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     There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.

     One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small

butterfly caught in a thorn (荆棘) bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying

away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

     "For your wonderful kindness," the good fairy said to the girl, "I will give you any wish you would like."

The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, "I want to be happy."

     The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

     As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of

happiness. She would only smile and answer, "The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy

when I was a little girl."

     When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, that her unbelievable

secret of happiness would die with her. "Tell us, please," they begged, "Tell us what the good fairy said."

The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, "She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed,

no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me."

1. _____ the girl felt sad and lonely.

A. There were many friends but

B. There was nobody to love her so

C. There was nothing to do

D. Seeing the butterfly was caught

2. Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn, the orphan girl _____.

A. helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn

B. felt sorrow, but she didn't go up to help it

C. fell down on it too

D. failed to help it release from the thorn

3. The only thing that the little girl wanted was _____.

A. to be rich

B. to have her own parents

C. to have a lot of friends

D. happiness

4. The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying, because _____.

A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn't wanted her to die

B. the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died

C. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness

D. they wanted to pray for her after her death

B The Culture Debate in the US:Whose Culture Is This ,Anyway 美国的文化辩论：空间是谁的文化？
Part of the debate about culture revolves around issues of perspective and ownership. Within a nation such (1) the United States—a nation whose cultural heritage includes elements from every corner of the world (2) are a great many perspectives coexisting and intertwining in the cultural fabriC．When we all ask (3) as individuals, "what belongs to me, to my culture " we are rewarded with a spectacular variety of (4) ; in this way, different perspectives and ownership of different cultural traditions enriches everyone. But when we ask " (5) belongs to us, to our culture " we ask a much harder question. Do the people of the (6) States, or of any culturally complex human society, necessarily share common cultural elements If so, who gets (7) decide what those elements are
This debate is a crucial one in many cultures throughout the world (8) . In the US, the debate promises to impact the way we educate our children—that is, (9) manner and shape in which culture reproduces itself—and the way we write our laws. In (10) countries, equally crucial issues are at stake.
For many people, what is at stake is the character (11) US national identity. Hirsch argues that this identity needs to become less culturally fragmented; others, like Walker, (12) that the national character gets its strength from cultural diversity, from the freedom (at home and in (13) ) to celebrate, honor, and reproduce different cultural traditions. Those who take this latter view follow the reasoning (14) Shweder, arguing that we need to accept that there are multiple valid cultural perspectives and that two (15) perspectives can both be valid even though they might contradict one another.
Recognize that the position you (16) in this debate about culture—whatever position you take—is a political one with implications (17) what we should value, what we should praise, what we should accept, what we should teach. When (18) reflect on this debate, when you contribute your own voice to the discussion, try to be (19) of the implications that follow from your position. When you listen to the voices of others, try to (20) with awareness, deciding for yourself what is at stake and how their positions relate to your own.