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Ⅰ.单项选择
1. Has the doctor ____ sent for?
A. referred to being B. referred to been
C. referring to being D. referred to be
2. My money ____. I’d better go to the bank to draw some of my
savings out in case I have none in hand.
A. has run out B. is running out
C. has been run out D. is running out of
3. Research universities have to keep up with the latest computer and scientific hardware ____ price.
A. on account of B. regardless of
C. in addition to D. apart from
4. ——Excuse me, visiting hours is over. It’s time for you to leave.
——I’m sorry; I ____ the time or I would have left earlier.
A. don’t know B. haven’t known
C. wasn’t knowing D. didn’t know
5. Women are easy to be ____ by the products claiming to help them lose weight in a week.
A. taken back B. taken away C. taken in D. taken out
6. These plastic flowers look so ____ that many people think they are real.
A. natural B. familiar C. beautiful D. similar
7. To understand the grammar of the sentence, you must break it ____ into parts.
A. down B. up C. off D. out
8. The bankruptcy has finally come as a ____ of the terribly bad management of the company.
A. summary B. consequence C. conclusion D. description
9. One advantage of playing the guitar is ____ it can give you a great deal of pleasure.
A. how B. why C. that D. when
10. ——Do you know when the man she is looking forward to ____?
——This evening.
A. coming B. will come C. has come D. come
11. We would have had a lovely holiday ____ it hadn’t rained.
A. unless B. if C. because D. though
12. Those Chinese students who go abroad at an early age ____ mother tongue teaching.
A. benefit from B. are beneficial from
C. have the benefit for D. are of benefit from
13. They were ____ to learn she was still writing her stories which had been lasting for many years.
A. amazed B. amused C. afraid D. able
14. They can’t afford to ____ their laboratories properly because of lack of funds.
A. offer B. supply C. provide D. equip
15. Are there any matters ____ from the minutes of the last meeting？
A. raising B. rising C. arising D. lifting
Ⅱ.完形填空
It was a Sunday afternoon and, unlike the past few weekends, the four of us didn’t sit at the kitchen table playing cards, our family’s usual Sunday afternoon entertainment. Dad had “things to do” and Mum was busy with the housework.
There was something really __1__ going on __2__ I didn’t know __3__ it was. Later that evening, my parents __4__ my sister Emily and me down in the living room because they said that they had to talk to us. I sat down suspiciously(猜疑地) on the __5__ side of the sofa.
My father began slowly, __6__ he was __7__. Lines grew deep in his forehead __8__ he told us that he and my mother were getting a divorce(离婚).
My mother started to __9__ in her eyes and she went to the bathroom and locked the door. She __10__ have tiptoed(踮脚走) __11__ I didn’t even realize she had gone until I heard her crying behind the door. My father went over to the window and looked out far beyond the view of our backyard.
What caused me the most __12__ was the fact that I always thought of my parents as being __13__， __14__ they fought all the time. I saw them as perfect in every __15__. I looked up to them more than anyone else, and now they had disappointed me. I think the pain came from not having anyone admire any more.
Now I see my father about once a month, and it’s __16__. I can talk to him more openly and I have learned to __17__ the time I get to spend with him. With my mother it’s changed in a different way. I’ve come to __18__ her more. She works so hard to make sure that Emily and I are always happy.
__19__ took a lot of time for me to realize that what they did was for the best and to forgive them for it. I now understand that parents aren’t__20__. They also make mistakes. I have learned that parents are people too.
1. A. different B. special C. strange D. important
2. A. and B. but C. then D. so
3. A. why B. how C. what D. which
4. A. set B. sat C. seated D. told
5. A. far B. near C. right D. wrong
6. A. the way B. at last C. later on D. as if
7. A. holding something back B. hiding something back
C. holding on something D. putting something off
8. A. when B. as C. after D. since
9. A. get tears B. show anger
C. have sadness D. look determined
10. A. might B. could C. must D. should
11. A. though B. only C. otherwise D. because
12. A. puzzle B. pain
C. disappointment D. anger
13. A. in love B. happy C. contented D. satisfied
14. A. still B. yet C. even though D. except that
15. A. reason B. way C. situation D. area
16. A. different B. better C. all right D. changing
17. A. use B. make C. appreciate D. choose
18. A. like B. believe C. trust D. respect
19. A. This B. What C. As D. It
20. A. easy B. clever C. perfect D. heroes
Ⅲ.阅读理解
(A)
Glynis Davis：
I first piled on the pounds when I was in the family way and I couldn’t lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I’d lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year…but it didn’t happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. I’d lost willpower（意志力） and tried to believe that the fish and chips didn’t make any difference but the scales don’t lie.
Roz Juma：
To be honest, I never weigh myself any more. I’ve learnt to be happy with myself. It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My idea is simple. You shouldn’t be too much thinking about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a supper-thin body. This is obviously the size I’ve meant to be and, most of all, I’m happy with it.
Lesley Codwin:
I was very happy about winning Young Slimmer of the Year. I’d look in the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me!That might have been my problem—perhaps from then on I didn’t pay any attention to myself. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you. I feel a complete failure because I’ve put on weight again.
Ros Langfod:
Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I’d always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant housework went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year. Very often I try to go on a diet …I’m really good for a few days, then end up having the children’s leftovers or eating happily chocolate—my weakness. I’d like to be slim, but right now my duty is the children and home. I might take more exercise when my kids are older.
1. What do you think the four women were all talking about? ____.
A. Their own slimming matter
B. Their life after marriage
C. Their work as a housewife
D. Different diets they prefer
2. Where are these short passages most likely to be taken from? ____.
A. Talks on the air B. Advertisements on the wall
C. Books in a library D. Magazines for children
3. What does the underlined word “scales” possibly mean? ____.
A. The coach（教练） in the slimming club
B. Some tools to measure weight
C. Glynis Davis’ dear husband
D. The salesperson in a food shop
4. Which of the following best describes each of the four women’s
attitudes towards slimming? ____.
1. Glynis Davis a.I put on weight soon after got married.
2. Roz Juma b.Fame（名声） doesn’t necessarily mean success.
3. Lesley Codwin c.Facts speak much louder than words.
4. Ros Langfod d.I like myself as I am, and to be what you are.
A. 1-c; 2-d; 3-b; 4-a B. 1-c; 2-b; 3-d; 4-a
C. 1-d; 2-a; 3-b; 4-c D. 1-a; 2-b; 3-c; 4-d
(B)
Chinese basketball players have never been so close to the NBA before but questions remain about how they will adjust to life in the NBA if they go.
Wang Zhizhi, the 2.16-metre center for the Bayi Rockets who was chosen by the Dallas Mavericks two years ago, has finally received permission from authorities to travel to Dallas to play for the rest of the NBA season after he finishes playing in the Chinese Basketball Association’s finals on March 25th. If he has no problems with his visa(签证), Wang will be the NBA’s first Asian player. Wang was chosen by the Mavericks in the second round of the 1999 draft but the Rockets, an army-run club, refused to let him go. After negotiations（谈判） between the Rockets and NBA representatives（代表）, the decision was made to allow Wang the chance to try his hand at American basketball, but only for a period of short time. He has to be back to play in the Ninth National Games in November in Guangzhou.
Another center who has attracted attention from the NBA is Yao Ming, the 2.26-meter star who has led to the Shanghai Sharks into the finals fight with the Rockets this year. The 20-year-old’s NBA dreams might be harder to realize. Yao is the center of the Sharks and the club’s manager Bei Genyuan has said that he would allow Yao to go only at a proper time, for a proper team and under proper conditions.
Yao hasn’t been chosen yet and it is unlikely that he will be any time soon. People in the Sharks’ front office earlier told members of the press that “it is not proper for Yao to attend the draft this year” because he has to represent Shanghai in the Ninth National Games. Even if Wang and Yao make it to the promised land of basketball at last, analysts on both sides of the Pacific have said the NBA road will be a long one for both of them. Besides needing to work on their upper body strength, Wang and Yao will also have to adapt to the speed, techniques and above all, culture of the NBA.
1. Yao Ming has attracted attention from the NBA because ____.
A. he is 2.26 metres tall, who is the tallest basketball player in China
B. he is the center of the Shanghai Sharks and has led Sharks into the final fight with the Rockets
C. he is regarded as the best basketball player in China
D. he is thought highly of in the international world
2. Yao Ming can play for the NBA if ____.
A. there is no problem with his visa
B. NBA agrees to supply favorable conditions for him
C. time and conditions are proper
D. NBA can pay a large sum of money for Sharks
3. The underlined phrase “try his hand” in the passage probably means ____.
A. 初试身手 B. 碰碰运气 C. 成为一员 D. 为其效劳
4. The NBA chose Wang Zhizhi so that ____.
A. it can show the NBA need talents
B. Wang Zhizhi can have a bright future
C. its whole level will be improved
D. it can make Wang Zhizhi world-famous
5. When Wang Zhizhi plays in the NBA, he will have to adapt to many things of the NBA except ____.
A. rules of basketball B. the speed
C. culture D. techniques
(C)
Ideas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another. Some societies, such as America and Australia, for example, are mobile and very open. People there change jobs and move houses quite often. As a result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time, and they need to get to know people quickly. So it’s normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal.
On the one hand, there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long-term relationships are more important. A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example, will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business. But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.
To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first. On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society put it, it’s no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don’t want to answer.
Cross-cultural differences aren’t just a problem for travelers, but also for the flights that carry them. All flights want to provide the best service, but ideas about good service are different from place to place. This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with.
Some societies have universalist cultures. These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way.
Particularist societies, on the other hand, also have rules, but they are less important than the society’s unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person. So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.
This difference can cause problems. A traveler from a particularist society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalist culture. The Indian traveler has too much luggage, but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family. He expects that the check-in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him. The check-in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage, it wouldn’t be fair to the other passengers. But the traveler thinks this is unfair, because the other passengers don’t have his problem.
1． Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americans and Australians ____.
A. like traveling better
B. easy to communicate with
C． difficult to make real friends
D． have a long-term relationship with their neighbors
2． People like Malaysians prefer to associate with those ____.
A. who will tell them everything of their own
B. who want to do business with them
C． they know quite well
D． who are good at talking
3． A person from a less mobile society will feel it ____. When a stranger keeps talking to him or her, and asking him or her
questions.
A. boring B. friendly C． normal D． rough
4． In “particularist societies”, ____.
A. they have no rules for people to obey
B. people obey the society’s rules completely
C． no one obeys the society’s rules though they have
D． the society’s rules can be changed with different persons or
situations
5. The writer of the passage thinks that the Indian and the German have different ideas about rules because of different ____.
A. interests B. cultures
C. habits and customs D. ways of life
(D)
One evening Mr Green was driving in his car along a lonely country road. He had been to London where he had drawn ￡ 50 from the bank, and he was now returning home with the money which he had put in his pocket book. At the loneliest part of the road a man in shabby, badly-fitting clothes stopped him and asked for a lift. Mr Green told him to get into the car and continued on his way. As he talked to the man he learned that he had been in prison for robbery and had broken out of prison two days ago. Mr Green was very worried at the thought of the ￡ 50 that he had put in his pocket book. Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a bright idea. He had just reached a small town where the speed limit was 30 miles an hour. He pressed down the accelerator and drove the car as fast as it would go. He looked back and saw that the police-car had seen him and had begun to chase him. After a mile or so the police-car overtook him and ordered him to stop. A policeman got out and came to Mr Green’s car. Mr Green had hoped that he could tell the policeman about the escaped robber, but the man had taken a gun out of his pocket and had put it to Mr Green’s back.The policeman took out his notebook and pencil and said he wanted Mr.Green’s name and address. Mr Green asked to be taken to the police station but the policeman said, “No, I want your name and address now. You will have to appear at the police court later.” So, Mr Green gave the policeman his name and address. The policeman wrote it down, put his notebook and pencil back in his pocket and gave Mr Green a talk about dangerous driving. Then Mr Green started up his car again and drove on. He had given up all hope of his ￡50, but just as he reached the outskirts of London, the passenger said he wanted to get out here. Mr Green stopped the car, the man got out and said, “Thanks for the lift. You’ve been good to me. This is the least I can do in return.” And he handed Mr Green the policeman’s notebook. While the policeman had talked to Mr Green, the thief had stolen the notebook.
1. What was Mr Green worried about when he learned the man was an escaped robber? ____.
A. The ￡ 50 in his pocket book B. His life
C. His car D. His pocket book
2. Which of the following is true? ____.
A. Mr Green wanted to be taken to the police station right away but the policeman refused him
B. The policeman asked Mr Green to come to the police station right away
C. The policeman told Mr Green that he would have to pay a fine
D. Mr Green would not give his name and address but promised to appear at the police court later
3. What did the robber give Mr Green when he got out of the car? ____.
A. The pistol he had put to the back of Mr Green
B. Some money
C. Some money and the stolen notebook
D. The policeman’s notebook
4. Why did the robber steal the policeman’s notebook? ____.
A. He wanted to show he could do something other people could not do
B. He thought he should do something to save Mr Green from trouble
C. He had no other purpose but to play a trick on the policeman
D. He meant to use the notebook to pay for the life
Ⅳ.短文改错
Nowadays, almost every family has TV set, and almost 1.____
everyone likes watching TV. TV has become part of our lives.2.____
TV has many advantages, for example, it informs us the 3.____
latest news which is happening in the world; it can open our4.____
eyes, enlarge our knowledge and also help us to see more 5.____
about the world. But, it also has some disadvantages. People6.____
waste too much time in watching TV and his normal life7.____
and work are affected. To the children who they spend too8.____
much time in watching TV, it can do harmful to their sight 9.____
and healthy. So we should control the time of watching TV. 10.____
Ⅴ.书面表达
假如你是李华，你的英国网友Peter给你发了一封电子邮件，在该电子邮件中Peter询问了有关北京2008年奥运吉祥物（mascots）“五福娃”的情况，现在请你给Peter回封电子邮件，向他介绍“五福娃”的信息，并欢迎他在2008年到北京观看奥运会盛况。
五福娃信息
写作要求：词数100~120；开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
Nice to receive your e-mail. In your e-mail you asked me something about Beijing Olympic mascots. Now I would like to say something about them.
Yours,
Li Hua
Key(5)
1. Has the doctor ____ sent for?
A. referred to being B. referred to been
C. referring to being D. referred to be
2. My money ____. I’d better go to the bank to draw some of my
savings out in case I have none in hand.
A. has run out B. is running out
C. has been run out D. is running out of
3. Research universities have to keep up with the latest computer and scientific hardware ____ price.
A. on account of B. regardless of
C. in addition to D. apart from
4. ——Excuse me, visiting hours is over. It’s time for you to leave.
——I’m sorry; I ____ the time or I would have left earlier.
A. don’t know B. haven’t known
C. wasn’t knowing D. didn’t know
5. Women are easy to be ____ by the products claiming to help them lose weight in a week.
A. taken back B. taken away C. taken in D. taken out
6. These plastic flowers look so ____ that many people think they are real.
A. natural B. familiar C. beautiful D. similar
7. To understand the grammar of the sentence, you must break it ____ into parts.
A. down B. up C. off D. out
8. The bankruptcy has finally come as a ____ of the terribly bad management of the company.
A. summary B. consequence C. conclusion D. description
9. One advantage of playing the guitar is ____ it can give you a great deal of pleasure.
A. how B. why C. that D. when
10. ——Do you know when the man she is looking forward to ____?
——This evening.
A. coming B. will come C. has come D. come
11. We would have had a lovely holiday ____ it hadn’t rained.
A. unless B. if C. because D. though
12. Those Chinese students who go abroad at an early age ____ mother tongue teaching.
A. benefit from B. are beneficial from
C. have the benefit for D. are of benefit from
13. They were ____ to learn she was still writing her stories which had been lasting for many years.
A. amazed B. amused C. afraid D. able
14. They can’t afford to ____ their laboratories properly because of lack of funds.
A. offer B. supply C. provide D. equip
15. Are there any matters ____ from the minutes of the last meeting？
A. raising B. rising C. arising D. lifting
Ⅱ.完形填空
It was a Sunday afternoon and, unlike the past few weekends, the four of us didn’t sit at the kitchen table playing cards, our family’s usual Sunday afternoon entertainment. Dad had “things to do” and Mum was busy with the housework.
There was something really __1__ going on __2__ I didn’t know __3__ it was. Later that evening, my parents __4__ my sister Emily and me down in the living room because they said that they had to talk to us. I sat down suspiciously(猜疑地) on the __5__ side of the sofa.
My father began slowly, __6__ he was __7__. Lines grew deep in his forehead __8__ he told us that he and my mother were getting a divorce(离婚).
My mother started to __9__ in her eyes and she went to the bathroom and locked the door. She __10__ have tiptoed(踮脚走) __11__ I didn’t even realize she had gone until I heard her crying behind the door. My father went over to the window and looked out far beyond the view of our backyard.
What caused me the most __12__ was the fact that I always thought of my parents as being __13__， __14__ they fought all the time. I saw them as perfect in every __15__. I looked up to them more than anyone else, and now they had disappointed me. I think the pain came from not having anyone admire any more.
Now I see my father about once a month, and it’s __16__. I can talk to him more openly and I have learned to __17__ the time I get to spend with him. With my mother it’s changed in a different way. I’ve come to __18__ her more. She works so hard to make sure that Emily and I are always happy.
__19__ took a lot of time for me to realize that what they did was for the best and to forgive them for it. I now understand that parents aren’t__20__. They also make mistakes. I have learned that parents are people too.
1. A. different B. special C. strange D. important
2. A. and B. but C. then D. so
3. A. why B. how C. what D. which
4. A. set B. sat C. seated D. told
5. A. far B. near C. right D. wrong
6. A. the way B. at last C. later on D. as if
7. A. holding something back B. hiding something back
C. holding on something D. putting something off
8. A. when B. as C. after D. since
9. A. get tears B. show anger
C. have sadness D. look determined
10. A. might B. could C. must D. should
11. A. though B. only C. otherwise D. because
12. A. puzzle B. pain
C. disappointment D. anger
13. A. in love B. happy C. contented D. satisfied
14. A. still B. yet C. even though D. except that
15. A. reason B. way C. situation D. area
16. A. different B. better C. all right D. changing
17. A. use B. make C. appreciate D. choose
18. A. like B. believe C. trust D. respect
19. A. This B. What C. As D. It
20. A. easy B. clever C. perfect D. heroes
Ⅲ.阅读理解
(A)
Glynis Davis：
I first piled on the pounds when I was in the family way and I couldn’t lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I’d lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year…but it didn’t happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. I’d lost willpower（意志力） and tried to believe that the fish and chips didn’t make any difference but the scales don’t lie.
Roz Juma：
To be honest, I never weigh myself any more. I’ve learnt to be happy with myself. It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My idea is simple. You shouldn’t be too much thinking about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a supper-thin body. This is obviously the size I’ve meant to be and, most of all, I’m happy with it.
Lesley Codwin:
I was very happy about winning Young Slimmer of the Year. I’d look in the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me!That might have been my problem—perhaps from then on I didn’t pay any attention to myself. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you. I feel a complete failure because I’ve put on weight again.
Ros Langfod:
Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I’d always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant housework went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year. Very often I try to go on a diet …I’m really good for a few days, then end up having the children’s leftovers or eating happily chocolate—my weakness. I’d like to be slim, but right now my duty is the children and home. I might take more exercise when my kids are older.
1. What do you think the four women were all talking about? ____.
A. Their own slimming matter
B. Their life after marriage
C. Their work as a housewife
D. Different diets they prefer
2. Where are these short passages most likely to be taken from? ____.
A. Talks on the air B. Advertisements on the wall
C. Books in a library D. Magazines for children
3. What does the underlined word “scales” possibly mean? ____.
A. The coach（教练） in the slimming club
B. Some tools to measure weight
C. Glynis Davis’ dear husband
D. The salesperson in a food shop
4. Which of the following best describes each of the four women’s
attitudes towards slimming? ____.
1. Glynis Davis a.I put on weight soon after got married.
2. Roz Juma b.Fame（名声） doesn’t necessarily mean success.
3. Lesley Codwin c.Facts speak much louder than words.
4. Ros Langfod d.I like myself as I am, and to be what you are.
A. 1-c; 2-d; 3-b; 4-a B. 1-c; 2-b; 3-d; 4-a
C. 1-d; 2-a; 3-b; 4-c D. 1-a; 2-b; 3-c; 4-d
(B)
Chinese basketball players have never been so close to the NBA before but questions remain about how they will adjust to life in the NBA if they go.
Wang Zhizhi, the 2.16-metre center for the Bayi Rockets who was chosen by the Dallas Mavericks two years ago, has finally received permission from authorities to travel to Dallas to play for the rest of the NBA season after he finishes playing in the Chinese Basketball Association’s finals on March 25th. If he has no problems with his visa(签证), Wang will be the NBA’s first Asian player. Wang was chosen by the Mavericks in the second round of the 1999 draft but the Rockets, an army-run club, refused to let him go. After negotiations（谈判） between the Rockets and NBA representatives（代表）, the decision was made to allow Wang the chance to try his hand at American basketball, but only for a period of short time. He has to be back to play in the Ninth National Games in November in Guangzhou.
Another center who has attracted attention from the NBA is Yao Ming, the 2.26-meter star who has led to the Shanghai Sharks into the finals fight with the Rockets this year. The 20-year-old’s NBA dreams might be harder to realize. Yao is the center of the Sharks and the club’s manager Bei Genyuan has said that he would allow Yao to go only at a proper time, for a proper team and under proper conditions.
Yao hasn’t been chosen yet and it is unlikely that he will be any time soon. People in the Sharks’ front office earlier told members of the press that “it is not proper for Yao to attend the draft this year” because he has to represent Shanghai in the Ninth National Games. Even if Wang and Yao make it to the promised land of basketball at last, analysts on both sides of the Pacific have said the NBA road will be a long one for both of them. Besides needing to work on their upper body strength, Wang and Yao will also have to adapt to the speed, techniques and above all, culture of the NBA.
1. Yao Ming has attracted attention from the NBA because ____.
A. he is 2.26 metres tall, who is the tallest basketball player in China
B. he is the center of the Shanghai Sharks and has led Sharks into the final fight with the Rockets
C. he is regarded as the best basketball player in China
D. he is thought highly of in the international world
2. Yao Ming can play for the NBA if ____.
A. there is no problem with his visa
B. NBA agrees to supply favorable conditions for him
C. time and conditions are proper
D. NBA can pay a large sum of money for Sharks
3. The underlined phrase “try his hand” in the passage probably means ____.
A. 初试身手 B. 碰碰运气 C. 成为一员 D. 为其效劳
4. The NBA chose Wang Zhizhi so that ____.
A. it can show the NBA need talents
B. Wang Zhizhi can have a bright future
C. its whole level will be improved
D. it can make Wang Zhizhi world-famous
5. When Wang Zhizhi plays in the NBA, he will have to adapt to many things of the NBA except ____.
A. rules of basketball B. the speed
C. culture D. techniques
(C)
Ideas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another. Some societies, such as America and Australia, for example, are mobile and very open. People there change jobs and move houses quite often. As a result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time, and they need to get to know people quickly. So it’s normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal.
On the one hand, there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long-term relationships are more important. A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example, will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business. But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.
To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first. On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society put it, it’s no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don’t want to answer.
Cross-cultural differences aren’t just a problem for travelers, but also for the flights that carry them. All flights want to provide the best service, but ideas about good service are different from place to place. This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with.
Some societies have universalist cultures. These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way.
Particularist societies, on the other hand, also have rules, but they are less important than the society’s unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person. So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.
This difference can cause problems. A traveler from a particularist society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalist culture. The Indian traveler has too much luggage, but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family. He expects that the check-in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him. The check-in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage, it wouldn’t be fair to the other passengers. But the traveler thinks this is unfair, because the other passengers don’t have his problem.
1． Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americans and Australians ____.
A. like traveling better
B. easy to communicate with
C． difficult to make real friends
D． have a long-term relationship with their neighbors
2． People like Malaysians prefer to associate with those ____.
A. who will tell them everything of their own
B. who want to do business with them
C． they know quite well
D． who are good at talking
3． A person from a less mobile society will feel it ____. When a stranger keeps talking to him or her, and asking him or her
questions.
A. boring B. friendly C． normal D． rough
4． In “particularist societies”, ____.
A. they have no rules for people to obey
B. people obey the society’s rules completely
C． no one obeys the society’s rules though they have
D． the society’s rules can be changed with different persons or
situations
5. The writer of the passage thinks that the Indian and the German have different ideas about rules because of different ____.
A. interests B. cultures
C. habits and customs D. ways of life
(D)
One evening Mr Green was driving in his car along a lonely country road. He had been to London where he had drawn ￡ 50 from the bank, and he was now returning home with the money which he had put in his pocket book. At the loneliest part of the road a man in shabby, badly-fitting clothes stopped him and asked for a lift. Mr Green told him to get into the car and continued on his way. As he talked to the man he learned that he had been in prison for robbery and had broken out of prison two days ago. Mr Green was very worried at the thought of the ￡ 50 that he had put in his pocket book. Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a bright idea. He had just reached a small town where the speed limit was 30 miles an hour. He pressed down the accelerator and drove the car as fast as it would go. He looked back and saw that the police-car had seen him and had begun to chase him. After a mile or so the police-car overtook him and ordered him to stop. A policeman got out and came to Mr Green’s car. Mr Green had hoped that he could tell the policeman about the escaped robber, but the man had taken a gun out of his pocket and had put it to Mr Green’s back.The policeman took out his notebook and pencil and said he wanted Mr.Green’s name and address. Mr Green asked to be taken to the police station but the policeman said, “No, I want your name and address now. You will have to appear at the police court later.” So, Mr Green gave the policeman his name and address. The policeman wrote it down, put his notebook and pencil back in his pocket and gave Mr Green a talk about dangerous driving. Then Mr Green started up his car again and drove on. He had given up all hope of his ￡50, but just as he reached the outskirts of London, the passenger said he wanted to get out here. Mr Green stopped the car, the man got out and said, “Thanks for the lift. You’ve been good to me. This is the least I can do in return.” And he handed Mr Green the policeman’s notebook. While the policeman had talked to Mr Green, the thief had stolen the notebook.
1. What was Mr Green worried about when he learned the man was an escaped robber? ____.
A. The ￡ 50 in his pocket book B. His life
C. His car D. His pocket book
2. Which of the following is true? ____.
A. Mr Green wanted to be taken to the police station right away but the policeman refused him
B. The policeman asked Mr Green to come to the police station right away
C. The policeman told Mr Green that he would have to pay a fine
D. Mr Green would not give his name and address but promised to appear at the police court later
3. What did the robber give Mr Green when he got out of the car? ____.
A. The pistol he had put to the back of Mr Green
B. Some money
C. Some money and the stolen notebook
D. The policeman’s notebook
4. Why did the robber steal the policeman’s notebook? ____.
A. He wanted to show he could do something other people could not do
B. He thought he should do something to save Mr Green from trouble
C. He had no other purpose but to play a trick on the policeman
D. He meant to use the notebook to pay for the life
Ⅳ.短文改错
Nowadays, almost every family has TV set, and almost 1.____
everyone likes watching TV. TV has become part of our lives.2.____
TV has many advantages, for example, it informs us the 3.____
latest news which is happening in the world; it can open our4.____
eyes, enlarge our knowledge and also help us to see more 5.____
about the world. But, it also has some disadvantages. People6.____
waste too much time in watching TV and his normal life7.____
and work are affected. To the children who they spend too8.____
much time in watching TV, it can do harmful to their sight 9.____
and healthy. So we should control the time of watching TV. 10.____
Ⅴ.书面表达
假如你是李华，你的英国网友Peter给你发了一封电子邮件，在该电子邮件中Peter询问了有关北京2008年奥运吉祥物（mascots）“五福娃”的情况，现在请你给Peter回封电子邮件，向他介绍“五福娃”的信息，并欢迎他在2008年到北京观看奥运会盛况。
五福娃信息
写作要求：词数100~120；开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
Nice to receive your e-mail. In your e-mail you asked me something about Beijing Olympic mascots. Now I would like to say something about them.
Yours,
Li Hua
Key(5)