Wealwayswanttoprepareourselvestothechangeswemayfacewhenwegotoadifferentcountry.WellIhavetosaythatformeevenafterlivingintheUSforoneyearandahalfIamstillnotusedtothechangesofweatherorhowtom

　　Wealwayswanttoprepareourselvestothechangeswemayfacewhenwegotoadifferentcountry.WellIhavetosaythatformeevenafterlivingintheUSforoneyearandahalfIamstillnotusedtothechangesofweatherorhowtomanagemymoneywell.Therearemanythingsthatcangiveuscultureshocksbutitisuptouswhethertomakeitabigshockorasmallone.

　　Iknowthatchangingschoolswasabigthingforme.Ithelpedmetobestrongerandopentowardsmeetingnewpeople. Sometimesitfeelslikeeverybodyisalreadyinagroup.Thismakesitharderforsomeoneelsetogoin.Butitisnotthathard.Actuallymanypeopleknowthatyouarefromanothercountry.Theyfeelcuriousaboutyour“history”andwouldoftenthinkyouareadifferentman.

　　Anotherthingthatcanproduceashocktomeisthesuddenchangeofweather.Duringthelastcoupleofdaystherewasanice-snowstorm.Itwasthebiggestin15yearsinthestateofMissouri.Itwasrainingicereallyandyoucouldhearsoundsoutsidethewindowlikelittlepiecesofrockshittingitofcourseitwastheice.ItstartedaccumulatingsoheavilythattheUniversityhadtoclosedownfortwodaysanditgotworsewhenitstartedsnowingaftertheicestorm.

　　Asinternationalstudentsyoumayattimesfindsomethingverydifficultbutheyanyonecanbeatandovercomeittomakestudyingaboardanunforgettableexperience.

　　1.TheauthorhasbeenintheUSfor .

　　A．oneyear

　　B．oneandahalfyears

　　C．twoyears

　　D．twoandahalfyears

　　2.Changingschools .

　　A．wasjustasmallthingfortheauthor

　　B．madeitharderfortheauthortogointonewpeople’sgroup

　　C．helpedtheauthortobestrongerandopentowardsmeetingnewpeople

　　D．madeallpeoplethinktheauthorwasadifferentman

　　3.Theunderlinedword“accumulating”means inChinese.

　　A．堆积

　　B．融化

　　C．结冰

　　D．移动

　　4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedtobea