题目内容
Facial expressions carry meaning that is determined by situations and relationships. For example, in American culture the smile is in general an expression of pleasure. Yet it also has
other uses. A woman’s smile at a police officer does not carry the same meaning as the smile she gives to a young child. A smile may show love or politeness. It can also hide true feelings. It often causes confusion across cultures. For example, many people in Russia smiling at strangers in public to be unusual and even improper. Yet many Americans smile freely at strangers in public places (although this is less common in big cities). Some Russians believe that Americans smile in the wrong places; some Americans believe that Russians don’t smile enough. In Southeast Asian culture, a smile is frequently used to cover painful feelings. Vietnamese people may tell a sad story but end the story with a smile.
Our faces show emotions, but we should not attempt to “read” people from another culture as we would “read” someone from our own culture. The fact that members of one culture do not
express their emotions as openly as do members of another does not mean that they do not experience emotions. Rather, there are cultural differences in the amount of facial expressions
permitted. For example, in public and in formal situations many Japanese do not show their emotions as freely as Americans do. When with friends, Japanese and Americans seem to show
their emotions similarly.
It is difficult to generalize about Americans and facial expressiveness because of personal and cultural differences in the United States. People from certain cultural backgrounds in the United States seem to be more facially expressive than others. The key is to try not to judge people whose ways of showing emotion are different. If we judge according to our own cultural habits, we may make the mistake of “reading” the other person incorrectly.
1.What does the smile usually mean in the U.S.?
A. Love. B. Politeness.
C. Joy. D. Thankfulness
2.The author mentions the smile of the Vietnamese to prove that smile can ___ .
A. show friendliness to strangers.
B. be used to hide true feelings .
C. be used in the wrong places.
D. show personal habits.
3.What should we do before attempting to “read” people?
A. Learn about their relations with others.
B. Understand their cultural backgrounds.
C. Find out about their past experience.
D. Figure out what they will do next.
4. What would be the best title ?
A. Cultural Differences
B. Smiles and Relationship
C. Facial Expressiveness
D. Habits and Emotions
Sport is very popular in England. In other words lots of English people like the idea of sport. A lot watch sport on TV. But the number who take part in sport is quite small. On the whole English people prefer to be fat rather than thin. The most popular sport in England is football. Football is played on Saturday afternoon in most towns and the supporters of a certain team will travel from one end of the country to the other to see their team play. There are four divisions(级别) of the football league. Not surprisingly the best teams are in the first division. But the best supporters are often in the fourth division. You have to be a good supporter to watch the fourth division football!
Many other sports are also played in England, such as golf, in which you try to knock a ball into a hole; basketball, in which you try to get a ball through a net; tennis, in which you try to hit a ball so that your opponent(对手) can not hit it. As you see, if the ball had not been invented, there would have been no sport. Actually, that is not quite true. Athletics(田径) isn’t played with a ball; nor horseracing. Perhaps that is why they are not as popular as football!
1.________ is the most popular sport in England.
A. Basketball.B. Football.C. Golf.D. Tennis.
2.You have to be a good supporter to watch ________ division football.
A. the firstB. the secondC. the thirdD. the fourth
3.Why do many English people not take part in sport?
A. They are too busy.
B. They like watching sport on TV.
C. They would like to be fat.
D. They prefers to be thin.
4.Why are English people interested in sport?
A. They have their football team.
B. The sport games are played on Saturday afternoon.
C. They like the idea of sport.
D. They like the famous players.
Americans eat ________ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.
A. more than twiceB. as twice as many
C. twice as many asD. more than twice as many
阅读下面的句子，根据首字母或中文提示在空白处填入适当的单词。
1.As far as I am _________(concern), honesty is one of the most important qualities in making friends.
2.Good handwriting is of great _________(important) to students.
3.I would be g_________ if you could give me some advice.
4.At one point we were so high that we found ourselves c_________ through clouds.
5.__________ (bury) in the book, he didn’t notice what happened outside.
6.Chen Long, a man from Jingzhou, has ______ (go) through a lot before he won the first gold medal of the 2016 Olympic Games.
7.Workers built shelters for s_________ whose homes had been destroyed.
8.If you want to get good grades, you have to spend much time _________(prepare) for the exam.
9.A great scientist is someone who d__________ his/her life to helping others.
10.I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be o___________ for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature.
1.drift A. offspring
2.migrate B. likely to be very good or successful in the future
3.ancestor C. make something increase over a period of time
4.descendant D. using new methods or ideas
5.fragrance E. move slowly on water or in the air
6.accumulate F. move from one country and settle in another
7.alternative G. guess the cost, size, value, etc of something
8.innovative H. a person who is from an earlier time
9.estimate I. a sweet or pleasant odor; a scent
10.promising J. different from the one you already have
My name is Wang Kun. Since middle school, my sister and I 1.__________ (dream) about taking a great bike trip. After graduating 2._________ college, we finally got the chance to do it. It was my sister, Wang Wei, 3.__________ first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends. Our cousins live near the Lancang River which4._____________ (call) the Mekong River in other countries. My sister soon got 5.__________ interested in 6.____________ (cycle) too. Then she began to organize the trip and insisted that we start from the source of the river in Qinghai province 7.___________ the air is hard to breathe. I doubted her decision but she gave me a 8._____________ (determine) look. I know her9._________ (good). Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I gave 10._________ to her.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
It is 1. (say) that in the year of 300 AD, there was a kind old man and his name was Saint Nicholas. He was always ready to help the poor and often gave 2. (present) to them.
Today, Father Christmas is 3. imaginary figure, but 4. (near) all young children believe in him. They think he is an 5. (attract) old man with a long white beard 6. a long red robe.
7. the night of the twenty-fourth of December every year, Father Christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace 8. (put) presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings. So children go to bed that night, 9. (hang) up their stockings, and on Christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents. Of course, it's really 10. (they) parents who fill the stockings.
假设你是新华中学高二学生李华，即将进入高三的你的朋友William感到压力很大，学习效果基微，请你给他写一封电子邮件，帮助他放松身心，提高学习效率。
内容要点
1.快乐学习，保持愉快的心情
2.积极参加体育活动，听听歌曲音乐
3.多与同学交流，互相鼓励。
注意
1.开头和结尾已经为你写好，词数100左右。
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear William.
Recently, I have heard that you feel stressed as a to-be student of Senior Three.
Best wishes!
Yours.
Li Hua
