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The act of bargaining with someone is very theatrical, in my opinion. It’s a test to see who can stand their ground for the longest. But it is not in British people’s nature to “perform” in public, especially around strangers.
However, in the US, people are generally more willing to haggle. And if you wander into a market, you’re likely to hear a number of phrases that Americans reserve for such occasions.
First, “you drive a hard bargain” is commonly said by the customer to indicate they think the stall holder is working very hard, probably a little too hard, to get the price he wants.
Or you might hear the buyer telling a stall holder that “the kid’s gotta have braces”, which means they don’t have enough spare money lying around to afford the price being offered.
If the customer is really shocked at the price suggested by the seller, they also might say “you’re killing me” to indicate that they think the price is far too high.
In Britain, it’s difficult to imagine anyone saying anything along these lines. If I were forced to bargain, I’d probably say, very simply: “I’m going to make you an offer.” If that offer were refused, I think I’d just walk away.
小题1:The underlined word “haggling” can be replaced by _______.
A.arguing | B.bargaining | C.performing | D.insisting |
A.They don’t think it is polite behavior. |
B.They have sales every January. |
C.They can always get a better price somewhere else. |
D.They dislike openly expressing feelings or opinions. |
A.the seller has a lot of deals on offer. |
B.the buyer will make a final offer |
C.the stall holder is too insistent |
D.the buyer doesn’t have a lot of spare money |
A.Negative. | B.Careless. | C.Positive. | D.Critical. |
A.By providing examples. |
B.By making comparision. |
C.By analyzing causes and effects. |
D.By following the order of importance. |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:B
解析
试题分析:本文主要讲述的是英国人和美国人对待讨价还价的不同的态度,英国人很少讨价还价,而美国人则习以为常。两国人讨价还价的方法也有很大的差别。
小题1:B 推理题。根据本句People flock to the sales in January, when stores slash their prices to get rid of all their winter stock. But surprisingly, the British hate haggling.可知在1月份英国人都去疯狂购物,但是我们却很少看见英国人讨价还价。故B正确。
小题2:D 推理题。根据文章第一段Generally, though, people from the UK are too reserved to haggle. If we think the price of something we want is too high, we’ll simply move on and try somewhere else.
可知英国人很少在公众场合表述自己的观点,这是这个民族的特点。故D正确。
小题3:C 推理题。根据本句First, “you drive a hard bargain” is commonly said by the customer to indicate they think the stall holder is working very hard, probably a little too hard, to get the price he wants.可知顾客认为店主的价格太高,故C正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据文章最后一段If I were forced to bargain, I’d probably say, very simply: “I’m going to make you an offer.” If that offer were refused, I think I’d just walk away.
可知作者对于讨价还价持否否的态度,认为没有必要这样做。故A正确。
小题5:B 推理题。本文主要讲述的是英国人和美国人对待讨价还价的不同的态度,文章的组织方式是比较,通过二者的比较来体现。故B正确。
点评:本文主要讲述的是英国人和美国人对待讨价还价的不同的态度。本文主旨鲜明,很容易在文中找到答案。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句,因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读任务。
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试题【In the UK, we like a good bargain. People flock to the sales in January, when st】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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In China, although teenagers can get their ID cards at 16, many only see themselves as an adult when they are 18. In the US, where everyone drives, the main step to the freedom of adult life is learning to drive. At 16, American teens take their driving test. When they have their license, they drive into the grown-up world.
“Nobody wants to ride the cheese bus to school,” said Eleanor Fulham, 17. She brought the pressure back to memory, especially from kids from wealthier families. “It’s like you’re not cool if you don’t have a car,” she said.
According to recent research, 41% of 16 to 19-year-olds in the US own cars, up from 23% in 1985. Although, most of these cars are bought by parents, some teens get part-time jobs to help pay.
Not all families can afford cars for their children. In cities with subways and limited parking, some teenagers don’t want them. But in rich suburban areas without subways, and where bicycles are more for fun than transportation, it is strange for a teenager not to have a car.
But police say 16-year-olds have almost three times more accidents than 18 and 19-year-olds. This has made many parents pause before letting their kids drive.
Julie Sussman, of Virginia, decided that her son Chad, 15, will wait until he is 17 to apply for his learner’s permit.
Chad said he has accepted his parents’ decision, although it has caused some teasing from his friends. “They say that I am unlucky,” he said, “But I’d rather be alive than driving, and I don’t really trust my friends on the road, either.”
In China, as more families get cars, more 18-year-olds learn to drive. Will this become a big step to becoming an adult?
小题1:Which may serve as the BEST title of the article?
A.Cars Helping You to Grow-Up | B.Driving into the Grown-Up World |
C.Teenagers’ Driving in America | D.Recognized Point of Becoming an Adult |
A.they want to show themselves off | B.they are never experienced drivers |
C.older people always drive better | D.they never drive carefully on the road |
A.How well off the family is. |
B.Whether the kid is old enough. |
C.What traffic condition there is around. |
D.Whether it’s practically needed. |
A.he might run into his friends if he drove |
B.he didn’t agree with his friends |
C.he might not be safe if his friends drove |
D.he was afraid that his friends might well lie to him |
A.an American culture |
B.a cultural difference between America and China |
C.a change in the Chinese culture |
D.the relationship between driving and a person’s development |
Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two “little people” and some cheese.
The four are in amaze looking for the cheese. Here, cheese means something important in life, like moving to a new class or getting into college. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they can’t change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people, however, can’t do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese
After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing: to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or having good relationships or just feeling good about yourself.
小题1:The book Who Moved My Cheese is __________.
A.read across the world | B.written all over the world |
C.sold only in America | D.loved only by teens |
A.Never change in our life. | B.Change when you like to do. |
C.Change with the changes. | D.Pay attention to the changes, |
A.Mice and little people | B.Students | C.Cheese | D.Readers |
A.Mice | B.Little people | C.Chris | D.Spence Johnson |
A.The author is Britain. |
B.There are three terms in every school. |
C.Most teens don"t understand Chris" story. |
D.The book tells teens how to face changes in their lives. |
One time as I was walking on the street, a young man ran by hurriedly, brushing against my handbag. Even as he continued on his way, he turned back and said “sorry” to me. Even in a rush, he didn’t forget to apologize. One day, after I bought a mango, the salesman was giving me the change, but I wasn’t ready for it and a coin dropped to the ground. “I’m sorry,” he said while bending down to pick it up. I was puzzled—why would he apologize when it is my fault?
Another time, I stepped on a man’s foot in an escalator, at the same time, we both said “sorry”. I thought it interesting, was it really necessary for him to apologize? Later on, an American friend explained to me that according to the American mentality, the escalators a public place, and everyone should be able to stand in it. After someone occupies a position in the elevator, making it difficult for someone else to find a place to stand, isn’t it necessary to express an apology?
If you go to the movies and the tickets happen to be sold out, the ticket seller will say: “Sorry, the tickets are sold out.” Whenever one of your hopes goes unfulfilled, an American will say “sorry” as a sign of sympathy.
During my stay in America, I often came across situations in which I was supposed to say “sorry”. Gradually, I realized that when friction(摩擦)appears in daily life, Americans don’t care much about who is wrong; If someone is troubled, a “sorry” is always necessary. When this happens, even if the other person is hurt, the “sorry” cools tempers and human kindness is shown. Perhaps this is why I never saw anyone quarreling on the buses, subways or streets of America.
小题1:How many examples are given to show that Americans like to say “sorry”?
A.One | B.Two | C.Three | D.Four |
A.and took away his bag | B.and touched his bag |
C.to help him with his bag | D.to brush his bag |
A.Paragraph 2 | B.Paragraph 3 | C.Paragraph 4 | D.Paragraph 5 |
A.angry | B.interested | C.approving(赞成) | D.disappointed |
A.My life in America | B.Americans’ “sorry” |
C.My experience in an escalator | D.The meaning of “sorry” |
In 2005, the American artist Richard Prince’s photograph of a photograph, Untitled (Cowboy), was sold for $ 1, 248, 000.
Prince is certainly not the only contemporary artist to have worked with so-called “found photographs”—a loose term given to everything from discarded(丢弃的) prints discovered in a junk shop to old advertisements or amateur photographs from a stranger’s family album. The German artist Joachim Schmid, who believes “basically everything is worth looking at”, has gathered discarded photographs, postcards and newspaper images since 1982. In his on-going project, Archiv, he groups photographs of family life according to themes: people with dogs; teams; new cars; dinner with the family; and so on.
Like Schmid, the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion (捍卫) found photographs. One of them, called simply Found, was born one snowy night in Chicago, when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper(雨刷) an angry note intended for some else: “Why’s your car HERE at HER place?” The note became the starting point for Rothbard’s addictive publication, which features found photographs sent in by readers, such a poster discovered in our drawer.
The whole found-photograph phenomenon has raised some questions. Perhaps one of the most difficult is: can these images really be considered as art? And if so, whose art? Yet found photographs produced by artists, such Richard Prince, may riding his horse hurriedly to meet someone? Or how did Prince create this photograph? It"s anyone"s guess. In addition, as we imagine the back-story to the people in the found photographs artists, like Schmid, have collated (整理), we also turn toward our own photographic albums. Why is memory so important to us? Why do we all seek to freeze in time the faces of our children, our parents, our lovers, and ourselves? Will they mean anything to anyone after we"ve gone?
In the absence of established facts, the vast collections of found photographs give our minds an opportunity to wander freely. That, above all, is why they are so fascinating.
小题1:The first paragraph of the passage is used to _________.
A.remind readers of found photographs |
B.advise reader to start a new kind of business |
C.ask readers to find photographs behind sofa |
D.show readers the value of found photographs |
A.is fond of collecting family life photographs |
B.found a complaining not under his car wiper |
C.is working for several self-published magazines |
D.wondered at the artistic nature of found photographs |
A.the readers | B.the editors |
C.the found photographs | D.the self-published magazines |
A.memory of the past is very important to people |
B.found photographs allow people to think freely |
C.the back-story of found photographs is puzzling |
D.the real value of found photographs is questionable |
A.critical | B.doubtful | C.optimistic | D.satisfied |
Many of the best wildlife photos come from good planning. In Africa, photographers set up their hides (隐匿处) near water holes. They also set up hides near forest paths, as animals use the same paths every night. For bird-watching, many lakes have hides. Inside the hides, bird-watchers can watch all day in the shade (荫处) out of the wind and rain.
Good wildlife photos are needed for books, postcards, magazines and newspapers. But a success rate of 1 in 20 is good.
小题1:Why did Leila lie under her car on the stomach?
A.Because she wanted to sleep. |
B.Because she wanted to take photos but was afraid of the animals. |
C.Because it’s easy to see the elephants. |
D.Because it’s very comfortable. |
A.By making good preparation. | B.By going into the forest at night. |
C.By walking around the holes. | D.By going to the nearest lake. |
A.All animals go to water holes at night. |
B.Lakes are good places for bird-watching. |
C.Leila used her car to prevent the sunshine. |
D.Animaals pay no attention to photographers. |
A.The successf rate of taking wildlife photos is 50% at most. |
B.Photographers who take wildlife photos need more practice. |
C.To take good wildlife photos is not difficult. |
D.It’s hard to take good wildlife photos. |
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