Question

5．Audrey is a Chinese-American student．She has found many value（价值观）differences between Chinese and Americans．
About money
1）Americans would like to spend more than they have，so many of them are always in debt（欠债）．Chinese usually spend less than the y have，so many of them always have money left in the bank．
2）American kids love to make money by themselves．Chinese kids always ask their parents for money．
3）American parents think it is not useful to send their children to an expensive university．Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities and that might make them very poor sometimes．
About school
1）Many American girls take part in sports，dancing and singing groups while Chinese girls take part in academic groups．
2）Some American students think that"B"is a gift while Chinese students think that"B"is terrible．
American parents and Chinese parents
American parents allow their daughters or sons to go out to have some part-time jobs in their free time or at the weekends．Chinese parents usually do n't allow their children to do so in middle or high schools．
56．What would a Chinese middle school student probably NOT do at the weekends according to the passage？B
A．Study at home．
B．Do part-time jobs．
C．Take part in sports groups．
D．Do chores．
57．Some Chinese people have money left in the bank becauseA．
A．they usually spend less than they have          
B．they spend more than they have       
C．they don't like spending money at all             
D．they make a lot of money
58．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage？C
A．Chinese parents usually give their kids money．
B．American children love to make money by themselves．
C．The reason why Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities．
D．Americans usually spend more money than they have．
59．The underlined word"academic"probably meansAin Chinese．
A．学术的         
B．娱乐的              
C．运动的       
D．休闲的
60．The best title for the passage would probably beD．
A．Differences between Chinese and Americans
B．Chinese Students and American Students
C．Chinese Parents and American Parents
D．Chinese Values and American Values．

Answer 1

分析 这篇短文告诉我们中国人与美国人的价值观是有差异的：一个中国中学生在周末不可能做兼职；一些中国人在银行存钱，中国父母为了让孩子上好大学愿意做任何事情等，而美国人恰恰相反．

解答 56．B．细节题．根据第五段American parents allow their daughtersor sons to go out to have some part-time jobs in their free time or at weekends．Chinese parentsusually don't allow their children to do so in middle or high schools．，可知中国学生不可能自己做兼职工作挣钱．故选B．
57．A．细节题．根据第三段Chinese usually spend less than they have，so many of them always have money left in the bank．可知一些中国人在银行存钱，因为他们通常花的比拥有的少．选A．
58．C．细节题．根据第三段Americans would like to spend more than they have．American kids love to make money by themselves．Chinese kids always ask their parents for money．可知文中没有提到中国父母为什么会为了把孩子送到好大学而去做任何事情的原因，故选C．
59．A 词义猜测题．划线单词"academic"的中文意思可能是学术的．根据第一段She has found many value（价值观）differences between Chinese and Americans．和Many American girls take part in sports，dancing and singinggroups while Chinese girls take part in academic groups．可知，应该选A．
60．D 主旨大意题．通读全文这篇短文主要介绍了美国人和中国人不同的价值观念可知答案，故选D．

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