Take a look at teenagers around, dressed in baggy-pants (寬松褲), drinking soft drinks such as coke, reading Japanese cartoons. Whether you are in Beijing, Wuhan or Hong Kong, you will get the same impression. But should we copy others or should we maintain (保留) our differences?

It sounds convenient that people around the world speak the same language, dress in the same style, eat the same food and play the same games. If the world was like this, you won’t feel strange in any corner of world. But just imagine living in such a strange world. How dull and colorless it would be!

Different kinds of food that people can taste, the colorful and fashionable clothes that we dress in and different languages we speak are all part of the different cultures that our ancestors left us. These differences represent their creativity (創(chuàng)造力) and talent. And we all enjoy different cultures in our daily lives. When you travel to other places, you want to see different things. When you talk to foreigners you expect to listen to interesting stories. These differences in culture are what make life colorful.

But the whole world is shrinking into a small village as globalization (全球化) takes effect and many different cultures are disappearing. In most big cities around the world people wear the same clothes. Fast food stores are everywhere. Hollywood movies are kicking traditional performing arts out of our lives. The colors of our life are disappearing.

There is joke that even the panda and zebra want to live a colorful life. So let’s take action to protect our colorful culture before it becomes as simple as black and white.

It’s not difficult. Learning some folk songs, trying on a traditional clothing and even eating local food instead of going to KFC can help. And we’re sure you will enjoy it.

1.The passage is written to _______.

A．explain cultural differences               B．convince readers to maintain cultural differences

C．predict the future of globalization           D．show some cultural phenomena(現(xiàn)象)

2.The author thinks that cultural differences _______.

A．make the world colorful                  B．make communication difficult

C．only exist in food and clothing              D．will never fade away

3.The author starts the argument by ________.

A．mentioning certain cultural phenomena

B．mentioning his view at the very beginning

C．mentioning the opposite view at the very beginning

D．giving examples of cultural differences

4.The underlined word “shrink” probably means “_______”.

A．expand           B．disappear         C．become smaller     D．grow in number

5.The author talks of all the following cultural phenomena except _______.

A．food             B．clothing           C．language          D．a(chǎn)rchitecture

 

I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago. Her husband died because of traffic accident. About a week after his death, she shared some of her insights with us.
The class was clearly over. She said,＂Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you an important thought.”  “Each of us is on Earth to learn, share, love and *appreciate. We must *cherish every single day.”
Her eyes beginning to water, she went on, “So I would like you to make me a *promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful. It could be a *scent----perhaps of freshly baked bread, or it could be the sound of the *breeze slightly *rustling the leaves in the trees.”
“Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may sound * trite, these things are the *stuff of life. They are the little things on Earth to enjoy. They are the things we often take for *granted. We must try to notice them because it can be easily taken away at any time.”
The class was completely quiet. We picked up our books and went out of the room silently. That afternoon I noticed more things on my way from school than I had that whole semester.
I often think of that teacher and try to appreciate all off those things that sometimes we *overlook.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch time today. Walk *barefoot along the beach at *sunset. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we regret, but the things we didn’t do.
【小題1】In the writer’s eyes , the high school teacher was ________________________.

A．weak

B．happy

C．strict

D．special

【小題2】The words “insight” in the first paragraph means_____________________.

A．promise

B．thought

C．love

D．thing

【小題3】From the underlined sentence in the third paragraph we know the writer’s teacher suggests ____________.

A．cherishing every single day

B．finding something beautiful

C．cherishing even very little things

D．taking for granted

【小題4】The best title for the passage may be __________________________.

A．My high school days	B．Making a promise
C．My teacher’s insights	D．Little things in life

Do you like chocolate? Maybe most people do．A box of it can be a great gift．Buy one for a friend and give it as a surprise．See how happy that person gets.

Say you just got a box of chocolate．Which piece do you pick first? A man has studied people’s choices．He says they tell something about the person．Did you choose a round piece? You are a person who likes to party．Did you choose an oval （橢圓形的）shape? You are a person who likes to make things．Picking a square shape shows something else．The person is honest and truthful．You can depend on him or her.

What kind of chocolate do you pick? Maybe you like milk chocolate．This shows you have warm feelings about the past．Dark chocolate means something else．A person who chooses it looks toward the future．What about white chocolate? Would you choose it? If so, you may find it hard to make up your mind．Some people like chocolate with nuts （果仁）．These are people who like to help others.

Do you believe these ideas? Can candy tell all these things? It doesn’t really matter．There is one sure thing about eaters of chocolate．They eat it because they like it.

1．This passage mainly tells us ______.

A．why people like chocolate

B．a(chǎn)lmost everyone likes chocolate

C．a(chǎn)bout different kinds of chocolate

D．different choices may show different characters

2．Picking a round shape of chocolate shows that a person ______.

A．likes singing, dancing and drinking

B．likes to do something for others

C．is good at making things

D．can be depended on

3．If you enjoy eating milk chocolate, you may ______.

A．look forward to the future

B．like to think of the past

C．enjoy parties and fun 

D．have trouble making decisions

4．From this passage we can see that a helpful man may choose chocolate ______.

A．in oval shape                                B．in square shape

C．with nuts                                   D．with coffee

5．The last paragraph suggests that the writer ______.

A．believes all the information about chocolate

B．does not believe the information about candy

C．is trying to get you to believe false information

D．doesn’t think it important whether you believe the ideas

Do you like chocolate? Maybe most people do．A box of it can be a great gift．Buy one for a friend and give it as a surprise．See how happy that person gets.

Say you just got a box of chocolate．Which piece do you pick first? A man has studied people’s choices．He says they tell something about the person．Did you choose a round piece? You are a person who likes to party．Did you choose an oval （橢圓形的）shape? You are a person who likes to make things．Picking a square shape shows something else．The person is honest and truthful．You can depend on him or her.

What kind of chocolate do you pick? Maybe you like milk chocolate．This shows you have warm feelings about the past．Dark chocolate means something else．A person who chooses it looks toward the future．What about white chocolate? Would you choose it? If so, you may find it hard to make up your mind．Some people like chocolate with nuts （果仁）．These are people who like to help others.

Do you believe these ideas? Can candy tell all these things? It doesn’t really matter．There is one sure thing about eaters of chocolate．They eat it because they like it.

1．This passage mainly tells us ______.

A．why people like chocolate

B．a(chǎn)lmost everyone likes chocolate

C．a(chǎn)bout different kinds of chocolate

D．different choices may show different characters

2．Picking a round shape of chocolate shows that a person ______.

A．likes singing, dancing and drinking

B．likes to do something for others

C．is good at making things

D．can be depended on

3．If you enjoy eating milk chocolate, you may ______.

A．look forward to the future

B．like to think of the past

C．enjoy parties and fun 

D．have trouble making decisions

4．From this passage we can see that a helpful man may choose chocolate ______.

A．in oval shape                                B．in square shape

C．with nuts                                   D．with coffee

5．The last paragraph suggests that the writer ______.

A．believes all the information about chocolate

B．does not believe the information about candy

C．is trying to get you to believe false information

D．doesn’t think it important whether you believe the ideas

Do you like chocolate? Maybe most people do．A box of it can be a great gift．Buy one for a friend and give it as a surprise．See how happy that person gets.

Say you just got a box of chocolate．Which piece do you pick first? A man has studied people’s choices．He says they tell something about the person．Did you choose a round piece? You are a person who likes to party．Did you choose an oval （橢圓形的） shape? You are a person who likes to make things．Picking a square shape shows something else．The person is honest and truthful．You can depend on him or her.

What kind of chocolate do you pick? Maybe you like milk chocolate．This shows you have warm feelings about the past．Dark chocolate means something else．A person who chooses it looks toward the future．What about white chocolate? Would you choose it? If so, you may find it hard to make up your mind．Some people like chocolate with nuts （果仁）．These are people who like to help others.

Do you believe these ideas? Can candy tell all these things? It doesn’t really matter．There is one sure thing about eaters of chocolate．They eat it because they like it.

1．This passage mainly tells us ______.

A．why people like chocolate

B．a(chǎn)lmost everyone likes chocolate

C．a(chǎn)bout different kinds of chocolate

D．different choices may show different characters

2．Picking a round shape of chocolate shows that a person ______.

A．likes singing, dancing and drinking

B．likes to do something for others

C．is good at making things

D．can be depended on

3．If you enjoy eating milk chocolate, you may ______.

A．look forward to the future

B．like to think of the past

C．enjoy parties and fun 

D．have trouble making decisions

4．From this passage we can see that a helpful man may choose chocolate ______.

A．in oval shape                                B．in square shape

C．with nuts                                   D．with coffee

5．The last paragraph suggests that the writer ______.

A．believes all the information about chocolate

B．does not believe the information about candy

C．is trying to get you to believe false information

D．doesn’t think it important whether you believe the ideas