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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 here 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 other 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 puts 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.
【小题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 |
| 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 |
| A．There is no rule 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. |
| A．interests | B．habits and customs | C．cultures | D．ways of life |
“But what if I break my arm again？”My five-year-old daughter asked,looking very 1 .I knew she 2 very much to learn to ride,but ever since she’d fallen off her bike and broken her arm,she’d been afraid.
“Oh,honey,”I said.“I don’t think you’ll break another arm.”“ 3 I could,couldn’t I？”“You know,honey,”I said,“ 4 everything you do comes with risks.You could get a broken arm in a car 5 and then be afraid to 6 ride in a car again.You could break your arm jumping a rope.You could break your arm at gym.Do you want to 7 going to gym？”“No,”she said.And with a determined spirit,she stood up and 8 to try again.
I spent the rest of the afternoon at the park watching a very 9 little girl overcome a fear,and 10 myself on being a useful single parent after a painful divorce(离婚)．
As we walked home,she asked me about a conversation she’d overheard me having with my 11 the night before.
“Grandma wanted you to find someone to 12 .”“What grandma wants is for someone to 13 my heart again.”“But Mom...”“You’re too young to 14 it,”I told her.“So I guess love isn’t like a broken arm.”she said. 15 to answer,we walked the rest of the way in 16 .When I got home,I called my mother and 17 her for talking about this to my daughter.Then I did what I’d seen my brave little girl do that very afternoon.I agreed to 18 Steve.
Steve was the man for me.We 19 less than a year later.It turned out my mother and daughter were 20 .
1．A.surprised B．disappointed C．sad D．puzzled
2．A.wanted B．hated C．lost D．gained
3．A.And B．Or C．Instead D．But
4．A.Almost B．Hardly C．Nearly D．Mostly
5．A.trade B．sale C．accident D．show
6．A.ever B．never C．even D．yet
7．A.start B．regret C．finish D．stop
8．A.offered B．agreed C．had D．chose
9．A.shy B．weak C．brave D．gentle
10．A.congratulating B．praising C．encouraging D．celebrating
11．A.father B．mother C．sister D．brother
12．A.like B．know C．love D．teach
13．A.warm B．feel C．buy D．break
14．A.understand B．believe C．accept D．receive
15．A.Unable B．Unwilling C．Uncertain D．Unhappy
16．A.excitement B．sorrow C．silence D．surprise
17．A.punished B．scolded C．thanked D．appreciated
18．A.hire B．meet C．fire D．invite
19．A.left B．married C．moved D．quarrelled
20．A.wrong B．right C．clear D．clever
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Last month we finally got a chance to have a trip to E’mei Mountain, which we 1 (long)to do for ages．It was there 2 I was amazed by the most beautiful scenery I had ever seen!
The weather didn’t seem to welcome us when we got to West 3 (China)Chengdu city－it was quite wet and cold．On the coach heading to the mountain, I couldn’t help 4 (feel)disappointed．“What a bad day!”I said to myself when looking out of the window,“We may not be able to see a lot in the mountain．And 5 a pity it will be if we miss the sunrise next morning!”
The guide denied the possibility of a sunny day．“Actually, seldom 6 we have bright sunshine here, especially in winter．”he said．
Very early the next morning, amazingly, we got completely satisfied in a totally 7 (expect)way．On the way up the mountain, we found everything was becoming white-it was snowing!We screamed．Arriving at the top of the mountain, we found 8 in a white world that only existed in fairy tales． 9 could help describe what we saw．We were jumping, screaming, taking 10 (photo), trying to fill our eyes with everything we could see, because we knew that this was the first time to see such beauty of the nature, and probably, the only time in our lives．
Hi！Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble—and was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP (超感觉知觉).
ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.
Here's an example. A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, "My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!" Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.
There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what's behind these strange mental messages. Here's another example—one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.
A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, "There's room for one more." The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran away. The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said, "There's room for one more."
Then the man saw that the driver's face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn't get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!
Some people say stories like these are coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.
【小题1】According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is ________.
| A．in existence | B．imaginative | C．not real | D．impossible |
| A．about events before they happen |
| B．about events after they happen |
| C．about events that are happening some distance away |
| D．A and C |
| A．things that may not happen |
| B．things that happen in a dream |
| C．things that must happen |
| D．things that happen by accident |
| A．the human dream | B．the sixth sense |
| C．the human mind | D．a crowded bus |
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Recently, two professors of the University of Nebraska made a weekly television programme in which they discussed worthwhile books．Even primary school graduates watched, listened and learned．Therefore, it is not true that ETV has not been taught in the United States．I doubt the statement that “programmes which inform and enrich the mind in a general manner are wasted in schools”．There is a need to teach directly by television if we take teaching in the broad sense of the term．
Direct teaching by television has been explained as a series of television lessons directly related to a particular classroom textbook to satisfy the needs of pupils and teachers in a particular subject．Each lesson will be prepared by a teacher who also knows television production techniques and uses the modern technology in a television studio to put across his subject．
Will such TV lessons do without the services of a classroom teacher? In fact, without the classroom teacher to review the material and answer questions that such TV lessons would to be of very great value．
The children who watch ETV do so with different results－from very good to fair．Possibly, the programmes are too similar or too serious．Generally, they are not too long．Very likely, the children who benefit least are the slow learners．However, it is believed that there is a bright future for ETV inside and outside the classroom．The time may come when bigger and clearer screens will be used in the classroom, bigger and better programs will be exchanged between countries and more foreign experts will be brought in, listened to and followed by newcomers in the ETV field．
1．What’s the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)
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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?
It is probable that ETV isn’t useful to the slow students．
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3．Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words．)
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4．What advantages does ETV have?(Please answer within 30 words．)
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5．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．
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