Today,at the Binhe Park English corner, someone asked me, “What’s the weather like in the USA?”Now I respond, “Much like it is here.” That would be a true statement. Why? Well, look at a globe. America sits closely to the same distance from the equator and from the North Pole as China.

    I remember a story about a couple of families that had decided to move to another city. They wanted to find the right city. They weren’t in a hurry to settle down. So, they went several hundred miles from their home city and found a place that looked nice.They approached an elderly man in the city near the town center on a bench on the sidewalk. They asked him, “I’m sure you’ve lived here a long time. What is this city like? What are the people like? Are they good people or bad people?”The old man looked at the ground contemplatively and finally said, “Well,what are the people like in the town you are from?” They say, “Oh the people there were great. We just wanted to have a new experience and not just live in one place for so long.” He said, “Well, you will find that the people here are much like the ones from the city you came.”

    There are 315 million Americans. They are all different. There are 1.3 billion Chinese. They are all different. There are definitely some things that are special and particular about Chinese culture and American culture.

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1.Where does the writer come from?

A America.

B China.

C Canada.

D Japan.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段第一二句 “What’s the weather like in the USA?” Now I respond, “Much like it is here.”可知选A。

2.What did the couple want to do?

A Travel around the city.

B Move to another city.

C Talk to the old man.

D Stay in the beach.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第一句I remember a story about a couple of families that had decided to move to another city.可知选B。

3.What does the old man mean?

A The people in this city are very bad.

B The city is very dirty.

C The people here is much like the ones from the city the couples come.

D It is not a good place for them to live.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句Well, you will find that the people here are much like the ones from the city you came.可知选C。

4.What does the underlined word “contemplatively” mean in Chinese?

A 变形地

B 沉思地

C 马上地

D 沮丧地

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据第二段第九句finally said, “Well, what are the people like in the town you are from?”可知。他看地下，然后思考了一会儿，最后说“你家乡的人们是怎样的？”可知选B。

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A How to learn English

B Different weather in China and America

C A famous story

D Chinese culture and American culture

解析：选D。主旨大意题。 根据文章第三段第四句There are definitely some things that are special and particular about Chinese culture and American culture.可知，这是整篇文章的中心句。故选D。