题目内容
Few Americans remain in one position or one place for a lifetime. We move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan to live in retirement. With each move we are forever making new friends, who become part of our new life at that time.
For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible.
The word “friend ” can be applied to a wide range of relationships ---- to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confidant.
1.Many Americans move from place to place for the following reasons except______.
A. going to college B. getting a better job
C. finding a place to live in retirement D. saving money
2.Summer is a special time when many Americans_____.
A. enjoy the sunlight B. feel strange C. travel to other countries D. get a new job
3.When summer comes, many Americans _________.
A. hope to meet new people
B. expect to find some close friends
C. want to begin lasting friendships with new people
D. Both A and B
4.From the passage it can be seen that a “friend” can be ______.
A. a fellow worker B. a football teammate C. a boy or a girl D. all of the above
5.Which of the following is the topic sentence of the second paragraph?
A. For many of us summer is a special time for forming new friendships.
B. Today millions of Americans vacation abroad.
C. No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friendship.
D. But surely the beginning of friendship is possible.
1.D
2.C
3.A
4.D
5.A
【解析】
试题分析: 本文是说明文,讲述的是美国人偏爱“移动”,不仅仅是看风光,还有可能会结识到新的朋友,使朋友的含义也就随之扩大了。
1.D细节题。根据第一段We move from town to city to suburb, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job elsewhere, from the home where we raise our children to the home where we plan to live in retirement许多美国人一生不停的换地方,目的是上学,工作,退休。D项没有提到。故选D项。
2.C细节题。根据第二段Today millions of Americans vacation abroad, and they go not only to see new sights but also with the hope of meeting new people ,许多美国人去国外度假,不仅仅看风光还可能 会结识新的朋友。故选 C项。
3.A细节题。根据第二段No one really expects a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible.没有人期望去交个新朋友但是开始一场新的友谊是可能的,故选A项。
4.D细节题。根据第三段The word “friend ” can be applied to a wide range of relationships ---- to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a fellow worker, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a trusted confidant.朋友不仅仅是工作伙伴,玩伴,可信赖的人,故选D,所有的角色都包括。
5.A 段落大意题。第二段第一句话是主题句。夏天是形成友谊的一个特殊的时期,下方这句话进行阐明,他们外出不仅仅是看风光,还有可能会交到朋友,故选A项。
考点 文化类阅读。
A new report says the number of foreign students at colleges and universities in the United States increased by three percent last year. This has been the first obvious increase since 2001.
American schools last fall had 583,000 foreign students. The record is 586,000. That was set in 2002 after many years of gains. But after that the numbers fell. The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001 led to more visa (签证) requirements. Now stronger efforts are being made to get more foreign students to study in the United States.
China remained in second place in front of South Korea but behind India, whichsent almost 84,000 students last fall. The number of Japanese fell sharply by nine percent, although it remained in fourth place.
There were three percent drops from Indonesia and Kenya, the only African country in the top twenty last year. But there were obvious increases from Saudi Arabia, Nepal and Vietnam. The number of Saudi students more than doubled, rising to nearly eight thousand.
For a sixth year, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles had the most foreign students. Columbia University in New York was second. Other schools in the top five were New York University, the University of Illinois and Purdue University.
Unlike American students in other countries, who often choose history and language study, the leading area of study in the USA was business and management. Second was engineering.
The new report also says more than 220,000 Americans studied in other countries. That was during the 2005-2006 school year. It was a record number, and an increase of eight and a half percent from the year before. But only five percent of them stayed for a full year. 【小题1】
After 2002, the number of foreign students in the USA fell mainly because ____.
A.Americans were worried that foreign students might attack them |
B.few American universities welcomed students from abroad |
C.their own countries could offer them a better education |
D.it was harder for foreign students to get permission to study in the USA |
【小题2】
Which of the following Asian countries has the largest number of studentsstudyingin the USA?
A.China. | B.Japan. | C.South Korea. | D.India. |
【小题3】
Which subject is the most attractive to foreign students in the USA?A.Business and management. | B.History. |
C.Engineering. | D.Language. |
【小题4】
We can learn from the passage that ____ .A.Kenya is the only African country that has students in the USA |
B.now foreign students are encouraged to study in the USA |
C.the number of students studying in America always increases |
D.the number of foreign students in the USA will keep increasing in the future |
【小题5】
In which section of a newspaper could you most probably read this passage?A.Culture. | B.Science. | C.Education. | D.Business. |
Today only one person in five in the United States lives within 50 miles of his birthplace. Since the country was first settled, Americans have moved around a great deal, and are often far away from their parents. Because they have broken ties with their past at a young age, chosen their own occupations, established their own homes and developed their own lifestyles, few American children grow up closely surrounded by grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins as they do in Italy, Nigeria, or India, for example. This along with the fact that modern American families do not have servants has made the “baby-sitter” a vital part of the American scene. A “sitter” is someone who is hired to care for children for a specific length of time—usually relatively short—while the parents are out for an evening, going to a party or a course of study for example. Sometimes the baby-sitter is also hired for longer period, perhaps when the parents are away for a weekend. In such cases the “sitter” is likely to be a mature and motherly woman. For short periods, teen-agers, college students, nursing students, and others are commonly employed on an hourly basis.
From the point of view of convenience, the best sitters are often young people who live in your apartment building or close by in the neighborhood. This gives you a chance to meet the parents and see what they are like. If an emergency occurs, young sitters can call upon their parents quickly for help; you do not have to take them far to see them home at night or pay expensive taxi fares. Another advantage is that young people living close by can usually fill in quite readily on short notice or for short periods of time.
In an apartment house you can ask the superintendent for permission to post a notice for a baby-sitter by the mailboxes. This is often the best way to find out if there is anyone in the building who is interested in baby-sitting. Retired people as well as students are often glad to earn a little money in this way and can be found by such a note.
1.A baby-sitter is a person who________.
A.helps to do housework |
B.is a cleaning woman |
C.looks after children while their parents are out |
D.takes care of babies and cooks for the family |
2.It is advised that when you are out for short periods, you may hire________ to be baby-sitters.
A.motherly women |
B.retired people |
C.young people |
D.mature women |
3.The best title for the passage is________.
A.American Families |
B.Baby-Sitters |
C.A Way of Earning Money for Young Students |
D.A Best Way to Find Baby-Sitters |