| 阅读理解。 |
This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year"s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (《友谊地
久天长》). It is the traditional music played during the New Year"s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old
Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words "auld lang syne" mean "old long since". No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a
version by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published (出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today
first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year"s Eve. The version (译文) you are hearing
today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like
to wish all our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas. |
| 1. This passage is from ______. |
| [ ] |
A. a newspaper.
B. a magazine.
C. a TV program.
D. a radio program. |
| 2. ______ is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us. |
| [ ] |
A. Robert Bums.
B. The Washington Saxophone Quartet.
C. Buddy Thomas.
D. The passage doesn"t tell us. |
| 3. From the passage, we know that The song Auld Lang Syne mainly played in the USA ______. |
| [ ] |
A. On New Year"s Eve.
B. On Christmas Eve.
C. On weekends. D.On holidays. |
| 4.The words and music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appeared ______. |
| [ ] |
A. In 1790.
B. In 1793.
C. In 1796.
D. In 1799. |
| 5. The song Auld Lang Syne is about ______. |
| [ ] |
A. the history of Scotland
B. an old Scottish poet
C. the need to remember old friends
D. the wishes to the radio friends |
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试题【阅读理解。 This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year"s Eve. It 】；主要考察你对
社会历史类等知识点的理解。
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| 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 |
There are many unique (独特的) hotels around the world. In Greenland, there is a hotel made out of ice, open
between December and April every year. In Turkey, there is a cave hotel with a television, furniture, and a
bathroom in each room. And in Bolivia, there is the Salt Palace Hotel.
Thousands of years ago, the area around the Salt Palace Hotel was a large lake. But over time, all the water
disappeared. Today, the area had only two small lakes and two salt deserts(不毛之地).
The larger of the two deserts, the Uyuni salt desert, is 12,000 square kilometers. During the day, the desert
is bright white because of the salt. There are no roads across the Uyuni desert. So local people must show
guests the way to the hotel.
In the early 1990s, a man named Jusan Quesada built the hotel. He cut big blocks of salt from the desert and
used the blocks to built it. Everything in the hotel is made of salt: the walls, the roof, the tables, the chairs, the
beds, and the hotel"s bar.
The sun heats the walls and roof during the day. At night the desert is very cold, but the rooms stay warm.
The hotel has twelve rooms. A single room costs $40 a night, and a double room costs %60.
A sign on the hotel"s wall tells guests: Please don"t lick (舔) the walls. |
| 1. What is unique about the Salt Palace Hotel? |
| [ ] |
A. Its long history.
B. The price of the rooms.
C. The guests that stay here.
D. What it is made of. |
| 2. Which sentence about the area around the Salt Palace Hotel is NOT true? |
| [ ] |
A. It was a lake many years ago.
B. It is white during the day.
C. There are several roads to the hotels.
D. It is more than 10,000 square kilometers. |
| 3. Where did the salt used for the hotel come from? |
| [ ] |
A. A salt factory.
B. The ground.
C. Turkey.
D. The walls of the hotel. |
| 4. Who is Jusan Quesada? |
| [ ] |
A. A hotel guest.
B. A guide.
C. The hotel"s owner.
D. An expert (专家) on salt. |
| 5. What keeps the rooms warm at night? |
| [ ] |
A. Heat from the walls.
B. The desert air.
C. The sun.
D. The furniture. |
| 完形填空。 |
Many of you are studying English and you may be (1)_______ why it is so difficult to learn. It"s actually
not too difficult to learn (2)______ you know some (3)_______ about the language and culture that it reflects
(反映). Perhaps the first thing you need to know about English is that it is made up of several other languages
(4)_______ French, German, Latin, Greek and Anglo-Saxon. In addition, there are words (5)_______ Spanish
in English and many American Indian words and names, even some Chinese and Japanese (6)_______ can be
found in the English language. This borrowing of words (7) other languages is (8)_______ of the key
reasons (9)______ there are some difficulties that people meet with (10) they are learning English. |
( )1. A. knowing
( )2. A. but
( )3. A. news
( )4. A. such as
( )5. A. in
( )6. A. words
( )7. A. for
( )8. A. that
( )9. A. why
( )10.A. when | B. wondering
B. and
B. facts
B. the same as
B. off
B. culture
B. to
B. something
B. of
B. before | C. learning
C. if
C. truth
C. so as
C. of
C. language
C. from
C. one
C. what
C. after | D. hearing
D. unless
D. information
D. for example
D. from
D. letters
D. out
D. this
D. for
D. while | | 任务型阅读。 | Amanda is an American filmmaker and actress. She came to China three years ago to study Performance at
Beijing Film Academy. Last month, she moved to Japan to study Economics at the University of Tokyo. On June
10th, She returned to the USA. She chatted with her parents about the cultural differences between the two
countries.
"The people in both countries are very friendly to foreigner. But they have different cultures. For example,
when I spoke Chinese in China, the people there always showed surprise on their faces. But when I came to
Japan, I found it was opposite. Most local people there hoped I could talk with them in Japanese, though I was
not good at it," she said.
Amanda thought this might have something to do with the fact that the western group in Japan is older than
the one in China. They have stayed in Japan for a long time. And most of them speak Japanese well. But
Westerners in China are still quite a new group. They"re usually treated as guests and tourists. | 阅读短文，完成下面表格，每空一词。
| | In Japan | In China | | Time Amanda spent | About one month | About 1 years | | Subjects Amanda 2 | Economics | Performance | | Different 3 | The Japanese expected the
Westerners to speak Japanese. | The Chinese felt 4 when
the Westerners spoke Chinese. | | 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 | When my wife and I went to live in an Arab country, my friends told us to be prepared for a culture shock.
Later, we realized that the advice given to us by our friends was correct.
The culture shock started with the weather. Here, the burning sun can cook an egg in a minute! The hot
weather made us feel so tired that we were falling asleep at midday!
Another culture shock was the working week. We worked from Saturdays to Wednesdays, including
Sundays. It was also strange to see people praying (祷告) in a certain direction! They have strict rules for
women. They do not let people see their faces in public. They do not let women drive cars, either. All dresses
worn by women have to cover the body completely. They believe that women cannot be seen in public.
At the weekends, we went camping in the desert. I will never forget watching the sun setting over the desert.
We also enjoyed riding on the camels.
In the end, we enjoyed living there, but their culture is very different from the American culture. | | 1. The writer experienced the culture shock . | | [ ] | A. before going to the Arab country
B. after camping in the desert
C. during stay in the Arab country
D. while watching the sunset | | 2. People in the Arab country do not go to work . | | [ ] | A. on Mondays and Tuesdays
B. on Saturdays and Sundays
C. on Wednesdays and Thursdays
D. on Thursdays and Fridays | 3. Which of the following is strict rules for women in the Arab country?
a. Cover faces in public. b. Don"t go outside.
c. Be dressed in white. d. Never drive cars. | | [ ] | A. a; c
B. a; d
C. b; c
D. b; d | | 4. What does the writer think of living in the Arab country? | | [ ] | A. He enjoyed living there.
B. He enjoyed the culture there.
C. He was interested in praying.
D. He felt strange to see the weather. | | 5. What does the underlined word "shock" mean in Chinese? | | [ ] | A. 理解
B. 打击
C. 渗透
D. 冲击 | | 完形填空。 | You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact an English dictionary
you 1 today wasn"t made until the Qing Dynasty (清朝). Three men did most of the important 2 work on
dictionaries. They spent nearly all their lives trying to 3 words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a
wonderful journey. The largest dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary. The 4 for this dictionary
came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.
Murray had never been to 5 . At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself
while working in a bank. 6 he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small
house 7 in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o"clock and 8 in the
small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped to finish the new
dictionary in the years. But after five years, he was 9 adding (增加) words for the letter "A"! He worked on the
dictionary 10 he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary. | ( ) 1. A. use
( ) 2. A. easy
( ) 3. A. spell
( ) 4. A. way
( ) 5. A. school
( ) 6. A. Later
( ) 7. A. sold
( ) 8. A. read
( ) 9. A. already
( ) 10. A. if | B. write
B. boring
B. invent
B. idea
B. cinema
B. before
B. built
B. wrote
B. still
B. because | C. copy
C. early
C. collect
C. use
C. village
C. So far
C. broken
C. worked
C. usually
C. until | D. miss
D. dangerous
D. make
D. prize
D. college
D. Ever since
D. drawn
D. thought
D. always
D. since |
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