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Garden Route, South Africa
     Take in fresh sea air in this beautiful coastal setting as you cruise the famous Garden Route
in the Western Cape in South Africa. A wildlife break is a must, as is enjoying great meal stops
along the route. There are wildlife reserves throughout the Graden Route National Park you can
swing into and spend a sleepy morning in a car looking for giraffes and lions. And just over your
shoulder in the big blue there are whales to be watched (if the season is right).
     Top tip: Add a trip to the Eastern Cape to your Garden Route trip. It is much less known than
the Western Cape and full of great landscapes. The gas station is occasionally seen.
Great Ocean Road, Australia
     Sweep along this dramatic coastal road in Austrlia with views of the Southern Ocean from
Geelong to Portland, in Victoria, and you won't regret it. Anyone who has driven it just can't stop
talking about it, and with good reason. There're loads to see and plenty of great stops. There's
whale-watching here too, and other natural life. And to top it all, there'll be plenty of good old
Aussie kindness and welcome when you pull in for lunch or a coffee stop.
     Top tip: Rent an open-top car so you can really drink in that sea air.
Stelvio Pass, Italy
     If you like snake-like paths and mountain passes, you'll love this. Stelvio in Italy. The mountain
slopes stretch away on either side of the road, with snow-topped peaks within sight. There's a great
view down the pass. And from the top, it's just a short sweep away from the Swiss border, so if you
are gripped by mountain road driving, you can drive from here down to Swiss ski resort of Davos.
Stelvio has 48 hairpins(急弯) on the north side and 12 on the descent(陡坡) to Bormio, so this route
is not recommended for new drivers, or those with a fear of heights. This descent is often featured in
the Giro d'Italia, the Italian version of the Tour de France, so you may have glimpsed it on the television.
     Top Tip: Take some Swiss Francs as well as some Euros, so you can make the trip a cross-border
experience.
1. In which travel routes can one enjoy whale watching?
A. Stelvio Pass, Italy and Garden Route, South Africa.
B. Great Ocean Road, Australia and Stelvio Pass, Italy.
C. Garden Route, South Africa and no other route.
D. Great Ocean Road, Australia and Garden Route, South Africa.
2. The tips in the ad are meant to             .
A. introduce a new route to the drivers
B. help drivers find gas stations on the route
C. give useful advice to make the trip more pleasant
D. warn drivers of the possible dangers on the road
3. Compared with the other two routes, Stelvio Pass is special in that          .
A. it's more winding and challenging
B. it's safe and more suitable for new drivers
C. it has lots of wild animals on either side of the road
D. it's often featured in Tour de France and thus more famous
4. What's the best title for the travel advertisement?
A. Drive to South Africa, Man!
B. Drive travel for Whale Watching!
C. A Travel to Three Continents!
D. Exciting Drive Travel in the Wild!
1-4: DCAD
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　　Americans wear black for mourning while Chinese wear white．Westerners think of dragons as monsters．Chinese honor them as symbols of God．Chinese civilization has often shown such polarities(对立)with the West, as though each stands at extreme ends of a global string．Now in the University if California, Berkeley, a psychologist, has discovered deeper polarities between Chinese and American cultures－polarities that go to the heart of how we reason and discover truth．

　　His findings go gar toward explaining why American cultures seem to be aggressive and Chinese cultures so passive, when compared to each other．More importantly, the research opens the way for the peoples of the East and the West to learn from each other in basic ways．The Chinese could learn much from Western methods for determining scientific truth, said Kaiping Peng, a former Beijing Scholar, who is now a UC Berkley assistant professor of psychology．And Americans could profit enormously from he Chinese tolerance for accepting contradictions in social and personal life, he said．

　　“Americans have a terrible need to find out who is right in an argument, ” said Peng．“The problem is that at the interpersonal level you really don't need to find the truth,, or maybe there isn't any．” Chinese people, said Peng, are far more content to think that both sides have advantages and disadvantages, because they have a whole awareness that life is full of contradictions．They do far less blaming of the individual than do Americans, he added．

　　In studies of interpersonal argument, for example, when subjects were asked to deal with contradictory information resulting from conflict between a mother and a daughter or a student and a school, Peng found that Americans were “non-compromising, blaming one side-usually the mother-for the causes of the problems, demanding changes from one side to attain a solution and offering no compromise” in dealing with the conflict．Compared to this angry, blaming American method, the Chinese were paragons(模范)of compromise, finding fault on both sides and looking for solutions that moved both sides to the middle．

(1)

In Paragraph 1, the author sets examples in order to ________．

[　　]

A．

expose the contradiction between Chinese and Americans

B．

show the differences between Chinese culture and American culture

C．

find the reason for the differences

D．

generalize the main idea of the passage

(2)

Compared with Americans, Chinese are ________．

[　　]

A．

likely to find the truth in life

B．

unwilling to admit their own failure

C．

unwilling to have a general idea of things

D．

likely to know advantages and disadvantages of things

(3)

The studies show ________．

[　　]

A．

an American treats his or her mother badly

B．

different ideas of treating the aged

C．

different personality of Chinese and Americans

D．

different conflicts of Americans and Chinese

(4)

The main idea of the passage is ________．

[　　]

A．

polarities between American and Chinese cultures

B．

extreme ends of the string

C．

different attitudes towards the aged

D．

different manners in social occasions
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     Americans wear black for mourning while Chinese wear white. Westerners think of dragons as
monsters. Chinese honor them as symbols of God. Chinese civilization has often shown such polarities
(对立) with the West, as though each stands at extreme ends of a global string. Now in the University
if California, Berkeley, a psychologist, has discovered deeper polarities between Chinese and American
cultures-polarities that go to the heart of how we reason and discover truth.
     His findings go gar toward explaining why American cultures seem to be aggressive and Chinese
cultures so passive, when compared to each other. More importantly, the research opens the way for
the peoples of the East and the West to learn from each other in basic ways. The Chinese could learn
much from Western methods for determining scientific truth, said Kaiping Peng, a former Beijing Scholar, who is now a UC Berkley assistant professor of psychology. And Americans could profit enormously
from he Chinese tolerance for accepting contradictions in social and personal life, he said.
     "Americans have a terrible need to find out who is right in an argument," said Peng. "The problem is
that at the interpersonal level you really don't need to find the truth, , or maybe there isn't any." Chinese
people, said Peng, are far more content to think that both sides have advantages and disadvantages,
because they have a whole awareness that life is full of contradictions. They do far less blaming of the
individual than do Americans, he added.
     In studies of interpersonal argument, for example, when subjects were asked to deal with
contradictory information resulting from conflict between a mother and a daughter or a student and a
school, Peng found that Americans were "non-compromising, blaming one side - usually the mother-for
the causes of the problems, demanding changes from one side to attain a solution and offering no
compromise" in dealing with the conflict. Compared to this angry, blaming American method, the
Chinese were paragons (模范) of compromise, finding fault on both sides and looking for solutions that
moved both sides to the middle.

1. In Paragraph 1, the author sets examples in order to ____.
A. expose the contradiction between Chinese and Americans
B. show the differences between Chinese culture and American culture
C. find the reason for the differences
D. generalize the main idea of the passage
2. Compared with Americans, Chinese are___.
A. likely to find the truth in life
B. unwilling to admit their own failure
C. unwilling to have a general idea of things
D. likely to know advantages and disadvantages of things
3. The studies show___.
A. an American treats his or her mother badly
B. different ideas of treating the aged
C. different personality of Chinese and Americans
D. different conflicts of Americans and Chinese
4.The main idea of the passage is___.
A. polarities between American and Chinese cultures
B. extreme ends of the string
C. different attitudes towards the aged
D. different manners in social occasions