I have learnt a lot about Chinese life and culture while teaching in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province and found them very interesting．
First, family life is quite   36  in China． In the USA, many young people   37  home after they finish their education and start working． However, in China, it is   38  for people to live with their parents until they get married．   39 , many of my Chinese friends told me that their  40  lived with them and helped take care of them when they were children． It seems that Americans think independence is more important   41  the Chinese think family relationships are more important．
Bargaining is another   42  that I have tried to learn． In the USA, prices are   43  and you can’t ask for a lower price． However in some small Chinese stores and tourist places, you are   44  to bargain． My Chinese friends taught me to ask for 40 percent or 50 percent   45  the original price． If the salesperson doesn’t agree to my price, I should   46  to leave and he might let me come back and sell me the item． It is a skill that you have to   47  if you live in China．
Tipping hasn’t been easier to   48 ． In the USA, many people in the service   49  want to get   50  money for serving customers． Tipping is not a part of Chinese culture．   51  I tried to tip a taxi driver． He looked a little   52  and refused to take the money．
In dinners, perhaps what surprises an American visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their   53 ． Actually, this is a   54  of true friendship and politeness． My Chinese friend told me if I didn’t want to eat it, I should just   55  the food in the plate．

The day was Thankful Thursday, our “ regular day” of service. It’s a __36__tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. On this __37__ Thursday, we had no idea exactly what we were going to do.
__38__ along a busy road, we prayed for guidance in search of __39__our weekly Act of Kindness. My girls were__40__, and started shouting “ McDonald’s” . Suddenly I realized that almost every crossing I__41__ was occupied by a beggar, and then it hit me! All these beggars must be hungry. Perfect! We were going to buy__42__for them.
It was a great way to__43__. The Act of Kindness was anonymous(匿名的)，and we loved what we saw in the back view mirror: a__44__and delighted person holding up his lunch bag and just looking at us__45__we drove off.
We had come to the end of our “ route” where there was a small woman standing there, asking for__46__. We handed her our final lunch bag, and then made a U-turn to head back in the opposite direction for home. Unfortunately, the light stopped us. I was __47__and didn’t know quite how to behave.
“No one has ever done anything like this for me before,” the woman said with__48__. I replied, “Well, I’m glad that we were the first one.”__49__ uneasy , and wanting to move the conversation along, I asked, “So, when do you think you’ll eat your lunch?”
“Oh honey, I’m not going to__50__this lunch.” I was confused , and she continued , “I have a little girl of my own at home and she just __51__ McDonald’s , but I can never buy it for her because I just don’t have the __52__ . You know what… tonight she is going to have McDonald’s !”
So many times I had__53__whether our Acts of Kindness were too small or insignificant to really__54__any difference . Yet in that moment, I recognized the__55__of Mother Teresa’s words, “We cannot do great things---only small things with great love.”

A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would   21 the water in ten minutes.
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for  22  sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so  23  that she forget to deliver him the  24  . As a result, the passenger was  25  to take his medicine. She hurried over to him  26  a cup of water, but to her surprise he  27  it.
In the following hours on the  28  , each time the air hostess passed by the  29  , she would ask him with a  30  whether he needed help or not. But the passenger  31  paid attention to her words.
When he was going to get  32  the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess to  33  him the passenger’s booklet(意見簿). She was very 34  . She knew that he would write down  35  words, which might result in the loss of her job.  36  with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she  37  the booklet and cracked a smile,  38  the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I needed help or not for twelve times  39  . How can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s  40  ! Who can refuse twelve sincere smiles from a person?   

We all know that some things are obviously right. For example, it is right to be    1   to other people. It is also right to look after the environment. Some things are   2   wrong, too. For instance, we should not hurt or bully(欺負(fù)) others, nor should we litter. Rules often tell us what is right or wrong.
Rules can help the public make the right    3  ,and remain safe. Car drivers have to obey traffic regulations that tell them the right things to do on the road to avoid crashes. Cyclists who give signals before turning or stopping help prevent   4  .
If people follow rules without taking other matters into consideration, it will be    5  for them to form what is sometimes called a “black and white” view. For example, they may believe that people should always tell the truth, and that lying is   6   acceptable. Such people always stick to their views, even if it means that they may get into   7  .
Sometimes it may not be so easy to know   8  what is right or wrong. Some people choose not to eat meat because they believe that it is    9   to eat animals, but others argue that they can eat meat and    10   be kind to animals; some insist that stealing is always wrong, but others think that one does not need to feel to   11   when stealing some food to eat, if lives in a really poor area and he is   12  . Rules help us live together in harmony, because they show us the right way to   13   other. However, some people argue that rules may be    14  , having observed that rules change all the time , and that some schools have some regulations and other have different ones ----so who is to   15  what is right ?

One family, which had emigrated from Japan and settled at the turn of the century near San Francisco, had established a business in which they grew roses and trucked them into San Francisco three mornings a week.
The other family was a naturalized(加入國籍的)family from Switzerland who also marketed roses, and   21   families became modestly successful,   22 their roses were known in the markets of San Francisco for their  23 vase-life.
For four decades the two families were neighbors, and the sons   24 the farms, but then on December 7, 1941, Japan   25   Pearl Harbor. Although the rest of the family members were American, the   26   of the Japanese family had never been naturalized. In the turmoil(動亂) and the questions about internment camps（拘留營）, his neighbor made it clear that, if   27  , he would look after his friend’s nursery（花圃）. It was   28 each family had learned in church—Love the neighbor as thyself. “You would do  29 for us, ” he told his Japanese friend.
It was not long before the Japanese   30   was transported to a poor landscape in Granada, Colorado. The relocation center consisted of tar-paper-roofed barracks (兵營)  31 by barbed wire and armed guards.
A full year went by. Then two. Then three. While the   32 neighbors were in internment, their friends worked in the greenhouses, the  33   before school and on Saturdays, and the father's work often stretched to 16 and 17 hours. And then   34 , when the war in Europe had
  35 , the Japanese family packed up and   36  a train. They were going home.
What would they find? The family was   37 at the train station by their neighbors, and when they got to their home, the whole Japanese family stared.. There was the nursery, complete, clean and shining in the sunlight, neat, prosperous and healthy.
So was the balance of the bank passbook   38 to the Japanese father. And the house was  39 as clean and welcoming as the nursery.
And there on the dining room   40  was one perfect red rosebud, just waiting to unfold- the gift of one neighbor to another.

Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks 36  than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more   37  than we realize. In fact, non-verbal communication(非言語交際) takes up about 50% of what we really   38  , And body language is particularly  39  when we attempt to communicate across cultures（文化）. Indeed, what is called body language is so   40   a part of us that it's actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it.   41  , different societies treat the   42  between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having  43  contact(接觸)
even with friends, certainly not with  44  . People from Latin American countries，  45 , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that in  46 ， it may look like a Latino is  47  a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving   48  . The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep  49   - which the Latino will in return regard as 50 _.
Clearly, a great deal is going on when people  51  . And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from  52  cultures, there's a strong possibility of  53 . But whatever the situation, the best  54 is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be  55 _.

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題的ABCD四個選項(xiàng)中，選出合適填入對應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)涂黑。
In a land far away, once upon a time there was great poverty （貧困）,and only the rich could manage without great _36_. Three of those rich men and their servants were_37_together on a road when they came to a very_38_village.
The first could not stand seeing the poverty, _39  he took all the gold and jewels from his wagons (四輪載重馬車) and shared _40 out among the villagers. He wished them all the best of luck, and he left.
The second rich man, seeing the _41  situation, stopped for a short time and gave _42  all his food and drink, since he _43  see that money would be of little _44  to them. He made sure that they each _45   their fair share and would have enough food to _46  for some time. Then, he left.
The third rich man, on seeing such poverty, _47   and went straight through the _48   without stopping. The two other rich men saw this from a distance and commented with each other_49  the third rich man lacked sympathy. It was _50  that they themselves had been there to offer help.
However, three days later, they   51 the third rich man, who was coming in the opposite direction. He was 52 travelling quickly, but his wagons,  53  the gold and valuables they had been  54  ,were now full of farming tools and bags of  55  . He was rushing back to help them out of poverty.

The concept of solitude (獨(dú)處) in the digital world is almost non-existent. In the world of digital technology, e-mail, social networking and online video games, information is meant to be____36___. Solitude can be hard to discover ___37____it has been given up. In this respect, new technologies have ___38____our culture.
The desire to be connected has brought solitude to a(n) ___39____as we’ve known it. People have become so ___40____in the world of networks and connections that one can often be contacted ____41___they’d rather not be. Today we can talk, text, e-mail, chat and blog (寫博客), not only from our ___42____, but from our mobile phones as well.
Most developed nations have become ___43____on digital technology simply because they’ve grown accustomed to it, and at this point not ___44____it would make them an outsider. ___45____, many jobs and careers require people to be ___46____. From this point of view, technology has changed the culture of work. Being reachable might feel like a ___47____to those who may not want to be able to be contacted at all times.
I suppose the positive side is that solitude is still possible for anyone who ___48____wants it. Computers can be shut ___49____and mobile phones can be turned off. The ability to be “connected”and “ on”has many ___50____, as well as disadvantages. Travelers have ended up ___51____on mountains, and mobile phones have saved countless lives. They can also make people feel ___52____and forced to answer unwanted calls or___53____to unwanted texts.
Attitudes towards our connectedness as a society ___54____ across generations. Some find today’s technology a gift. Others consider it a curse. Regardless of anyone’s view on the subject, it’s hard to imagine what life would be like ___55____daily advancements in technology.

One minute means a lot in one's life.
During his college years, Roger   36  a summer in an Idaho logging camp. When the boss had to leave for a few days, he   37  Rogers in charge.
“   38 if the men refuse to follow my orders?" Rogers asked. He thought of  Tony, an immigrant worker who troubled all day, giving the other men a  39  time.
‘‘Fire them,” the boss said.   Then, as if   40 Rogers' mind, he added,“I suppose you  think you are going  to  fire Tony if you get the   41  . I'd feel       42  about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is the most__43  worker I've ever had. I know he is a troublemaker and that he__44  everybody and everything. But he comes in first and leaves last. There has not been an   45  for eight years on the hill where he works.”
Rogers_ 46 the next day. He went to Tony and spoke to him."Tony, do you know I’m in charge here today?" Tony grunted（嘟囔）.“Iwas going to fire you the first time we tangled（糾纏）,but I want you to know I’m not,”he told Tony,_ 47 what the boss had said.
When Rogers finished,Tony_48 the spadeful of sand he had held and tears streamed__49 his face.
That day Tony worked harder than ever before.
Twelve years later Rogers met Tony again who was now the  50  for railroad construction for one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to have such    51  .
Tony replied, "If it not be for the one   52  you talk to me back in Idaho, I kill somebody someday. One minute   53   my whole life."
Effective managers know the    54  0f taking a moment to point out what a worker is doing well. But what a    55  a minute of yes can make in any relationship!

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
In the past，most American mothers were at home to take care of their children during the day. Now,  36  , many mothers are working. More than half of the American women with young children have   37  outside the house.
American families solve the child care   38  in different ways. Some parents allow older children to stay at home alone after school. The parents   39  make sure that their children, usually not younger than 10 years old, understand   40  rules and can deal with emergencies (緊急情況). Other parents say they would   41 allow their children to be at home alone. They usually   42 someone to take care of the children.
Some parents in the U. S. find their own ways to cut the cost of child care. They join child care   43  . Each person in the group   44  for the children of other group members at different times. Some parents ask local churches, schools and social organizations to help   45  activities for the children. These child care choices often cost   46  or no money. Many American parents, however, still struggle with the problem of   47  good child care at a reasonable price.