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【题目】My decision to travel around China lay merely with my curiosity about the place. Before coming here, China seemed alien to me ----a place that expected to be hugely dissimilar from my own British culture.

After travelling from Beijing up to Xi'an, I wanted to challenge myself by choosing a smaller town----Xiahe in Gansu Province. I arrived in Lanzhou at around 5 am, but there were no buses to Xiahe. I managed to spot a policeman and attempted to explain my destination to him in simple English, praying that he would understand. I wasn't sure that he did but I just followed him anyway as I had no choice. He took me on a bus and I didn't know where I was going. Luckily, I met a student who explained to me in English that the policeman was taking me to another bus station where I could take a bus to Xiahe. During this conversation a third man said he was also a policeman and would help me buy tickets. But as he was not in uniform, I was a little doubtful. The uniformed policeman told me it was OK to go with the third man, so I got off the bus with the so-called policeman who at this point, disappeared and I was left in the middle of nowhere. I stood panicking. Around one minute later a police car came and stopped right by me. It was the un-uniformed policeman. I got into the car and he dropped me directly at the bus station, and helped me buy the ticket.

This is one of many experiences that I have had in China. I realized that however different this culture was, there was one thing that would always stand out—kindness. In the west we seem to lack the foundation of trust, yet in China it seems that there will always be someone to answer your questions and lead you the right way.

1Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word "alien"?

A. Unfriendly. B. Familiar.

C. Strange. D. Attractive.

2What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A. The author doubted the so-called policeman.

B. The third man could speak English fluently.

C. The author followed a student to another bus station.

D. A police car took the un-uniformed policeman away.

3Why did the un-uniformed policeman disappear after the author got off the bus?

A. He hurried to buy a ticket for the author.

B. He went to get a car to pick the author up.

C. The author didn't behave in a friendly way.

D. The author found a uniformed policeman to help him.

4According to the text, what impressed the author deeply in China?

A. Beautiful scenes. B. Terrible transportation.

C. Troubles in small towns. D. People's kindness.

【答案】

1C

2A

3B

4D

【解析】试题分析: 本文讲述一个英国人对于中国印象。

1C 考查词义猜测题。根据下文提到a place that expected to be hugely dissimilar from my own British culture可知作者对中国是陌生的,认为那是一个与自己的英国文化有巨大差异的地方,故选陌生的。

2A 考查细节理解题。根据第二段提到But as he was not in uniform, I was a little doubtful.可知作者对于穿制服的自称警察的人有所怀疑,故选A项。

3B 考查推理判断题。根据第二段提到Around one minute later a police car came and stopped right by me. It was the un-uniformed policeman. I got into the car and he dropped me directly at the bus station可知他消失的原因是去找车接作者去车站,故选B项。

4D 考查细节理解题。根据最后一段提到there was one thing that would always stand out—kindness.在中国,人们的友善给作者留下深刻印象,故选D项。

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