Foreign books and soap operas are good, 20 Chinese writers and actors are just as good.
As for holidays, Christmas is nice, but it can 21 have the meaning for Chinese that Spring
Festival has, and the West has nothing to compare with Mid-autumn Festival. And let's not forget
the part of Chinese culture I like best: 22 friendliness. Not all countries are as 23 as
China.
It's good to enjoy other cultures and to 24 from them, but they cannot replace your own
culture. It's good to look on the other side of the fence, but 25 you take a good long look.
You will find that the grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence.
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A restaurant had one falled upon hard times. Only five 26 were left: the manager and
four others, all over 60 years old.
In the town near the restaurant therelived a successful businessman who was good at managing
business, so the manager 27 to ask the businessman if he could offer any advice that might
save the restaurant. The managerand the businessman talked for a long period of time, but when he
was asked for advice, the businessman 28 for a while and then said, “I have no advice to
give. The only thing I can tell you is that the saver (救星) is one of you.”
The manager, returning to the restaurant 2 9 , told the other people what the businessman had
said. In the months that 30 , the old restaurant workers thought carefully of the words of
the businessman, “The saver is one of us?” They asked themselves. As they thought about this
possibility, they all began to treat each other with 31 respect(尊重). And thinking that each of
themselves might be the saver, they also began to treat themselves with more care.
As time went by, people coming to the restaurant 3 2 that some respect and warm kindness
were around the five old members of the small restaurant. Hardly knowing 33 , more people
began to come back to the restaurant. They began to bring their friends, and theirs brought more
friends. Two 34 later, the small restaurant had once again become a big food company,
thanks to the businessman’s 35 . They understood that it was they themselves that were the
savers.
26. A. cooks B. waiters C. members
D. cuntomers
27. A. hoped B. began C. allowed
D. decided
28.A. stopped B. refused C. rested
D. laughed
29.A. angrily B. hopefully C. lively
D. nervously
30. A. following B. followed C. going
D. gone
31. A. strange B. similar C.strong
D. special
32. A. received B. advised C. felt
D. wished