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1、1 话题语篇专攻练23 文化习俗(一) (建议用时40分钟) . 阅读理解 A (2017洛阳模拟)Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. The following are six cultural differences between China and the US to help promote mutual understanding. _ Chinese people do not have the same co
2、ncept of privacy as Americans do. They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and disturbing. Family In China, elders are traditionally treated with great respect while the young are cared for. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage in
3、dependence, particularly that of the children. Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children. Friends Chinese people have different meanings to define friends. Just hanging out together time to time is not friendship. Friendship means lifelong friends who feel it deeply necessa
4、ry to give each other whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends. Money As is well known, the Chinese like to save. They are alw
5、ays conservative when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the US, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their 2 Chinese counterparts(对应面). Education Chinese people value education and career more than Americans, who in turn put more emphasis on
6、 good character and faith. Team VS Individual Basically China values the community and the US values the individual. If you achieve something in the US, its because you are great. While in China, if you achieve something its because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets at
7、tributed to the greater whole, while in America individual merits(功绩)are celebrated. 【文章大意】本文主要讲述了中国人和美国人的文化差异。 1. Which is the most appropriate word to show the first cultural difference? A. Privacy. B. Income. C. Age. D. Marriage. 【解析】选A。段落大意题。根据第二段第一句Chinese people do not have the same concept of
8、 privacy as Americans do. 中国人没有像美国人一样的隐私概念, 故选A。 2. Which is TRUE according to the passage? A. American parents seldom live with their children. B. There is no friendship between American people drinking together. C. Chinese people are usually generous with money to spend. D. Americans value good ch
9、aracter and faith in terms of education. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据Education部分可知中国人比美国人更重视教育和事业, 而美国人更加重视良好的品格和信仰, 故选D。 3. Which one is similar to the underlined phrase? A. is attached to B. brings in C. is promoted to D. results in 【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据本段Team VS Individual可知在中国, 如果你取得了优 异的成绩, 会被归因于集体, 家庭或者公司的辛勤培育。可
10、知画线词组的意思是: 被归因 于, 故选A。 B3 If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are. Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the
11、 driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to(料理), and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety. The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their
12、meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card(住宿登记卡)to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of cha
13、rge. The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate(价钱). From then on, they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly(相应 地). With so many loopholes(漏洞)in everyday life, surely Finland mu
14、st be a heaven to those who love to take“petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an hone
15、st account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”. In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others? 【文章大意】文章通过出租车、酒店、工人等介绍了
16、芬兰人民的“愚蠢”, 来表明并赞美 了芬兰社会的和谐, 人民的思想觉悟高。 4. While taking a taxi in Finland, _. 4 A. a passenger can go anywhere without having to pay the driver B. a passenger pays two US dollars for a taxi ride C. a passenger can never be refused by the taxi driver wherever he wants to go D. a passenger needs to provide good faith demonstration(证明)before leaving without paying 【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第二段的“You can go anywhere in one, tell
