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Homesick is a compound (复合的) word made up of HOME and SICK. You know what each46_ 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 doesnt mean that something is wrong with a persons 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. passage47. A. how B. why C. when D. where48. A. for B. from C. about D. like49. A. get B. fit C. read D. have50. A. right B. wrong C. same D. different51. A. homesick B. heartsick C. seasick D. carsick52. A. the first place B. the last place C. the only place D. the safe place53. A. thought over B. thought out C. heard from D. heard of54. A. hurt B. hit C. loved D. moved55. 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. Cthink about意为“思考，考虑”，是固定搭配。49. Bfit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 ourluggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people shouldalways 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 amiddle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I hadmade sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, herface 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. Ithen walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, theyunderstood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longerangry. In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy oreighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young peoplealways 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 aperson is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselvesaway 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 causedthem to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didnt want to hear. After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I dont respect them anymore; I still respect them, but now I dont show my feelings through words.1. Jack brought the couple their food very fast because.A. the manager asked him to do soB. he respected the elderlyC. the couple wanted him to do soD. he wanted more pay2. When Jack called the couple elderly, they became.A. nervousB. satisfiedC. unhappyD. excited3. In Jacks hometown,.A. people dislike being called oldB. people are proud of being oldC. many people reach the age of seventy or eightyD. the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants4. After this experience, Jack.A. lost his job in the restaurantB. made friends with the coupleC. no longer respected the elderlyD. changed his way with older people5. 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 Kun.Ever since moddle school,my sister Wang Wei and I dreamed about taking a great trip.Two years ago she bought an expensive moutain bike and then she persuade me to buy one.Last year,she visted our cosins,Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their colleage in Kunming.They 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 countries.Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too.After 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 shortcoming.She can really stubborn.Although she didnt know the best way of getting to places,she insisted that she organize the trip properly.Now 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 yet.Of course she hadnt;my sister doesnt care about detial.So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province.She gave me a determined looked-the kind that she would not change her mind.When I told her that our journey would would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 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.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 didnt 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 hadnt; my sister doesnt 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? Its 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 youll receive some sort of inj