How to make friends with people from a different culture? The rules are as follows:
Appreciate the person
Most Americans like to be recognized as individuals as someone special with unique, personalities. Therefore never say,“you are from America so I want to be your friend.” Also don’t imply that the reason why you approached them is that you wanted someone to practice your English with . That turns people off. Instead try saying,”“you seem like a real nice and interesting person and I would like to get to know you better .’ This way , they are much more inclined to be friendly because you see them as a three dimensional person and appreciate them for who they are in the inside . And by doing so , you not only learn about Americans and practice your English , but also gain a real friend in the process
Quit Calling Us Foreigners.
Please avoid calling a foreigner especially in his face . The word makes people feel like an outsider , and even unwelcome , suggesting separation and insurmountable difference , widening an already existing gap in the situation. When Americans travel , they rarely say,“I’m foreign to your place .” They tend to say ,”I’m new in town . I’m new here.” The reason is because new and unfamiliar things can become old and familiar. But can foreign things become native? You catch my drift.
Just Do It .
Some students like to be told about American culture but are less interested in spending the time and effort to actually experience it .As Americans always say ,“get your hands dirty.” You should have first hands on experience, or you will never really know anything.
Find that Common Language.
Now I just must stress the importance of finding a common language. By that I don’t mean English, Chinese , German ,French,etc. I mean finding something you have in common with another person on a spiritual and philosophical level: likes , dislikes, worldviews, ways of thinking and attitudes toward life. And to start , you must first enhance your knowledge of the particular culture from which your potential
小題1: The underlined sentence“get your hands dirty” means     .
A get involved   B talk about American culture    C star with dirty work   D Don’t wash your hands too often
小題2: Americans prefer to make friends with those who    .
A  avoid talking about their homeland     B  recognize their personalities
C  obey rules of communicating with friends   D  needn’t practice English while playing together
小題3:According to the passage , which of the following is friendly?
A   I am longing to make friends with an American.
B   This is my friend Tom , who is a foreigner.
C   There must be a gap between us in many things.
D   You ‘ve  got a great personality
小題4:  In the last paragraph , the author suggests we should   
A  Learn at least one foreign language well
Bfind common interests or opinions with our potential new friend
C make sure we can understand each other
D ask where our potential new friends come from

When I was in the final year of my graduation studies, I visited a friend’s home for lunch. The moment I reached his house, I found the staircases of his building were not so good and his home was not painted very well. I couldn’t  36  in words but it was not even the type of house in which a typical middle-class Indian family lives.
The greatest things I did find there were his parents. We sat on the ground for lunch because they didn’t have a dining  37 . His mother served us very delicious food, smiled throughout and showed care for the  38  lunch session. I can never forget that.
His father worked as a normal  39  and I wondered if he earned enough money to support their two sons. While we were taking lunch, his father returned home to meet us. When he entered their home, his hands were dark black and his clothes were very dirty. My friend had no  40  about his father and made the introductions.
As soon as his father came in, my friend asked me if I wanted “Papad”（a typical Indian food）to eat. Before I could say anything, the father very gently and kindly  41  it for me, after going through many staircases even though he was looking  42 .
Today, my friend is a leader in a big company. He is able to  43  high rent in Hyderabad and have a new beautiful home. Not only that, he helped his brother  44  in his studies and is still helping.
What I want to say is that I consider  45  as richness in a poor family. The amount of money you make won’t  46  other’s hearts; the only way is with love and kindness. Struggle and bad periods are needed for everyone’s life, as they make us strong. If you have strong willpower, goals and also the attitude of hard and smart work, you can  47  be a successful person in some areas of life.
小題1:  

A．describe

B．take

C．talk

D．speak

小題2:  

A．room

B．car

C．table

D．hall

小題3:	A．desirable B．healthy C．temporary D．entire

小題4:.

A．doctor

B．mechanic

C．lawyer

D．teacher

小題5:	A．comment B．hesitation C．worry D．expectation

小題6:	A．borrowed B．bought C．brought D．took

小題7:  

A．tired

B．happy

C．sad

D．excited

小題8:	A．cost B．spend C．took D．pay

小題9:	A．dearly B．financially C．highly D．costly

小題10:

A．familiarity B．relationship C．love D．friendship

小題11:  

A．win

B．get

C．gain

D．defeat

小題12:  

A．possibly

B．hardly

C．suddenly

D．definitely

I think it was my mother who taught me the meaning of honesty. Not because she actually was honest, but because she lied all the time. She felt that the easiest way out of any given situation was generally the best way out. And, for her, that generally meant telling a “l(fā)ittle white lie.” As a young child I thought it was kind of cool. And, naturally, when I would come to her with a concern or question wondering what I should do, she generally advised me to lie.
“Mom, I told Theresa that I would go over to her house, but now I would rather go to Sue’s house to play.”
“Tell Theresa you’re sick,” she would advise. And generally I did. But I didn’t seem blessed with her lack of conscience. On many painful occasions Theresa would find out that I really went to Sue’s house without her. These occasions taught me that it is more painful to be caught in a lie than it is to tell the truth in the first place. I wondered how it was possible that my mother had never learned that lesson.
I started thinking of all the lies that I’d heard her tell. I remembered the time she told someone that her favorite restaurant had closed, because she didn’t want to see them there anymore. Or the time she told Dad that she loved the lawn-mower he gave her for her birthday. Or when she claimed that our phone lines had been down when she was trying to explain why she hadn’t been in touch with a friend of hers for weeks. And what bothered me even more were all the times she had involved me into her lies. Like the time she told my guidance counselor that I had to miss school for exploratory surgery, when she really needed me to babysit. And it even started to bother me when someone would call for her and she would ask me to tell them that she wasn’t there.
So, I started my own personal fight against her dishonesty. When I answered the phone and it was someone my mother didn’t want to talk to, I said, “Louise, mom is here, but she doesn’t want to talk to you.” The first time I did it, she punished me, but I refused to apologize. I told her that I had decided that it was wrong to lie. And the next time it happened I did the same thing. Finally, she approached me and said, “I agree that lying is not the best thing to do, but we need to find a way to be honest without being rude.” She admitted that her methods weren’t right, and I admitted that mine were a bit too extreme.
Over the past few years, the two of us have worked together to be honest—and yet kind. Honesty should mean more than not lying. It should mean speaking the truth in kindness. Though I started by trying to teach my mom the importance of honesty, I ended up gaining a deeper understanding of the meaning of the term.
小題1: The author’s mother __________. 

A．thought white lies were not lies

B．helped the author get out of trouble with white lies

C．told the author to lie when in trouble

D．taught the author the importance of being honest

小題2:The author __________.

A．was thankful to her mother’s advice

B．felt more awkward when being caught lying

C．found that telling the truth hurt more than telling a lie

D．felt guilty when hurting people with her honesty

小題3:It can be inferred that the author’s mother __________.

A．met her friends in the same restaurant regularly

B．didn’t get along with the author’s teachers

C．was not popular among her friends

D．wanted to have something else for her birthday

小題4:Finally the author and her mother agreed that __________.

A．kind-heartedness is more important than honesty

B．appropriate methods are the key to telling a good lie

C．honesty is defined as kindness as well as truthfulness

D．absolute honesty is basic to good interpersonal relationships

Lots of people have hobbies. Some people collect old coins or foreign stamps; some do needlework; others spend most of their spare time on a particular sport.
A lot of people enjoy reading. But reading tastes differ widely. Some people only read newspapers or comics, some like reading novels, while others prefer books on astronomy, wildlife, or technological discoveries.
If I happen to be interested in horses or precious stones, I cannot expect everyone else to share my enthusiasm. If I watch all the sports programs on TV with great pleasure, I must put up with the fact that other people find sports boring.
Is there nothing that interests us all? Is there nothing that concerns everyone—no matter who they are or where they live in the world? Yes, dear Sophie, there are questions that certainly should interest everyone. They are precisely the questions this course is about.
What is the most important thing in life? If we ask someone living on the edge of starvation, the answer is food. If we ask someone dying of cold, the answer is warmth. If we put the same question to someone who feels lonely and isolated, the answer will probably be the company of other people.
But when these basic needs have been satisfied—will there still be something that everybody needs? Philosophers think so. They believe that man cannot live by bread alone. Of course everyone needs food. And everyone needs love and care. But there is something else—apart from that—which everyone needs, and that is to figure out who we are and why we are here.
Being interested in why we are here is not a “casual” interest like collecting stamps. People who ask such questions are taking part in a debate that has gone on as long as man has lived on this planet. How the universe, the earth, and life came into being is a bigger and more important question than who won the most gold medals in the last Olympics.
小題1: This text is most probably taken from __________. 

A．a research paper	B．a course schedule
C．a personal letter	D．a book review

小題2: Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?

A．Philosophical questions are as interesting as collecting stamps.

B．Thinking about philosophical questions is a serious interest.

C．Figuring out who we are and why we are here is man’s basic needs.

D．Philosophy has universal appeal and concerns everybody in nature.

小題3: The author believes that __________.

A．no existing subject can interest everyone in the world

B．different people may have different interests and concerns

C．everyone has to figure out who we are and why we are here

D．people in modern society pay more attention to philosophical questions

Hidden in our subconsciousness(潛意識）is a perfect mental picture.  We see ourselves on a long trip that goes across the continent. We are traveling by train. Out the windows, we think in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways,  of children waving at a crossing , of cattle feeding on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, or row upon row of corn and wheat, of flat lands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hills, of city skylines and village halls.
But uppermost in our minds is the final destination.  On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, condemning(譴責）the minutes for loitering(虛度）— waiting, waiting,  waiting for the station.
"When we reach the station, that will be it!”we cry. "When I’m 38." "When I buy a new 450SL Mercdes Benz!""When I put the last kid through college.""When I have paid off the debt!" "When I get a promotion.""When I reach the age of rement, I shall live happily ever after!"
Sooner or later, we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream.It constantly outdistances us.
"Relish(appreciate) the moment" is a good motto,  actually it isn’t the burdens of today that drive man mad. It is the regret over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.
So stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, swim more rivers,  watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. Then the station will come soon enough.
小題1:
Why does the author describe the mental picture?

A．To lead us into a perfect world.	B．To let people enjoy the scenery.
C．To introduce an actual trip of his.	D．To compare it to our life’s journey.

小題2:
How do people feel when they’re on their trip?

A．Puzzled.

B．Happy.

C．Relaxed.

D．Impatient.

小題3:
What does the author mean by "Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of
today" in Line 2 Paragraph 5?

A．Regret and fear are responsible for the loss of today.

B．We must be careful of the two thieves: regret and fear.

C．Regret and fear stop us from enjoying our present life.

D．We’re frequently challenged by the two: regret and fear.

小題4:
Why does the author write the passage?

A．To teach us a good lesson.

B．To tell us the right attitude to life.

C．To advise us to forget our worries.

D．To stop us wandering along the aisles.

Two runners stand side by side at the starting line of a race．  36   look very strong and fast．  37 one runner speeds ahead and wins the race．The other __38__．
Some athletes can reach great   39  such as winning an Olympic gold medal．Others never live up to their  40 ．What kind of preparation before a race or before other kinds of events makes the   41 ?    
Everyone knows that athletes try to   42  their bodies．But research shows that strengthening the mind may be just as   43 ．Careful study indicates that the best athletes win  44  because they think they can win．
Positive thoughts seem to provide the edge for   45  in sports．People who say "I know I can do this" to themselves over and over   46  find that they have the advantage to win．On the other hand, people who think "I can't win" often   47 ．
One procedure that helps many athletes is creating   48  in their mind．They are told to think of each jump they must make to   49 ．Some use pictures that are more fanciful．One skater liked to think about a star bursting inside her,  50  her with energy．Another athlete who wanted to feel   51  pictured himself as a bird floating in the air．
Next time you want to do something well．try training your   52  to help you．Perhaps a teacher or other instructors can   53  you plan your training．If you imagine yourself doing better, you may soon see improvements in   54  you really can do．Positive thinking and pictures   55  in your mind can help you win!

小題1:	A．Neither B．All C．Each D．Both

小題2:	A．But B．So C．Or D．And．

小題3:	A．falls down B．leaves behind C．leaves alone D．falls behind

小題4:	A．prizes B．goals C．medals D．places

小題5:	A．promise B．name C．level D．ability

小題6:	A．progress B．mistake C．achievement D．difference

小題7:	A．determine B．expand C．strengthen D．extend

小題8:	A．possible B．interesting C．difficult D．important

小題9:	A．partly B．entirely C．completely D．mostly

小題10:

A．failure B．luck C．success D．competition

小題11:

A．often B．never C．hardly D．rarely

小題12:

A．fail B．succeed C．understand D．expect

小題13:

A．ideas B．thoughts C．wonders D．pictures

小題14:

A．fail B．run C．win D．go

小題15:

A．giving B．helping C．taking D．tiring

小題16:

A．encouraged B．calm C．excited D．anxious

小題17:

A．mind B．body C．brain D．imagination

小題18:

A．help B．advise C．allow D．persuade

小題19:

A．which B．that C．what D．how

小題20:

A．made B．hung C．discovered D．created

I was working with a client who was completely burned out on her career and life and then ready for a career change. As we were talking, she said, “I just wish I had meaningful work. I don’t feel like I am making a difference. I am just wasting my life.” This is the theme I hear most often from clients who have been in the workforce awhile.All of us want to feel like we are making a difference. We want to believe our work means something. The problem comes in defining “meaningful work”. What is it? That answer is different for everyone. For some meaningful work might be helping others organize their office. For others it may mean making a million dollars.
What really matters is how you see it. What is meaningful work to you? Take out a piece of paper and answer these questions. How do you define meaningful work? When do you feel like you are really making a difference? What work have you done so far that feels the most meaningful? Write down whatever comes to mind.
What you want to do is meaningful. It is very easy to start judging yourself as being selfish. Stop! Allow yourself to be honest. The fact is when Picasso painted; he was doing it because he liked to paint. He was not thinking, “Oh, I hope this brings joy to others’ lives.” He painted because he wanted to. When Beethoven composed, he did it because he loved music. Even scientists searching for a cure for cancer are immersed in their work because it fascinates them.
Don’t look down on your work. It is easy to downplay the importance of work that feels meaningful. I remember Tony Robbins told a story of talking with the owner of a major company. The man said to Tony, “I wish I could do what you do because it makes such adifference in people’s lives”. Tony said, “You have got to be kidding! Look at what adifference you make. You provide work, health insurance and security for thousands ofpeople!” Don’t underestimate the value you provide.
Take a look at what you have written about meaningful work. Do you see any themes? How do you wish to contribute to this world? Whatever you choose, remember that the greatest gift you can give is to find work that makes you feel fulfilled and delighted. Respect your preference because giving your gifts to the world, whatever they look like, is the most meaningful action you can ever take.
小題1:. What does the writer mean by mentioning the famous people?

A．Famous people are selfish to start work for themselves.

B．Doing meaningful work requires our interest in it.

C．Interest is the best teacher in learning.

D．Honesty makes for the greatest people.

小題2:. When you downplay the value of your work, you tend to think it is ______.

A．quite different

B．very successful

C．not meaningful

D．less important

小題3:.According to the passage, what meaningful job does the writer advise us to take?

A．The one which is popular in society.

B．The one which brings you profits.

C．The one which wins you fame.

D．The one which interests you.

小題4:. The article is intended to ________.

A．explain what is the most important in changing one’s job

B．advise taking an immediate action to find meaningful work

C．suggest we should show confidence and talent in work

D．tell us the problem that the author’s client met

If you had been in my classes in the early McKee days , you would have seen a skinny young man in his late twenties with messy black hair , eyes that looked with a sign of infection , bad teeth and the hangdog look you see on immigrants in Ellis Island photographs or on pickpockets being arrested .
There were reasons for the hangdog look .
I was born in New York and taken to Ireland before I was four . I had three brothers . My father , an alcoholic , wild man , great patriot , always ready to die for Ireland , abandoned us when I was ten . A baby sister died , twin boys died , two boys were born . My mother begged for food , clothing , and coal to boil water for the tea . Neighbors told her to place us in an orphanage , a place for homeless kids . No , no , never . The shame of it . She hung on . We grew . My brothers and I left school at fourteen , worked , dreamed of America and , one by one , sailed away . my mother followed with the youngest , expecting to live happily ever after . That’s what you are supposed to do in America , but she never had a moment of happy-ever-after .
In New York I worked at laboring jobs till I was put into the United States Army . After two years in Germany I went to college on the GI Bill program to become a teacher . In college there were courses on literature and composition . There were courses on how to teach by professors who did not know how to teach . After college I went to McKee , where I put what I had learnt to trial and embarrassed myself when the students considered me a fool .
小題1:. What is a hangdog look ?

A．happy

B．disappointed

C．discouraged

D．angry

小題2:. It can be inferred from this passage that __________ .

A．before the author went to Ireland , he lived in New York .

B．the mother is living a joyful life in America with her little son

C．there are four sons in this Irish family living in America

D．the author is now a young teacher in his twenties teaching in a high school

小題3:. Which of the following statements is TRUE ?

A．Someone recommended the mother give the children away to kind people .

B．The author’s father sacrificed himself for his beloved homeland .

C．The author got into college because he was hard-working .

D．The author didn’t know much about how to teach when he first started .

小題4:. In what way is the passage mainly developed ?

A．Presenting effects and analyzing the causes .

B．Giving typical examples .

C．Describing things in space order .

D．Presenting an idea and arguing in favor of it .

Wherever in the world you’re reading this right now, you will be aware of just how mixed modern society has become in terms of race. Within the UK, mixed-raced children are the largest   1  ethnic minority. Bringing home a partner of a different   2  to yourself is no longer viewed as, “strange” or “different” in a lot of families. When Joseph brought home Hari, the   3  that she was of Indian parentage was never even talked about — she made him happy. They made each other happy. And that was all that   4 .
But the reason why they were together for 11 years before they got   5  is that Hari was afraid of telling her   6  about the person that she’d fallen in love with. She was afraid of the consequences it would   7  for her younger sisters. Would they be packed off to India? Would they end up in arranged   8  they may not want? At 22 years old, when she first fell in love with him — it was a large burden to   9 .
But she loved him, and   10  they moved in together… and then bought a house by the Brighton coast, where they have   11  for almost 8 years. All the while her parents didn’t know. Her sisters did, and they too loved Joseph — they   12  him as the brother they’d never had.
But after nine years together, she finally had to tell her father (her mother   13  away a few years ago). We were on tenderhooks（惶恐不安）the weekend she went up North to tell him.
It was emotional and as a family we were worried. Hari had been   14  of our family for so long, we felt for her. We knew how   15  it would be. She loved her father, but knew this would hurt him, who was a very traditional Sikh man.

小題1:	A．growing B．slowing C．reducing D．ageing

小題2:	A．sex B．race C．citizenship D．nationality

小題3:	A．fact B．idea C．statement D．news

小題4:	A．worked B．meant C．existed D．mattered

小題5:	A．reunited B．accepted C．married D．divorced

小題6:	A．family B．parents C．classmates D．friends

小題7:	A．bear B．have C．make D．receive

小題8:	A．reunions B．gatherings C．marriages D．parties

小題9:	A．hold B．bring C．take D．carry

小題10:

A．eventually B．generally C．possibly D．faithfully

小題11:

A．lived B．worked C．studied D．dated

小題12:

A．found B．thought C．belived D．saw

小題13:

A．went B．ran C．passed D．fled

小題14:

A．member B．part C．fun D．role

小題15:

A．easy B．close C．hard D．awful

It was the beginning of the school year a few years ago and I had a little boy in my class who came from a non-English speaking home. He was very quiet and shy. I wasn’t sure how much he understood during the school day and I was especially concerned that he just stood by himself at break time and did not play. If I tried to talk to him, he would turn away and tightly shut his eyes to hide from me.
After a day or two of this, I decided to seek the help of one of my outgoing and friendly little girls. I called her over and she ran to me, ready to help.
I immediately began a long speech about what I needed from her. I asked her if she would try to get him to play, and I started talking quickly about all these suggestions on how she could start communicating with him. I explained she could do this, she could do that, she could try this idea, she could try that idea. She touched my arm to stop my talking and looked up at me in that wise and special way that only a six-year-old can, and said, “Don’t worry. I speak kid.” And she ran off.
I stood there all alone, silently watching her. It took less than a minute for the two new friends to run off, hand in hand, happily joining a game of tag(捉人游戲) taking place all over the gym.
I often think of that small moment, about what I learned and how important it is for all teachers to speak kid—big kid, little kid and middle kid. I knew my focus must be on teaching students how to think, how to approach problems, and how to figure out solutions and never take the opportunity away. We must be ready to learn from our students because those “teachable moments” during the school days are for us, the teachers, as well as our kids.
小題1:.
Why did the author worry about the boy?

A．He didn’t dare to look the author in the eye.

B．He couldn’t speak English as well as other students.

C．He failed to understand what the author taught.

D．He was unwilling to communicate with others.

小題2:.
After the girl agreed to help, the author    .

A．taught her what to do in detail	B．thanked her for her willingness to help
C．sent her to make friends with the boy at once
D．reminded her of what she should be careful about

小題3:.
By saying “I speak kid”, the girl meant that she could    .

A．speak the language that kids understand	B．speak the boy’s native language
C．understand what kids are thinking	D．speak well like a little kid

小題4:.
The underlined words “the opportunity” refer to the chance to      .

A．play at break time	B．learn from students
C．solve problems	D．speak kid