题目
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widely accepted as social duty and responsibility. Because gift-giving is such an important social
aspect of Japanese life. It"s important to be aware of some key factors.
Devalue the gifts you give. The important thing is to act and seem modest. You don"t
want the receiver to think that you are arrogant or proud. Denigrate(贬低) your gift as much as
possible. It doesn"t matter if the label on the box bears the symbol for a famous brand. The
Japanese value the appearance of a modest gift-giver who tries to stay away from praise.
Praise the gift you receive. Although praising may seem obvious, overpraising the gift is
the key. It"s also important to praise the fine taste of the gift-giver in making that particular choice
for you. And don"t forget to give a thousand and one thanks.
Unless you are urged to do so. And when you do, you must take the utmost care in
unwrapping it. Don"t look eager, and be careful that you don"t tear the paper or cut the ribbon.
After observing, praising, and thanking, be sure to rewrap the gift as if it had never been opened.
Try to appear as if you take great pride in the value of the gift.
Choose gifts with practical value. In general, don"t buy things such as ornaments, vases,
and kitchenware; it"s already assumed that everyone has these things. To do so may suggest that
you don"t approve of the other person"s taste. Also, most Japanese houses are very small and
don"t have extra space for useless junk.
2. Fill in the blank in the fourth paragraph with proper words. (no more than 6 words)
3. List three kinds of things you"d better not buy for a Japanese friend.
①
②
③
4. Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese.
5. What do the Japanese usually do when they receive a gift? (no more than l0 words)
答案
2. Don"t/Never open/unwrap the gift
3. ①ornaments
②vases
③kitchenware
4. 不只是特殊场合才有送礼的习俗,很多日本人已经把送礼看做一种社会责任和义务.
5. Praise the gift they receive and give thanks.
核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 The Japanese love to give gifts. This habit is not practiced only on s】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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be 1 and damaged? Judging from an experiment in the thirteenth century, it may be. Hoping to
discover what language a child would speak if a baby heard no mother 2 , the experimenter
told the nurses to keep silent.
All the 3 died before the first year. But clearly there was more than lack of language here.
What was missing was good mothering. Without good mothering, in the first year of life 4 , the
capacity to survive is seriously affected.
Today no such severe lack exists as that ordered by the experimenter. 5 , some children are
still backward in speaking. Most often the reason for this is that the mother is 6 to the signals of
the infant, whose brain is programmed to learn language rapidly. If these sensitive periods are neglected,
the ideal time for 7 skills passes and they might never be learned so easily again. A bird learns to
sing and to fly rapidly at right time, but the process is slow and hard once the 8 stage has passed.
Experts suggest that speech stages are reached in a fixed sequence and at a 9 age, but there are
cases where speech has started 10 in a child who eventually turns out to be of high IQ. At twelve
weeks a baby smiles and makes vowel-like sounds; at twelve months he can speak simple words
and understand simple 11 ; at eighteen months he has a vocabulary of three to fifty words. At three
he knows about 1,000 words which he can put into sentences, and at four his language differs from
that of his parents in style 12 grammar.
Recent evidence suggests that an infant is born with the 13 to speak. What is special about
man"s brain, compared with that of the monkey, is the complex system which enables a child to 14
the sight and feel of, say, a toy-bear with the sound pattern "toy - bear". And even more 15 is the
young brain"s ability to pick out an order in language from the mixture of sound around him, to analyse,
to combine and recombine the parts of a language in new ways.
| ( ) 1.A. constructed ( ) 2.A. sound ( ) 3.A. parents ( ) 4.A. randomly ( ) 5.A. Consequently ( ) 6.A. unfamiliar ( ) 7.A. acquiring ( ) 8.A. critical ( ) 9.A. pleasing ( )10.A. last ( )11.A. commands ( )12.A. or rather ( )13.A. inspiration ( )14.A. justify ( )15.A. unpredictable | B. starved B. singing B. care-takers B. originally B. Nevertheless B. inaccessible B. practising B. temporary B. troublesome B. late B. necessities B. or else B. passion B. connect B. unbelievable | C. spoiled C. educating C. infants C. greatly C. Theoretically C. insensitive C. occupying C. contemporary C. flexible C. early C. resolutions C. other than C. creativity C. oblige C. uncountable | D. exhausted D. tongue D. investigators D. especially D. Fortunately D. unaccustomed D. seizing D. reasonable D. constant D. lately D. directions D. rather than D. capacity D. devote D. unbearable | ||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | |||||||||||||
| Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is "Don"t!". But it is useless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must act, though the chances of his becoming famous are slim. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Usually only students who show promise and talent are accepted, and the course lasts two years. Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a repertory company, usually as an assistant stage manager. This means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre: painting scenery, looking after the furniture, taking care of the costumes, and even acting in very small parts. It is very hard work indeed. The hours are long and the salary is tiny. But young actors with the stage in their blood are happy, waiting for the chances of working with a better company, or perhaps in films or television. Of course, some people have unusual chances which lead to fame and success without this long and dull training. Connie Pratt, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his big car. He told the driver to stop, and he got out to speak to the girl. He asked her if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and at first she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took the producer twenty minutes to tell Connie that he was serious. Then an appointment was made for her to go to the studio the next day. The test was successful. They gave her some necessary lessons and within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day. Of Course, she was given a more dramatic name, which is now world-famous. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon! | |||||||||||||
| 1. According to the passage, the main reason why young people should be discouraged from becoming actors is ______. | |||||||||||||
| A. actors are very unusual people B. the course at the drama school lasts two years C. acting is really a hard job D. there are already too many actors | |||||||||||||
| 2. According to the context, the sentence "But young actors with the stage in their blood are happy" at the end of the first paragraph means ______. | |||||||||||||
| A. they don"t care if their job is hard B. they like the stage naturally C. they are born happy D. they are easily satisfied | |||||||||||||
| 3. Connie Pratt soon became a famous actress after ______. | |||||||||||||
| A. learning some lessons about the art of speaking B. playing her part in the "Blue Colored Moon" C. successfully matching the most famous actors D. acting a leading part with a most famous actor at that time | |||||||||||||
| 4. The phrase "once in a blue moon" in last line means ______. | |||||||||||||
| A. all at once B. once for a long time C. once in a while D. once and for all | |||||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | |||||||||||||
| Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for eachparagraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
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