39.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Author Cards B. Title Cards C. Catalog D. Alphabetical order
38.American students behave as they please in class because their teachers___
A. prefer to regard them as their friends
B. hope to make sure they are not nervous
C. believe that they should be allowed to do what they like
D. concentrate(集中)more on teaching than anything else
( 二十 )
Suppose that you know the title of a book, but don’t know who wrote it. The card catalog(目录)can help you find it. Titles are also in the card catalog in ABC order
The title card gives the title above the author’s name. The title is usually typed in. Then the author’s name is given, and the title is repeated again. A title card is really the basic author card with the title shown at the top.
37.The term “status differences” in this passage refers to the fact that____
A. students have different age groups
B. students have different levels of performance
C. teachers are in a higher position of respect
D. teachers should change their methods with different students
36.In the U.S., more formal relationships are typically expected_______
A. between professors teaching graduate students
B. between graduate students at smaller universities
C. between professors and their students of science
D. between graduate students and their professors at big universities
35.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Many foreign students keep informal relationships with teachers
B. Many foreign students are straightforward with their teachers.
C. Many foreign students prefer to be treated differently by their teachers
D. Many foreign students’ politeness makes their American professors uncomfortable
34.American professors think it ________to be addressed by their given names
A. acceptable B. disrespectful C. formal D. strange
33.How many books did Library B buy more than Library A in 1992?
A.18 B.16 C.25 D.30
( 十 九 )
“My advice wants me to call him by his first name,” many foreign graduate students in the U.S. have said. ”I just can’t do it! It doesn’t seem right. I have to show my respect”
On the other hand, professors have said of foreign students, ”They keep bowing and saying ‘yes, sir, yes , sir.” I can hardly stand it! I wish they’d stop being so polite and just say what they have on their minds.”
Differing ideas about formality and respect frequently complicate relationships between American professors and students from abroad, especially Asian students(and most especially female Asian students). The professors generally prefer informal relationships(sometimes, but not always, including use of first names rather than of titles and family names)and a little knowledge of status differences. Many foreign students are used to more formal relationships and sometimes have difficulty bringing themselves to speak to their teachers at all, let alone address them by their given names.
The characteristics of student-teacher relationships on American campuses change somewhat, depending on whether the students involved are undergraduate or graduate students, and depending on the size and nature of the school. Graduate students typically have more student-teacher relationships are typically even less formal than they are at larger schools.
To say that student-teacher relationships are informal is to say that there are no recognized status differences between the two groups. But students may show their respect mainly in the vocabulary and tone of voice they use when speaking to teachers. Much of their behavior around teachers may seem to foreign students to be disrespectful. American students will eat in class, read newspapers and act quite informal postures. Teachers might not enjoy such behavior, but they bear it. Students, after all, are individuals who have the right for themselves how they are going to act.
32.How many of the inventoried books were bought by the two libraries together
during the years 1994,1995 and 1996?
A.490 B.920 C.1100 D.1529
31.In Library B how many of the inventoried books were bought before 1996?
A.365 B.127 C.1100 D.2024
30.What percent of Library A’s 1997-1998 book inventory was bought in 1994?
A.13% B.8% C.25% D.10%