It’s been five years since I came to America....

It’s been five years since I came to America. The year before I arrived, every weekend I was woken up by “Spring River in the Flower Moon Night（春江花月夜）”, _______by my mother on a zheng(筝).

My mom was always enchanted(着迷) by the beauty of Chinese traditional music,___ she never had the chance to learn an instrument. In 2009, she got a zheng from a friend and has been playing and performing ever since. Sometimes when I ______ her, I search for　　 the songs she　　 used to play on the Internet. I never expected to hear them here in Boston.

Earlier this year, as I____a new flat,　 I met　 Zhantao　 Lin,　 the　 director of the　 Boston Chinese Musicians Association( 协 会 ). At Lin’s house, I heard the____of the erhu. Lin later introduced me to his music team and I heard the rehearse( 排 练 ) for a____this year. It was beautiful and powerful——it suddenly brought me back to my hometown in China.

____________is also part of Lin’s daily routine（例行公事）. Besides performing, he passed on his love of the erhu to his____. I went to one of Lin’s classes and met 9-year-old London Turk. I　 asked him______he chose to learn the erhu. “It’s much______to learn than the violin,” he said. Perhaps Turk hasn’t really started to enjoy the beauty of the erhu, but his mother has always loved the instrument. “There are so many beautiful things in Chinese____: the music, the　 language, and the art. So we just try our best to let him have a___ to explore it,” she said.

I _______　 my mom for giving me a chance to lose myself in the Chinese musical world.　　　 The music makes me feel relaxed. It can also ________　 me of my homesickness. If you listen to　 one piece, you will___ its uniqueness(独特性), power, and beautiful.

1.A. directed　　 B. played　　 C. written　　 D. invented

2.A. but　　 B. and　　 C. or　　 D. so

3.A. mention　　 B. chase　　 C. miss　　 D. call

4.A. looked after　　 B. looked at　　 C. looked for　　 D. looked up

5.A. story　　 B. sound　　 C. name　　 D. cry

6.A. performance　　 B. competition　　 C. game　　 D. meeting

7.A. Reading　　 B. Teaching　　 C. Composing　　 D. Exercising

8.A. workmates　　 B. friends　　 C. students　　 D. parents

9.A. how　　 B. where　　 C. why　　 D. when

10.A. easier　　 B. longer　　 C. safer　　 D. smarter

11.A. medicine　　 B. economy　　 C. literature　　 D. culture

12.A. chance　　 B. place　　 C. duty　　 D. wish

13.A. forgive　　 B. blame　　 C. thank　　 D. beg

14.A. remind　　 B. cure　　 C. notice　　 D. warn

15.A. explain　　 B. expect　　 C. express　　 D. experience

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My uncle ___________as a doctor since he came back from America five years ago.

A.worked B.has worked C.will work

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It _____five months since I came to America.

A. was 　 B. is 　 C. will be　 　 D. had been

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1.It's hard to make a________(decide) without knowing all the facts.

2.It's been five years since I________(come) to this school.

3.Smart phones are________(wide) used in our life.

4.Amy looks smart with a pair of________(glass) on her nose.

5.Are there any________(Canada) in your hotel?

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The United States has always been a country of many cultures. Before Europeans came to North America, many groups of Native Americans lived here. Different Native American groups had different cultures. The first Europeans in the United States were from England and Holland, but immigrants（移民） came from all European countries. Many people also immigrated from Asia and Africa. Sadly, many Africans were brought to the United States to serve the Americans. The life there was hard for them. Many immigrants come from Latin America too. Today, the United States has people from more cultures than ever.

In the 19th century, people thought of the United States as a “melting pot”. People thought that all immigrants should forget their native cultures and languages and become English-speaking Americans. They felt that people should assimilate cultures. However, not everyone wanted to assimilate completely. Many people tried to keep parts of their cultures, such as foods, customs, and languages. However, their children often forgot their parents’ or grandparents’ language. But most Americans, even those whose families have been here for a long time, can tell the countries their relatives came from. And of course, new immigrants take great pride in their cultures and languages.

For all of these reasons, melting pot is no longer a good way to describe the United States. Instead, people now call the United States a “salad bowl”. They say salad bowl because in a salad, you can still see all of the individual parts （lettuce, tomato, and so on）, but all the different parts are mixed together and begin to take on the taste of one another.

1.The first paragraph mainly talks about_____________ .

A.how many immigrants the United States has

B.where the immigrants live in the United States

C.what culture and language the immigrants keep

D.why the United States is a country of many cultures

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Before Europeans came to North America, nobody lived there.

B.People spoke of the United States as a “melting pot” in the 19th century.

C.All the Africans were brought to the United States to serve the Americans.

D.The immigrants in the United States are only from England, Holland and Africa.

3.The underlined word “assimilate” in the second paragraph means “　　　　 ”.

A.make something similar B.make something special

C.make something different D.make something interesting

4.Why do people call the United States a “salad bowl” now?

A.Because Americans can make all the cultures into one culture.

B.Because Americans all want to eat salad to be healthy very much.

C.Because Americans want their country to be as “green” as “salad”.

D.Because Americans can make different cultures go together in one country.

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It __________three years since I came to this school.

A.has been B.been C.has was D.has is

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The city has improved a lot _________ I came here a few years ago.

A. for　　　　　　　　　 B. since　　　　　　　　　 C. before

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It _________ five years since he left for Beijing.

A. was　　 B. have been　　 C. is　　 D. is going to be

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I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a computer and connected me the World Wide Web.

I’ve always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook. Myspace---I’ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on the Internet.

Some online business are run from one- room home offices. Others have hundreds of employee(雇员)spread across five different continent. Have you ever heard of Amazon. com, Yahoo. com?

My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good deal(交易)on Steve Madden boots that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my “e-commerceless” Web-surfing, unaware(不知道)of all the deals I was missing out on.

That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.

“Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?” I asked her one day. Strange envelopes had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know little sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!

“Oh, it’s the things I ordered online!” she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was no way our parents were letting her spend that much money- online or off!

“How much did all of this coat?”

“Oh, only about $15in all!” She said excitedly. “Everything on eBay is on sale! It’s way better than going to the mall.”

I felt as if my entire life, there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.

1.From the first two paragraph we can conclude that the author________

2.The writer didn’t find out about e-commerce until________

3.We can infer from the last paragraph that the author________.

4.What’s the purpose of the article?

5.What would be the best title of the article?

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It’s five years since he ________ home to study abroad.

A. has left　　　 　　　　 B. has been away from

C. left 　　　　　　　　 D. has been away

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