—May he succeed.
Although I started learning English during my college years, when I entered the States, I only understood two English words “Yes” and “No”. We learned many grammar rules but we could not make the language connections to the real English world. Language frustration worries almost all first generation immigrants. For example, I got a letter from a Chinese-American who has lived in the States for a long time and has a good IT job saying “My 11-year-old girl writes quite well, but as her parents, we could not even read her article.”In addition, my Chinese-American professor friend has difficulty reading a novel. Improving our English skills has become a long journey for all of us. Honestly, if I have a chance, I really want to reach out to everyone in the world who has had a similar experience: learning a second language in adulthood. I wish I could encourage them to speak out about the culture shock, frustration they felt about the differences between West and East.
I have mainly focused on my English writing since 2008 after I found “Literacy Volunteers”, an organization that specially focuses on helping immigrants improve their English. I decided to challenge myself, writing a story like an American. I saw many wonderful Americans there. As soon as I met my teacher Alice, I asked her to be my private language tutor and have taken Tims English class. Every week Alice and I have worked on my English essays sentence by sentence.
To observe the culture differences between West and East, occasionally, I posted a few of my English essays online. I mentioned previously about American culture; when people read the same article or even face the same situation, American and Chinese act very differently. In my viewpoint, these differences make America the strongest country in the world. I know you have the right to express your own opinions, but accusing others without proof is not acceptable.
—Yes. He is an outstanding leader who _____ his reputation.
— Oh, ________ If you had called me, I wouldn't have gone to the cinema.
1．宗旨：帮助学生以积极乐观的态度面对问题，迎接挑战。
2．活动内容：
（1）定期请专家开讲座，解决心理问题
（2）组织讨论，交流学习经验
（3）请你再拟定两项活动3．活动时间：周六下午
（4）报名方式：在学生会填写申请表或在校园网上登记
注意：（1）不要简单翻译所给要点，要有行当发挥；
（2）词数150，短文中已写出的部分不计入总词数；
（3）参考词江：心理的；学生会
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The teacher handed our writings back to us, ______ some necessary changes.
A. making B. to have made C. having made D. made
When I was eight, I had to cross a crime-filled neighborhood to school. Nobody got
involved when there was a__41 ,not even if a killing was happening directly across from
our 42 :"What's that, Mom? Someone is screaming！""Turn off the light！ Stay 43 I
Keep your voice down!" Mom would 44 .
Usually,1 would see other girls that I knew, and I would catch up and we would 45
together.
Along this route was an old grey house with a 46 . It never caught my attention
47 a kind and lovely elderly lady 48 us with a musical voice and a smile. "Look in
my apple tree!" she said. "Do you see the Cedar Waxwings?" Well, I had never known
what the 49 was called. My friends and l would, 50 ,look for the old lady to see if
she was 51 .She had taken this little yard and made it a small paradise of flower beds:
s0 52 that she probably had lived there for many years. She enjoyed our frequent
visits and told us all kinds of things about birds and nature. We 53 to love her.
But one day, we didn't 54 her. Though we looked, there was never a 55 0f
her: her garden began to look 56 and the greyness of the house seemed to take over
the colorful mood. One of us 57 to open the gate and knocked at the door, but the
dear old woman would never greet us again. It was to be my first experience with death,
though I didn’t know it then, a death to my childhood 58 ．
Every time I 59 a bird, especially a Cedar Waxwing,I think of her. Every time I
face a hardship, I remember her grace and dignity. Her 60 in the old house made it
beautiful.
41.A. gathering B. celebration C. murder D. crime
42.A. school B. house C. neighborhood D. town
43.A. awake B. low C. asleep D. active
44.A. reply B. shout C. announce D. whisper
45.A. walk B. play C .fight D. study
46.A. view B. pond C .yard D. mystery
47.A. until B. when C. because D. where
48.A. begged B. treated C. ordered D. greeted
49.A. fruit B. tree C. bird D .flower
50.A. once a year B. every school day C. occasionally D. rarely
51.A. gardening B. smiling C .reading D. watchlng
52.A. old-fashioned B .established C .tidy D. large
53.A. agreed B. expected C. tried D. grew
54.A. visit B. miss C. see D. love
55. A. sign B .story C. memory D .photo
56. A. fresh B. wild C. dirty D .green
57.A. promised B. planned C .threatened 0.dared
58.A. pleasure B. innocence C. independence D. friendship
59.A. admire B .draw C. keep D. catch
60.A. death B. Labor C. presence D. Interest
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I wish there would be a way to describe China in simple terms but that's impossible. For the most part Chinese people are friendly, easygoing and optimistic. They are curious and unusually patient and they are also the hardestworking people I have ever met.
In China, family is everything. In my English classes when the students were asked what they would do if they only had a few hours to live, most students told me how they would spend their last few hours with their families and parents. Many times the subjects in the classes center on families and friends. I teach many students a year, talking to them freely.
The cost of living here is very low compared with that of the US. The city of Xiang Fan I live in isn't large and I live better. Nonimported(非进口的)foods are very cheap, so are clothing and articles of everyday use. The cost of public transportation is very low, too. Chinese value education. However, it is reported that many children can't afford the expenses of schooling and are forced to leave school in some poor areas in China. But they organized Project Hope many years ago. It creates conditions for the poor children to go back to school. In my opinion, Project Hope is of great importance to the development of the rural education.
When we read news of China in the west, rarely, if ever, will we see anything mentioned of the positive changes China has gone through. While it is true that economic miracles have not reached many areas of China, but we also have the same problems.
When I am asked which country I consider better, China or the US, my answer has always been the same, “We are not worse or better than each other, we are only different.”
21．What does the author think of Chinese people?
A. He thinks most Chinese people hardly work.
B. He thinks most Chinese people are proud.
C. He praises most Chinese people a lot.
D. He dislikes most Chinese people.
22．What is the author doing in China?
A. He is visiting the places of interest. B. He is teaching English in a school.
C. He is studying in a college. D. He is on business.
23．What are NOT cheap in China in the author's opinion?
A. Clothes and shoes made in China. B. Local foods.
C. Public transportation tickets. D. Imported foods.
24．We can infer from the passage that the author thinks ________.
A. the westerners have got to know China well
B. China's economic miracles have appeared everywhere
C. the progress of China is seldom reported in the US
D. the education in rural areas is never cared about in China
Scientific researches show that to __________ a language one had better often get exposed to it.
A. acquire B. access C. acknowledge D. assess
