[填空题]By saying "it might as well begin with the words once upon a time " (Line 3, Para. 1) the author suggests that the American myth is______.

[填空题]By saying "it might as well begin with the words once upon a time " (Line 3, Para. 1) the author suggests that the American myth is______.

[填空题]By saying "it might as well begin with the words ’Once upon a time’" (Line 3, Para. 1) the author suggests that the American myth is ______.

[简答题]

Directions: Write around 200’ words on ONE of the three given topics below within half an hour. Be sure that your writing should include at least three well-developed paragraphs.
A country’ s economic prosperity can be reflected in people’ s daily life. Do you agree or disagree Give your reasons in detail.

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W: Well look at the words. Someone gave this book as a present, and wrote a note on the inside of the front cover. It’s dated 1893. Maybe it’s worth something.
M: Everything on that shelf is worth fifty cents.
W: But if this is the signature of someone who is well-known, it might bring a lot more. I hear William Shakespeare’s signature is worth about a million dollars.
M: Oh I can hardly read what that one says. Who wrote it
W: The title looks like Harold Dobson. Wasn’t he a politician or something I’m going to buy this book and see if I can find a name looks like that in the library.
M: Good luck. Your poetry book may make you rich. But I think my seventy-five-cent story is a better buy.

Where is the conversation taking place（　）.
A. In a second-hand book shop.
B. In a publisher’s office.
C. In a library.

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Too Polite for Words

A Japanese colleague the other day was talking about a meeting with a man whom she abruptly described using the English word "jerk". I thought she was toning down her Japanese for my benefit, so I asked her how to say "jerk" in Japanese.
"There’s no such word, "she answered helplessly. "We have to use ’jerk’". Heaven knows it’s not as if there are no jerks in Japan. But the Japanese language is just not made for sniping at people. At first, I thought maybe my Japanese teachers had been too polite to teach me the real lingo, so I watched to see what Japanese drivers would say to each other after a car accident. It turned out that they say: "I’m sorry. "Gradually I came to realize that there is perhaps no language so ill suited to invective as Japanese. Linguistically, these guys are wimps.
Take the vicious Japanese insult "kisama, "which is deeply offensive. It means: "your honorable self. "That’s rig
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned