任务型阅读(三) 两只小鸟+文化习俗
A [2020·原创]
A girl was walking in the woods when she found two weak birds. She took them home and put them in a small cage. (A)She took good care of them. The birds grew strong. Every morning, they greeted her with a beautiful song. The girl felt great love for the birds. She wanted them to sing for her forever.
One day, the girl left their cage door (B) . The bigger of the two birds flew out. The girl watched as he rose high into the sky. She was afraid that he would fly away and she would never see him again. (C)As he flew close, she caught him in her hand and held him tightly. She was happy. Suddenly, she felt the bird go limp(无力的). She opened her hand. The bird was dead! Her love had stolen life from the beautiful songbird.
The other bird was pushing against the bars(条) of the cage. She could see how much he wanted to be free. She took him out of the cage and gently threw him into the air. Would the bird fly away? She could hardly bear to watch. But the bird just wanted to stretch its wings. He flew around the girl twice and then came to rest on her shoulder.
The girl watched the bird with joy in her heart. She wasn’t worried anymore. She wanted the bird to be happy. The bird sat by the girl’s ear and sang the sweetest song she had ever heard.
1.将(A)处画线句子进行同义句转换。(每空一词)
She them .
2.根据上下文写出(B)处所缺单词。
3.将(C)处画线句子翻译成汉语。
4. 根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)。
( )There were two birds and they both died because of the girl’s love.
5.根据短文内容回答问题。
What does the story mainly tell us?
B [2019·绥化改编]
Living in a different culture can be a both exciting and challenging(挑战性的) experience. You have to learn different cultures and try to get used to them. Let’s share some cultural differences between China and the US to help understand each other.
Privacy(隐私)—Chinese people talk about subjects such as ages and income(收入), which Americans think is not polite.
Families—In China, elders are traditionally treated with respect. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence(独立),especially that of the children. (A)Unlike the Chinese, few elder Americans live with their children.
Friends—Chinese people have different under-standing of “friends”. In China, “friendship” means a lifelong relationship between friends who think (B)彼此给予任何帮助是他们的责任.Americans always call people they meet friends.
Money—The Chinese like saving money. They are always careful when they are planning to spend money. It is different in America, where far fewer families are saving money.
(C) —Chinese people value education more than Americans do who pay more attention to good nature instead.
1.根据短文内容回答问题。
Who often talks about ages and income, Chinese people or Americans?
2.将(A)处画线句子翻译成汉语。
3.将(B)处画线句子翻译成英语。
