2021-2022學(xué)年福建省漳州市成考專升本英語自考模擬考試(含答案)

2021-2022學(xué)年福建省漳州市成考專升本英語自考模擬考試(含答案)學(xué)校:________班級:________姓名:________考號:________

一、單選題(20題)1.Thisisjusttheplace______heandhiswifevisitedlastyear.

A.whereB.thatC.whenD.why

2.Sometimeschildrenhavetrouble______factfromfictionandmaybelievethatsuchthingsactuallyexist.

A.toseparateB.separatingC.forseparatingD.ofseparating

3.Theproblemwassettledtothecompleteofthem,sotheydidn‘tcomplain.

A.amazementB.satisfactionC.disappointmentD.attraction

4.Myfather______mebysayingthatIcouldwininthespeechcontest,soItookpartinit.

A.discouragedB.encouragedC.preventedD.asked

5.12．Itwasthetraining_______hehadatschool_______madehimagoodjumper．

A.what;whatB.that;thatC.what;thatD.that;had

6.WewereoverjoyedatthenewsofChina__________anotherman-madesatel1ite．A.startingB.1aunchingC.fightingD.shouting

7.—TheremustbeadozenpensinthishousebutIcanneverfindonewhenIneedthem.—Keeplooking.______issuretoturnup.

A.OneB.ItC.ThatD.This

8.Newtypewriterscostabout________priceofthesecond—handones．

A.threetimesthe

B.athreetimes

C.thethreetimes

D.threetimesa

9.Sicknessdeprivedme______thepleasureofseeingyou.

A.fromB.ofC.outofD.with

10.Thankyouforthe______youdidme.tomovethesofaupstairs.

A.favorB.goodC.helpD.kindness

11.Mr.Black,ournewEnglishteacher,isstrict______kind.

A.orB.butC.withD.aswell

12.Sendmyregardstoyourwifewhenyou__________home．

A.wroteB.willwriteC.havewrittenD.write

13.Letmehelpyou,______?

A.won'tyonB.willyouC.shallID.shan'tI

14.Iwonderhowmuch______.

A.thatcarwasB.wasthatcarC.isthatcarD.thatcaris

15.Busyastheyare,parentsshould______atleasttwohourstospendwiththeirchildren.

A.setoutB.setawayC.setasideD.setoff

16.Notuntilhelefthishome_______toknowhowimportantthefamilywasforhim.

A.didhebeginB.hadhebegunC.hebeganD.hehasbegun

17.While______ajob,thegraduatestudentgotanoffertostudyabroad

A.appliedforB.applyingtoC.appliedtoD.applyingfor

18.tosunlightfortoomuchtime,asthedoctorssay,willdoharmtoone‘sskin.

A.Beingexposed

B.Havingexposed

C.Exposed

D.Afterbeingexposed

19.Thescientistsallagreedthatrulesofphysics,______weareallfamiliar,governtheworldA.towhichB.onwhichC.whichD.withwhich

20.Finallyhegottimeforaglance______thisreport.

A.offB.roundC.onD.at

二、翻譯(10題)21.Suchcrashesarethesecond-leadingcauseofdeathformigratingbirds,afterhabitat(棲息地loss,withanestimatednumberofdeathranginguptoabillionayear.

22.Onlythosewhoworkhardwillbefavoredinthefiercecompetition.

23.董事長以公司的名義宣布了這項(xiàng)決定.

24.我過去常常浪費(fèi)很多時(shí)間玩游戲。_____________________________________________________________________________

25.讓我們?yōu)檫h(yuǎn)道而來的客人干杯。

26.Theresultofthisprogressisanenormouspopulationincreasethatthreatensthequalityoflife,broughtaboutbyprogressinthemedicalprofession.

27.Itseemsthatthemachinewasnotpackedproperlyortestedbeforedispatch.

28.我們在尋找有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人士，他們愿為我們高績效的組織做出貢獻(xiàn)，并能為他們職業(yè)生涯的成功而奮斗。

A.Weareseekingexperiencedindividuals,willingtoattributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

B.Wearelookingforexperiencedindividuals,arewillingtocontributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

C.Wearelookingforexperiencedindividuals,willingtocontributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

D.Weareseekingexperiencedindividuals,reluctanttodistributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

29.他們很忙，只是偶爾去看戲。

30.Grandmatookitforgrantedthatfoodpriceswouldrise,sosheboughtalotofrice.

三、書面表達(dá)(10題)31.你(LiYuan)和幾個(gè)朋友約定明天在人民公園野餐。你們的朋友Peter也應(yīng)邀參加。你給他寫封信，內(nèi)容包括：

(1)說明野餐目的。

(2)說明路線。

(3)說明日期、時(shí)間。

32.Ⅵ.Writing(25points)Directions:Forthispart,youaresupposedtowriteacompositionin100—120wordsbasedonthetopicWhataForeignStudentShouldDoin

China.Remembertowriteitclearly.61．外籍學(xué)生(foreignstudents)如何適應(yīng)中國生活1)外籍學(xué)生必須要有接納不同文化、不同觀念的開闊胸襟。2)勤練語言，與當(dāng)?shù)貙W(xué)生交流，尊重對方意見。3)俗話說要“人鄉(xiāng)隨俗”。

33.寫一篇有關(guān)壓力的文章。內(nèi)容包括：

(1)壓力是什么?

(2)減壓的辦法。

34.你(LiYuan，TeL：78790765)剛從海邊度假回來，對旅行社所定的旅館及其服務(wù)不滿意。因此決定給該旅行社的經(jīng)理寫封抱怨信。信的內(nèi)容包括：

(1)說明不滿意的具體事件。

(2)提出改進(jìn)建議或賠償要求。

35.Ⅵ.Writing(25points)Directions:Forthispart,youaresupposedtowriteacompositionin100--120wordsbasedonthefollowingsituation.Remembertowriteitclearly.61．一組外國人原打算在我市參觀期間去你?？匆豢?，但因臨時(shí)有事不能去，請對你校布局予以介紹。注意：(1)敘述要有條理，方位清楚，要用一些方位詞。(2)題目：OurSchoolYard(3)在文中要提到教學(xué)樓，辦公樓，試驗(yàn)室，電教中心，圖書館，宿舍，食堂，操場等等。

36.你不慎將手機(jī)丟失。請寫--N尋物啟事，內(nèi)容大致包括以下方面：

(1)你的手機(jī)的品牌和外觀(如顏色、形狀等)。

(2)丟失的時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)。

(3)手機(jī)對你的重要性。

(4)希望拾到的人將手機(jī)送還。

(5)表示感謝，并提供你的聯(lián)系方式(LiYuan，Tel：66778899)。

37.假設(shè)你是Tom，將去上海旅游，寫一封信給你在上海的朋友張強(qiáng)，告訴他你將乘火車于l0月21日上午8點(diǎn)到達(dá)上海，請他接你，并請他幫你安排21至24日的住宿（旅館最好靠近市中心，房間可以小一些，但不要太貴）。此外，你還要他幫你訂24日返回北京的火車票。

注意：詞數(shù)應(yīng)為100左右

Oct．15

DearZhangQiang，

Allthebest，

Tom

38.路邊跪著一個(gè)學(xué)生模樣的年輕女子，她面前放著一張紙，上面寫著因父母突然病重而退學(xué)，希望好心人相助。寫一篇短文描述此情景，并說明面對此事你如何做。

39.描寫一件你認(rèn)為(或者你經(jīng)歷的、聽說的)最有意思或最有意義的事。內(nèi)容包括：

(1)何時(shí)、何事、何地。

(2)具體的事件經(jīng)過。

(3)意義或意思所在。

40.以某公司的名義寫一個(gè)競賽通知。內(nèi)容如下：

(1)競賽的名稱和內(nèi)容。

(2)參與對象。

(3)競賽的時(shí)間。

(4)報(bào)名的截止日期。

四、翻譯(20題)41.他們贊成采取嚴(yán)格的措施來控制污染。

42.直到我告訴她，威廉姆女士才知道。_____________________________________________________________________________

43.Thetoyshavetomeetstrictsafetyrequirementsbeforetheycanbesoldtochildren.

44.他確保同樣的錯(cuò)誤以后不再發(fā)生。

45.Themeetingwasn’theldbecauseyouwereabsent.

46.Grandmatookitforgrantedthatfoodpriceswouldrise,sosheboughtalotofrice.

47.Irefertoyouradvertisementinlastmonth'sissueofComputerWorldforasalesrepresentativeinAustralia.Iwouldliketoapplyforthisposition.

48.我們在尋找有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人士，他們愿為我們高績效的組織做出貢獻(xiàn)，并能為他們職業(yè)生涯的成功而奮斗。

A.Weareseekingexperiencedindividuals,willingtoattributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

B.Wearelookingforexperiencedindividuals,arewillingtocontributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

C.Wearelookingforexperiencedindividuals,willingtocontributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

D.Weareseekingexperiencedindividuals,reluctanttodistributetoourhighperformanceorganization,anddevotedtothesuccessoftheircareer.

49.Advertisingisaneffectivemeansofintroducinganewproducttothecustomers.

50.Therewillbeadvancesinbiologicalknowledgeasfar-reachingasthosethathavebeenmadeinphysics.

51.Sheisdeterminedtobeasingernomatterwhatdifficultiesshemaymetwith.

52.在加工過程中，會(huì)重新人為加入某些食物的維生素和礦物質(zhì)，但卻未必和原來的一樣健康。

A.Duringprocessing,somefood’svitaminsandmineralsmaybeartificiallyaddedbackin,butit’sunlikelytobeashealthyastheoriginal.

B.Duringprocessing,somefood’svitaminsandmineralsmaybeartificiallyaddedbackin,butit’snotaliketobeashealthyastheorigin.

C.Duringtheprocess,somefood’svitaminsandmineralsmaybehandilyaddedbackin,butit’snotlikelytobeashealthyastheoriginal.

D.Duringprocessing,someartificialfood’svitaminsandmineralsmaybeaddedbackin,butit’snotlikelytobeashealthyastheorigin.

53.這位園丁警告我不要在中午給花澆水。____________________________________________________________________________

54.WewelcomeallthosetoattendtheconferencewhoarekeenlyinterestedinInternetdevelopment.

55.Hewassoweakthathewasoutofbreathafterwalkingforonlyafewminutes.

56.Itisdeterminedthroughteststhattheharmfulsubstancesinafogdroplet,suchasacid,sodium,salt,amine,phenol,dustsandpathogenmicrobes,aredozensoftimesmorethanthatinanormalatmosphericwaterdrop.

57.Thepovertylineisthelowestincomethatpeopleneedforanacceptablestandardofliving.Peoplewithincomebelowthepovertylineareconsideredpoor.

58.們必須提高產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量，因?yàn)槟切﹪屹I家的質(zhì)量意識(shí)都非常強(qiáng)。

A.Youhavetoraisethequalityofyourproductsbecausebuyersinallcountriesareverymuchquality-minded.

B.Youshouldrisethequalityofyourproductsbecausebuyersinthosecountriesareverymuchquality-minded.

C.Youhavetoraisethequalityofyourproductsbecausebuyersinthosecountriesareverymuchquality-minded.

D.Youshouldrisethequalityofyourproductsbecausebuyersinthosecountriesareverymuchquality-minded.

59.Tiredofnoisybigcities,moreandmorepeoplearelongingforapeacefullifeinthecountryside

60.Onlywhenwegivefullplaytoman'sinitiativecanwemakefulluseofmachinestotransfernature.

五、閱讀理解(5題)61.

根據(jù)以下資料，回答下列各題。

WhenIwasabout121hadanenemy,agirlwholikedtopointoutmyshortcomings．Weekbyweekherlistgrew:Iwasskinny,Iwasn'tagoodstudent,Iwasboyish,Italkedtooloud,andsoon．IputupwithheraslongasIcould．Atlast,withgreatanger,Irantomyfatherintears．

Helistenedtomyoutburstquietly．Thenheasked,"Arethethingsshesaystrueornot?"

True?Iwantedtoknowhowtostrikeback．Whatdidtruthhavetodowithit?

"Mary,didn'tyoueverwonderwhatyouarereallylike?Well,younowhavethatgirl'sopinion．Goandmakealistofeverythingshesaidandmarkthepointsthataretrue．Paynoattentiontotheotherthingsshesaid．"

Ididashedirectedanddiscoveredtomysurprisethatabouthalfthethingsweretrue．SomeofthemIcouldn'tchange(likebeingskinny),butagoodnumberIcouldandsuddenlywantedtochange．

ForthefirsttimeinmylifeIgotafairlyclearpictureofmyself．

IbroughtthelistbacktoDaddy．Herefusedtotakeit．

"That'sjustforyou,"hesaid．"Youknowbetterthananybodyelsethetruthaboutyourself,onceyouhearit．Butyou'vegottolearntolisten,nottocloseyourearsinangerorhurt．Whensomethingsaidaboutyouistrueyou'llknowit．You'llfindthatitwillechoinsideyou．"

Daddy'sadvicehasreturnedtomeatmanyimportantmoments．

Whatdidthegirl'senemyliketodo?

A.Talkingwithher．

B.Pointingoutherweakpoints．

C.Reportingtotheteacher．

D.Quarrellingwithher．

62.Whatdoesthewritersayistheimportanttllingtodotoenjoykaraoke?

A.Enterthecodenumber．

B.Choosemanydifferenttypesofmusic．

C.Listentootherssingingsoeveryonehasanaudience．

D.Changeyourvoicefromawomantoamanorvice—versa．

63.SomeAmericanpeoplethoughtthat______.

A.thegovernmentsometimesdidthingsinfavorofbigcorporations

B.thecountry'sindustrywasgrowingtoorapidly

C.shopsshouldhavethesamepriceforthesamekindofgoods

D.theircountry'swealthwasbothgoodandbadtothepeople

64.Whenyoupostaletter,youmustbuy______.

A.aten-fenstamp

B.anewstamp

C.atwenty-fenstamp

D.astampworth10fenormore

65.WhichofthefollowingdidMrs.Vaughtsay?

A.Sheknewthatthebankwasnotsound.

B.Shefearedthattoomanydepositorsdrawingtheirmoneywouldclosethebank.

C.Shewasnotabletodrawouthermoney.

D.Shewastemptedtodrawouthermoney.

六、作文(1題)66.Directions：Youaretowritein100-120wordsonthetopicGlobalShortageofFreshWa-ter.YoushouldbaseyourcompositionontheoutlinegiveninChinesebelow

：1.人們認(rèn)為淡水是取之不盡的

;2.實(shí)際上淡水是短缺的;3.我們應(yīng)當(dāng)怎么辦。

參考答案

1.B

2.B解析：本題考查固定搭配。havetrouble(in)doingsth.“做某事有困難”。句意為：有時(shí)孩子們在分清故事和現(xiàn)實(shí)方面會(huì)有困難，相信故事中的事確實(shí)存在。

3.B

4.B解析：encourage：鼓勵(lì)、鼓舞；discourage：使泄氣；prevent：阻止；ask：要求。根據(jù)句意只有選B。

5.B

6.Blaunch為“發(fā)射”講；其余為干擾項(xiàng)。

7.A解析：根據(jù)上文提到“findone”，故下文中也應(yīng)填one，表示泛指。

8.A【句子大意】新打字機(jī)的價(jià)格是二手貨的三倍。

9.B解析：本題考查動(dòng)詞固定搭配的用法。deprive后常接介詞of，表示剝奪什么。

10.A解析：favor：幫助，一般用domeafavor；good：好處；help不與do搭配：kindness：善良。故選A。

11.B

12.D本題考查時(shí)態(tài)。

【應(yīng)試指導(dǎo)】句意：當(dāng)你寫信回家的時(shí)候，請代我向你的妻子問好。在時(shí)間狀語從句中用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)代替一般將來時(shí)。

13.A解析：反問疑問句的陳述部分是肯定式時(shí)，疑問部分用否定式。以letme或letus起始的反問疑問句，疑問部分用willyou或won'tyou，所以選項(xiàng)A是正確的。

14.D解析：從句中的問句主謂不倒裝。從句的時(shí)態(tài)隨主句。我想知道那輛車的價(jià)格。

15.C

16.A

17.Dapplyto應(yīng)用；applyfor申請

18.A

19.D

20.D

21.繼棲息地減少之后，這種撞擊是導(dǎo)致遷徙鳥類死亡的第二大原因，據(jù)估計(jì)死亡數(shù)量可達(dá)十億。

22.只有勤勞的人才會(huì)在激烈競爭中得到命運(yùn)的青睞。只有勤勞的人才會(huì)在激烈競爭中得到命運(yùn)的青睞。

23.Thepresidentannouncedthedecisioninthenameofthecompany.Thepresidentdonatedasumofmoneyinthenameoftheschool.

24.Iusedtowastealotoftimeplayinggames.

25.Let’sdrinkatoasttothehealthofourguestscomingfromfarawayplaces.

26.這一進(jìn)步帶來的結(jié)果實(shí)人口的大量增長，它威脅著由醫(yī)學(xué)進(jìn)步所帶來的生活質(zhì)量。

27.估計(jì)機(jī)器包裝欠妥或發(fā)貨前未經(jīng)驗(yàn)收。估計(jì)機(jī)器包裝欠妥，或發(fā)貨前未經(jīng)驗(yàn)收。

28.B

29.Theyaresobusythattheygotothetheatreonlyonceinawhile.

30.（奶奶理所應(yīng)當(dāng)?shù)恼J(rèn)為食品價(jià)格肯定會(huì)上漲，所以她買了很多大米）

31.DearPeter,

We'resogladyou'recomingtojoinustomorrow.Hereishowyoucanfindus.We'llhaveourpicnicinthePeople'sPark.Youknowwhereitis,don'tyou?Afteryouentertheparkbythemaingate,walkstraightontillyoucometoastream.Crossthestreamandturnright.Afterwalkingforawhileyou'llcometoalake.We'llhaveourpicnicthereinthesmallwoodsbythelake.I'msureyou'llhavenotroublefindingus.Docome!

Yours,

Lihua

32.61．短文寫作一般給出題目，或規(guī)定情景，或要求看圖表作文，或給出關(guān)鍵詞，或給出每一段的段首句，要求考生能夠正確表達(dá)思想，語義連貫，無重大語法錯(cuò)誤，書寫工整。寫作內(nèi)容包括日常生活和一般常識(shí)。段首句作文要把主題句用簡潔的語言表達(dá)出來，再通過二、三句事例對主題句進(jìn)行擴(kuò)展，句子結(jié)構(gòu)要多樣化，句子間正確使用一些承接詞，使句子銜接自然。結(jié)尾句通常對段落進(jìn)行總結(jié)。本文要點(diǎn)：適應(yīng)getusedto，調(diào)整adjustoneselfto，思想開放open-minded，表達(dá)expressoneself。WhataForeignStudentShouldDoin

ChinaStudyingin

China,anyforeignstudentisverylikelytocomeuponsomethinghefindsithardtoadjusthimselfto,particularlyasfarascultureisconcerned.

HeshouldtrytogetusedtotheChinesewayoflivingwithaviewtoyieldingmorefruitfulresults.Heshould,firstofall,haveagodcommandofbothspokenandwrittenChinese,whichwillenablehimtofullyexpresshimself.Next,hemustexposehimselfasoftenaspossibletonativestudentssoastolearnofthevaluesChinesehold.Eastbutnottheleast,hemuststayopen-minded,housingdifferentviewpoints,dealingwithpeoplemodestly.Asthesayinggoes,

"Whenin

Rome,doastheRomansdo.”Thisiswhataforeignstudentshoulddotostudyin

China.

33.Stressisaforce,pressureortensionthatmakespeoplefeeldepressedorworried.Itcanmakepeoplephysicallyormentallyill.Buthowdowegetridofit?Thereareseveralways:

Travellingisaneffectivewaytoreduceanykindofstress.Planningthetripgivespeopleanexcitingmoodthatinspiresthemtobeactive.Byescapingfrompressure,theirmindwillberefreshedandpositive.

Gardeningisanotherfavorablewayoftreatingstress,becauseitprotectspeoplefrommentalandphysicalproblems.Flowersgivepeopleapeacefulandcheerfulfeeling,andthesunshinestrengthenstheirbodiestoresistthestresses.

Forreducingastressfullife,peopleshouldlivewiththesimplewaysthatareallaroundthem.

34.DearManager,

Iamwritingthislettertomakeacomplaint.

Iamoneofyourcustomerswhowerejustbackfromtheseven-daytriptoHainan.Iwastotallydisappointedbytheveryunhappystayweexperiencedinthehotelyoureservedforus.First,itislongdistancetotheseasidefromthehotel.Ittookus20m

Istronglysuggest:

1.Rentabusspeciallyfortravelers.

2.Movethebaroutofthehotel.

Lookforwardtohearingfromyou.

Yours,

LiYuan

Tel.78790765

35.61．在描寫文中，要把方位按一定的順序描寫清楚，可用一些方位詞如：infrontof，behind，

beside，onbothsides，nextto等等。另外，校園的設(shè)施也要會(huì)講，如：教學(xué)樓theteachingbuilding，辦公樓teacher'sofficebuilding，試驗(yàn)室thelab，電教中心theAudiovisualCentre，圖書館thelibrary，宿舍dormitory，食堂canteen，操場theplayground等等。OurSchoolYardThisisamapofourschoolOurschoolislikeabeautifulgarden.Whenyouentertheschoolgate,awidetree-linedroadleadsyourighttothenine-storyclassroombuilding,wherewestudy.NexttotheclassroombuildingistheAudiovisualCentre,wherewecanwatchTVeveryevening.Oneithersideoftheschoolroad,thereisaflowerbedinwhichvariouskindsofflowersareinbloom.

Inthesoutheastofourschoolyardstandsourbeautifullibrarywithallkindsofbooksinit.Teachersandstudentsgothereenjoyingreadingintheirsparetime.Andinthenortheast,youcanfindthereachersofficebuilding.

Behindtheteachersofficebuildingisaplayground.

Besidetheplaygroundisanothernewly-builtbuilding—ourlab.Ifyougoalongtheroadbehindthelab,you'11arriveinthestudentlivingareawherethereareourdormitoriesandcanteens.Thelifeatourschoolisactive,joyfulandcolorful.Welcometoourschool.

36.LOSTAmobilephoneislost.ItisNOKIA3100,black.

IthinkIlostitinthelibraryonMondayevening(May7)whenIwaswalkingaroundtoborrowandreturnbooks.

Itis,infact,averyoldone.Butitisakindofmemoryofoneofmyfriendswhodiedofcancerthreeyearsagowhenshewasonly22yearsold.She'sgonebutleftthemobilephonetome.Ikeepitandneverthinkofreplacingitwithnewonejustbecauseitisfromher.

Ibegyoutocallmeat66778899ifyoufounditsomewhere.Iamexpectingtogetmymobilephoneback.

Thousandthanks.LiYuan

37.Onepossibleversion:

DearZhangQiang，

Howareyoudoingrecently?I"mplanningtogotoShanghaiandlookaroundinthecityforafewdays.I"11takethetrainandarriveat8o"clocka.m.onOctober21st.Willyoupleasecomeandmeetmeatthestation?I"mgoingtostayinShanghaitillOctober24th.Pleasehelpmebookahotelroom.Ihopetostayinahotelaroundthedowntownareabutthepriceshouldn"tbeveryhigh.Idon"tmindiftheroomissmall.Besides，canyoubookaticketformebacktoBeijingon24th?

Allthebest，

Tom

38.Nowadays,somepeopletryhardtogetmoneyinawayofbegging.

OnedayIsawastudent-likegirlkneelingatthesideofthestreetwithalargesheetofpaperlaidinfrontofher.Ireadandknewthatbothofherparentswereseriouslysickwithnomoneyforoperationsandshehadtoquitschool.Shekneltthereforpeople'shelp.

I'dliketohelppeoplewhoareintroublebutIwouldfirstcheckifwhatshesaidistrue.ButIknowitishard.Itisthebigproblem.Someonedoeswanttodosomethingtohelpthoseintrouble,buttheyareafraidtobecheated.

39.OnethingshockedmeintheAmericaistheculturedifferencebetweenChinaandAmerica.

OneofmyAmericanfriends,aprofessorinauniversity,hasaboyatfivewhenIwasthere.Suchalittleboyhadagirlfriendatfivetoo.Theboyalwaysinvitedherwhereverhisfamilywent.ThelittleboyintroducedhertomewhenImetherthefirsttime,"Thisismygirlfriend."Icouldn'thelplaughing.Heseriouslyansweredmylaugh:“DoyouthinkI'llmarryher?Noway!”

Howdifferentthetwoculturesareatthepointofhavingagirlfriend.

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