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Jun,

Korea(韩国)

Posted,

5 days ago Question: First trip to the USA

For my new job, I will travel to the United States next month and meet my American boss. This will be my first trip there. I’m worried about correct business behavior and manners. My boss invited me to his home for dinner. Do you hav e any advice?

Sue,

Miami

Posted,

3 days ago Re: First trip to the USA

It’s a good idea to bring a small gift or something from your country. Don’t be surprised if your boss opens the gift right away. In the USA, people often open a gift when they receive it. In Korea, that is not p olite, but it’s common in the USA.

Sam,

Los Angeles

Posted,

2 days ago Re: First trip to the USA

Americans use their hands to eat some kinds of food, such as pizza and fried chicken. Watch your American hosts, and do what they do.

Kathryn,

New York

Posted,

12 hours ago Re: First trip to the USA

In Korea and Japan, it’s the custom to remove your shoes before entering a house. In the United States, you usually don’t take your shoes off. Once I was travelling in Japan and entered a house with my shoes on by mistake. Oops!

Lee,

Korea

Posted,

2 hours ago

Re: First trip to the USA

Many Americans are very informal(非正式的)at home. One time I went to an American business partner’s home for dinner, I was surprised that everyone stood and talked in the kitchen while the husband and wife were cooking dinner. Besides, unlike in Korea, everyone took part in the dinner table conversation, even  the man’s wife and children.

Andrew,

Washington

Posted,

1 hour ago Re: First trip to the USA

I agree with Lee. You probably won’t speak about business during dinner, so my advice is to know some   topics of conversation. For example, you can talk about travel, food, music, or sports. But you’d better not question about age.

41. Jun posted a question in the forum, because _______.

A. he got a new job

B. he would meet his boss

C. his boss invited him to his home for dinner

D. he wanted to know business  behavior and manners in the USA

42. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “remove”?

A.开除    B.移开    C.脱下    D.去掉

43. If you are invited to an American friend’s home, it’s NOT polite to________.

A. bring a small gift from your country       B. open the gift right away

C. enter the house with your shoes on    D. ask a person’s age

44. If you go to your American boss’s home for dinner, you _______.

A. shouldn’t use your hands to eat fried chicken

B. can’t stand and talk in the kitchen while the host is cooking

C. can’t talk with all the family members

D. probably won’t speak about business

45. We can know from the online discussion that ________.

A. different countries have different customs

B. Japanese have the similar customs with Americans

C. everyone may take part in the dinner table conversation in Korea

D. only people from Korea and America can answer Jun’s question

C

Penny was a five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were in a department store, Penny saw a plastic pearl necklace (珍珠项链). What a beautiful necklace! She wanted it very much, so she begged(乞求)her mother to buy it for her. The mother said, “Well, I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should discuss what you can do to pay for it. Can we do that?” Penny agreed with much happiness, and she got the necklace.

How much Penny loved the necklace! She wore it everywhere and every minute. Penny also did part - time jobs to make pocket money. She worked very hard. Soon she succeeded in paying off the price for the necklace.

Penny’s daddy knew how she tried her best to get the necklace. He also knew how much Penny cared about it. One night, he asked Penny if she loved him. “Sure, Daddy.” the little girl said. “Then how about giving me your necklace?” “Oh, no, Daddy! Not my necklace!” Penny cried. “Oh, dear, it’s fine.” her father gave her a kiss.

Several days later, Penny went to her daddy, with her lips(嘴唇) trembling(颤抖). “Here, Daddy. I love you.” She held out her hand. Inside it was the plastic pearl necklace that she loved so much.

When he saw this, Penny’s father smiled with surprise. He then pulled a cute box out of his pocket. Inside the box was a real and colourful pearl necklace, which was waiting for Penny for so long.

46. One day, Penny___________ in a department store.

A. went to buy a necklace

B. got a plastic pearl necklace

C. bought her mother a pearl necklace

D. asked her mother to buy something tasty

47. Why did Penny’s mother ask Penny to pay for the necklace herself? Because _______.

A. she  didn’t have enough money

B. she wanted to buy her a real pearl necklace

C. she thought it was not right for little kids to wear a necklace

D. she wanted Penny to know that one should buy and pay for oneself

48. Why did Penny’s father give a real necklace to her at the end of the story? Because ________.

A. Penny wanted one

B. Penny gave him a plastic one

C. he was pleased to see that Penny had learned what love is

D. he thought that people would laugh at him if Penny wore a plastic one

49. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true? _______ .

A. Penny worked hard to pay for the plastic necklace

B. Penny’s father wanted the plastic necklace

C. Penny knew her father had bought her a real necklace

D. Penny gave the plastic necklace to her father because she didn’t like it any more

50. From the passage, we can learn __________.

A. parents should buy their kids everything

B. kids should love their parents

C. parents shouldn’t ask for anything from their kids

D. how to educate kids in a right way

D

Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and learn. For over 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans’ education. But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.

Benjamin Franklin famously founded (创建) America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1800’s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.

Carnegie believed that libraries could offer the chances to Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have opportunities to read and use books, speeches and news.

If you can easily find a public library in your community(社区), you’ll get more chances. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven tenths of the libraries have free Internet. It provides much more information and opportunities to ask for jobs online.

Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Build! Play! adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book that is being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images(图像) from the story happily. Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.

Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom(智慧) are never shut.” As long as  the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!

51. Benjamin Franklin founded the first lending library in _______.

A. 1731    B. 1800    C. 1886    D. 1919

52. How many public libraries have free Internet now?

A. 2767.        B. 6458.         C. 9225.         D. 1679.

53. The right order of the following statements is ______ .

①The public library system in America developed fast.

②The first lending library was founded.

③ Libraries provide information and chances to ask for job online.

④ Libraries try to bring people into the library by using creative programs.

A. ②①③④   B. ②③④①  C. ③④①②  D. ①②③④

54. The last paragraph mainly tells us_________.

A. libraries have played an important role in Americans’ education

B. public libraries in the US should never close the doors

C. the writer doesn’t agree with Benjamin Franklin

D. libraries help people to open the doors of wisdom

55. The best title for the passage is _______.

A. the libraries in the world

B. libraries and opportunities

C. libraries teach kids to read and learn

D. the development of the American libraries

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