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  At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English. Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what the people were saying.

  “Why did they do this?”Kate wondered aloud. “I mean, you can't learn if you can't understand the teacher.”

  Nadia's voice was a whisper, “I understand English. I will learn.” Nadia's English was perfect.

  Kate was perplexed. She couldn't understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn't the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual think to learn —-all at the same time.

  Nadia nodded quickly. In a quiet voice she replied, “Many things people say, I do rat understand. I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying. For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying. Isn't a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me.”“Don't worry. ”said Kate. “You'll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a computer. A USB is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer. ”

  Nadia and Kate were quiet after that. They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson . To Kate's surprise , Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard.

  Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her. Sane of the questions were really difficult, and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher-said that Nadia answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.

  Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. “Some things,”she said in a normal voice, “are the same all over the world.”

1.At the beginning of Nadia's first day at school , she was ________.

[  ]

A.disappointed
B.helpful
C.lively
D.shy

2.The underlined word “perplexed” probably means ________.

[  ]

A.puzzled
B.a(chǎn)ngry
C.shocked
D.serious

3.We can infer from the passage that ________.

[  ]

A.Nadia did not like Kate

B.Nadia had lived by the sea before

C.Nadia had never seen a computer before

D.Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness

4.Which of the following statements is true?

[  ]

A.Nadia was better at maths than other students.

B.Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.

C.Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.

D.Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers.

5.What is the message of the story?

[  ]

A.Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication.

B.Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.

C.Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.

D.Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.

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  At first Kate, the Romanian girl, could not speak and understand English. Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what people were saying.

  “Why did they do this?” Kate wondered aloud. “I mean, you can't learn if you can't understand the teacher.

  Nadia's voice was a whisper. “I understand English. I will learn.” Nadia's English was perfect.

  Kate was perplexed. She couldn't understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn't the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual things to learn-all at the same time.

  “There're a lot of new things to learn, huh.?” said Kate.

  Nadia nodded rapidly. In a quiet voice she relied. “Many things people say, I do not understand. I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying. For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying. “Isn't a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me.”

  “Don't worry,” said Kate, “You'll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a computer. A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer.”

  Nadia and Kate were quiet after that. They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson. To Kate's surprise, Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard.

  Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her. Some of the questions were really difficult, and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher said that Nadia answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.

  Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. “Some things,” she said in a normal voice, “are the same all over the world.”

1.At the beginning of Nadia's first day at school, she was ________.

[  ]

A.disappointed
B.helpful
C.lively
D.shy

2.The underlined word “perplexed” probably means ________.

[  ]

A.puzzled
B.a(chǎn)ngry
C.shocked
D.serious

3.We can infer from the passage that ________.

[  ]

A.Nadia did not like Kate

B.Nadia had lived by the sea before

C.Nadia had never seen a computer before

D.Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness

4.Which of the following statements is true?

[  ]

A.Nadia was better at maths than other students.

B.Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.

C.Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.

D.Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers.

5.What is the message of the story?

[  ]

A.Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication.

B.Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.

C.Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.

D.Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.

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  At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English.Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said.Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade School.Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what people were saying.

  “Why did they do this?” Kate wondered aloud, “I mean, you can’t learn if you can’t understand the teacher.”

  Nadia’s voice was a whisper.“I understand English.I will learn.”Nadia’s English was perfect.

  Kate was perplexed.She couldn’t understand why Nadia did not like to speak.Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn’t the easiest thing to do.There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual things to learn-all at the same time.

  “There’re a lot of new things to learn, huh?” said Kate.

  Nadia nodded rapidly.In a quiet voice she replied, “Many things people say, I do not understand.I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying.For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying.Isn’t a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me.”

  “Don’t worry, ”said Kate, “you’ll figure everything out in time.You see, that thin black box was a computer.A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer.”

  Nadia and Kate were quiet after that.They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson.

  To Kate’s surprise, Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard.

  Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her.Some of the questions were really difficult, and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher.When the teacher said that Nadia answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.

  Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate.“Some things, ”she said in a normal voice, “are the same all over the world.”

(1)

At the beginning of Nadia’s first day at school.She was _________.

[  ]

A.

disappointed

B.

helpful

C.

lively

D.

shy

(2)

The underlined word “perplexed” probably means _________.

[  ]

A.

puzzled

B.

angry

C.

shocked

D.

serious

(3)

We can infer from the passage that _________.

[  ]

A.

Nadia did not like Kate

B.

Nadia had lived by the sea before

C.

Nadia had never seen a computer before

D.

Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness

(4)

Which of the following statements is true?

[  ]

A.

Nadia was better at maths than other students.

B.

Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult.

C.

Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class.

D.

Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers.

(5)

What is the message of the story?

[  ]

A.

Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication.

B.

Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates.

C.

Language plays an important role in communication between cultures.

D.

Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures.

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1. Which of the following aspects do the surnames in the passage NOT cover?

A. Places where people lived.      B. People’s characters.

C. Talents that people possessed.   D. People’s occupations.

2. According to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably _______.

A. owned or drove a cart          B. made things with metals

C. made kitchen tools or contains   D. built houses and furniture

3. Suppose and English couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become a world leader, the baby might be named _______.

A. Beatrice Smith          B. Leonard Carter

C. George Longstreet       D. Donald Greenwood

4. The underlined word “descendants” in the last paragraph means a person’s _____

A. later generations          B. friends and relatives

C. colleagues and partners     D. later sponsors

 

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