My friend’s grandfather came to America from a farm in Thailand. After arriving in New York, he went into a cafeteria(自助餐厅) in Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. Of course nobody did. Finally, a woman with a big plate full of food came up to him. She sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.
“Start out at that end,” she said, “Just go along the line and choose what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,” the grandfather told my friend later, “Life’s a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want as long as you want to pay the price. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”
21. My friend’s grandfather came from .
A. Thailand B. Manhattan C. New York D. China
22. The grandfather went into a cafeteria to .
A. wait for someone B. get something to eat
C. meet my friend D. buy something
23. The woman in the cafeteria might be .
A. a waitress B. a friend of grandpa’s
C. a customer D. an assistant
24. What should we do to get food in a cafeteria?
A. Wait for the waiter. B. Ask someone for help.
C. Get it ourselves. D. sit down at an empty table
25. What can we learn from the grandfather’s words about the life in the US?
A. Get up early and you can succeed.
B. Act and get what you want on your own.
C. Nobody brings you anything unless you pay the price.
D. Waiting is very important.
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A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
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Global wealth and economic power will shift from West to East.
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The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025