Food is stronger than language. Growing up in Canada, my first __1__ was Cantonese but, as I entered school, my parents switched over to speaking English, __2__ me to this day with a dicey (不確定的)command of the dialect. But more than that, living in Canada and now Beijing means I don't have to __3__ with my original language. I do, however, have to __4__ like a Cantonese, avoiding jiaozi for yuntun and steak for steamed fish.

We are what we eat, not only in terms that __5__ our bodies but culturally. __6__ can be embarrassing. What 9-year-old doesn't remember the schoolyard teasing she got when she opened up her lunch bag __7__ to find a special treat from the "motherland" (heard in the USA: "Eew! You got a chicken's foot?" Heard in China: "Waah! You got peanut butter AND jelly?"). And as every fifth-grader knows, food can make you __8__ in the crowd or be a part of it.

Even for the third and fourth generations, they may not __9__ the mother tongue of their ancestors but they __10___ with their heritage through their traditions; traditions that centre around family gatherings and food.

We __11___ American Thanksgiving the other day and as__12__, had a roast turkey the size of a sturdy(健壯的) bulldog, mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts and pumpkin pie. But being Chinese, we __13__ the traditional bread stuffing with rice because, as everybody knows, you ___14__ going into diabetic shock if you don't have rice every four hours or at least that's what my mother always told me when I asked __15__ we couldn't have pizza for dinner.

（ ）1. A. challenge      B. knowledge           C. ability                  D. language

（ ）2. A. leaving          B. showing               C. giving                  D. leading

（ ）3. A. come up       B. keep up               C. catch up              D. take up

（ ）4. A. eat                B. drink                   C. play                     D. live

（ ）5.A. supply           B. support                C. affect                   D. build

（ ）6. A. Thought        B. Language             C. Fun                     D. Food

（ ）7. A. only              B. always                 C. happily                D. suddenly

（ ）8. A. stand up       B. stand out             C. come up              D. come out     

（ ）9. A. remember  B. tell                        C. speak                  D. say

（ ）10. A. confirm      B. consider              C. insist                    D. identify

（ ）11. A. celebrated   B. created                C. cheered               D. classified

（ ）12. A. usual           B. custom                C. normal                 D. culture 

（ ）13. A. examined    B. expected             C. changed              D. charged

（ ）14. A. keep           B. risk          C. stop                      D. suggest

（ ）15. A. what     B. when                    C. where                  D. why

Welcome to the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China (hereinafter referred to as “Expo 2010”). In order to 1    the legitimate(合法的) interests and rights of visitors and ensure a(n) 2    and orderly visit, the organizer of Expo 2010 (hereinafter referred to as “the Organizer”) has 3   these Terms and Conditions.

Article 1 Scope of Application

These Terms and Conditions are 4    to all visitors to Expo 2010, including those who enter the Expo Site with 5    tickets and children at or below 1.2m at the time of entry, who are eligible（合格的） for free 6  

Article 2 Operation Time

The operation time of the Expo Site shall be 9:00 ~ 24:00. The 7    hours of the pavilions（展館）shall be 9:30 ~ 22:30. Visitors shall enter the Expo Site before 21:00 and leave before 24:00 on the day of admission. Those with 8    admission tickets may enter the Expo Site between 17:00 and 21:00.

Article 3 Orderly Entry

Visitors shall go through ticket pre-check, 9    check and ticket verification（檢驗） in an orderly fashion before entering the Expo Site. Those who 10    to cooperate may be denied entry by the Organizer. For the purpose of public health and disease 11    and control, the Organizer may conduct necessary 12    examination on visitors entering the Expo Site. Visitors with special admission tickets are required to 13    a valid ID at the time of ticket verification. Children eligible for free admission and other visitors with mobility difficulties may only enter the Expo Site when 14    by adults. Those under the influence of alcohol and the persons 15    from mental disorders are not allowed to enter.

（ ）1. A. neglect     B. limit                       C. protect               D. expand

（ ）2. A. active      B. safe                      C. friendly              D. exciting

（ ）3. A. translated   B. informed               C. divided             D. formulated

（ ）4. A. changeable  B. applicable             C. invisible              D. reliable

（ ）5. A. valid       B. former                  C. false         D. official

（ ）6. A. invitation   B. destination     C. accommodation       D. admission

（ ）7. A. managing   B. starting                  C. opening                D. ending

（ ）8. A. morning    B. night                      C. evening                D. dawn

（ ）9. A. security          B. ID                       C. qualification          D. license

（ ）10. A. hesitate    B. refuse                   C. approve               D. decide

（ ）11. A. estimate   B. escape                   C. injection               D. prevention

（ ）12. A. health           B. security                C. mental                  D. physical

（ ）13. A. borrow    B. produce               C. order                   D. present

（ ）14. A. controlled  B. accompanied   C. struggled                D. tolerated

（ ）15. A. learning   B. preventing              C. suffering               D. escaping

Speeding has been cited（引證） as the cause for a car accident that left one pedestrian dead May 7 in eastern China's Zhejiang Province. The speed of the cause car has been 1    to have been between 84.1 kilometers to 101.2 km per hour when the accident happened. According to the report, the cause car was refitted（更換零部件） to attain 2    speeds. The engine, exhaust system and tires had been modified.

The report was made by a group of motor vehicle 3    and mechanics from Jilin, Zhejiang, Shanghai and other parts of China. They were 4    by Blue Arrow, a forensic（法庭的）analysis group in Hangzhou, according to local police. A 5    of the municipal public security bureau said that the bureau received the forensic analysis report on Wednesday and immediately sent 6    of the report to both parties concerned.

Either of the two parties, the family of the 7    and the driver responsible for the accident, can challenge against the analysis results in three days. The case has not yet entered 8    procedures. Whether it will be a civil or criminal case remains 9   .

On the evening of May 7, Tang Zhuo, 25, was 10    on a pedestrian walkway in Hangzhou. The 11   is a 20-year-old university student. Tang flew five meters into the air before he hit the ground and died. The public was 12    because he was racing with two friends on a downtown highway, without thinking about the 13    of pedestrians. The driver faces a one-month detention or up to three years in jail if convicted. The level of punishment 14    how fast he was driving.

After the accident, Wang Guoping, Hangzhou's party chief, demanded traffic police take every possible 15    to fight against drag-racing and illegal auto modifications.

（ ）1. A. estimated  B. reduced                 C. increased             D. imagined

（ ）2. A. lower           B. taller                    C. higher                  D. shorter

（ ）3. A. workers       B. students               C. experts                D. assistants

（ ）4. A. criticized  B. invited                    C. given                    D. sent

（ ）5. A. gentleman  B. soldier                 C. driver                   D. spokesman

（ ）6. A. details          B. copies                  C. objects                D. writers

（ ）7. A. victim     B. passenger             C. audience              D. salesman

（ ）8. A. medical        B. technological        C. economical          D. judicial

（ ）9. A. invisible   B. unknown                C. untouched            D. impossible

（ ）10. A. driven         B. stolen                  C. hit                        D. robbed

（ ）11. A. driver    B. victim                   C. pedestrian            D. visitor

（ ）12. A. angered   B. excited                C. interrupted           D. tired

（ ）13. A. health         B. education             C. safety                   D. profit

（ ）14. A. takes on  B. depends on           C. looks on              D. carries on.

（ ）15. A. money        B. force                    C. energy                 D. measure

Through my school years I never imagined of falling in love. I wanted to stay __1__ just from watching my friends get mistreated（虐待）by their boyfriends all the time. On my junior year, I was just ___2__ 17 and my best friend decides to set me __3__ with a stranger I have never known. I was really lucky to even make it to the place because my parents were so strict __4__ me at the time. So we meet and not even __5__ to say. I wasn't too excited, I was totally nervous. At the time I knew there was __6___ in him I liked. I couldn't understand that __7__ inside telling me he was the one.

My senior year after school ended. He had to leave to the Marines and I __8__ go to Ohio. We both had decided to __9__ our relationship because we didn't think it work from far distance. It was all over. On my 20 birthday there was__10__ on the mail for me. The letter came from a Marine base with his name on it. It had __11__ him a long time to find me and he did. After that day he promised he__12__ let me go again.

   Today he's my__13___, my best friend, and my hero. Within a million's miles away from me, he has kept his__14___. I love him with all my heart and I'm here  waiting. He has deployed（部署，配置） overseas for 8 months and we only _15__by e-mail and sometimes calls on the weekends. Today and every up coming day I wake up with a smile just waiting for him to come back home safe.

（ ）1. A.alone             B. single                   C. lonely                  D.pure

（ ）2. A. attending       B. accepting             C. turning                 D. receiving

（ ）3. A. up                B. down                   C. off                       D. on

（ ）4. A. on                B. at                        C. with                     D. to

（ ）5.A.a talk              B. a word                C. many talks           D. many words

（ ）6. A. everything     B. anything               C. nothing               D. something

（ ）7. A. thought         B. feeling                  C. mood                  D. idea

（ ）8. A. should          B. might                   C. had to                 D. used to 

（ ）9. A. end               B. start                     C.remember             D. forget

（ ）10. A.a man          B. a letter                 C. news                  D. word

（ ）11. A. taken          B. brought                C. spent                   D. paid

（ ）12. A. seldom       B. always                 C. never                   D. ever 

（ ）13. A. workmate   B. neighbor              C.boyfriend              D. husband

（ ）14. A. secret         B. promise       C. way                     D. hobby

（ ）15. A. talk      B. meet                    C. see                      D. communicate

 The officials discussed the plan that they would like to see ______ the next month.

A. carry out        B. carrying out     C. to carry out     D. carried out

Everything ______ into consideration, they ought to have another chance.

A. to take         B. taken      C. to be taken       D. taking

To do a bit for the motherland, ______.

A. working hard is necessary     B. to learn a foreign language is needed

C. it is important to master science D. one should serve the people whole-heartedly

What worried the boy most was ______ to visit his father in the hospital.

A. his not allowing           B. his not being allowed

C. having not been allowed    D. his being not allowed

---Here’s a new pair of shoes for you.

----Thank you, but there’s no need ______ a new pair for me.

A. to have bought     B. to buy     C. buying   D. to be buying

 Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the Grand Hotel? I thought it was on this corner, but I seem to ______ a mistake.

A. make      B. be making   C. having made   D. have made