题目内容
I wish there would be a way to describe China in simple terms but that’s impossible. For the most part Chinese people are friendly, easy-going and optimistic. They are curious and unusually patient and they are also the hardest-working people I have ever met.
In China, family is everything. In my English classes when the students were asked what they would do if they only had a few hours to live, most students told me how they would spend their last few hours with their families and parents. Many times the subjects in the classes center on families and friends. I teach many students a year, talking to them freely.
The cost of living here is very low compared with that of the US. The city of Xiang Fan I live in isn’t large and I live better. Non-imported(非出口的) foods are very cheap, so are clothing and articles of everyday use. The cost of public transportation is very low, too. Chinese value education. However, it is reported that many children can’t afford the expenses of schooling and are forced to leave school in some poor area in China. But they organized Project Hope many years age. It creates conditions for the poor children to go back to school. In my opinion, Project Hope is of great importance to the development of the rural education.
When we read news of China in the west, rarely, if ever, will we see anything mentioned of the positive changes China has gone through. While it is true that economic miracles have not reached many areas of China, but we also have the same problems.
When I am asked which country I consider better. China or the US, my answer has always been the same, “We are not worse or better than each other, we are only different.”
1.What does the author think of Chinese people?
A. He thinks most Chinese people hardly work.
B. He thinks most Chinese people are proud.
C. He praises most Chinese people a lot.
D. He dislikes most Chinese people.
2.What is the author doing in China?
A. He is visiting the places of interest.
B. He is teaching English in a school.
C. He is studying in a college.
D. He is on business.
3.What are not cheap in China in the author’s opinion?
A. Clothes and shoes made in China. B. Local foods
C. Public transportation tickets. D. Imported foods
4.We can infer from the passage that the author thinks________.
A. the westerners have got to know China well
B. China’s economic miracles have appeared everywhere
C. the progress of China is seldom reported in the US
D. the education in rural areas is never cared about in China
5.In the author’s eyes,________.
A. China is different from the US
B. China is better than the US
C. Americans are richer than Chinese
D. China bears great similarities to the US
1.C
2.B
3.D
4.C
5.A
【解析】
试题分析:
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了我对中国的印象。1.中国人友好、随和、乐观和勤劳;2.中国人非常重视家庭;3.在中国生活花钱不多;4.中国和美国是不同的发展模式,不能说哪个好,哪个坏。
1.C考查推理判断。根据文章第一段中的For the most part Chinese people are friendly, easy-going and optimistic.They are curious and unusually patient and they also the hardest-working people I have ever met.可知,作者谈到了许多中国人的优点,这是对中国人的赞扬。故选C。
2.B考查细节理解。根据文章第二段中的I teach many students a year,talking to them freely.可知,他在一所学校教英语。故选B。
3.D考查细节理解。根据文章第三段中的Non-imported foods are cheap.可知,非进口的食品便宜,这就意味着进口的食品不便宜。故选D。
4.C考查推理判断。根据文章第四段在的When we read news of China in the west, rarely, if ever, will we see anything mentioned of the positive changes China has gone through.可知,很少看到中国的报道,如果有也是中国经历的积极变化。故选C。
5.A考查作者的态度。根据文章最后一段中的We are not worse or better than each other, we are only different.可知,当我被问起中国和美国哪个更好的时候,我只能说,我们不能说哪个更好或者更坏,我只能说我们是不同的模式。故选A。
考点:考查记叙文的阅读理解。
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This summer's atrocious weather tempted me to tease a Green whom I know. "Well, what about your weather theory now?" (One of the characteristics of Greens is that they know no history.) He replied: "Yes, this weather is unprecedented. England has never had such an August before. It's global warming, of course." That's the Greens' stock response to anything weather-related. Too much sun? "Global warming." Too little sun? "Global warming." Drought? "Global warming." Floods? "Global warming." Freezing cold? "Global warming."
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Those who buy in to global warming wish to drastically curb human economic and industrial activities, regardless of the consequences for people, especially the poor. If the theory's conclusions are accepted and agreed upon, the destructive results will be felt most severely in those states that adhere to the rule of law and will observe restrictions most faithfully. The global warming activists' target is the U.S. If America is driven to accept crippling restraints on its economy it will rapidly become unable to shoulder its burdens as the world's sole superpower and ultimate defender of human freedoms. We shall all suffer, however, as progress falters and then ceases and living standards decline.
【小题1】 The writer of the passage is probably _______.
A.one of the “Greens” |
B.an American |
C.not quite a believer in Global Warming |
D.an environmentalist |
A.Karl Marx | B.Sir Karl Popper | C.The Greens | D.Mary Shelley |
A.politician | B.poet | C.Greenpeacer | D.physicist |
A.announce | B.pronounce |
C.speak out for | D.speak out against |
A.Why Einstein’s Theory Stands the Tests. |
B.Which Country the “Greens” Are Attacking? |
C.Global Warming? I See Little Point. |
D.The Climate in England and beyond. |