回答问题(四) 中西阅读差异+两个浇水罐
A
Look around when you're on a subway. What is the most popular time-killing (消磨时间的) activity? In China, most people play on their smartphones. While in other countries, people often enjoy reading.
On average(平均), each Chinese person read less than eight books in 2018, according to a recent survey from the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication. But Chinese people spend an average of 26 minutes on WeChat Reading every day.
In many Western countries, people can read at any time. Even backpackers(背包客) enjoy reading books when they are having a break on the beach or relaxing from a hike. Reading books builds a bridge between our lives and the unknown world.
Many hotels abroad also offer book-exchanges for visitors. Simply drop off your finished books and take those ones that other people left behind.
In most US middle schools, teachers give students a reading list every few weeks. Most books are easy to read, so students won't lose their confidence of reading.
Good reading habits lead you to a lifelong love for books. In order to encourage people to read more, China is planning to foster(培养) the habit of reading in its law. Although this has both good and bad sides, it can be seen as a way to develop one's reading habits.
1.In China, what do most people do to kill time on a subway?(不超过5个词)
2.When can people read in many Western countries?(不超过10个词)
3.What's the purpose of having good reading habits according to the passage?(不超过15个词)
B
An old woman had two large pots(罐), one on each end of a pole(扁担). I always saw her carrying the pole with the pots across her neck.
One of the pots had a crack(裂缝) in it while the other pot was perfect and always carried a full pot of water. At the end of the long walk from the well to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half-full.
For two years this happened daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. One day, I asked the old woman, “Why don't you get another pot? The cracked one always makes water drop all the way back to your house.”
The old woman smiled, “Did you notice that there are flowers on one side of the road, but not on the other side? That's because I have always known about the crack, so I planted flower seeds on the side of the road. And every day while I walk back, I can water them.”
“For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to make my house more beautiful. Without the cracked pot, I would not have this beauty.”
Each of us has our own cracks. But it's these cracks that make our lives together so interesting and meaningful. So, accept these imperfections(不完美) and try to make good use of them.
