Take a look at teenagers around, dressed in baggy-pants (宽松裤), drinking soft drinks such as coke, reading Japanese cartoons. Whether you are in Beijing, Wuhan or Hong Kong, you will get the same impression. But should we copy others or should we maintain (保留) our differences?

It sounds convenient that people around the world speak the same language, dress in the same style, eat the same food and play the same games. If the world was like this, you won’t feel strange in any corner of world. But just imagine living in such a strange world. How dull and colorless it would be!

Different kinds of food that people can taste, the colorful and fashionable clothes that we dress in and different languages we speak are all part of the different cultures that our ancestors left us. These differences represent their creativity (创造力) and talent. And we all enjoy different cultures in our daily lives. When you travel to other places, you want to see different things. When you talk to foreigners you expect to listen to interesting stories. These differences in culture are what make life colorful.

But the whole world is shrinking into a small village as globalization (全球化) takes effect and many different cultures are disappearing. In most big cities around the world people wear the same clothes. Fast food stores are everywhere. Hollywood movies are kicking traditional performing arts out of our lives. The colors of our life are disappearing.

There is joke that even the panda and zebra want to live a colorful life. So let’s take action to protect our colorful culture before it becomes as simple as black and white.

It’s not difficult. Learning some folk songs, trying on a traditional clothing and even eating local food instead of going to KFC can help. And we’re sure you will enjoy it.

1.The passage is written to _______.

A．explain cultural differences               B．convince readers to maintain cultural differences

C．predict the future of globalization           D．show some cultural phenomena(现象)

2.The author thinks that cultural differences _______.

A．make the world colorful                  B．make communication difficult

C．only exist in food and clothing              D．will never fade away

3.The author starts the argument by ________.

A．mentioning certain cultural phenomena

B．mentioning his view at the very beginning

C．mentioning the opposite view at the very beginning

D．giving examples of cultural differences

4.The underlined word “shrink” probably means “_______”.

A．expand           B．disappear         C．become smaller     D．grow in number

5.The author talks of all the following cultural phenomena except _______.

A．food             B．clothing           C．language          D．architecture

Take a look at our library! Our library is open to everyone and the library card is free!

BOOKS

·picture books for children

·information about the world

·novels

·books in 36 languages

·stories of kinds

You can enjoy newspapers and magazines in the reading room.

You can borrow five books at most one time and keep them for three weeks. VIDEO

·all kinds of video films

·TV plays

·music video

·special interests

You can enjoy yourself and take time to watch your favourite videos at home.

You can keep a video for a week for 1 dollar.

You can borrow as many videos one time as you like.         AUDIO（音频）

·music of everyone:

classical, rock, pop, jazz, blues , folk

·Language cassettes（磁带）="42" main languages in the world.

Special rooms for you to enjoy listening.

CDs and cassettes can be borrowed —FREE.

You can borrow one CD or one cassette one time and keep it for one week.

1.Which of the following can only be enjoyed in the reading room?

A．Newspapers       B．Music videos       C．CDs              D．Language cassettes

2.In the library we can           .

A．borrow the newest magazines              B．watch our favourite video films

C．listen to CDs of pop music                 D．find books in 42 main languages in the world

3.Which of the following is Not True?

A．You can pay nothing for the library card.

B．You can borrow as many videos as you like one time.

C．There are rooms for you to enjoy TV plays in the library.

D．You can borrow five books at one time and keep them for three weeks.

      Take a look at teenagers around, dressed in baggy-pants (宽松裤), drinking soft drinks such as coke, reading Japanese cartoons. Whether you are in Beijing, Wuhan or Hong Kong, you will get the same impression. But should we copy others or should we maintain (保留) our differences?

It sounds convenient that people around the world speak the same language, dress in the same style, eat the same food and play the same games. If the world was like this, you won’t feel strange in any corner of world. But just imagine living in such a strange world. How dull and colorless it would be!

Different kinds of food that people can taste, the colorful and fashionable clothes that we dress in and different languages we speak are all part of the different cultures that our ancestors left us. These differences represent their creativity (创造力) and talent. And we all enjoy different cultures in our daily lives. When you travel to other places, you want to see different things. When you talk to foreigners you expect to listen to interesting stories. These differences in culture are what make life colorful.

But the whole world is shrinking into a small village as globalization (全球化) takes effect and many different cultures are disappearing. In most big cities around the world people wear the same clothes. Fast food stores are everywhere. Hollywood movies are kicking traditional performing arts out of our lives. The colors of our life are disappearing.

There is joke that even the panda and zebra want to live a colorful life. So let’s take action to protect our colorful culture before it becomes as simple as black and white.

It’s not difficult. Learning some folk songs, trying on a traditional clothing and even eating local food instead of going to KFC can help. And we’re sure you will enjoy it.

(   )46. The passage is written to _______.

A. explain cultural differences        B. convince readers to maintain cultural differences

C. predict the future of globalization   D. show some cultural phenomena(现象)

(   )47. The author thinks that cultural differences _______.

A. make the world colorful           B. make communication difficult

C. only exist in food and clothing      D. will never fade away

(   )48. The author starts the argument by ________.

A. mentioning certain cultural phenomena

B. mentioning his view at the very beginning

C. mentioning the opposite view at the very beginning

D. giving examples of cultural differences

(   )49. The underlined word “shrink” probably means “_______”.

A. expand     B. disappear      C. become smaller       D. grow in number

(   )50. The author talks of all the following cultural phenomena except _______.

A. food       B. clothing       C. language            D. architecture

Listen to me carefully. Don't ______ the window.

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A. look for　　B. look out of　　C. look out at　　D. look out

Listen to me carefully. Don't ________ the window.

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