题目内容

  The French interrupt each other's conversations. This is not rudeness, but proof that they are listening to what is being said and are quite interested to want to take part. What passes for normal attempts at conversation among other peoples may be supposed as bad manners by the French:“What do you do for a living?,“How much do you make?”,“Are you married?”, and“Do you have any children?”These are regarded by the French as one of your business. Better instead talk about art, culture, or best of all, politics. Everyone in France has views on these subjects--even the plumber(水管工)who comes to mend a burst pipe will be happy to discuss Voltaire(伏尔泰)with you while eating his lunch.

  The French invented body language. To watch a gendarme on traffic control is to see an elaborate(精细的)modem ballet(芭蕾舞).

  In conversation, Frenchmen's hands are never still. They give shape, form and size to ideas. They show the state of the mind, heart and soul. While others use the inflection of the voice to show how they feel. The French use eyes, hands, lips and shoulders to express a full rang of emotions. They kiss the tips of their fingers when they agree strongly with something or somebody. They pull the hand across the forehead, as though scalping(剥头皮)themselves, when they are bored. They raise their shoulders when faced by the ridiculous(荒谬).They stroke their cheeks with the back of the hand as a sign that they are bored. They purse(噘起)their lips and breathe out when they are angry.

  They have signs for displeasure, doubt, ad-vantage, apology, amazement, surprise, puzzlement and failure, which is why it is considered very impolite to talk with one's hands in one's pockets.

(1) All the following are regarded as impolitely except“________”.

[  ]

A.Are you married?
B.Do you like literature?
C.How much do you make?
D.What do you do for a living?

(2) The best topic discussed with the French probably is ________.

[  ]

A.paintings
B.famous writers
C.salary
D.election

(3) What's the main idea of the third paragraph?

[  ]

A.Telling us French body language and their meanings.

B.Describing Frenchmen's hand movements and their meanings.

C.Making us believe that the French value their gestures.

D.Introducing interesting French custom to us

(4) The best title of this passage probably is“________”

[  ]

A.Communication with French
B.French Manners and Gestures
C.Gestures beyond Language
D.How to Use French Gestures

(5) Why the French interrupt each other's conversation?

[  ]

A.To show their friendness.

B.To stop the conversation.

C.To show that they are listening carefully.

D.To fight with the other speak.

答案:B;D;A;B;C
解析:

(1) B;概括题。法国人喜欢文学艺术,谈论文学是受欢迎的。由第一段概括得出。

(2) D;细节理解题。法国人最喜欢谈论的话题是政治。由第一段Better instead talk about art, culture, or best of all, politics…得出。

(3) A;段落概括题。本段介绍多种法国人的体态语,可用body language加以概括,其他选项都片面。

(4) B;主旨概括题。本文介绍了两个方面,一是谈论的话题要注意礼貌,二是体态语。

(5) C;从第二句话可知。


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       Mark Twain was born on November 30th, 1835, 1 a small slave-holding village in the Mississippi(密西西比河). After his father's 2 in 1847, he began learning the skill3 books. At this early 4 he was already   reading the funny stories 5 at the time and began to develop 6 style(风格) of writing. In 1851,his 7 brother became a publisherand the boy started to work 8 him. At fifteen Mark Twain    had his first article 9 , and at sixteen, his first story.  In 1856, the young man started 10 the Mississippi River,on a trip 11 South America. But he 12 so interested in river boat life that he decided 13 a steamboat pilot(领航员).

      The Civil War put an end to his career 14 a river pilot, and in 1860 he 15 his brother on a trip to the west 16 they hope 17 rich by searching for gold.Unsuccessful in his business,Twain turned 18 funny stories. In 1867, his first collection of stories 19 , 20 instantly made him famous. The same year,Twain visited 21 , Italy, Greece and Turkey. A full-length book was the result of his 22 .

      Twain 23 writing 24 his death in 1910. He wrote dozens ofbooks all his life. But nothing that he wrote reached the heights of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which 25 in 1884.   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
1. A. withinB. of  C. onD. in             [  ]
2.A. deathB. died C. deadD. dying      [  ]
3. A.f printingB. of print  C. printD. printing[  ]
4. A. periodB. age  C. timeD. moment       [  ]
5. A. popularB. writing C. ompletedD. seen    [  ] 
6. A. himselfsB. his own's C. his ownD. himself [  ] 
7. A. olderB. old  C. elderD. oldest[  ]
8. A. forB. toC. onD. besides[  ]  
9. A.ublishedB.publishingC. to publishD. to be published [  ]
10. A. onB. downC. roundD. in[  ]
11. A. to         B. from C. tillD. owards   [  ]
12. A. becameB. get         C. wentD. turned       [  ]
13. A. becomingB. to become   C. to doD. doing    [  ]
14. A. acting asB. work as    C. asD. like        [  ]
15. A. wentB. helped C. joined inD. joined[  ]
16. A. to whichB. then C. whereD. on which[  ]
17. A. to get       B. getting     C. to makeD. making     [  ]
18. A. to writeB. writeC. writingD. to writing[  ]
19. A.was appearedB. printedC. came outD. published [  ]  
20. A. whichB. that C. asD.or which[  ]
21. A. FranceB. the France  C. FrenchD. the French  [  ]
22. A. workB. journeysC. voyageD. flight       [  ]
23. A. went onB. continued C. set outD. kept out  [  ]
24. A. untilB. toC. beforeD.after[  ]
25. A. came upB. became out  C.was published  D. happened [  ]

阅读理解

  In the 1970s, with ever-increasing international travel and tourism, the United States Department of Transportation decided to design a set of symbols(符号)for airports, stations, and public facilities(设施). The aim was to design symbols that would be clear to people in a hurry and to those who can not read English. Therefore, the set of symbols shown below was designed. Then the designers planned an experiment with an international sample(抽样调查) of 8-year-old children from Sweden. Japan, France, Canada, and Britain. The purpose of the experiment was to determine how clear the symbols would be to the children, who were not experienced international travelers.

  The children were shown the set of sample symbols, and were then asked to explain to the experimenters what the symbols meant. The researchers thought that if the international sample of children could understand them, the grown-up travelers would probably also recognize their meanings. The following graph(图表) shows the percentages of correctly explained symbols.

  The experiments discovered that most of the children easily understand the telephone receiver and cigarette symbols. However, there were some interesting differences in their answers to the other four symbols. The Japanese children most easily understood the symbol standing for“coffee shop”. The experimenters thought that this fact showed children in Japan are more familiar with such shops than children in Sweden and Canada. The Japanese, French, and Canadian children all equally recognized the idea of“information”showed by the question mark.

  Interestingly, the French and Canadian children understood the symbol referring to“campground(露营地)”better than the other children. Again, the researchers thought that recognition of a symbol shows how common the activity is in a country.

  One particularly difficult symbol was that of the umbrella and glove used for“lost and found”, which was correctly explained by less than 50% of the children in four of the five countries. On the basis(基础) of this finding, the experimenters decided to add a question mark to make this symbol easier to understand.

1.Which of the following shows the correct meaning of(X), (Y), and (Z) in the graph above?

[  ]

A.Campground, Coffee Shop, Lost and Found.

B.Lost and Found, Campground, Coffee Shop.

C.Coffee shop, Lost and Found, Campground.

D.Telephone, No smoking, Information.

2.If we compare the Japanese and French children's understanding of the question mark and cigarette symbols, then we can find a difference of _____ between these symbols.

[  ]

A.0%   B.10%

C.80%   D.90%

3.The _____ symbol was the most difficult for the Japanese children to understand.

[  ]

A.cup   B.question mark

C.tent   D.umbrella and glove

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

[  ]

A.The experimenters thought Japanese children drink coffee.

B.The most difficult symbol was changed to make it clearer.

C.The question mark symbol is the least difficult in all five countries.

D.The researchers thought children would know as much as grown-ups.

完形填空

  This story took place in France during World War Ⅱ.At the edge of the forest lived a French girl named Marie.She spent her time looking   1   goats in the forest.

  One day, she was sitting on a fallen tree,   2   she heard a voice from behind the bush.It said, “Don’t look around, but listen   3  .You know the little window in the roof over your bed and hold your   4   lamp just under the window for ten minutes.And then put   5   the light and go to sleep.”

  She did   6   the unseen man told her.She could hear a plane flying round and round   7   her cottage.“I’m helping the plane!” Marie said to   8  

  At that time thousands of French people were   9   in the forests and mountains to resist the Germans.They were in need of food and weapons, which had to be   10   to them from planes coming from England.In this way, Marie carried out   11  

  One morning Marie met the owner of the voice, a young French soldier.He sat near her and said, “Thank you, Marie, for what you have done.Tonight is very important.Things of great   12   will be dropped and the light must be shown at 3 o’clock in the morning.Can you keep   13   till then?” “I’ll not   14  ,” Marie answered.Night fell.Two   15   soldiers burst in, gun in hand.They searched the cottage and remained in her room and she was   16   to go outside.She sat still, wondering what she could do.She couldn’t stand on the bed to show the light.She remembered her   17   to the French soldier.The enemies were asleep.Just then she had an idea.Noiselessly she got out of the room and   18   fire to the hay.In a moment the cottage was burning.She ran   19   the forest.In the morning, the French soldier came.“You’ve done well, Marie,” he said, “You did not fail.The plane   20   us what we need.Your parents are safe.Come and join us.”

(1)

[  ]

A.

after

B.

for

C.

on

D.

through

(2)

[  ]

A.

until

B.

while

C.

when

D.

but

(3)

[  ]

A.

happily

B.

clearly

C.

curiously

D.

carefully

(4)

[  ]

A.

burnt

B.

lighting

C.

oil

D.

lighted

(5)

[  ]

A.

down

B.

up

C.

out

D.

on

(6)

[  ]

A.

as

B.

by

C.

so

D.

it

(7)

[  ]

A.

over

B.

below

C.

under

D.

above

(8)

[  ]

A.

the unknown man

B.

herself

C.

the French soldier

D.

the stranger

(9)

[  ]

A.

hiding

B.

living

C.

standing

D.

sleeping

(10)

[  ]

A.

carried

B.

sent

C.

thrown

D.

dropped

(11)

[  ]

A.

planes

B.

ideas

C.

orders

D.

words

(12)

[  ]

A.

value

B.

secret

C.

energy

D.

danger

(13)

[  ]

A.

asleep

B.

awake

C.

standing

D.

silent

(14)

[  ]

A.

manage

B.

succeed

C.

fail

D.

run

(15)

[  ]

A.

French

B.

England

C.

German

D.

Russian

(16)

[  ]

A.

stopped

B.

asked

C.

allowed

D.

forbidden

(17)

[  ]

A.

promise

B.

request

C.

feeling

D.

choice

(18)

[  ]

A.

caught

B.

made

C.

set

D.

lit

(19)

[  ]

A.

on to

B.

off to

C.

through

D.

across

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[  ]

A.

took

B.

fetched

C.

brought

D.

carried

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  [1]Rising temperatures have forced many plants to climb to higher elevations(海拔)to survive, researchers reported.

  [2]More than two-thirds of the plants studied along six West European mountain ranges climbed an average of 29 meters in altitude in each decade since 1905 to better conditions on higher ground, the researchers reported in the journal Science.

  [3]“This is the first time it's shown that climate change has a significant effect on a large set of forest plant species,” said Jonathan Lenoir, a forest ecologist at Agro Paris Tech in France, who led the study.“It helps us to develop our understanding of how ecosystems respond to temperature changes.”

  [4]The French team's findings suggest plants at high altitudes face the same or greater impacts from rising temperatures.“Plants species move where it's the most suitable for them to grow,” Lenoir said.“If you change these good conditions, species will move to recover the same conditions.”

  [5]Using database on plant species found at specific locations and elevations stretching back to 1905, the researchers showed many plants have steadily climbed higher to conditions best suited for survival and growth.

  [6]Plants move higher when they disperse(分散)their seeds in the wind, which blows them ________ to high elevations and cooler temperatures similar to their former location, Lenoir said.

  [7]The researchers tracked 171 forest plant species during two periods-between 1905 and 1985, and from1986 to 2005--along the entire elevation ranging from sea level to 2,600 meters.They found that two-thirds of the plants responded to warming temperatures over that time by ________.

  [8]Plants at higher altitudes also appear most sensitive to warmer conditions because slight temperature changes at higher altitudes have a bigger impact.

1.What is the best title of the passage?(No more than 5 words)

2.Complete the following statement with proper words.(No more than 4 words)

Plants at high altitudes are quick to feel the warmer temperature because a tiny change there can ________ on them.

3.Fill in the blank in Para.7 with proper words.(No more than 4 words)

4.How do plants move to higher elevations?(No more than 8 words)

5.What does the word “them”(line 2, paragraph 6)probably refer to?(No more than 2words)

As far back as 700 B. C, man has talked about children being cared for by wolves. Romulus and Remus, the legendary(传说的)twin founders of Rome, were said to have been cared for by wolves. It is believed that when a she-wolf loses her litter, she tries to get human child to take its place. This seemingly foolish and unreasonable idea did not become believable until the late nineteenth century when a French doctor actually found a ten-year-old boy having nothing on wandering in the woods. He didn’t walk upright, could not speak understandably, nor could he relate to people. He only growled(嗥叫)and stared at them. Finally the doctor won the boy’s confidence and began to work with him. After many long years of devoted and patient teaching, the doctor was able to get the boy to clothe and feed himself, recognize and say a number of words, as well as write letters and form words.

The French doctor found the boy ________.

  A. wandering in the woods    B at his doorstep

  C. growling at him        D. speaking understandably

In this passage, the word “litter” in line 3 most nearly means ________.

  A. garbage    B. master    C. hair    D. baby animals

The doctor was able to work with the boy because ________.

  A. the boy had never lost his mind     B. the boy trusted him

  C. the boy liked to dress up        D. the boy worked very hard

Which of the following statements is not true?

  A. She-Wolves have been said to replace human children for their lost litter.

  B. Examples of wolves caring for human children can be found only in the nineteenth  century.

  C. The French doctor succeeded in training the boy to enjoy the human life somewhat.

  D. The young boy never was able to speak perfectly.

In this passage, the word “relate to” most nearly means ________.

  A. tell    B. understand    C. listen to   D. write to

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