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      American society is on the go. There are two elements in life that Americans do regard much: ―   31   and labor.
　 Americans are "   32   to nothing but the clock ", it has been said. Time is   33    as if it were the most valuable thing. In American language, there are words  34    with time. Such as: time can be budgeted, saved, wasted, stolen, killed, and cut. Americans also   35   for time, as " the time is the money ". So time is really   36  to them. Many people have a rather acute (敏锐的) sense of the   37   of their lifetime. Their belief is that once " the sands have run out of a person's hourglass ", they can not be replaced. Americans want every minute to   38   .
　 Since people value time highly, they dislike someone else "     39   " it beyond a certain acceptable limit. This affects the matter of patience. In the American system of   40   , patience is not a high quality. Many of them have what   41   be called " a short fuse ". They begin to move   42   restlessly if they feel time is slipping away   43   any return.
　 Most Americans live in period of time by engagement calendars, which might be  44   periods as short as fifteen minutes. While in the business world, Americans are not likely to receive their visitors in homelike   45   over long but small talk; let  46   take them out for dinner. Once they are in business,   47   to most of them is not so important. They'd like to seek out assurance of past actual performance   48  evaluate a business partner through present    49  contact. Thus, they start dealing with business very quickly as they   50   have other appointments following hard on the heels. Time is therefore keeping ticking in their inner ear.

 

31. A. money

B. fortune

C. time

D. family

32. A. masters

B. slaves

C. owners

D. defenders

33. A. passed

B. cost

C. changed

D. treated

34. A. kept

B. mixed

C. associated

D. stood

35. A. charge

B. ask

C. appreciate

D. care

36. A. worthless

B. precious

C. expensive

D. common

37. A. happiness

B. sadness

C. shortness

D. tiredness

38. A. use

B. help

C. count

D. move

39. A. waiting

B. wasting

C. keeping

D. finding

40. A. languages

B. judgments

C. terms

D. values

41. A. need

B. shall

C. must

D. might

42. A. about

B. on

C. by

D. forward

43. A. with

B. for

C. without

D. on

44. A. joined up to

B. divided into

C. connected with

D. made up of

45. A. surroundings

B conversation

C. existence

D. conditions

46. A. alone

B. down

C. out

D. off

47. A. conversation

B. bargain

C. money

D. friendship 

48. A. more than

B. other than

C. sooner than

D. rather than

49. A. close

B. frequent

C. social

D. long

50. A. never

B. always

C. seldom

D. sometimes

 

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C. have a wide variety of parties.

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D. apples dipped in honey.

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A. roast goose is American’s favorite food during Christmas

B. people in Denmark and Greece share the same food during Christmas

C. Italians don’t have meat during Christmas

D. people in New Zealand like playing games on the beach 

4.Which of the following can be the main idea of the passage?

A. Holiday foods vary from culture to culture.

B. Different countries have different cultures.

C. People have a good appetite during holiday.

D. Different foods are served during Christmas.

 

E

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From the nation’s early history has come the desire for openness rather than privacy. Visitors will notice this desire in a number of small ways, there may be rooms in American homes that do not have doors or that have glass walls. If you notice that people forget to close your door when they leave your room, do not think that this is rude, help them to learn that you would like it to be closed, or else become used to new ways. In either case, be patient with the differences.

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A .Americans’ openness                              B. American’s lack of desire for privacy

C. Americans’ way of home                     D. American’s style of life

73. During the early years, people were never shut out by doors because _________.

A. they were neighbors                              B. they were friends

C. they depended on each other            D. they got used to that

74. Visitors will notice American’s desire for openness in a way ___________.

A .they walled their houses with glass 

B. they leave the office doors open while working

C. they never have fence                          

D. they depended upon each other

75. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A .No Walled Cities.                                       B. The Early Settlers

C. Americans’ Lack of Desire for Privacy          D. be Patient with Differences

 

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“People who feel like they need to prove they belong to a culture will change their habits in an attempt to fit in , ”said Sauna Cheryan ,an anthor of the study and assistant professor of psychology at the University of Washington.” If immigrants and their children choose unhealthy American foods over healthier traditional foods across their lives , this process of fitting in could lead to poorer health .Cheryan added.

Social pressures , the study concluded , are at the heart of the problem. “In American society today , being American is associated with being white . Americans , who don’t fit this image even if they were born here and speak English , feel that pressure to prove that they’re American,” said Cheryan.

1.The author wants to show that       .

A.more and more Asians enjoy high-calorie snacks

B.immigrants tend to eat American junk food to fit in

C.most Americans are at the risk of heart disease

D.all the American people have a bad eating habit

2.According to the survey,       .

A.Asian-Americans care less about their health

B.25 percent of Americans like junk food

C.choosing food is related to Asian-American’s situation

D.immigrants are forced to eat junk food

3.The underlined word “fare” in Paragraph 4 most probably means “       ”.

A.food offered as a meal            B.a person taking a taxi

C.money spent on food           D.an arranged thing to do

4.According to Sauna Cheryan,        .

A.what immigrants have done is ridiculous

B.American traditional foods are healthier

C.immigrants risk their health in order to fit in

D.American culture affects immigrants deeply

5.Which of the following should take the blame for the bad eating habit?

A.The situation of employment.          B.The traditional culture.

C.The American government.              D.The pressures from society.

 

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