The English translations of the names of traditional Chinese dishes on menus(菜單) across the country have caused public discussion about the precision(準(zhǔn)確) of the translations.
Since more and more foreigners come to China every day, many restaurants around China are providing English translations of their menus. They want to make it easier for foreigners to order Chinese dishes when they travel. Some restaurants also hope that the translations will increase foreigners’ knowledge of Chinese cuisine(烹飪).
But an article in China Youth Daily says the English menu translations haven’t live up to public expectation（期望）. It argues most of the English names of Chinese dishes lack the cultural meaning and attraction of the dishes they describe. Instead, the translations only provide a list of each dish’s ingredients（配方）, the article notes. For example, one English name of a Chinese dish appears as “stir-fried mutton slice with Chinese onion and green scallion(蔥爆羊肉)”.
Because the English translation focuses only on the ingredients, it fails to describe the dish’s rich cultural meaning and charm(魅力). The dish’s beautiful Chinese name, “Fo Tiao Qiang(佛跳墻)”, has a story behind it. Buddhist monks (和尚) are required to eat vegetables only , but they can’t resist(忍住)the delicious dish. So they jump over the temple walls to get a taste of the dish.
The article suggests that translators provide more beautiful translations of the names of Chinese dishes. It also notes a more vivid(生動的) English translation is very important to provide international visitors with a better understanding of Chinese cuisine.
小題1:Why do many restaurants provide English translations of their menu ?

A．Because they want to show their ingredients in dishes.

B．Because the public expect them to do so.

C．Because Chinese dishes are popular.

D．Because it is convenient for foreigners to order food.

小題2:According to China Youth Daily, what is the main problem of the English menu translation?

A．They are too long to remember.

B．Many of them are not correct.

C．They lack cultural meaning and attraction.

D．They are difficult to learn.

小題3:What can we infer from the story of “Fo Tiao Qiang” dish?

A．Monks can jump high.

B．Monks lived a poor life.

C．Old China had little meat for people.

D．The dish attracted many people because it’s delicious.

The evidence for harmony （ 和諧）may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image(形象) of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.
An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. "We were surprised by just how positive today's young people seem to be about their families," said one member of the research team. "They're expected to be rebellious(叛逆的) and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There's more negotiation(商議) and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don't want to rock the boat."
So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. "My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me," says 17-years-old Daniel Lazall. " I always tell them when I'm going out clubbing. As long as they know what I'm doing, they're fine with it." Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. "Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I'd done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that."
Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, "Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over."
小題1:According to the author, teenage rebellion ________.

A．resulted from changes in families

B．is common nowadays

C．may be a false belief

D．existed only in the 1960s

小題2:What is the passage mainly about?

A．Education in family

B．Harmony in family

C．Teenage trouble in family

D．Negotiation in family

小題3:The study shows that teenagers don't want to ________.

A．go boating with their family

B．share family responsibility

C．make family decisions

D．cause trouble in their families

小題4:Compared with parents of 30 years ago, today's parents ________.

A．care less about their children's life

B．go to clubs more often with their children

C．give their children more freedom

D．a(chǎn)re much stricter with their children

When we walk on a street or sit down to have a cup of coffee in a small café in Shanghai, we will often see foreign faces at every turn. Today, foreigners do not come to Shanghai to seek adventures, as they did in the old days, or arrive in the city for a short visit, as some did when China just carried out the opening-up. Instead, many foreigners come to Shanghai to settle in the city. They are attracted by the life in Shanghai and choose to stay in the city. Their stay has made Shanghai more like an international city.
Early in the 1990s, a group of Western-style buildings emerged at the Gubei New District in the southwestern part of the Hongqiao Development Zone in Shanghai. The Western-style buildings, marked by their great arches and the typical flavors of the unique European style, appealed to many foreigners and become their favorite choice when they came to live or work in Shanghai. Foreigners gathered in the zone, enjoying their quiet life there.
As the city further develops, more and more foreigners choose to live in the downtown area where most native Shanghai people live. They live close to local residents and gradually become interated(一體化)into the local life—they learn to cook local dishes, they learn to speak the Shanghai dialect and they celebrate traditional Chinese holidays together with native people. Their lifestyle is becoming more and more similar to that of local residents.
In the past, foreigners that came to Shanghai were mostly representatives(代表)sent to work in the city. Today, however, many foreigners that live in the city are students, business starters or ordinary people. Related information shows that there are more than 50,000 foreigners living and working in Shanghai.
小題1:Foreigners used to come to Shanghai to_____.

A．start small cafés	B．help build houses
C．have a short visit	D．learn the Shanghai dialect

小題2:The underlined word“emerged”in the second paragraph probably means_______.

A．built

B．a(chǎn)ppeared

C．stood

D．lay

小題3:In the past, most of the foreigners coming to Shanghai were_______.

A．business starters

B．students

C．ordinary people

D．representatives

小題4:Which of the following can be inferred from the text?

A．There are fewer foreigners in Beijing than in Shanghai.

B．It is the foreigners who make Shanghai an international city.

C．Many foreigners enjoy the traditional Chinese festivals.

D．The foreigners came to Shanghai to seek for money in the past.

小題5:The best title for this text would be______.

A．Foreigners Settling in Shanghai	B．The Development of Shanghai
C．The Lifestyle of Shanghai People	D．Contributions of Foreigners in Shanghai

People go fishing for many reasons, for one they like the sport of it, reeling in (搜卷軸拉近魚鉤) the big catch after a long day of work or just having a few drinks on the water with some friends and letting all the stress just go. Whatever the reasons may be, it is absolutely therapeutic.
People in the south sometimes do a strange type of fishing where they reach their arm inside a hole in the bank and pull out cat fish the size of a boat. There is one form called jug fishing where you get a milk jug or water jug and tie a heavy fishing line with a big hook, put on a small brim（容器的口）and throw it in the water. The next morning you get up and see what’s on the hook. There is fly fishing which is with a lighter string and top water jigs（滾鉤）such as bugs that lay on the top of the water until the trout（鱒魚）comes and takes it. It takes longer to reel them in because the line is so light and the fish are heavy.
Ice fishing is a dangerous kind of fishing in the north. You cut a hole in the ice, drop in your bait（誘餌）and wait for a fish to bite. You have to be careful that the fish doesn’t pull your line into the side of the ice and snap it. That is one problem with ice fishing but the fish are usually bigger and worth the trouble.
Going out on the lake with a couple of friends or alone with a couple of drinks and a fishing pole can be the most stress releasing thing you can do sometimes. Just to feel the waves rocking the boat and a good conversation is all the therapy you will need sometimes. Catching a fish is always a great bonus（獎勵）.
小題1: The underlined word “therapeutic” may be replaced by ________.

A．beneficial

B．caring

C．curable

D．healthy

小題2: What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．Some characters about fishing

B．Some different fishing in the south

C．Three common fishing in America

D．People’s creative fishing in the north

小題3:How many ways of fishing have been introduced in the passage?

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four

D．Five

小題4:What problem should people pay attention to when going ice fishing?

A．Dropping in the bait several times

B．Waiting for the fish more patiently

C．Cutting a big enough hole on the ice

D．Taking care of the lines of their poles

小題5: Fishing is becoming more and more popular mainly because _______.

A．it is a good way to harvest much fish from the rivers

B．it can help people have a good time with their friends

C．it can help people relax themselves to the fullest

D．it is a good way to exercise the strength of their arms

Science, as we think, was born when the Greek philosopher ( 希臘哲學(xué)家 ) Thales ( about 640-546 B.C.) asked a difficult question: What makes up our universe?
No one had a ready answer, so Thales went on studying the earth around him, the sky and the stars. He saw so much water on earth and so much water falling from the sky as rain that he decided water must be the basic substance ( 物質(zhì) ) of the universe.
Other Greek thinkers became interested in this question. They suggested other answers. One said that because air lies around the earth, it must be air that makes up all things. Another said that fire, appearing in different forms, was the building block of the universe.
The Greek philosophers were feeling their way towards the ideas on which chemistry is based. Centuries later, scientists proved that the universe is made up of certain basic substances. But the list is much more complicated than the Greeks realized. We now know of 103 basic substances which we call “ elements ( 元素 )”.
小題1:Thales, the famous Greek philosopher, died when he was about _________.

A．106 years old

B．94years old

C．64 years old

D．46 years old

小題2:From the passage we know that __________.

A．Thales asked many questions	B．Greeks were all philosophers
C．science began long ago	D．water and air make up all things.

小題3:After reading the passage, we can be sure that_________.

A．nothing ever changes in the universe

B．Thales decided that the basic substance of the universe was air

C．the universe is made up of four different substances

D．the early Greek thinkers did much valuable work for the progress of science

More than 20 million kids in the United States live with one parent. Separation and divorce are the most common reasons for this. In other cases, the mom and dad may never have lived together, or one of them may have died.
Living with one parent instead of two can bring about a lot of emotions. These feelings can be pretty strong, and they can be confusing, too. You might feel terribly sad and angry because your parents divorced.
Single parents are often working parents because someone needs to earn money to buy food, clothing, and a place to live in. Having a job means your mom or dad is able to provide these things and more for you. People work for other reasons, too. A job can let a person use his or her special talents and skills. A job can be important because it helps people in the community.
But even though you might understand why your mom or dad has to work, sometimes it can be hard to accept. This can be especially true during the summer or school vacations. You’re home, they’re gone, and the days can seem really long.
It can be tough when you don’t have enough time with your dad or mom. When you live with one parent, that person really has to do the work of two people. Besides a job, your mom or dad is responsible for caring for the kids, the house, the yard, the car and the pets. So what can you do ?
One of the best ways is to hold a family meeting. Talk about everyone’s schedule for work, school, and activities. You can also talk about what jobs around the house need to be done every day. You might want to help your parent cook dinner sometimes. That can be both fun and helpful to your parent. Maybe you can also schedule a weekly game or a movie at night.
小題1:What are the main reasons for kids’ living with one parent?

A．Separation and divorce.	B．A lot of emotions.
C．Working and caring for the kids.	D．Working parents.

小題2:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Some kids live with one parent for the other’s death.

B．Living with one parent can cause a lot of emotions.

C．Working means a mom or dad is able to provide things for their kids.

D．Kids can also talk about what jobs in their school can be done at a family meeting.

小題3:It can be inferred from the underlined sentence (in Paragraph 4 ) that ______

A．the kid in the company of friends does want help

B．the kid who plays with both parents does need their love

C．the kid lacks both parents’ love does feel lonely

D．the kid who understands parents’ work does be helpful

小題4:What is the best title for the passage?

A．Living with a single parent	B．Single parents and work
C．How to work with a single parent	D．Schedules for work

High school students need “cool” jobs in summer holidays. Working at popular retail chains(零售連鎖店) and ice-cream shops are good choices. The U.S. Department of Labor(美國勞工部) says that about two-thirds of the teenager workers are in fast food business. 1/5 of cooks and food workers are between 16 and 19 years old and 2/5 of food workers are part-time workers.
If you think taking a part-time job is easier, you are wrong. For young people, whatever you do, do your jobs well. Because a good work record will be useful for higher-paid jobs in the future. Let’s share my story.
Unless with my family members, I would go to eat fast food. That doesn’t mean I don’t like working in a fast food restaurant. My first part-time job, at age 16, was at the McDonald’s in Bloomington, Indiana. It was very hard work. Especially on Indiana University football weekends, we had no time to rest, but we still had a lot of fun. Finally I got a higher-paid job.
A future manager believes that difficult work encourages success. The growing U.S. population will bring more restaurants. While many people can’t deal with the pressure(壓力) to fill orders quickly, the people who really do a great job will get plenty of rewards in the workplace.
小題1:According to the U.S. Department of Labor, ______.

A．more than half of teenager workers are in fast food business

B．teenagers in America like to work in a fast food restaurant

C．teenagers like to take a part-time job in summer holidays

D．a(chǎn)lmost all teenagers are interested in fast food

小題2:The author uses his own story mainly to tell us that ______.

A．he never liked fast food and would never eat it

B．he didn’t like working in a fast food restaurant at all

C．he did a great job, which enabled him to find a better one

D．he never went to the fast food restaurant with his family

小題3:The underlined phrase “A future manager” in Paragraph 4 means the person who ______.

A．will become a manager in the future	B．wants to be a manager in the future
C．doesn’t like his job at present	D．worries about his future

小題4:From the last paragraph, we can learn that ______.

A．a(chǎn) manager will do less work and get more money

B．not all the people are suitable for the job in fast food business

C．a(chǎn) hardworking waiter has few chances to be a manager

D．the growing U.S. population can bring higher-paid jobs

While most travelers aim to stay out of the hospital while on vacation, a growing number of medical tourists－people who combine treatment with travel － are crossing international borders for the purpose of getting medical services, which can range from a hip replacement to a tummy tuck. Widespread air travel, increasing healthcare costs in developed countries, long waiting lists and an ageing world population have all contributed to a global increase in medical tourism in the past decade. And Asia takes the lead in terms of world market share.
More than 89% of medical tourists travelled to Thailand, India or Singapore in 2010, with Bangkok and Singapore leading the pack. But the cost of hotel rooms and treatment are both far more expensive in Singapore than in the Thai capital, making Bangkok the most popular place for medical tourism in the world. Even after the serious floods of 2011, 19 million tourists visited Thailand in 2011, a 20% jump from 2010, with about 500,000 tourists travelling specifically for medical treatment.
Given Thailand’s reputation for outstanding service, it is not hard to see why Bangkok has quickly become the medical tourism centre of Asia. The Tourism Authority of Thailand(TAT), which began medical tourism in 2004, has a detailed medical tourism website that lists many of the most popular treatments available, including dental work, dermatology and cosmetic surgery, as well as listing reputed hospitals, making it easy for potential visitors to decide on a procedure. TAT has also recently partnered with Krungthai Bank, the national bank of Thailand, to offer tourists a card called the Miracle Thailand Card, which offers some medical and life insurance coverage in case of an accident.
“The hospitals in Bangkok are some of the highest quality in the world，meeting US standards，”said Steven Lash, CEO of a US-based medical travel company that sends tourists to Bangkok as well as to seven other countries, including Turkey and Mexico. "All of the tourists we have sent to these hospitals have given us excellent feedback (反饋) on their procedures and their experiences at the hospitals."
小題1: Medical tourism is so popular nowadays partly because_____.

A．a(chǎn)ged patients prefer to travel

B．a(chǎn)ir travel is cheaper than before

C．local hospitals lack advanced equipment

D．medical treatment is expensive in some countries

小題2:Why is Bangkok’s medical tourism ahead of Singapore’s?

A．Bangkok provides an excellent service at lower prices.

B．Medical tourists in Bangkok get high health insurance.

C．The local authority in Bangkok has a good reputation.

D．Bangkok has a detailed medical tourism website.

小題3:The author develops the third paragraph mainly by _________.

A．giving figures	B．Presenting effects
C．using examples	D．making comparisons

小題4:Steven Lash thinks Bangkok’s hospitals_______.

A．a(chǎn)re really excellent	B．a(chǎn)re welcomed by Americans
C．a(chǎn)re famous mainly for their service	D．a(chǎn)re better than hospitals in the USA

小題5:What is the text mainly about?

A．The background of medical tourism.

B．The rise of medical tourism in Bangkok.

C．The advantages of medical tourism in Bangkok.

D．The comparison of medical tourism in Asian countries.

Hanukkah
Hanukkah (光明節(jié)) is a Jewish festival. It is celebrated on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev (猶太教歷), which is usually sometime in December. It is often called the festival of lights. The festival celebrates the time, over 2,000 years ago, when the Jewish people fought against an emperor who would not let them follow their own traditions and religion. When the Jewish people won back their temple in Jerusalem, they found there was only enough holy oil to keep the sacred light burning for one day. However, to their surprise, this small amount of oil kept the light burning for eight days and nights, until the people had time to make more oil.
At the center of the Hanukkah celebrations is a candlestick (called a Menorah) that holds nine candles. On the first night of Hanukkah the first candle is lit, and each day this candle is used to light another candle, until on the eighth day, the last day, all the candles are lit. During Hanukkah, people go to the synagogue (猶太教堂) to pray and to remember the miracle (奇跡) of the holy oil. Hanukkah is a time for family and friends to come together. People exchange gifts and greeting cards, and children go to parties. Parents often give their children money at Hanukkah. Potato cakes, called latkes, are a traditional Hanukkah food.
小題1:For how many days does Hanukkah last?

A．7

B．10

C．9

D．8

小題2:According to the passage, what is necessary when celebrating Hanukkah nowadays?

A． Candles.

B．Money.

C．Oil

D．Cards.

小題3:What does the Menorah remind Jewish people about?

A．The war that they fought 2,000 years ago.

B．The God that they honored best.

C．The miracle of the holy oil that happened 2,000 years ago.

D．The church they built 2,000 years ago.

小題4:The passage mainly tells us about _____.

A．the history of Hanukkah and how it is celebrated

B．why Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah

C．why Jewish people protect their traditions

D．the miracle of the holy oil in the Jewish temple

As prices and building costs keep rising, the“do-it-yourself”(DIY)trend(趨勢)in the U.S. continues to grow.
“We needed furniture(家具)for our living room,” says John Ross,“and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for $280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. He has a full time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for $420.“I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course, I should be able to fix the car by myself.”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living. If you
want to become a “do-it-yourselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
小題1:We can learn from the text that many married people_________.

A．find it hard to pay for what they need

B．have to learn to make their own furniture

C．take DIY courses run by the government

D．seldom go to a department store to buy things

小題2:When the writer says that Jim has a full-time job at home, he means Jim_________.

A．makes shoes in his home

B．does extra work at night

C．does his own car and home repairs

D．keeps house and looks after his children

小題3:Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourself when__________.

A．his car repairs cost too much

B．the car repair class was not helpful

C．he could not possibly do two jobs

D．he had to raise the children all by himself

小題4:What would be the best title for the text?

A．The Joy of DIY	B．You Can Do It Too!
C．Welcome to Our DIY Course	D．Ross and Hatfield Believers in DIY