题目内容
7.Americans and Arabs are different (33)when it comes to their space habits.Arabs would rather have close contact.Dr.Hall has explained that (34)belonging (belong) to a touch culture and in conversation,the Arabs always envelop(包裹)the other person.They hold his hand,look into his eyes,and bathe him in their breath.Dr.Hall's interest in man's use of space developed in the early nineteen fifties when he was Director of the Point Four training program at the Foreign Service Institute.In talking with Americans who had lived overseas,he found that many of (35)them had been highly uncomfortable(36)because of/due to culture differences.Such discomfort is usually referred to as culture shock.
The problem is that,relatively speaking,Americans live in (37)A noncontact culture.Partly,this is a product of our puritan heritage (清教徒文化遗产).Dr.Hall points out that we spend years(38)teaching (teach) our children not to crowd in and lean on us.And in situations (39)where we ourselves are forced to stand close to another person on crowded subways,for example,we turn our eyes away,and if actual body contact (40)is involved (involve),tense the muscles on the contact side.Most of us feel very strongly that this is the only proper way to behave.
分析 本文介绍了美国人和阿拉伯人在肢体接触的交往中的不同以及由此而造成的一些差异.美国人不喜欢较近的肢体接触,而阿拉伯人则以近距离的交流为礼貌,这就促成了一些尴尬和不舒服.说明我们要尊重不同的文化并尽力适应.
解答 33.when 此处考查句型whenit comes to sth当谈到某事的时候,所以用when来引导.
34.belonging 此处为非谓语动词的考查.the Arabs和belong)to a touch culture and in conversation之间为逻辑上的主动关系,所用现在分词作状语;故答案为belonging.
35.them 根据前面的In talking with Americans who had lived overseas可知,接下来描述的是许多美国人在文化差异上锁表现出来的异样,用them代替Americans who had lived overseas;故答案为them.
36.because of/due to culture differences是造成他们感到极不舒服的原因,所以用介词短语because of/due to来引导原因;故答案为because of/due to.
37.a 美国人生活在一个非(肢体)接触的文化中,用冠词a来表达一种文化;故答案为a.
38.teaching spend time (in)doing sth花费时间做某事,故答案为teaching.
39.where situation作先行词,表示"形势,情形",后面的定语从句中缺少状语,所以用where来引导.
40.is involved actual body contact和involve之间存在着逻辑上的动宾关系,所以用被动结构,if引导的条件状语从句中使用一般现在时来代替将来时,故答案为is involved.
点评 本题主要考查了各种语法在短文中的具体运用.做本题时,需要在正确理解短文的前提下,逐句分析句意以及所考查到的语法现象;因此在平时的学习中,应熟练掌握各种语法知识,其中包括词法,句法,各种时态语态以及虚拟语气等
Every Wednesday afternoon,for example,my mother (37)B me to another town for a piano lesson.During my two-hour lesson,she'd rush to the nearby store and buy a week's worth of (38)C.Given the fact that my mom had driven me twelve miles there,twelve miles back,(39)A for my lesson,and bought me a candy bar,you'd think I'd be very (40)B to help her bring the groceries into the house.(41)D I wasn't.I generally just brought in an armload and left the (42)D for Mom as I ran to my room,shut the door,and started studying.
Don't get me wrong:even back in my room,I felt (43)C about not helping my mother more.Deep inside,I wanted to change my (44)A.But I also realized that once I did change,there'd be no going back.(45)D I took on more responsibility,my parents would start (46)C more of me.At age fifteen,I sensed that this one small change would (47)B something much bigger:my personal change from a cared-for,spoiled (被宠坏的) childto a more (48)D,caring and giving young man.
I'll never forget the Wednesday when I made a(n) (49)B to jump in and see what happened.Returning home from the (50)C,I disappeared into my room,as usual.But once inside,I felt that deep and burning(51)B.Throwing my school books on the bed,I suddenly opened my door and (52)C back to the garage to help my mother.How happy I felt that day!
Surely,over time,I continued to help out with more housework.The neat thing was,the more I helped out,the(53)A I felt about myself and my place in my family.As Mom and Dad realized they could (54)D on me more,our trips became far less stressful,too.In short,it was a win-win situation for everyone.
Sometimes the little things we put off doing the longest (55)A out to be the simplest things to complete.And feeling happy beats feeling guilty any day.
36.A.help | B.cry | C.start | D.work |
37.A.sent | B.drove | C.walked | D.guided |
38.A.fruits | B.flowers | C.groceries | D.vegetables |
39.A.paid | B.fought | C.applied | D.planned |
40.A.nervous | B.grateful | C.confident | D.unwilling |
41.A.So | B.And | C.Thus | D.But |
42.A.one | B.other | C.next | D.rest |
43.A.excited | B.curious | C.guilty | D.doubtful |
44.A.way | B.world | C.career | D.shape |
45.A.Since | B.Though | C.Unless | D.Once |
46.A.warning | B.reminding | C.expecting | D.informing |
47.A.tell | B.mark | C.express | D.describe |
48.A.energetic | B.ambitious | C.outgoing | D.responsible |
49.A.excuse | B.decision | C.statement | D.appointment |
50.A.duty | B.store | C.lesson | D.holiday |
51.A.anger | B.shame | C.delight | D.pleasure |
52.A.called | B.looked | C.headed | D.handed |
53.A.better | B.smarter | C.warmer | D.stronger |
54.A.live | B.press | C.focus | D.count |
55.A.turn | B.make | C.point | D.bring |
A. | Even | B. | As | C. | Unless | D. | Since |
-Yes,but he here for only three days before his company sent him to Australia.( )
A. | was | B. | has been | C. | will be | D. | would be |