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Making sense of how the US shows humor
Living in a new country gives me many surprises. The first surprise was the way that the US people speak
One day I saw someone was having a public speech in a square. I thought it would be a serious speech. But I soon found it became a kind of entertainment show.
The speaker told the audience to protect the environment with humorous words. Later he said some people’s behavior didn’t go with their words. He took the example of Taylor Swift’s song We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.[
He said that since Swift doesn’t want to be with the boy any more, she doesn’t need to speak it aloud, she doesn’t need to sing unless she still keeps in touch with that guy. It sounds like she is a hypocrite.
Then he sang the song in a funny way. The audience laughed out loudly. I felt a little angry because Swift is my favourite star. I couldn’t understand why they laughed at Swift.
As time goes on, I find many US people make fun of others. But they don’t mean to hurt them. They do that to show closeness and humour. And people who are laughed at seldom get angry. Now I understand the speaker at the square. Now I’ve got used to the way the US people speak.
It’s easy to find culture shock when you’re in a new place. But everyone should learn to understand different cultures and customs. 
小题1:The man in the square was _______________.
A.teaching people how to give a speech
B.calling on people to protect the environment
C.giving a singing show in public
D.criticizing the US government
小题2:What does the underlined word “hypocrite” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A.会唱歌的人B.真诚的人C.虚伪的人D.爱护环境的人
小题3:From Paragraph 6, we learn that_________________.
A.many US people like to laugh at others
B.many US people are friendly and humorous
C.the US people get angry at others easily
D.the writer doesn’t like the way the US people speak
小题4:Which is Not suitable for the passage?
A.The writer went to America and protect the environment.
B.Americans show humour in a different way from China.
C.It’s easy to find culture shock when you are in a new place.
D.Tailor Swift is an American famous singer.
小题5:What does the article mainly talk about?
A.Differences between the Chinese and the US people.
B.In what way the US people speak in public.
C.How to get used to life in the US.
D.A Chinese girl’s culture shock experience in the US.

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:D
解析

试题解析:本文大意:在一个新的国家居住给我很多惊喜。第一个就是美国人说话的方式。
一天我看到一个人在广场上做一个公共讲演,我认为会是一个严肃的演讲,但我不久就发现它变成一种娱乐秀了。演讲者用幽默的语言告诉观众保护环境,后来他说一些人的言行不致,拿Taylor Swift的歌 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.举例子。随着时间流逝,我发现许多美国人拿别人开玩笑,但他们本意不是伤害他们,那么做是展未亲密和幽默。我慢慢地习惯了美国的的说话方式。 当你在一个新地方时,很容易发现文化冲击,但每个人都应该学会去理解不同的文化和风俗。
小题1:细节理解题。根据The speaker told the audience to protect the environment with humorous words.演讲者用幽默的语言告诉观众保护环境,可知答案选B.
小题2:推理判断题。根据 Later he said some people’s behavior didn’t go with their words. He took the example of Taylor Swift’s song We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.后来他说一些人的言行不致,拿Taylor Swift的歌 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.举例子,可知答案选C.
小题3:细节理解题。根据As time goes on, I find many US people make fun of others. But they don’t mean to hurt them. They do that to show closeness and humour.随着时间流逝,我发现许多美国人拿别人开玩笑,但他们本意不是伤害他们,那么做是展未亲密和幽默,可知答案选B.
小题4:推理判断题。根据,可知答案选A.
小题5:主旨大意题。根据It’s easy to find culture shock when you’re in a new place. 当你在一个新地方时,很容易发现文化冲击,可知答案选D.
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Although they love winter, the people of Norway are also happy to see summer come. They enjoy the out-door activities at any time of the year. In summer they swim and sunbathe near the beach. Some people go hiking and go mountain climbing. Sail-boating is also very popular during the warm sunny summer months.
The Norwegians(挪威人), like people everywhere, find many in-door ways to have a good time. During the long winter they also enjoy movies. They like to read books from the libraries in all seasons. Family life is very important to the people of Norway.
小题1:In winter, ______ is the most popular sport for Norwegians to have a good time.
A.skiing.B.skating.C.swimmingD.skateboarding
小题2:Long, long time ago, Norwegians skied for  ______.
A.having funB.crossing the deep snow
C.making moneyD.taking exercise
小题3:How many activities can you find in the passage?
A.5B.7C.8D.6
小题4:The writer wants to tell us about ______.
A.skiingB.the life of Norwegians
C.out-door activitiesD.the way to have fun
小题5:Which sentence is right according to the passage?
A.Norwegians like winter, but they don’t like summer.
B.Norwegians don’t think family life is very important.
C.Norwegians also like indoor activities.
D.Norwegians dislike buses, trains or planes

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Paris was then the center of the world for artists. Everything that was new and exciting in the world of paintings seemed to happen there. 小题3:__________________When he was twenty-three, Picasso moved there to live . 小题4:_______________________
When he was over ninety, this great painter still lived his life like a young man. 小题5:____________________________
When he died in 1973, he was ninety-one years old.
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School education is very important and useful. Yet, no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula(公式). It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in math. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a math problem.
Great scientists before us didn’t get everything from school. Their teachers only showed them the way. Edison didn’t even finish primary school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things for mankind. The reason for their success is that they knew how to study. They read books that were not taught at school. They would ask many questions as they read. They did thousands of experiments. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. Above all, they knew how to use their brain.
小题1: People go to school to _________.
A.learn several subjectsB.make a living
C.get an educationD.learn from teachers
小题2: According to the passage, the most important thing a teacher should do is _________.
A.to teacher his students everything he knows
B.to teach the students how to think
C.to know everything they want to know
D.to teach the students how to work out a math problem
小题3:To work out a math problem, you need to know _________.
A.only a certain formulaB.a certain fact
C.some factsD.the way to solve it
小题4:Why were many scientists so successful?
A.They received good education.B.They were very clever.
C.They knew how to learn.D.They learned lots of facts and formulas.
小题5: How did great scientists study?
A.They read a lot of books and asked many questions while reading.
B.They did thousands of experiments.
C.They always worked hard and never wasted time.
D.All of the above.

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As the capital of China, Beijing is a very beautiful city with fresh air and clean streets which make the travelers feel very pleased. To my surprise, many people there were learning English. Later I was told that they did so because Beijing would hold the 29th Olympic Games and they wanted most foreigners to understand them. They strictly kept the traffic rules. When there was a red light, no one was seen crossing the street.
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根据短文内容选择正确答案。
小题1:From the passage, we know the Summer Palace ______.
A.has flowers only in summer
B.is worth visiting all the year round
C.is a place where people visit only in summer
D.is a place where many people ski in winter
小题2:The writer enjoyed ______ in Xiangshan.
A.skatingB.swimmingC.skiingD.board-skating
小题3:The five-day trip of Beijing was ______.
A.during New Year’s DayB.after the Spring Festival
C.on the Mid-Autumn DayD.before the Spring Festival
小题4:The foreigners were given a card each by the hotel ______.
A.so that they could easily find their hotel
B.in order to go shopping
C.so they could get something freely from the hotel
D.as the New Year’s gift
小题5:In the writer’s eyes, Chinese people ______.
A.are kindB.are helpful
C.strictly kept the traffic rulesD.all of the above

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C:  Many children love to tell stories out loud.
D:  Revising your writing is cleaning it up.
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