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ike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry. In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience. However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear. After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more。No. 1 中考英語(yǔ)閱讀理解“老”字趣談 I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words. By Jack1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______. A. the manager asked him to do so B. he respected the elderlyC. the couple wanted him to do so D. he wanted more pay2. When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______. A. nervousJean的網(wǎng)友聊天對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)并不陌生,但是該不該完全相信網(wǎng)友呢?我們究竟該以怎樣的心態(tài)對(duì)待網(wǎng)絡(luò)呢?讓我們來(lái)看看本文主人公與網(wǎng)友的奇遇吧!Jean is a bright young woman who es from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy. Well, almost everything. The problem is that the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely. So Jean spends a lot of time on her . She likes being anonymous(匿名), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often. Last year Jean made a very special friend on . His name was David and lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had a mon(共同的) interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: He was a tall, goodlooking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other. When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite ro