeal. Victims of erosion lose their houses, agricultural land and jobs as farmers, fishermen and day laborers. Though government hospitals are free, many people hesitate to go, citing long commutes, endless lines and questionable diagnoses. For convenience’s sake, one-third of rural households visit unqualified village doctors, who rely on unscientific methods of treatment, according to a 2016 study in the peer-reviewed journal Global Health Action.C、C) On the islands, there's even a colloquial (口头的) expression for the idea of making medical care your lowest priority: It’s known as “rog pushai rakha” in Bengali, which roughly translates to “stockpiling their diseases”—waiting to seek medical attention until a condition becomes extremely serious. Now, a new virtual medical service called Teledaktar (TD) is trying to make health care more easily accessible. Every week, TD’s medical operators travel to the islands by boat, carrying a laptop, a portable printer for prescriptions and tools to run basic medical screenings such as blood pressure, blood sugar, body temperature and weight. They choose an area of the island with the best Internet reception and set up a makeshift（临时凑合的) medical center which consists of plastic stools and small tables borrowed from the locals’ homes, a tent in case of rain and a sheet that is strung up to give the patients privacy during their session.D、D) Launched in October 2018, TD has eight centers in towns and villages across rural Bangladesh and on three islands. It is funded by a nonprofit organization founded by Bangladeshi entrepreneurs, finance and technology professionals. Inside the center, the laptop screen lights up to reveal Dr. Tina Mustahid, TD’s head physician, live-streamed (网络直播)from the capital city of Dhaka for free remote medical consultations. Affectionately called Doctor Apa—“older sister” in Bengali—by her patients, she is one of three volunteer doctors at TD.E、E)“I diagnose them through conversation,” says Dr. Mustahid. “Sometimes it’s really obvious things that local doctors don’t have the patience to talk through with their patients. For example, a common complaint mothers come in with is that their children refuse to eat their meals. The mothers are concerned they are dealing with indigestion, but it’s because they are feeding the children packaged chips which are cheap and convenient. I tell them it is ruining their appetite and ask them to cut back on unhealthy snacks.” Dr. Mustahid says building awareness about health and nutrition is important for island patients who are cut off from mainland resources.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.-|||-22.A)They are more likely to win in combat sports.-|||-B)They are in the minority among the population-|||-C)They have a higher chance of joining sports teams-|||-D)They have more disadvantages in getting ahead.-|||-23.A)Their brain is more powerful than that of right-handed people.-|||-B)The left side of their brain is more powerful than its right side-|||-C)They tend to be a lot more aggressive than right-handed people.-|||-D)Their brain has a stronger connection between its two sides.-|||-24.A)They have a larger brain. C)It is related to their genes.-|||-B)It still remains unknown. D)They are better at reasoning-|||-25.A)Teach them how to perform tasks with their right hand-|||-B)Help them fully develop their mathematical abilities.-|||-C) Encourage them to play fast-paced interactive sports.-|||-D)Advise them to choose jobs that require quick reactions

Section B-|||-Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.-|||-Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph-|||-from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each-|||-paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on-|||-Answer Sheet 2.-|||-This man is running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days-|||-A) Michael Wardian pushed forward into the penetrating arctic (北极的) wind,fighting the-|||-urge to speed up.Too much effort and he d begin to sweat,which,he was told, would-|||-only increase the risk of hypothermia (体温过低)-|||-B)At the 2014 North Pole Marathon,the temperature dipped to minus-22 degrees F,with a-|||-wind chill that made it feel even colder.Along the route, armed guards wandered theSection B-|||-Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.-|||-Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph-|||-from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each-|||-paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on-|||-Answer Sheet 2.-|||-This man is running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days-|||-A) Michael Wardian pushed forward into the penetrating arctic (北极的) wind,fighting the-|||-urge to speed up.Too much effort and he d begin to sweat,which,he was told, would-|||-only increase the risk of hypothermia (体温过低)-|||-B)At the 2014 North Pole Marathon,the temperature dipped to minus-22 degrees F,with a-|||-wind chill that made it feel even colder.Along the route, armed guards wandered theSection B-|||-Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.-|||-Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph-|||-from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each-|||-paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on-|||-Answer Sheet 2.-|||-This man is running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days-|||-A) Michael Wardian pushed forward into the penetrating arctic (北极的) wind,fighting the-|||-urge to speed up.Too much effort and he d begin to sweat,which,he was told, would-|||-only increase the risk of hypothermia (体温过低)-|||-B)At the 2014 North Pole Marathon,the temperature dipped to minus-22 degrees F,with a-|||-wind chill that made it feel even colder.Along the route, armed guards wandered theSection B-|||-Directions:In this section,you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it.-|||-Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph-|||-from which the information is derived.You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each-|||-paragraph is marked with a letter.Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on-|||-Answer Sheet 2.-|||-This man is running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days-|||-A) Michael Wardian pushed forward into the penetrating arctic (北极的) wind,fighting the-|||-urge to speed up.Too much effort and he d begin to sweat,which,he was told, would-|||-only increase the risk of hypothermia (体温过低)-|||-B)At the 2014 North Pole Marathon,the temperature dipped to minus-22 degrees F,with a-|||-wind chill that made it feel even colder.Along the route, armed guards wandered the

Here’s the good news: our air is cleaner, our lakes are purer, our forests are healthier, endangered species are recovering, toxic emissions are down, and acid rain has diminished dramatically. And yet, if you’ve looked at a newspaper or watched the evening news lately, you might think our environment is under siege(围攻). Media coverage of the environment is heavy on doomsday, but the truth is not at all break: nearly all environmental trends in the United States are positive and have been for years--if net decades. Eco-legislation, green organizations, corporate cooperation and new inventions have all quietly steered our environment in a positive direction. We can’t afford to be complacent(自满的), though--especially when it comes to greenhouse gases, since global warming is the one huge problem we haven’t really tackled. But almost every measure taken by government agencies and grass-roots efforts tn improve the environment has shown encouraging results--usually faster than expected and at a lower cost. Now that’s good news. Scientists and environmentalists think that even the worrisome fact of global warming can be ameliorated(改善). There is a strong scientific consensus that the global warming threat requires action, but if current environmental trends persist and the reduction of most pollutants continues to be accomplished faster and more cheaply than expected, we may be able to control and reduce greenhouse gases in both affordable and practical ways. Consider some of the environmental improvements the United States has witnessed over the last three decades. Take a nice, big cleansing breath. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, emissions of the primary smog-causing chemicals from cars and trucks have declined 54 percent since 1970, even though the number of registered cars and trucks has more than doubled, from 108,407,000 to 230,428,000, and they are now driven one and a half times as far annually. Keep breathing, because the fine particulates linked to respiratory disease, including those sometimes seen as soot(煤烟), are down by about one-third since 1979 (though fewer cities were surveyed back then). The level of carbon monoxide, a dangerous odorless gas, is down 53 percent since 1970. And emissions of sulfur dioxide, often the major culprit behind acid rain, are down 49 percent since 1970, despite the fact that the United States now bums far more coal, the main source of this pollutant. These improvements have translated into better air quality for millions of Americans. Between 1976 and 1990, the Los Angeles area averaged some 150 days per year in violation of federal smog standards; in 2004, that figure dropped to just 27 violation days, the fewest ever for that city. And, in case you are wondering, federal standards have become stricter; not weaker, during this period. Of course, there is more to be done-27 smog days in Los Angeles are still 27 too many, and Atlanta, Houston and other cities continue to experience air-pollution problems. But overall, air-quality trends are strongly positive. Now, exhale. Other environmental trends are equally encouraging. Water quality has improved, too, and rates of waterborne disease are also in decline. It’s hard to believe, but just a generation ago, factories and municipal plants actually discharged untreated wastewater directly into rivers; today, though some raw sewage often makes it to waterways, almost all wastewater in the United States is treated before discharge. Even our largest metropolises have seen dramatic changes in their waterways. Remember when the filthy condition of Boston Harbor became a contentions issue in the 1988 presidential campaign Today, Boston Harbor is sparkling again. The Potomac River, which in the 1960s literally gave off a stench(恶臭), now boasts a thriving waterfront restaurant scone. And the Chicago River, a virtual open sewer in the 1960s, now hosts charming dinner cruises. Invention has always been an important force in American history. When major reductions in automobile pollution were first mandated by the Clean Air Act of 1970, automakers either called the goals impossible or claimed that cars would become ruinously expensive. Then the catalytic converter was invented. This device reduces the level of many pollutants from automobile exhaust both cheaply and reliably. Today, it is estimated that new cars and light trucks emit just 3 to 4 percent of the amount of pollution that a new car would have emitted in 1968, before regulation; soon cars emitting less than I percent could be seen driving around your neighborhood. Other inventions, such as an enormous device known as the electrostatic precipitator, have reduced severe emissions from power-plant smokestacks, eliminated toxic substances from manufacturing processes, and replaced CFCs, the chemicals that cause ozone-layer depletion, with other more benign compounds. And by the way, the ozone layer appears to be restoring itself. Government regulation has also been an important force in the drive to protect the environment. The reason the catalytic converter and other antipollution devices were invented in the first place is because the government required big reductions in pollution, via the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and other legislation. Some environmental regulation may be too cumbersome(麻烦的) and needs to be streamlined-standards can vary wildly between regions--but there isn’t any doubt that environmental regulation actually works. Individual activism has been another important factor in the amazing progress we have seen in our natural world. Without the continued pressure from environmentalists, antipollution legislation would not have been enacted, and many pollution-reducing devices would not have been invented. Grass-roots organizations have been particularly essential to the ongoing creation and maintenance of new parks, wildlife refuges and protected forests. Businesses that once resisted environmental roles now generally comply. When companies started losing lawsuits regarding their chemical omissions, the idea of toxic reduction became rather popular in corporate boardrooms. But many corporations today seem to have genuinely come to believe that environmental protection is good for the country, good for the economy and, therefore, good for business. Getting a head start on the future, several big manufacturers, such as Alcoa, Boeing and Whirlpool, have already taken steps to reduce their companies’ greenhouse gas emissions. Alcoa, for example, has initiated a plan to use improved technology to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2010. The company also has extensive tree-planting programs near many of its operations and service areas, and Alcoa helps fund environmental nonprofits. Boeing and Whirlpool, meanwhile, are working to meet emissions reduction targets even though, no federal law yet requires this. Business leaders, environmentalists, regulators and inventors are working toward the same goal. That’s certainly an odd mix--not clearly Republican or Democratic, not clearly left-wing or right-wing. And maybe that’s the biggest reason you rarely hear about environmental progress. Current trends do not fit any preconceived (预想的) ideological notions. The political left wants to believe that industry is destroying the planet, and refuses to consider the evidence that business and the environment are making peace. The political right wants to believe that regulations are destroying the country, and refuses to consider the evidence that the longest period of economic expansion in American history occurred during the very period when pollution was in the midst of its big decline. However, today’s reality--an improving environment without economic does not fit with anyone’s scare-tactic fund-raising or cheap-shot political campaigns. Do the positive trends mean that environmental protection is no longer a concern Absolutely not. Many problems remain, among them the loss of wildlife habitat in suburban expansion areas, chemical runoff from nearly unrestricted agriculture, and low miles-per-gallon SUVs, which cause waste by burning excessive gas. Beyond these setbacks stands the specter (幽灵) of artificially triggered climate change. Global warming may be the Super Bowl of environmental problems, since it could impact all of Earth. But just bear this in mind: in every place where nations have imposed strict environmental standards, negative trends turned to positive very quickly. Earth, after all, has proved throughout the eons(万古) to be nothing if not resilient(能复原的). This gives us good reason to hope that if we act to solve the environmental problems that still remain, we will achieve rapid progress against them too. Now that’s a reason to say Happy Earth Day!The electrostatic precipitator has got rid of ______ from manufacturing processes. A．severe emissionsB．ozone-layer depletionC．many pollutantsD．toxic substances

Would you __________ your job if you inherited lots of money from your parents?

({B)} Sustainable Communities({/B)} According to the World Wildlife Fund, people are currently using resources 25 percent faster than they can be replaced. If we continue down this course, we will need a second planet by the year 2050. Sustainable communities attempt to change that course by drastically altering how citizens interact with the environment. Alternatively known as green communities or ecovillages (生态村), sustainable communities vary in their approaches to sustainable living, or a way of life that meets the population’s basic needs in ways that can be continued indefinitely for future generations. Some communities focus solely on enriching the environment, while others also aim to improve social and economic conditions as well.({B)}Characteristics of Sustainable Living Communities({/B)} Sustainable communities generally strive to minimize waste, reduce consumption and preserve open space. Ideally, they don’t use resources faster than they can be replenished, and they don’t produce waste faster than it can be assimilated back into the environment. Granted, some communities are more radical than others--living entirely off the grid and eschewing the use of government:--printed money--but the basic principles are similar. Designing the neighborhood to encourage walking or bicycling is one way sustainable communities put these first two principles into practice. Less driving means less gas and emissions. Many ecovillages also incorporate work space into homes or encourage telecommuting. They also might zone part of the development for commercial use, essentially making the community a serf-contained environment where residents don’t even have to leave for shopping or entertainment. This design sometimes is called a live- work-play lifestyle. Using green building techniques is another staple of sustainable communities. Here are a few examples: ・ Architects design buildings to take advantage of the sun’s lighting and heating capabilities. ・ They install energy-efficient appliances. ・ They try to use local sources of materials as much as possible to cut back on the environmental costs of transport. ・ They build with durable, non-toxic materials that have either been recycled or sustainably harvested. You might see straw bale (草捆) houses, which essentially use bales of straw as the structural building blocks; cob houses, which are a mix of straw, clay and sand or earthbag homes, which are exactly what they sound like, homes made out of bags of dirt. Along with green building techniques, sustainable communities rely on green gardening methods. They landscape with native, drought-tolerant plants and raise them organically to reduce water and keep pesticides and herbicides out of the environment. Many communities also set aside a significant portion of their land as open space. Serenbe, for example, reserves 80 percent of its 900 acres for green space, that is, 720 acres of rolling hills, woods and streams free of development, quite a contrast to the concrete-laden urban sprawl of Atlanta just 32 miles away. Another way sustainable communities reduce their ecological footprint is by capturing and recycling their wastes, often creating their own contained natural cycles. Instead of treating normally perceived waste products such as rainwater and sewage as pollution to be gotten rid of, residents mm them into resources. Sewage, for example, is turned into compost that fertilizes plants and increases soil productivity, while captured rainwater is cleansed through innovative filtering systems and reused for watering plants. ({B)}Examples of Sustainable Communities({/B)} More than 400 ecovillages exist in the world, according to the Global Ecovillage Network database. The following examples outline life in just two of these communities. Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage, Missouri. Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is a developing 280-acre community in northeastern Missouri with far-reaching goals. It aims to be an entirely self-reliant town that practices "radical environmental sustainability’, according to the community’s website. The town’s founders hope to attract between 500 and 1 000 residents to create a diverse community more capable of providing for all of its own needs. Dancing Rabbit even has its own local currency to encourage local trading and sourcing of jobs. The ecovillage has established a set of six guidelines that may seem extreme to the lazy environ- mentalists among us, but should set the town well on its way towards achieving sustainability. 1. No vehicles are to be used or stored in the village. 2. Fossil fuels for cars, refrigeration, heating and cooling homes, as well heating domestic water aren’t allowed. 3. All gardening must be organic. 4. All power must come from renewable resources. 5. No lumber from outside the local area is allowed unless it is recycled or salvaged. 6. Organic waste and recyclable materials are to be reincorporated into usable products through composting methods. Long term, Dancing Rabbit citizens are trying to achieve negative population growth. If they want the current 50 or so residents to become 500 or I 000, they may want to rethink that last guideline. Los Angeles Ecovillage, California. You might think sustainable communities have to be set in the country, but that’s not true. Located just three miles west of downtown Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Ecovillage (LAEV) is a community of 500 residents seeking to have minimal impact on the environment while also providing a fulfilling way of life. The urban location near public transit, schools, churches, commercial services and industry helps residents drive less, while the dozens of gardens and fruit trees provide a local source of food. LAEV takes a whole-systems approach to sustainability, meaning that residents strive to balance’ the social, economic and environmental needs of the community. Here, clean water and air rank up there with close-knit relationships, ethnic diversity and affordable housing. Citizens have saved 20 tons of brick from the landfill to use in construction projects, composted over 100 cubic yards of yard waste and held countless weekly potluck dinners to establish and strengthen relationships. Who knew that sustainability could be possible even in one of the largest, most polluted cities in the United States ({B)}Other Eco-Friendly Communities({/B)} Residents of the two sustainable communities we just discussed deliberately placed sustainability at the top of their agenda. But communities spring up for lots of reasons not related to the environment, and sometimes the Earth benefits. Before "green" was the new buzzword and sustainability was cool, Old Order Amish communities were quietly co-existing with the planet since the early 18th century. While members of this religious group didn’t consciously develop their way of life to help the environment, their simple farm-based living doesn’t hurt it. The Amish use horses to power their farm equipment and to get around. Their homes have no electricity; instead, they use lanterns (灯笼) for light. In stark contrast to the rampant consumerism visible in many countries, the Amish do not own things they don’t need. They wear simple clothes, and their houses are sparsely furnished. Amish communities didn’t have to "return to the earth" to achieve their brand of sustainability. They were there all along. Cohousing developments offer another example of a living arrangement that unwittingly(未觉察地) practices sustainability. These developments typically are designed to encourage and strengthen social relationships, rather than to tread lightly on the environment, but, as it turns out, the two often go hand in hand. Although residents in a cohousing development enjoy the privacy of their own homes, they share a common building and other resources. Sharing major appliances like washing machines, power tools and heavy exercise equipment forces you to interact with your neighbors while reducing resource use. In addition, it allows individual houses to be smaller, which, along with the clustered arrangement of homes, preserves land. People who own cars (some people share cars) park them on the sides of the neighborhood to create a pedestrian friendly environment safe for children. Several times a week, residents may also eat a shared meal in the common building to strengthen ties. Cooking for many on one stove is much more energy efficient than cooking for 20 on separate stoves.What will happen in the middle of the 21st century, if we consume resources much faster than their replacement A．We can have another planet called the Earth.B．We will use up resources on Earth.C．We will work out replaceable resources.D．We will migrate to another planet to live.

The All-American Slurp The first time our family was invited out to dinner in America,we disgraced ourselves while eating celery(芹菜).We had immigrated to this country from China,and during our early days here we had a hard time with American table manners. In China we never ate celery uncooked,or any other kind of vegetable raw.We always had to clean the vegetables in boiling water first When we were presented with our first relish tray,the raw celery caught us unprepared. We had been invited to dinner by our neighbors,the Gleasons.After arriving at the house,we shook hands with our hosts and packed ourselves into a sofa.As our family of four sat stiffly in a row,my younger brother and I stole glances at our parents for a clue as to what to do next. Mrs.Gleason offered the relish tray to Mother.The tray looked pretty,with its tiny red radishes,curly sticks of carrots,and long,slender stalks of pale green celery. "Do try some of the celery,Mrs.Lin," she said, "It's from a local farmer,and it's sweet." Mother picked up one of the green stalks,and Father followed suit.Then I picked up a stalk,and my brother did too.So there we sat,each with a stalk of celery in our right hand. Mrs.Gleason kept smiling. "Would you like to try some of the dip,Mrs.Lin?It's my own recipe:sour cream and onion flakes,with a dash of Tabasco sauce. Most Chinese don't care for dairy products,and in those days I wasn't even ready to drink fresh milk.Sour cream sounded perfectly disgusting.Our family shook our heads in unison. Mrs.Gleason went off with the relish tray to the other guests,and we carefully watched to see what they did.Everyone seemed to eat the raw vegetables quite happily. Mother took a bite of her celery.Crunch. "It's not bad!" she whispered. Father took a bite of his celery.Crunch. "Yes,it is good," he said,looking surprised. I took a bite,and then my brother.Crunch,crunch.It was more than good；it was delicious.Raw celery has a slight sparkle,a zingy taste that you don't get in cooked celery.When Mrs.Gleason came around with the relish tray,we each took another stalk of celery,except my brother.He took two. There was only one problem:long strings ran through the length of the stalk,and they got caught in my teeth.When I help my mother in kitchen,I always pull the strings out before slicing celery. I pulled the strings out of my stalk.Z-z-zip,z-z-zip.My brother followed suit.Z-z-zip,z-z-zip,z-z-zip.To my left,my parents were taking care of their own stalks.Z-z-zip,z-z-zip,z-z-zip. Suddenly I realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping.Looking up,I saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family.Mr.and Mrs.Gleason,their daughter Meg,who was my friend and their neighbors the Badels -they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery That wasn't the end of it.Mrs.Gleason announced that dinner was served and invited us to the dining table.It was lavishly covered with plates of food,but we couldn't see any chairs around the table.So we helpfully carried over some dining chairs and sat down.All the other guests just stood there. Mrs.Gleason bent down and whispered to us,"This is a buffet dinner.You help yourselves to some food and eat it in the living room." Our family beat a retreat back to the sofa as if chased by enemy soldiers.For the rest of the evening,too embarrassed to go back to the dining table,I nursed a bit of potato salad on my plate. Next day Meg and I got on the school bus together.I wasn't sure how she would feel about me after the spectacle our family made at the party.But she was just the same as usual,and the only reference she made to the party was,"Hope you and your folks got enough to eat last night.You certainly didn't take very much.Mom never tries to figure out how much food to prepare.She just puts everything on the table and hopes for the best." I began to relax.The Gleasons' dinner party wasn't so different from a Chinese meal after all.My mother also puts everything on the table and hopes for the best. The day came when my parents announced that they wanted to give a dinner party.We had invited Chinese friends to eat with us before,but this dinner was going to be different.In addition to a Chinese-American family,we were going to invite the Gleasons. "Gee,I can hardly wait to have dinner at your house," Meg said to me. "I just love Chinese food." That was a relief.Mother was a good cook,but I wasn't sure if people who ate sour cream would also eat chicken gizzards stewed in soy sauce. Mother decided not to take a chance with chicken gizzards.Since we had western guests,she set the table with large dinner plates.Which we never used in Chinese meals.In fact we didn't use individual plates at all,but picked up food from plates in the middle of the table and brought it directly to our rice bowls.Following the practice of Chinese-American restaurant,mother also placed large serving spoons on the plates. The dinner started well.Mrs.Gleason exclaimed at the beautifully arranged dishes of food:the colorful candied fruit in the sweet-and-sour pork dish,the noodle-thin shreds of chicken meat stir-fried with tiny peas,and the glistening pink prawns in a ginger sauce. At first I was too busy enjoying my food to to notice how the guests were doing.But soon I remembered my duties.Sometimes guests were too polite to help themselves and you had to serve them with more food. I glanced at Meg,to see if she needed more food,and my eyes nearly popped out at the sight of her plate.It was piled with food:the sweet-and-sour meat pushed right against the chicken shreds,and the chicken sauce ran into the prawns.She had been taking food from a second dish before she finished eating her helping from the first! Horrified,I turned to look at Mr.Gleason.He was chasing a pea around his plate.Several times he got it to the edge,but when he tried to pick it up with his chopsticks,it rolled back toward the center of the plate again.Finally he put down his chopsticks and picked up the pea with his fingers.He really did!A grown man! All of us,our family and the Chinese guests,stopped eating to watch the activities of the Gleasons.I wanted to giggle.Then I caught my mother's eyes on me.She frowned and shook her head slightly,and I understood the message:the Gleasons were not used to Chinese ways,and they were just coping the best they could.For some reason I thought of celery strings. When the main courses were finished,Mother brought out a plate of fruit."I hope you weren't expecting a sweet dessert," she said. "Since the Chinese don't eat dessert,I didn't think to prepare any." "Oh,I couldn't possibly eat dessert!" cried Mrs.Gleason. "I'm simply stuffed!" Meg had different ideas.When the table was cleared,she announced that she and I were going for a walk. "I don't know about you,but I feel like dessert," she told me,when we were outside."Come on,there's a Dairy Queen down the street.I could use a big chocolate milkshake!" Although I didn't really want anything more to eat,I insisted on paying for the milkshakes.After all,I was still hostess. Meg got her large chocolate milkshake and I had a small one.Even so,she was finishing hers while I was only half done.Toward the end she pulled hard on her straws and went shloop,shloop. "Do you always slurp when you eat a milkshake?" I asked,before I could stop myself from doing so. Meg grinned."Sure.All Americans slurp."(1)Questions ①to ⑤.根据文章内容判断下列表述.如果表达与文章内容一致,选A项；表达与文体内容不一致,选B项:文章中未提及表述的信息,则选C项.①After arriving at the house of the Gleasons for dinner,the Chinese family seemed to feel quite uneasy. ______(判断对错)②After the Chinese family were offered raw celery they were served with fresh milk. ______(判断对错)③When dinner was served,some guests stood there because the Chinese family did not carry over enough dining chairs. ______(判断对错)④When the Chinese family served dinner,Mr.Gleason was not good with chopsticks. ______(判断对错)⑤After the main courses were finished,Meg did not have the fruit that the Chinese mother prepared. ______(判断对错)(2)Question ①to④.判断下列词汇在文章中的含义,并从表格中选择恰当的释义.(提示:8个选项中有4项是多余的)①care for ______②serve ______③nurse ______④message ______A.to like sb./sth.B.to be useful for a particular purposeC.a person whose job is to look after people who are ill or injuredD.the main or most important idea someone is trying to tellE.to do things that keep something in good conditionF.to give someone food or drinkG.to hold sb./sth.Carefully in your arms or close to your bodyH.a written or spoken piece of information that you send to sb.(3)Question ①to ②.选择最佳答案.①The passage is mainly about ______.A.difficulties in treating foreign guests to dinnerB.difficulties in adapting oneself to a new lifestyleC.differences between American and Chinese foodD.differences in table manners between two cultures②The last two paragraphs of the passage suggest that ______.A.every culture has its unique table mannersB.slurping is a habit shared by all AmericansC.every culture has something to be proud ofD.different cultures share similarities sometimes