【正文】 son.4. What does the sentence “We were over the moon” mean? 本文中的“We were over the moon”是什么意思？A．we jumped high B. We were extremly happy about it. 我們欣喜若狂C．We watched the moon of a long time D. We couldn’t sleep the whole night5. What is the best title for this passage? 本文的最佳標(biāo)題是什么？ A. My childhood B. My mother C. A precious Stamp D. A memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps 一次難忘的集郵經(jīng)歷KEY： CBABDPassage 10 （約翰和維多利亞）When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for oneyear stay, they did not bring very many things with them. They had planned either to live in a furnished apartment or to buy used furniture. But they soon learned about a new system that more and more people are using. The renting of home furnishings (bed, tables, dishes, and so on) has bee one of America’s fastest growing businesses.當(dāng)John和Victoria Falls到達(dá)紐約開(kāi)始他們的一年生活時(shí)，他們沒(méi)有隨身帶很多東西。他們計(jì)劃要么住在裝修好的公寓里，要么買(mǎi)些舊家具。但是他們很快了解到越來(lái)越多的人正在采用的一種新的方式。租用家具（如窗，桌子，盤(pán)子等等）已經(jīng)成為美國(guó)發(fā)展最快的行業(yè)之一。What kinds of people rent their home furnishings instead of buying them? People who are international business or government officials, foreign students, airline workers, young married couple – people whose job or business may force them to move frequently from one city to another. They save a lot of trouble and the cost of moving their furniture each time. They simply rent new furniture when they reach their new homes. Young people with little money do not want to buy cheap furniture that they may soon dislike. They prefer to wait until they have enough money to buy furniture that they really like. Meanwhile, they find they can rent better quality furniture than they could afford to buy.什么樣的人是租用家具而不是買(mǎi)家具的呢？從事國(guó)際商務(wù)的人，政府官員，外國(guó)學(xué)生，航空公司工作人員，剛結(jié)婚的年輕夫婦 那些由于工作而被迫頻繁來(lái)往不同的城市的人。他們可以省去每次搬家具的麻煩和費(fèi)用。他們到一個(gè)新家的時(shí)候，只需租新的家具就好了。收入少的年輕人不想買(mǎi)那些他們可能很快就不喜歡的便宜家具。他們寧愿等到有錢(qián)時(shí)買(mǎi)他們真正喜歡的家具。同時(shí)，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)他們可以租比他們買(mǎi)得起的質(zhì)量更好的家具。One family, who now have a large, beautiful home of their own, liked their rented furniture so much that they decided to keep renting it instead of buying new things. But usually people don’t like to tell others about it. The idea of renting home furnishings is still quite new, and they are not sure what their neighbors might think. (248words)有個(gè)家庭，他們有屬于自己的大而漂亮的房子，可是他們太喜歡租來(lái)的家具了以至于他們決定繼續(xù)租用而不買(mǎi)新的家具。但是人們通常不喜歡告訴別人這些。租家具的想法還是很新的，他們不能確定鄰居們對(duì)此會(huì)怎么想。6. Which of the following has bee one of America’s fastest growing businesses? ____________ 以下哪個(gè)行業(yè)已成為美國(guó)發(fā)展最快的行業(yè)之一？ A. Selling home furnishings. B. Renting furnished apartments.C. Selling used furniture. D. Renting home furnishings. 租用家具。7. Why do some people prefer to rent furniture? ____________ 為什么人們更喜歡租用家具？ A. Because the furniture they get in this way is new.B. Because it saves them a lot of money.C. Because it saves them much trouble and money. 因?yàn)檫@樣可以省去很多麻煩和錢(qián)。D. Because they can always get better quality furniture in this way.8. What can you infer from the passage? ____________ 從段落中你能推斷出什么？A. The idea of renting furniture is not acceptable.B. Renting furniture is not popular in the couple’s home town. 在這對(duì)夫婦的家鄉(xiāng)，租用家具并不流行。C. Only those who don’t have enough money to rent furniture.D. People usually grow to like the furniture they have rented.9. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? ____________ 下面哪個(gè)作為本段的題目最好？ A. Rent or Buy? B. A New Way of Getting Home Furnishings. 一種新的獲得家具的方法。C. Furnished Apartments. D. A New Idea.10. Young people liked renting home furniture in that __________. 年輕人喜歡租用家具是由于什么？他們沒(méi)有錢(qián)而且不想買(mǎi)便宜的家具。A. They have less moneyB. They don’t want to buy old furnitureC. The new furniture is of good qualityD. They don’t have much money and don’t want to buy the cheap furnitureKEY：DCBBDPassage 11 （美國(guó)文化特點(diǎn)） A characteristic of American culture that has bee almost a tradition is to respect the selfmade man — the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and mands greater respect in the munity than the mon laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort. 美國(guó)文化的一個(gè)特點(diǎn)，并且?guī)缀醭蔀槊绹?guó)的一項(xiàng)傳統(tǒng)的是對(duì)自我?jiàn)^斗的人的尊敬――通過(guò)自己的努力到達(dá)頂峰，通常是白手起家。然而公司，企業(yè)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)，社會(huì)地位很高，在社區(qū)中獲得比一般工人或工廠技術(shù)人員更多的尊敬的大學(xué)教授，都不愿說(shuō)出自己的父親在美國(guó)是從一個(gè)農(nóng)民，工人這類(lèi)人開(kāi)始奮斗的。 This attitude toward manual（體力的）labor is now still seen many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only fortably but even luxuriously（豪華地）furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children。 yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education. 這種對(duì)體力勞動(dòng)的尊敬在美國(guó)生活的很多地方都能看到。一個(gè)人被邀請(qǐng)到一戶家庭赴宴，這戶家庭裝潢不只舒適，可以說(shuō)是豪華，處處可證明這家人支付的起國(guó)外旅行，奢侈的愛(ài)好和孩子的大學(xué)教育。但是這樣的女主人很有可能自己做飯招待客人，然后洗刷餐具，并且這樣的宴會(huì)不會(huì)僅僅提供快餐式的罐頭食品，從附近面包房買(mǎi)的蛋糕或派。相反的，女主人通常為精心準(zhǔn)備特別的菜肴而感到自豪。男主人會(huì)談?wù)撟约喝绾蜗窜?chē)，在花房勞作，粉刷房子，他的兒子在外地上大學(xué)，做餐廳侍應(yīng)生，洗盤(pán)子來(lái)供自己生活花費(fèi)，或者暑假的時(shí)候?yàn)榻ㄖ?duì)在高速公路工作賺錢(qián)付學(xué)費(fèi)。11. From paragraph 1, we know that in America ？ A. people tend to have a high opinion of the selfmade man人們對(duì)自我?jiàn)^斗的人評(píng)價(jià)很高 B. people can always rise to the top through their own efforts C. college professors w