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Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know

what each

46___ means on its own, of course. But do you know the meaning 47

___ they are used together? The definition (定义) of homesick is SICK FOR HOME.

It means you miss your home.

Now think for a minute _ 48 _ SEASICK. If you change the word HOME in the

definition to the word SEA, would the definition _49 _ SEASICK? Does seasick

mean SICK FOR SEA? It means something quite 50 . Seasick means SICK BY THE

MOVEMENT ON THE SEA. When you are _51 , the only place you want to be is

at home. When you are seasick, _ 52 you want to be is at sea.

Have you ever _53 a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that

something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are 54

_ deep inside as if (好像) their hearts are broken.

And we also have other compound words, such as handshake and 55__ .

Perhaps you may write definitions for them. It must be helpful to know something

like this in your English study.

46. A. word B. phrase C. sentence D. passage

47. A. how B. why C. when D. where 48. A. for B. from C. about D. like

49. A. get B. fit C. read D. have

50. A. right B. wrong C. same D. different

51. A. homesick B. heartsick C. seasick D. carsick

52. A. the first place B. the last place C. the only place D. the safe

place

53. A. thought over B. thought out C. heard from D. heard of

54. A. hurt B. hit C. loved D. moved

55. A. hobby B. height C. heaven D. handbag

【主旨大意】本文主要告诉了我们如何理解一些复合名词的含义，这对我们的英语学习是很有帮助的。其中本文主要介绍了homesick，seasick，heartsick等词的含义。homesick意为“想家的”， seasick意为“晕船的”， heartsick意为“伤心地”。

46. A word意为“单词”。 Phrase意为“词组”。 Sentence意为“句子”。 Passage意为“篇章”。

47. C when 意为“当……时候”，句义为“但是，你知道他们在一起用的含义吗？” 48. C think about意为“思考，考虑”，是固定搭配。

49. B fit意为“适合”，句义为“如果你把单词home换成sea，定义还适合seasick这个单词的含义吗？”

50. D different意为“不同的”，有上下文可知。

51. A homesick意为“想家的”，句义为“当你想家的时候，你唯一想呆的地方就是家”。

52. B 文中seasick 意为“晕船的”， 句义为“当你晕船的时候，你最后想呆的地方才是海”。

53. D heard of意为“听说”，句义为“你听说过悲痛的人吗？”

54. A hurt意为“伤害”， 句义为“悲痛的人指的是那些内心被深深的伤害过的人。”

55. D有句中的handshake可知答案。

阅读理解。

When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong,

China, we brought not only our

luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a

middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had

made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her

face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive (敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description "old". I

then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they

understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they

laughed and were no longer

angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people

always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think "growing old" is a problem

since "old" shows that a

person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves

away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused

them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn't want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don't respect them any

more; I still respect them, but now I don't show my feelings through words.

1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because . A. the manager asked him to do so

B. he respected the elderly

C. the couple wanted him to do so

D. he wanted more pay

2. When Jack called the couple "elderly", they became .

A. nervous

B. satisfied

C. unhappy

D. excited

3. In Jack's hometown, .

A. people dislike being called "old"

B. people are proud of being old

C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty D. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants

4. After this experience, Jack .

A. lost his job in the restaurant

B. made friends with the couple

C. no longer respected the elderly

D. changed his way with older people

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.

B. Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.

C. The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.

D. From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

My name is Wang since moddle school,my sister Wang Wei and I

dreamed about taking a great years ago she bought an expensive

moutain bike and then she persuade me to buy year,she visted our

cosins,Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their colleage in are Dai and grew in western Yunnan Porovince near the Lancang River,the Chinese part of the river that

is called Mekong River in other Wei soon got them interested in

cycling graduating from college,we finally got a chance to take a bike

trip .I asked my sister,"Where are we going?"It was my sister who first had the idea

to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begin to where it end. Now

she is planning our schedule for the trip. I am fond of my sister but she has one

serious can really gh she didn"t know the best

way of getting to places,she insisted that she organize the trip I

konw that the proper way is always her way.I kept asking her,"When are we leaving

and when are we coming back ?"I ask her whether she had looked at a map

course she hadn"t;my sister doesn"t care about I told her that the source

of the Mekong is in Qinghai gave me a determined looked-the kind

that she would not change her I told her that our journey would would

begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres,she seemed to be excited about

I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she

said it would be an interesting experience.I know my sister she has made

up her mind,nothing can change y ,I had to give in.

My name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I

have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an

expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one. Last year, she

visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai

and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part

of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries. Wang Wei soon got

them interested in cycling too. After graduating from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister, "Where are we going?" It was my sister

who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins

to where it ends. Now she is planning our schedule tor the trip.

I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be

really stubborn. Although she didn't know the best way of getting to places, she

insisted that she organize the trip properly. Now I know that the proper way is

always her way. I kept asking her, "When are we leaving and when are we coming

back?" I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet. Of course she hadn't; my

sister doesn't care about details. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in

Qinghai Province. She gave me a determined look - the kind that said she would

not change her mind. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude

of more than5,000 metres, she seemed to be excited about it. When I told her the

air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she said it would be an

interesting experience. I know my sister well. Once she has made up her mind,

nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give in.

Several months before our trip, Wang Wei and I went to the library. We

found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography. From

the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier on a Tibetan

mountain. At first the river is small and the water is clear and cold. Then it begins

to move quickly. It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys, travelling

across western Yunnan Province. Sometimes the river becomes a water fall and

enters wide valleys. We were both surprised to learn that half of the fiver is in

China. After it leaves China and high altitude, the Mekong becomes wide, brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. It makes wide bends or

meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. At last, the fiver delta

enters the South China Sea.

A PLANE crashed (坠机) in Libya on May 12, killing 103 people on board. The

only survivor is a 10-year-old Dutch boy.

This is not the only example of a crash in which everyone but a child died. A

12-year-old girl was the only person to survive a 2009 air crash in the Indian Ocean.

When a plane crashed over Sudan in 2003, only a 3-year-old boy survived. Are

children more likely to survive plane crashes than adults?

It's a question that leaves safety experts puzzled. So far there is not enough

hard evidence for them to answer with any certainty.

But although unclear, there are reasons to suggest that children may cope (应对) better than others.

Professor Ed Galea at the University of Greenwich, suggested children would

be cocooned(被紧紧抱住) within their seat and therefore might be less likely to

receive injuries.

"With an adult with their head above the seat and legs on the floor, the

chances are you'll receive some sort of injury from debris (碎片) landing on your

head and legs," he told the BBC. "It would be magic to survive that, but there have been cases of people falling

into trees. I would suggest a smaller body mass would mean it's more likely the

tree would break your fall," he explained.

studies found other factors (因素), besides luck, do influence the chances of

surviving a crash.

One is seating. A study of plane crashed in recent decades conducted by

Poplar Mechanics found that people sitting toward the back of the plane were

more likely to survive than those sitting toward the front. A survey conducted by

researchers at the University of Greenwich in the UK found that what matters most

is how close you are to an exit row. Sit within five rows of an exit, and you've got

better-than-even chances of surviving. Sit six rows or more away, and your chances

are less than 50-50.

Other suggestions for surviving a plane crash include wearing a seat belt,

paying attention to flight instructions and staying alert (警觉) during taking off and

landing. And of course, don't fly with airlines that are the most likely to crash.