题目
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President Clinton arrived in Korea directly after leaving Japan and had not changed his culture gears.His failure to follow Korean customs gave the impression that Korea was not as important to him as Japan.
In addition to Koreans,some Asian husbands and wives do not share the same family names.This practice often puzzles(使困惑) English-speaking teachers when talking with a pupil’s parents.They become puzzled about the student’s correct last name.Placing the family name first is common among a number of Asian cultures.
Mexican naming customs are different as well.When a woman marries,she keeps her family name and adds her husband’s name after the word de(of).This affects(影响) how they fill in forms in the United States.When requested to fill in a middle name,they generally write the father’s family name.But Mexicans are addressed by the family name of the mother.This often causes puzzlement.
Here are a few ways to deal with such difficult situations:don’t always think that a married woman uses her husband’s last name.Remember that in many Asian cultures,the order of first and last names is reversed(颠倒).Ask which name a person would prefer to use.If the name is difficult to pronounce,admit it,and ask the person to help you say it correctly.
小题1:The story of Bill Clinton is used to______.
A.improve US-Korean relations |
B.introduce the topic of the text |
C.describe his visit to Korea |
D.tell us how to address a person |
A.action plans | B.naming customs |
C.travel maps | D.thinking patterns |
A.continues to use her family name |
B.uses her husband’s given name |
C.shares her husband’s family name |
D.adds her husband’s given name to hers |
A.use her middle name |
B.use her husband’s first name |
C.ask her which name she likes |
D.change the order of her names |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
小题1:这是一道推断题。这篇短文的开头讲述了Bill Clinton访问韩国时,称Kim Young Sam的夫人Mrs.Kim,而实际上Kim Young Sam的夫人Mrs.Kim被称之为Mrs.Sohn。通过这过故事,作者讲述了韩国姓氏的习惯,由此可推断出Bill Clinton的故事被用于作为文章的开场白。
小题2:这是一道词义猜测题。根据第一段中的“By mistake,President Clinton’s advisers thought that Koreans have the same naming customs as the Japanese.Clinton had not been told that,in Korea,wives keep their family names.”可猜测出gears的意思是“思维模式”。
小题3:这是一道细节题。根据第一段中的“Clinton had not been told that,in Korea,wives keep their family names.”可判断出韩国妇女结婚后仍然姓她们娘家的姓。
小题4:这是一道细节题。根据最后一段中的“Ask which name a person would prefer to use.”可判断出当称呼结婚的妇女时,你最好问她她喜欢哪一个姓。
核心考点
试题【When former American President Bill Clinton travelled to South Korea to visit Pr】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Some theorists argue that the minimum(lowest) wage law can cause problems in the same way. The federal(联邦) government sets the minimum that an employer must pay workers. The minimum helps people who generally look for unskilled, low—paying jobs. However, if the minimum is high, employers may hire fewer workers. They will replace workers with machinery. Therefore, other things being equal, the number of workers that employers want decreases. Thus, critics claim, an increase in the minimum wage may cause unemployment. Some poor people may find themselves without jobs instead of with jobs at the minimum wage.
Supporters of the minimum wage say that it helps people keep their dignity. Because of the law, workers cannot sell their services for less than the minimum. Furthermore, employers cannot force workers to accept jobs at unfair wages.
Economic theory predicts the results of economic decisions such as decisions about farm production, rent control, and the minimum wage. The predictions may be correct only if “other things are equal”. Economists do not agree on some of the predictions. They also do not agree on the value of different decisions. Some economists support a particular decision while others criticize it. Economists do agree, however, that there are no simple answers to economic questions.
小题1:There is the possibility that setting maximum rent may .
A.cause a shortage of apartments |
B.worry those who rent apartments as homes |
C.increase the profits of landlords |
D.encourage landlords to invest in building apartment |
A.will always benefit those who rent apartments |
B.is totally unnecessary |
C.will eventually bring negative effects |
D.is necessary at any time |
A.if the minimum wage is set too high |
B.if the minimum wage is set too low |
C.if the workers are unskilled |
D.if the maximum wage is set |
A.The results of economic decisions can not always be predicted. |
B.Minimum wage can not always protect employees. |
C.Economic theory can predict the results of economic decisions if other factors are not changing. |
D.Economic decisions should not be based on economic theory. |
The birthrate in Europe has been in a steady decrease since the 1960s. European countries, realizing crisis is at hand, are providing great encouragement for parents to create more babies in the 21st century.
Affairs Ministry concluded last year that, 11 cash encouragement, some women just don’t want to be 12 holding the baby. “What we know is that it’s good for the 13___ if men and women share the burden of having children,” says Soren Kindlund, family policy adviser at the Swedish ministry. 14 Swedish parents can take their paid leave as they wish, men use a mere 12% of it; 60% of fathers do not take even a(n) 15 _ day off work.
Experts fear that the tendency for women to use most of the parental leave could make employers 16 to give young women the permanent jobs they need to qualify for paid maternity leave (产假). In January, Sweden decided to allow new fathers two months’ paid leave, with a warming: use it or 17 it.
Kindlund admits that men are under 18 to stay at work, even though parental pay comes out of the public purse. “It’s not popular among bosses and perhaps with other men in the workplace,” he says. “But it’s good for the father and for the child if they can 19 a relationship.”
In Norway, a(n) 20 policy has worked wonders. 70% of dads in Norway now take parental leave, and the birthrate of 1.85 children per woman is one of the highest in Europe.
11. A. is spite of B. at the cost of
C. in addition to D. due to
12. A. sent B. left C. caught D. seen
13. A. birthrate B. income C. health D. spirit
14. A. Just as B. Only if C. Even though D. Now that
15. A. one B. mere C. only D. single
16. A. willing B. reluctant C. likely D. unable
17. A. reserve B. misuse C. ignore D. lose
18. A. discussion B. attack C. control D. pressure
19. A. make out B. add up C. build up D. set aside
20. A. impersonal B. similar C. severe D. global
One of the political issues that is heard a lot about in the States lately is campaign(竞选)finance reform(改革). The people who are 36 for reform usually want the 37 to pay for campaigns and/or limit the amount of money that candidates(候选人)and their 38 can spend.
One reason that reform is called for is that it costs so much to 39 for political office. Candidates have to spend a great deal of time and effort 40 money. The incumbents (those already in office) have less time to do chief jobs since they must 41 so many money raising events.
Another 42 is the fear that candidates will be owned or 43 by the “special interest groups” that give money to their campaigns. Sometimes this certainly seems to be the 44 .
On the 45 side are those who say that it doesn’t mean it’s really 46 just because you call something “reform”. They argue that the right to freedom of speech is 47 if the government can limit anyone’s ability to get his or her message out to the people.
If one person or a group of people want to tell the 48 what they think about an issue or candidate, they have to buy 49 on TV, radio, and in newspapers and magazines. They might want to put up advertisements along highways and on websites. All this costs a lot of 50 .
Those against laws that control or limit spending say that you don’t really have freedom of 51 or freedom of the press if you can’t get your message out. They say the government should never be able to control 52 discussions. They believe that this is most important when the voters are about to make 53 .
What do you think about this 54 ? Listen to what the candidates for national office have to say. Which candidates 55 the most sense to you?
36.A.waiting B.calling C.standing D.preparing
37.A.government B.president C.candidates D.citizens
38.A.leaders B.bosses C.supporters D.states
39.A.pay B.compete C.wait D.work
40.A.raising B.earning C.giving D.getting
41.A.notice B.report C.guard D.attend
42.A.event B.cost C.reason D.office
43.A.encouraged B.forced C.controlled D.ordered
44.A.joke B.purpose C.case D.example
45.A.other B.same C.another D.different
46.A.worse B.better C.easier D.harder
47.A.meaningless B.unimportant C.unnecessary D.impossible
48.A.reporters B.truth C.story D.public
49.A.time B.copies C.rights D.advertising
50.A.energy B.effort C.time D.money
51.A.argument B.opinion C.speech D.election
52.A.common B.political C.general D.special
53.A.profit B.trouble C.plans D.decisions
54.A.quarrel B.problem C.issue D.affair
55.A.find B.make C.create D.produce
Barack Obama made his victory speech in Chicago after a hard-fought campaign.
Democratic Senator Barack Obama has won the US presidential election, and will become the 44th President of the United States-the first African-American in the country"s history to do so.
President-elect Obama marked his victory with a speech to a crowd of tens of thousands of people in his hometown of Chicago.
Obama described his election as a "defining moment" in the history of the United States, saying that "change has come to America".
The BBC"s spokesman in Washington says that in electing Barack Obama, the American people have expressed their unhappiness with the present state and rejected their country"s historical racial divisions.
The Australian Prime Minister summed up how many people felt when he congratulated President-elect Obama.
“Forty-five years ago Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not on the colour of their skin but on the content of their character. Today what America has done is turn that dream into a reality," said Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
President-elect Obama will not take office until 20th January next year. However, when he does become president, he will face many serious challenges, including two foreign wars, climate change and what he has described as " the worst financial crisis (经济危机)in a century."
But the mood of the country is optimistic, according to most commentators, and Obama himself appears to enjoy the challenge.
"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be difficult. We may not get there in one year or even in one term, but America--I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there," said the next President of the United States.
41. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. It was not a difficult process for Obama to win the US presidential election.
B. The American people welcome the historical racial divisions.
C. What Martin Luther King dreamed about America has come true.
D. After the election Obama didn"t say anything about his victory.
42. According to the passage, it seems that in the United States, _____________.
A. people may still be treated unequally because of their color of skin.
B. people are experiencing two civil wars.
C. Americans are enjoying the economy developing.
D. People are not satisfied with President-elect.
43. From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that________________.
A. the attitude of American people to their country"s future is not clear.
B. Obama has confidence in American future and ready to face it.
C. the road to America will be long.
D. the change of America is not hard to achieve.
44. What is probably the best title to the passage?
A. Historical presidential election B. The first African-American President
C. Change has come D. Comments about America
The 2008 Beijing Olympics began officially on Friday 8th August 2008 at 8 pm in front of a crowd of 90,000 eager spectators in the Bird"s Nest stadium.
Things got off to a bang with a starting firework display which lit up Beijing"s skyline, followed by a total of 2,008 energetic drummers beating a countdown(倒计时). Then the crowd was treated to an amazing sequence(系列) pretty and carefully designed scenes which took them through 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.
After these performances, it was time for the athletes themselves to take center stage. In keeping with tradition, Olympic founders Greece led the 204 competing nations into the stadium.
China"s 639 athletes entered last behind towering flag bearer Yao Ming, to a thunderous reception from the crowd.
Finally, the main torch was lit by a jet of fire from Chinese Olympic hero Li Ning, who had been pulled up to the roof of the stadium on wires.
China, of course, was not alone in watching the opening ceremony. British newspaper The Guardian said the show "outdid all of its former hosts in numbers, colour, noise and expense."
The Financial Times was equally impressed. "No country ever has--or surely will--match the Chinese in effort, human power, organization, creativity and , it has to be said, money they were willing to put into what once a little show."
No pressure on the next host city then! With just four years to go, the London Olympic organizers have promised to deliver an equally inspirational ceremony. Let"s hope they can pull it off.
45. Which of the following is the right order of the opening ceremony of 29th Olympic Games?
a. China"s athletes entered last behind Yao Ming.
b. A starting firework display lit up Beijing"s skyline.
c. The main torch was lit by a jet of fire from Chinese Olympic hero Li Ning.
d. A total of 2,008 energetic drummers beat a countdown.
e. The crowd was treated to an amazing sequence of pretty and carefully designed scenes which took them through 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.
f. Olympic founders Greece led the 204 competing nations into the stadium.
A. b, d, e, a, f, c B. d, c, b, a, e, f C. d, c, a, e, b, f D. b, d, e, f, a, c
46. What does the underlined word outdid probably mean in this passage?
A. did well B. did worse than C. did better than D. did poorly
47. Which of the following can best describe the author"s attitude toward the London Olympics?
A. negative B. sad C. positive D. satisfied
48. We can find the passage in a newspaper most probably in _____________section.
A. music B. sports C. literature D. military
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