题目内容
11.America is a mobile society.Friendships between Americans can be close and real,yet disappear soon if situations change.Neither side feels hurt by this.Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two,perhaps a few letters for a while-then no more.If the same two people meet again by chance,even years later,they pick up the friendship.This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand,because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings,extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes,share their holidays,and their home life.They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives,they don't show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time.This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time.Sometimes,we,as hosts,will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend.We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends.The Americans,however,express their welcome usually at homes,but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine.They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus.And they expect that we will phone them from there.Once we arrive at their homes,the welcome will be full,warm and real.We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans,it is often considered friendlier to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants,except for purely business matters.So accept their hospitality at home!
38.The writer of this passage must beB.
A.an American
B.a Chinese
C.a professor
D.a student
39.From the last two paragraphs we can learn that when we arrive in America to visit an American friend,we will probably beC.
A.warmly welcomed at the airport
B.offered a ride to his home
C.treated hospitably at his home
D.treated to dinner in a restaurant
40.The underlined words"generous with our time"in Paragraph 3probably meanD.
A.strict with time
B.serious with time
C.careful with time
D.willing to spend time
41.A suitable title for this passage would probably be"A".
A.Americans'and Chinese's views of friendships
B.Friendships between Americans
C.Americans'hospitality
D.Friendships between Chinese.
分析 美国是一个流动的社会.美国人之间的友谊可以接近真实,然而如果情况变化很快消失.任何一方都不觉得受伤害.双方可能在一年或两年交换圣诞问候,也许通信一阵子之后就没有了.如果相同的两个人有再次见面的机会,甚至几年后,他们会继续他们的友谊.这可能对中国人来说是非常难理解,因为我们之间的友谊发展得慢但后来可能成为终身的感情.
解答 38---41 BCDA
38.B.细节理解题.根据文中"This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand,"及"Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives,"可知作者是一名中国人,故选 B.
39.C.细节理解题,根据Once we arrive at their homes,the welcome will be full,warm and real.We will find ourselves treated hospitably.可知,当我们去美国拜访我们的朋友时,我们很有可能在他家受到款待,故选C.
40.D.词义猜测题.根据文中"they don't show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time."说明当美国人忙的时候他们对自己的时间很苛刻,所以可知中国人对待自己的时间是慷概的,故选D.
41.A.主旨大意题.根据文中"America is a mobile society.Friendships between Americans can be close and real,yet disappear soon if situations change."及"This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand,because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings,extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families."可知本文主要说的是中美之间对友谊的观点,故选 A.
点评 本文一篇说明文.主要介绍了中美之间的一些文化差异.如彼此对待友谊,时间和待客的观点上差异等.本文浅显易懂,各个小题都能在文中找到适当依据.只要认真阅读短文,注意前后联系,就能顺利完成阅读.文章所设试题主要考察细节查找,做题关键是找出原文的根据,认真核查小题和原文的异同.
| A. | How | B. | How often | C. | How long |
According to a survey published last week by the U.S.Internet service provider American Online (AOL).Only one in 100thinks that in the future they will walk from home to school.The rest believe they will use jet packs and hover boards(滑板) as everyday transport.
All the participants of the survey are teenagers born into the Internet age.The study is to show how the first cyber generation dreams about future life created by advanced technology.
Most believe there will still be schools to go to,but that technology will play an increasingly important role in learning.The 600teens surveyed think there will still be teachers,but 37percent imagine them to be robots.Some 24percent believe that teachers will still be human but they will have inter-changeable microchips so that one person can teach all subjects.
More than one in two believes hover boarding will be popular,while one-third say that wearing rocket boots will be their favorite activity.Another third think jet packs will be popular.Nearly 30percent think playing football and bike-riding will remain popular.
When it comes to the curriculum,they think future generations(一代) will be learning about robot building (63percent),alien languages (47percent) celebrities (26percent) and R‘n'B music (22percent).
Children will wear virtual reality helmets to bring lessons to life,say 40percent,while over 25percent believe they will not need lessons because microchips stored in their head will send relevant information into the brain.Matt Whyman,adviser to the chief medical officer on youth issues of AOL,said-The kids seem very aware of the liberation qualities of technology.
| Title:The (36)Future School | |
| Changes in the way of transport | In the future,students will use a new (37)vehicle/transport,such as jet packs or hover boards,to go to school. |
| Changes in the way of teaching | In the future,robots will (38)work as teachers and human teachers should use inter-changeable microchips so that one person can teach all subjects. |
| Changes in (39)activities | Most students will enjoy hover boarding,wearing rocket boots and jet packs while a small number of students think playing football and bike riding will remain popular. |
| Changes in the way of learning | Virtual reality helmets can bring lively lessons to them and more than one (40)quarter of the students think with the microchips put in their head,they will not need lessons. |
| A. | if | B. | how | C. | before | D. | unless |