题目内容
. When I handed the report to John he said that George was the person ______.
A. to send B. for sending it C. to send it to D. for sending it to
C
In the modern world more and more people meet the problem of identity.The most interesting example is that of a so – called “banana”, which refers to an American who has an Asian face but holds Western values.
In Shanghai, there now live a group of people from abroad.They look no different from the locals and speak fluent Chinese or even Shanghai dialect, but when it comes to writing Chinese characters, they are almost illiterate(文盲).Jack is such an example.He never learned to read or write Chinese characters, which he finds mysterious and difficult.From time to time, he files to the US as he does not feel Shanghai is where he comes from.“But when I am in the States, I feel that’s not my home either,” he said.
At De Gaulle Airport in France, there is a Swiss man who has been living in the waiting – room for a long time because he lost h is passport during his travels.He was refused entry into several countries.But when he was eventually allowed to return to Swizerland, he refused to leave the airport.His reason was very simple—“I am sure who I am.I need no acknowledgement from others,” he said during an interview.For th is reason he was honored by the Western media as “the Hero of identity.”
As the Internet becomes more and more popular, the problem of identity becomes more serious.In a virtual world, people can have different addresses registered with different names.In the Internet chat room, even one’s gender(性别) is hard to determine.It seems that in the glohal village, people are saying hello every day to each other without knowing whom they are talking to.
What will be the next crisis(危机) of identity? With the development of cloning technology, it might be: who is the real “I”?
【小题1】What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.The importance of identity. |
B.The crisis of identity. |
C.Differences between Eastern and Western cultures. |
D.Difficulty in living in foreign counties. |
A.he needed to board a plane at any time
B.he couldn’t afford to live in a hotel
C.he needed others acknowledgement
D.he couldn’t prove who he was
65.A “banana” in the passage is in fact an .
A.American traveling to Asia B.American keeping Eastern culture
C.American born in Asia D.America – born Asian
【小题3】We can infer from the passage that the author believes .
A.there will be more problems relating to identity in the future |
B.Internet technology helps solve problems of identity |
C.only people traveling abroad have problems of identity |
D.people don’t need to worry about identity |
阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给首字母的提示,在标有题号的右边横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。
W:Hello, Jim. Where are you going? M:To the cinema. What about (76) c_______ with me? W:No, thanks. I’m going home. My friend’s expecting me. M:What a (77) p_____! I believe it’s a very good film. W:Do you go to the cinema a lot? M:(78) O___ a week. Most nights I sit at home and watch TV. W:Oh, I see. (79) B__ the way, where are you going for your holidays this year? M:I don’t know yet. My wife’s going to her mother’s for a (80) c_____ of weeks. She lives by the sea, you know. W:Oh, does she? That’s convenient. M:Yes, but I want to go to the (81) c________. W:Don’t you like the sea? M:Yes, very much. But I need (82) p_____ and quiet when I’m on holiday. What are you going to do? W:I’m going to (83) s_____ at home. M:Aren’t you going to (84) h____ a holiday abroad this year? W:No, I want to buy a car, and that’s going to take (85) e_______ penny I’ve got. |
1.________ 2._______ 3.________ 4.________ 5._______ 6._______ 7.________ 8.________ 9._______ 10._______ |