泛读2卷

Task 1Moon-cakes are a special Chinese food. They are very popular among Chinese people, home or abroad. Moon-cakes are to Mid-Autumn Festival what mince pies are to Christmas. To celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chinese people must do two things: Enjoy the full moon and eat delicious moon-cakes. Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. It is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest. And the moon is what this celebration is all about. In the eyes of the Chinese people, a moon-cake takes the shape of a round moon and thus symbolizes the reunion of all family members.Therefore, Mid-Autumn Festival is regarded as one of the most important to the Chinese people. It's a good time for the whole family to be together. So on that day, everyone would try his best to get home. A big family dinner would be held in the evening, with the bright moon in the sky and the moon-cakes of all sorts at the table to express best wishes.The seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed or red bean and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. Traditional moon-cakes are made with melted lard, but today vegetable oil is more often used in the interests of health. Nowadays moon-cakes with different flavors and sizes are also being produced to cater for different consumer's requirements.Moon-cakes are usually stamped with Chinese characters indicating the name of the bakery and the type of filling used. Some bakeries will even stamp them with your family name so that you can give more personalized moon-cakes to friends and family. They are usually presented in boxes of four which indicate the four phases of the moon.Moon-cakes are not for the diet-conscious as they are loaded with calories. The best way to wash down one of these sticky cakes is with a cup of tea, especially Chinese tea. It is a special enjoyment and it also aids the digestion.1. Moon-cakes are important to the Chinese people because ____.A. they are a traditional festival foodB. they are something like mince piesC. they do good to one's healthD. they cater for different tastes2. What does the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival symbolize to the Chinese people?A. A bright futureB. A happy marriageC. A family reunionD. A sweet memory3. Moon-cakes are made to ___.A. remind people of the moonB. express people's best wishesC. decorate the dinner tableD. indicate the four phrases of the moon4. Moon-cakes are usually stamped with Chinese characters to ___.A. give the moon-cakes a special shapeB. wish the customer good luckC. indicate the type of filling usedD. make the moon-cakes more beautiful5. Moon-cakes are not for the diet-conscious because they are ___.A. loaded with caloriesB. rather stickyC. made with vegetable oilD. hard to digest1. A2. C3. B4. C5. ATask 2 Liberia, the oldest independent Negro state in West Africa, has been struggling for survival ever since its foundation in 1822. Progress has been hampered by constant hostility between the American Negroes whose families returned there in the early 19th century, and the West Africans whose ancestors never left the continent. Though the two groups are of the same race, they are divided by language and outlook and regard each other with deep suspicion creating a conflict which was not foreseen by Liberia's founders. In addition, neighboring states, native tribe, disease, and poverty have made life dangerous and difficult. The government has tried desperately, through loans and a trickle of trade, to make ends meet. Anxiety about financial matters lessened somewhat when, in 1910, the United States accepted responsibility for Liberia's survival. However, not until Harvey Firestone, the American rubber king, decided that the United States must produce its own rubber----with Liberia as the site of the rubber plantations----did Liberia have much hope of paying its debts and balancing its budget. The rubber industry, foun ded in the 1920’s, and the activity that followed it brought both progress and profit to Liberia. Before that time Liberia had no roads, no mechanical transport and no good port; its people had little education and few tools. Liberians feel that the country is being ruled by rubber. For this reason, the recent discovery of iron ore is important. Liberian leaders are trying to moderate the power of the rubber industry and to establish the country's political and economic independence. 26. Liberia has been in difficulty since its independence mainly because______. A. the American Negroes do not want to help the country. B. there has been constant hostility and suspicion between different tribes in the country. C. there haven been constant hostility and suspicion between two groups of the same tribe. D. the government has adopted a wrong policy 27."The government has tried desperately, through loans and a trickle of trade, to make ends meet." to make ends meet" means_______. A. the government has to borrow money from others B. the government has to lend money to others C. the government doesn't have to borrow or lend money D. the government has either to borrow or to lend money 28. The country's finance began to improve a bit in________. A. 1822 B.1910 C.1920 D.1920's 29. The Liberians’ attitude on to improve a bit in_______. A. a total agreement…………………………装…………………………订…………………………线…………………………………… …………………………密…………………………封…………………………线……………………………………B. a total disagreementC. a hostilityD. not a total agreement30. The best title for this passage is_______.A. American Negroes in West AfricaB. Liberia----- a poor countryC. Liberia and its developmentD .Liberia ----a country with rich rubber and ironCCBDCPassage 3Chinese Americans today have higher incomes than Americans in general and higher occupational status. The Chinese have risen to this position despite some of the harshest discrimination and violence faced by any immigrants to the United States in the history of this country. Long confined to a narrow range of occupations they succeeded in those occupations and then spread out into other areas in later years, when opportunities finally opened up for them. Today much of the Chinese prosperity is due to the simple fact that they work more and have more (usually better) education than others. Almost one out of five Chinese families has three or more income earners compared to one out of thirteen for Puerto Ricans, one out of ten among American Indians, and one out of eight among Whites. When the Chinese advantages in working and educational are held constant, they have no advantage over other Americans. That is in a Chinese Family with a given number of people working and with a given amount of education by the head of the family, the income is not only about average for such families, and offers a little less than average.While Chinese Americans as a group are prosperous and well-educated Chinatowns are pockets of poverty, and illiteracy is much higher among the Chinese than among Americans in general. Those paradoxes are due to sharp internal differences. Descendants of the Chinese Americans who emigrated long ago from Shandong Province have maintained Chinese values and have added acculturation to American society with remarkable success. More recent Hong Kong Chinese are from more diverse cultural origins, and acquired western values and styles in Hong Kong, without having acquired the skills to proper and support those aspirations in the American economy. Foreign-born Chinese men in the United States are one-fourth lower incomes than native-born Chinese even though the foreign-born have been in the United States an average of seventeen years. While the older Hong Kong Chinese work tenaciously to sustain and advance themselves, the Hong Kong Chinese youths often react with resentment and antisocial behavior, including terrorism and murder. The need to maintain tourism in Chinatown causes the Chinese leaders to mute or装…………………………订…………………………线…………………………………… 密…………………………封…………………………线……………………………………downplay these problems as much as possible.( ) 1. According to the passage, today, Chinese Americans owe their prosperity to_________.A. their diligence and better education than others.B. their support of American government.C. their fight against discriminations.D. advantages in working only.( ) 2. The passage is mainly concerned with___.A. Chinese Americans today.B. social status of Chinese Americans today.C. incomes and occupational status of Chinese Americans today.D. problems of Chinese Americans today.( ) 3. Chinatowns are pockets of poverty, as is probably associated with___.A. most descendants of Chinese Americans are rebelling.B. most descendants of Chinese Americans are illiterate.C. sharp internal difference between Chinese coming from different culturalbackgrounds.D. only a few Chinese Americans are rich.( ) 4. Which of the following statements is not true according to this articleA. As part of the minority, Chinese Americans are still experiencingdiscrimination in American today.B. Nowadays, Chinese Americans are working in wider fields.C. Foreign-born Chinese earn lower income than native-born ChineseAmericans with the similar advantages in the U.S.D. None of the above.( ) 5. According to the author, which of the following can best describe the older Hong Kong Chinese and the youngerA. Tenacious; rebellion.B. Conservative; open-minded.C. Out-of-date; fashionable.D. Obedient; disobedient.11-15 ACCCAPassage 4There are many ways of defining success. It is accurate to say that each of us has our own concept of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily. Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities, it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.For some people, simply being able to live their life with a minimum of misery and suffering is considered a success. Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep, enjoys his frugal life with his family in the beauty of nature, andwho is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of and accepted by him and his society. On the other hand, it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions, many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own goals of success. Because not all ventures can be successful, one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving success, but if one has self confidence it would be unfortunate to set one’s goals at too low a level of achievement.A wise counselor once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration with his own professional success: “You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park, or riding the subway downtown,” The counselor added, “You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like, and to which you have given your best effort.”11.In the first paragraph, the author implies that ____ is essential in achieving success.A.ability and goalsB.goals and determinationC.ability and environmentD.goals and environment12.The word “frugal”(Line. 2, Para 2.) means ___.A. wealthyB. wastefulC.thriftyD.miserable13.Some rich people consider themselves unsuccessful because ____.A.their life is miserableB.they do not live in peaceC. their goals are too lowD.they are not rich enough by their own standards14.The last paragraph implies that ___.A. we should have high goalsB. success means achieving great goalsC. success means taking a walk in the parkD.success means tr ying one’s best at what one really likes15.This passage mainly talks about ___.A.the definition of successB.how to achieve successC.how to set goalsD.the importance of goalsCCDDA一位妇女到一家帽子店买帽子。