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  Kit-kenLimastudentfromTaiwanChinaisstudyinginChicago.Thefollowingexcerpts(摘录)aretakenfromherdiaryduringherfirstthreemonthsintheUnitedStates.

August31 

  PeopleoftenrefertoTaipeias“TheSleeplessCity^butIdidn'tunderstandwhyuntilIgotto.Chicago.Iwasshoppingwkhanotherstudentthiseveningwhensuddenlythestoreownersalongthestreetstartedpullingdowntheirgatesandlockingtheirdoorseventhoughitwasstilllightout.ThisissomethingI’veneverseeninTaiwanwherethebusieststreets“stayawake”allnight.Youcangoouttorestaurantsstoresandmoviesevenlongaftermidnight. 

September5 

  AfterthefirstweekofclassI’vefoundsomedifferencesbetweenChinesestudentsandAmericanstudents.Wheneverateacherasksaquestionmyclassmatesgivetheiranswersalmostimmediately.Andsomeoftheminterrupttheteacher.InTaipeiwe’reusuallyquietinclasssotheteachercanfinishontime.Wetendtoasktheteacherquestionsafterward.Idon’tknowwhetherit'sacceptablehereforstudentstoaskteachersquestionsafterclass.October6

  Imetareallyinterestinglocalgirlinmyneighborhoodcafé.IwaswritingalettertomymotherandsheaskedmewhatlanguageIwaswritingin.Weendeduptalkingforaboutanhour!PeopleinChicagoseemverycomfortablewitheachother.Itseemsquitenaturalfortwopeopletojuststarttalkinginacafé.Thisissomethingthatdoesn’thappeninTaipei.AthomeIwouldneverjuststartchattingwithastranger.Ilikethatbecauseit'seasytomeetnewpeoplehere.

13.WhathappenedwhentheauthorwasshoppinginChicago?

   A.Shegotlostinthecity.

   B.Astoreownerdroveherout. 

  C.Shemetanoldclassmate.

  D.Storesinthestreetstartedtoclose.

14.Bysaying“thebusieststreets‘stayawake’allnigh”theauthormeans.

   A.thereisusuallymuchtrafficonthestreets

   B.shopsinthestreetshavelongbusinesshours

  C.itisalwayslightoutinthestreetsintheevening   

  D.peoplelivingnearthestreetsdon’tsleepuntilmidnight 

15.AccordingtothetextstudentsinChicago.

   A.areactiveinclass