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ancient. With a clear symbolic meaning, the flag in the traditional form is still used today to mark buildings,
ships and other vehicles related to a country.
The national flag as we know it today is in no way a primitive (原始的) artifact. It is,rather, the product
of thousands of years" development. Historians believe that it had two major ancestors, of which the earlier
served to show wind direction.
Early human beings used very fragile houses and boats. Often strong winds would tear roofs from houses
or cause high waves that endangered travelers. People"s food supplies were similarly valuable. Even after they
had learned how to plant grains, they still needed help from nature to ensure good harvests. Therefore they
feared and depended on the power of the wind, which could bring warmth from one direction and cold from
another.
Using a simple piece of cloth tied to the top of a post to tell the direction of the wind was more dependable
than earlier methods, such as watching the rising of smoke from a fire. The connection of the flag with
heavenly power was therefore reasonable.
Early human societies began to fix long pieces of cloth to the tops of totems (图腾) before carrying them
into battle. They believed that the power of the wind would be added to the good wishes of the gods and
ancestors represented by the totems themselves.
These flags developed very slowly into modern flags. The first known flag of a nation or a ruler was
unmarked: The king of China around 1000 B.C. was known to have a white flag carried ahead of him. This
practice might have been learned from Egyptians even further in the past, but it was from China that it spread
over trade routes through India, then across Arab lands, and finally to Europe, where it met up with the other
ancestor of the national flag.
B. Power of the National Flag
C. Types of Flags
D. Uses of Flags
B. likely to be protected
C. easy to damage
D. difficult to find
B. they could bring good luck to fighters
C. they were handed down by the ancestors
D. they were believed to stand for natural forces
B. He believes it was made in Egypt.
C. He thinks it came from China.
D. He doubts where it started.
B. The second ancestor of the national flag.
C. The use of modern flags in Europe.
D. The importance of modern flags.
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signal (信号). Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a
relationship.
Different cultures emphasize (强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree.
For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people
at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in "small talk", usually over a glass of tea, before they do any
job. In many European countries-like the UK or France-people find it easier to build up a lasting working
relationship at restaurants or caf6s rather than at the office.
Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected
my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The
people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought
I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there
sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.
Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and
German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We
think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more
quickly.
People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against
each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment (多元文化环境) will offer
a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.
B. share the same culture
C. get to know each other
D. keep each other company
B. too many words are of no use
C. people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature
D. even talk and silence can be culturally different
B. By accepting different habits.
C. By recognizing different values.
D. By speaking each other"s languages.
B. Cross-Cultural Differences.
C. How to Understand Each Other.
D. How to Build Up a Relationship.
apart, and during their lifetimes there was no contact between China and Greece, but it is interesting to look
at how the world that each of these great philosophers came from shaped their ideas, and how these ideas
in turn,shaped their societies.
Neither philosopher lived in times of peace, though there were more wars un Greece than in China. The
Chinese states were very large and feudal, while the Greek city-states were small and urban. The urban
environment in which Socrates lived allowed him to be more radical than Confucius. Unlike Confucius,
Socrates was not asked by rules how to govern effectively. Thus, Socrates was able to be more idealistic,
focusing on issues like freedom, and knowledge for its own sake. Confucius, on the other hand, advised
those in government service, and many of his students went out to government service.
Confucius suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the conduct of life:"Do not do to others what you
would not want others to do to you." He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some bad more
potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart. Socrates focused on the individual, and
thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. He believed that the superior class should rule
the inferior (下层的) classes.
For Socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern. For Confucius,
however, the family was the centre of the society, with family relations considered much more important
than political relations. Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.
B. Confucius had much influence on Socrates" ideas.
C. The societies ware influenced by the philosophers" ideas.
D. There were cultural exchanges between China and Greece.
B. the lower classed should be ruled by the upper class
C. the purpose of man was to seek freedom and wisdom
D. people should not ask others to do what they did not want to
B. Potential.
C. Knowledge.
D. Community.
B. comparison and contrast
C. cause and effect
D. definition and classification
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| Photos that you might have found down the back of your sofa are now big business! 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 someone 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. |
| 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 |
| 2. According to the passage, Joachim Schmid _____. |
| 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 |
| 3. The underlined word "them" in Para 4 refers to _____. |
| A. the readers B. the editors C. the found photographs D. the self-published magazines |
| 4. By asking a series of questions in Para 5, the author mainly intends to indicate that _____. |
| 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 |
| 5. The author"s attitude towards found photographs can be described as _____. |
| A. critical B. doubtful C. optimistic D. satisfied |
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| Every country has its own culture. Even though each country uses doors, doors may have 1 functions and purposes which lead to 2 differences. When I first to came to America, I noticed that a public building had two different 3 and they had distinct functions. You have to push the door with the word "PUSH" to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word "PULL" to 4 the building. This was new to me, because we use the 5 door in South Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed. The way of using school bus doors was also 6 to me. I used to take the school bus to closes. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doom, 7 who were getting off the bus should get off first, and students who were getting on should get on 8 . in South Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get off. One morning I hurried to the bus, and when the bus doors opened, I 9 tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me. I was totally 10 , and my face went red. |