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Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day.
English speakers are always creating new words, and we are often able to know where most words come from. Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, "We come from Hamburg." One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of beef like those which the men from Hamburg ate. Then he put them between two pieces of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called
A. as old as Chinese
B. older than German
C. not so old as Chinese
D. very difficult to learn

[单项选择]

Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day.
English speakers are always creating new words, and we are often able to know where most words come from. Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, "We come from Hamburg." One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of beef like those which the men from Hamburg ate. Then he put them between two pieces of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called
A. a kind of food
B. a round piece of beef
C. the name of a village
D. a city in Germany

[单项选择] Although your Chinese host will not expect you to know everything about proper banquet behavior, he will greatly appreciate it when you are displaying some knowledge of the subject, because it shows that you have respect for Chinese culture, manners and traditions. Banquets are usually held in restaurants in private rooms that have been reserved for the purpose. You will be met at the door and guided to the banquet room. Traditionally, the head of your delegation should enter the room first. Do not be surprised if your hosts greet you with a loud round of applause. The proper response is to applaud back. Seating arrangements, which are based on rank, are stricter than in the West. Guests should never assume that they may sit where they please and should wait for hosts to guide them to their places. Traditionally, the Chinese regard the right side as the superior and the left side as the inferior. Therefore on formal occasions, including meetings and banquets, the host inv
A. will assume that you know very well about the Chinese culture.
B. will be pleased if you do have some knowledge of the proper banquet behavior.
C. will explain to you the proper banquet etiquette before dinner.
D. will require you to show respect for Chinese culture.

[单项选择]Although she scrubbed the old pot thoroughly, she could not make it look completely clean（　）.
A. disinfected
B. scoured
C. rinsed
D. scratched

[简答题]

English-Chinese Translation
Directions: Translate the following into Chinese and write your translation on your Answer SheetⅡ.
Physicists all over the world, back in 1895, were pretty much agreed that the great work of physics had all been done. Some of them mourned publicly that no discoveries of truly major importance were likely to be made in the future. But then they did not know that a Professor Roentgen, working alone in a modest laboratory in Germany, had begun a series of experiments with a crude induction coil, a pear-shaped bulb from which the air had been removed, and a sheet of paper painted with certain metallic salts. And Professor Roentgen did not know that his work was destined to reveal a force of nature--never before suspected--that would almost overnight revolutionize medicine and technology, and become a instrument for deeper probing of the structure of matter.

[填空题]Some Problems Facing Learners of English
Although many English learners have got high scores in an English
test such as IELTS or TOEFL, they still face some problems concerning
its learning. Here we’d like to talk about some of the problems and try
to come up with suggestions on how to overcome them.
Ⅰ. Psychological Problems
1. the 1st reason: fear of (1) (1) ______
the solution:
—not to look too far ahead
—concentrate on increasing knowledge and developing ability
2. the 2nd reason: separation from the family and (2) (2) ______
the solution:
—enjoy (3)
—time heals nostalgia (3) ______
Ⅱ. Cultural Problems
1. practical problems
— (4) (4) ______
—money
—food
—weather
2. problems difficult to define
—the reason: the British way of life (5) , hab