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A
foreigner
’
s first
impression of the U.S. is likely to be that
everyone is in a rush-often
under
pressure.
1. Which of the
following statements is wrong? __________
D. Americans are impolite to their
business colleagues.
2. In the fourth
paragraph,
“
a high
priority
”
means __________.
B. a first concern
3.
Americans evaluate a business colleague
__________.
D. by learning
about their past performance
4. This
passage mainly talks about __________.
A. how Americans treasure their time
5.
We can infer from the passage that the
author
’
s tone in writing is
___________.
C. appreciative
A
characteristic
of American culture that has become almost a
tradition is to respect the
self-made
man
1. From paragraph 1, we know that
in America _______.
A. people tend to
have a high opinion of the self-made man
2. According to the passage, the
hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because
_______.
B. she takes pride in what she
can do herself
3. The expression
“
wait on
table
”
in the second
paragraph means
“
_______
”
.
D. serve
customers in a restaurant
4. The
author
’
s attitude towards
manual
（体力的）
labor is _______.
A. positive
5. Which of
the following may serve as the best title of the
passage?
B. American Attitude toward
Manual Labor.
B
ritain and
France are separated by the English Channel, a
body of water that can be crossed
in as
few as 20 minutes.
1. For centuries,
the relationship between Britain and France is
____________.
D. a mixture of love and
hate
2. The war in Iraq does
____________ to the relationship between France
and Britain.
D. both good and harm
3. The British are not so friendly to
____________ and the French are not so friendly to
____________.
A. Germany; America
4. ____________ are more interested in
having holidays in ____________.
D.
British people
?
France
5. What does the last sentence mean?
C. France and Britain are near
neighbors, and this will help balance the
relationship between them.
B
y definition, heroes and
heroines are men and women distinguished by
uncommon courage,
1. The
passage mainly deals with _______.
C.
heroes and icons
2. Heroes and heroines
are usually _______.
D. all of the
above
3. Which of the following
statements is wrong?
D. Heroes and
heroines can only emerge in war times.
4. Beautiful young Diana Spencer found
her genuine love _______.
C. just
before her death
5. What is more likely
to set an icon
’
s status?
B. Tragic and early death.
C
ommunity service is an
important component of education here at our
university.
1. What is the purpose of
the talk? ____________
B. To interest
students in a new community program.
2.
What is the purpose of the program that the
speaker describes? ____________
C. To
offer tutorials to elementary school students.
3. What does Professor Dodge do?
____________
A. He advises students to
participate in certain program.
4.
What should students who are interested in the
tutorials do? ____________
D. Talk to
Professor Dodge.
5. Whom do you think
the speaker addresses? ____________
B.
Students.
H
ow men first
learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words,
the origin of language is
a
mystery
.
1. The origin of
language is _______.
D. a problem not
yet solved
2. What is true about words?
C. They are simply sounds.
3. The real power of words lies in
their _______.
D. representative
function
4. By
“association”
, the author
means _______.
B. a joining of ideas
in the mind
5. Which of the following
statements about the real poet is NOT true?
A. He is no more than a master of
words.
I
n the United States, it is
not customary to telephone someone very early in
the morning.
1. What is the
main idea of this passage? __________
B. The role of time in social life over
the world.
2. What does it mean in the
passage if you call someone during his or her
sleeping hours? __________
B. A matter
of life or death.
3. Which of the
following time is proper if you want to make an
appointment with your friend? __________
B. at 4:00 pm.
4. Which of
the following statements is true according to the
passage? __________
D. Promptness is
valued highly in American life.
5.
From the passage we can safely infer that
__________.
B. the meaning of time
differs in different parts of the world
I
t
has
been
reported
that
in
colleges
across
the
United
States,
the
daytime
serial
drama
known
as
the soap opera has suddenly become
“
in
”
.
1. What is soap opera?
C.
The daytime serial dramas on TV.
2.
What can be the best title of the passage?
C. Soap opera fans.
3.
Which are not the reasons why the soap opera
suddenly becomes
“
in
”
according to the passage?
D. Because
the young people have to bear the responsibilities
for their troubles.
4. What can learn
from the passage?