Who are these people rushing by you in the street?

More than 215 million now call America “home”, but most of them can trace their families back to other parts of the world.

If you look at the names on shop windows, you will see that Americans come from many different lands. The idea that these people, who once were strangers to the United States, have lost the customs and cultures of their original countries and have  become “Americans” is really not true. In fact, what exists in America is more often a kind of “side by side” living in which groups of people from other countries often have kept many of their customs and habits. They join the general American society only in certain areas of their lives ----such as in schools, business, and sports--- but they keep many of their own native customs and manners socially and at home.

This living “side by side” has both advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes it may cause disagreements to develop between groups whose ways of life are very different from one another. However, there are also great advantages that come from the variety of cultures brought by settlers from other lands. There is great freedom of choice among ideas and dress, food, and social customs in America. Everyone can find some part of his or her familiar world in the United States, in churches, music, food, national groups, or newspaper.

64. How many people call America “home”?

65. What will you see if you look at the names on shop windows?

66. How do the strangers join American society?

67. What are the disadvantages of the “side by side” living?

68. What does the passage mainly tell us about?

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　　Today is March 17th．About two and a half months ago, I said“Happy New Year!”to many of my friends．About fifty days ago, I said the same thing to some other friends．In about four days, I’ll say the same wishes to yet another group of friends．I’ll do the same thing in July and also in September．“How can that be?”you might ask(if you ‘re from Western Europe or the Americas)．“Everyone knows that New Year’s Day is in Januare!”

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　　●January 1st：New Year’s Day on the Western/international calendar

　　●In January or February(in 2006, January 29 th)：New Year’s Day on the Chinese calendar(China, Korea, and a few other places)

　　●March 21st：New Year’s Day on the traditional Persian(波斯)calendar

　　●Mid-July(usually the 16 th)：New Year’s Day on the Isamic(穆斯林)calendar

　　●September：New Year’s Day on most Eastern Orthodox Church(東正教)calendars(Central and Eastern Europe)and, usually, on the Jewish calendar

　　And these are just the New Year’s Days that I know about!As a matter of fact, there are probably even more!

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The first time the writer said,“Happy New Year!”was about January 1st．The second time was on or after ________．

[　　]

A．

February 28th

B．

the middle of March

C．

January 29th

D．

March 21st

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The writer will say“Happy New Year”around March 21st to some ________ friends．

[　　]

A．

Chinese

B．

Korean

C．

Persian

D．

Eastern Orthodox

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According to the passage, we can infer that the exact(準(zhǔn)確的)dates for the two New Year’s Days in September are ________．

[　　]

A．

probably different

B．

not always in September

C．

probably the same

D．

after September

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The meaning of“keep track of”is ________．

[　　]

A．

understand

B．

choose

C．

manage

D．

forget

(5)

The Chinese calendar is used ________．

[　　]

A．

only in China

B．

in several different places

C．

only in China and Korea

D．

all over the world

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The word“Years”in the title of this article ________．

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A．

means that January 1st is at different times on different calendars

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is a mistake and should be“Year”

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is used because New Year’s Day is at different times on different calendars

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B．the nuclear radiation would do no damage to humans
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     D. The workers didn’t know staying in the nuclear plant was harmful to their

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     C. all the workers who stayed in the plant should return quickly

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