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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Billions of business dollars are lost each year because managers don't understand the customs and traditions of their guest country. international manager who has done more than 1, 000 deals in 51 countries, I have observed many cultural differences and how they have effect .on business and personal lives. While you cannot know the customs of every country you visit, you can be sensitive (敏感) to basic cultural preferences and taboos.
One of the most common dilemmas (窘境) of international etiquette (礼节) is what to bring as a gift when you're invited to someone's home for dinner. In France, if you first thought is a bottle of wine-think again. You may hurt your French host by insinuating(暗示) he hasn't enough wine.
Well then, how about a bouquet of flowers? That selection may show poor judgment as well. First, your host doesn't want to search for the right size vase in the midst of all his or her other duties. Second, you must remember to bring an uneven number(except that 12 is acceptable, but never the unlucky 13 ) , avoid chrysanthemums (菊花) (funerals(葬礼)only), red roses(which imply you are having an affair with your hostess), and yellow flowers (they imply your host is having an affair with someone else).
My suggestion? Take a box of the very best chocolates you can find.
1．The writer suggests you ________ .
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A．send your friends some gifts
B．pay attention to the cultural difference
C．buy some wine for your French friends.
D．buy different flowers
2．The word taboos is used in the text to refer ________.
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3．If you visit your American English teacher, you had better choose ________ for him or her.
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Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A－F for each paragraph．There is one extra heading which you do not need．
(阅读短文并为每段选择一个合适的标题，其中一项是多余的。)
A．Ways to beautify eyes
B．Proper use of eye contact(接触)
C．Techniques of sending eye signals
D．Colours of people’s eyes
E．Functions of different parts of the eye
F．Variety of messages conveyed(传递)through eyes
1．
The coloured part of the eye is called the iris(虹膜)．There are three basic eye colours－brown, blue and green．A few albino people have red or pink eyes, but these are very rare．Many people believe that blue eyes are more delicate(敏感的)than brown eyes．In fact they are just as tough as brown eyes, although they are more sensitive to light．
2．
We only see part of the eyeball, although the whole eye is as big as a table tennis ball．Light enters the eye through the pupil(瞳仁)and passes through the lens(晶状体)．The lens focuses the light onto the retina(视网膜)at the back of the eye．The retina sends the signal to the brain along the optic nerve(神经)．The image on the retina is actually upside－down, but the brain corrects it．As we get older our eyesight becomes worse．This happens because the lens isn’t as flexible(柔韧的)as when we are young and the eye muscles are weaker．
3．
Our eyes are the most important of our five senses．We receive 80％ of our information about the world through our eyes．We also send signals to other people with our eyes．Some eye signals are unconscious(无意识的)．When we look at something nice, our pupils get bigger．But when we don’t like something, they become smaller．We cry when we are unhappy and sometimes when we are very happy．But we can also control some eye signals．For example, we can wink(眨眼)at someone or raise an eyebrow(眉毛)．Sunglasses make someone appear mysterious or dangerous, because they hide that eyes and so we can’t see the signals．
4．
We find large eyes more attractive．Children have large eyes in proportion(比例)to their heads．Cartoon characters always have large eyes, too．We can’t actually change our eyes, but we can make them look bigger with make－up．Eye make－up isn’t new．Pictures in the Pyramids show that the ancient Egyptians both men and women used it．False eyelashes can make eyelashes longer．Eye shadow on the eyelids(眼睑)can make the eyes look bigger and more dramatic．Glasses can also make eyes look bigger．
5．
We do not normally look into someone’s eyes for long, especially when they are very close．Eye contact can be very threatening, so people only do it when they want to threaten someone．It is also very intimate(私人的)．This is why lovers gaze into each other’s eyes．It’s also why people don’t look at each other in lifts．
Ⅲ 阅读 (共两节，满分40分)
第一节 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When my family moved to America from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.
41．Jack brought the couple their food very fast because_________.
A．the manager asked him to do so
B．he respected the elderly
C．the couple wanted him to do so
D．he wanted more pay
42．When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became__________.
A．nervous B．satisfied
C．unhappy D．excited
43．In Jack’s hometown, _________.
A．people dislike being called “old”
B．people are proud of being old
C．many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D．the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
44．After this experience, Jack_________.
A．lost his job in the restaurant
B．made friends with the couple
C．no longer respected the elderly
D．changed his way with older people
45．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B．Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C．The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D．From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.
查看习题详情和答案>>my lawful (合法的)wife, and literature is my lover." Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, was a great
playwright and one of the masters (大师) of the modern short story.
When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879, he started to publish hundreds of
comic short stories to support his family. After he graduated, he wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper.
As a writer he was extremely fast, often producing a short story in an hour or less. Chekhov's medical and
science experience can be seen through the indifference (冷漠) many of his characters show to tragic events.
In 1892, he became a full time writer and published some of his most memorable stories.
Chekhov often wrote about the sufferings of life in small town Russia. Tragic events control his characters
who are filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair.
It is often said that nothing happens in Chekhov's stories and plays. He made up for this with his exciting
technique for developing drama within his characters. Chekhov's work combined the calm attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity (敏感) of an artist.
Some of Chekhov's works were translated into Chinese as early as the 1940s. One of his famous stories,
The Man in a Shell (《装在套子里的人》), about a school teacher's extraordinarily orderly life, was selected
as a text for Chinese senior students.
B. was an illegal (非法的) writer
C. used to be a lawyer
D. was a capable (有能力的) doctor
B. studied medicine in Moscow University
C. practiced medicine in his hometown
D. published his most memorable stories
B. Cool .
C. Quick-minded.
D. Warm-hearted.
a. became a doctor
b. became a full time writer
c. started to publish comic short stories
d. wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper
e. entered the Moscow University Medical School
B. d→a→b→c→e
C. e→c→b→a→d
D. a→e→c→b→d