Smiling
People smile at times. However, the meaning of a smile in different cultures may be different. Depending on different cultures, smiling can express joy and amusement, but it can also indicate embarrassment（苦恼）. The following examples show this point of view:
In an attempt to be open and friendly, people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other, this nonverbal communication shows being friendly in the United States. However，in China, smiling is not only an expression of happiness, but also a way to avoid being embarrassed. Chinese people like smiling when they are embarrassed in order to avoid embarrassment. Smiling is a kind of good will but not sneer（嘲笑）. For example: When a child falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile, which is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.
When a person from the United States might blush（脸红）with embarrassment or become offensive, a Chinese might blush with smile. To avoid serious misunderstanding, people who engage in intercultural communication should be able to understand the meaning of smiling appropriately. Related to the smile is the laugh. Also, different cultures have different meanings about laugh. For example, Americans can enjoy a very heartfelt belly (腹部) laugh that comes from the deepest emotions. However, most Chinese seldom laugh that way because they are thought to be silly except among close friends.
小题1:We can use smile to express all of the following feelings except_________,| A．joy and happiness | B．amusement | C．embarrassment | D．fear |
小题2:People often smile at each other in the United States because_________.| A．they are very happy | B．they want to show they are friendly | | C．they want to hide their true feelings | D．they want to avoid embarrassment |
小题3:In China, seeing a child falls off a bike, an adult will smile in order to ________.| A．laugh at him | B．avoid his own embarrassment | | C．avoid embarrassment and encourage the boy | D．show his politeness |
小题4:What is mainly talked about in the passage?| A．People smile at times. | B．Smiling can express different feelings depending on different cultures. | | C．Americans are more open and friendly than Chinese people. | | D．The Chinese people often hide their true feelings. |
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:B |
本文主要讲述了中西方的微笑，大笑表示不同的含义。举了在中国和在美国的各种情况下的微笑和大笑的含义等。
小题1:D细节题。根据第一段smiling can express joy and amusement, but it can also indicate embarrassment（苦恼）.及常识可得出答案D。
小题2:B 细节题。根据文中第二段前两句In an attempt to be open and friendly, people in the United States smile a lot. Every one smiles at each other, this nonverbal communication shows being friendly in the United States.可以得出美国人想要表达友好，所以才微笑。答案B。
小题3:C细节题。根据第二段最后两句For example: When a child falls off from a bike, the adults in China may smile, which is a kind of gentle encouragement and may not be a kind of impolite laugh.可得出答案C。
小题4:B 文章主旨题。本文主要叙述了中西方笑所表达的不同含义，不同的文化，笑表达出的意思是不同的。故选B |
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While watching the Olympics the other night,I came across an incredible sight.The 1 was swimming and started with only three men.For one reason or another,two of them had a 2 start,so they were disqualified.That would have been difficult enough,not having anyone to 3 against.
I watched the man 4 off the blocks and knew immediately that something was wrong.Now I’m not an expert 5 but I do know a good dive 6 a poor one,and this was not exactly medal 7 .I listened to the crowd begin to 8 this poor man who was clearly having a 9 time.Finally he made his turn to start back.It was 10 .He made a few desperate strokes (划水) and you could tell he was exhausted.
But in those few 11 strokes,the crowd had changed.No longer were they laughing,but beginning to 12 .Some even began to 13 things like,“Come on,you can do it！”,and he 14 finished his race.The crowd went 15 .Even though he recorded one of the 16 times in Olympic history,this man gave more heart than any of the other 17 .
In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals,feeling they have 18 been cheated out of gold,or when they act so 19 in front of their competitors,it is nice to watch an underdog (失败者),a man that gave his all—knowing that he had no chance,but competed because of his 20 and the spirit of the games.
| 小题1: | | A．view | B．event | C．game | D．match |
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| 小题2: | | A．false | B．nervous | C．strange | D．violent |
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| 小题3: | | A．fight | B．struggle | C．defend | D．race |
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| 小题4: | | A．set | B．bounce | C．dive | D．fall |
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| 小题5: | | A．swimmer | B．coach | C．judge | D．adviser |
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| 小题6: | | A．from | B．in | C．beyond | D．between |
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| 小题7: | | A．feature | B．quality | C．example | D．sign |
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| 小题8: | | A．break off | B．stand by | C．laugh at | D．focus on |
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| 小题9: | | A．happy | B．wonderful | C．vague | D．tough |
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| 小题10: | | A．hopeful | B．pitiful | C．boring | D．skillful |
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| 小题11: | | A．flexible | B．smart | C．awkward | D．excellent |
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| 小题12: | | A．support | B．quit | C．cheer | D．hesitate |
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| 小题13: | | A．speak | B．present | C．conclude | D．yell |
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| 小题14: | | A．eventually | B．hardly | C．successfully | D．nearly |
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| 小题15: | | A．wild | B．angry | C．sad | D．grey |
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| 小题16: | | A．fastest | B．luckiest | C．hardest | D．slowest |
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| 小题17: | | A．companions | B．competitors | C．volunteers | D．partners |
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| 小题18: | | A．somehow | B．already | C．even | D．anyway |
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| 小题19: | | A．poorly | B．carelessly | C．sharply | D．proudly |
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| 小题20: | | A．advantage | B．independence | C．determination | D．principle |
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My mother lived in an old farm house in north Oregon，which was located far from any other neighbors.She lived with her elder brother and sisters.Since there were not enough rooms for them，her two sisters __1__ the bigger bedroom downstairs，her brother in a room down the hall and she slept in the top room of the building.
The first __2__ event that happened in that house was when my mother was about 10 years old.She was staying home sick with her brother.He had gone __3__ to the kitchen when my mother heard a voice calling her name from the bottom of the stairs.The voice was __4__ but that was impossible since the only other person in the house was her brother.That was followed by footsteps __5__ the stairs to the top room.A few hours __6__ her brother came up to see what she was doing.She asked him who the girl on the stairs was.He said there was no one in the house.
A few weeks later the __7__ event happened.My grandmother was cooking supper in the kitchen.She turned around and two of the chairs were __8__.She pushed them in and went back __9__.About ten minutes later she turned around and three of the chairs were pulled out.My grandmother was quite __10__ by this because only my mother"s little sister was home at the time.
The last event at the house was the __11__ and the one that made them move away.Her elder sister Josie was babysitting her younger one，Sarah，when there was a knock on the door.Josie went to __12__ it and no one was there.She went to the __13__ for some water and when she returned to the living room，Sarah was __14__！She ran all over the house and __15__ found Sarah sleeping in her bed.This was __16__ because Sarah couldn"t __17__ the stairs without help because they were very steep.This frightened her so she woke up Sarah and __18__ her downstairs.Then the phone rang.It was my grandma __19__ to say that my grandfather had died and she wouldn"t be coming home that night.She was about to turn on the TV __20__ she heard a woman"s footsteps coming towards her.She turned around but nobody was there.
| 小题1: | | A．shared | B．supported | | C．offered | D．afforded |
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| 小题2: | | A．interesting | B．particular | | C．strange | D．anxious |
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| 小题3: | | A．upstairs | B．outsides | | C．downstairs | D．indoors |
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| 小题4: | | A．male | B．other | | C．female | D．another |
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| 小题5: | | A．turning up | B．coming up | | C．picking up | D．sending up |
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| 小题6: | | A．ago | B．later | | C．after | D．former |
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| 小题7: | | A．last | B．second | | C．third | D．final |
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| 小题8: | | A．pulled out | B．pointed out | | C．thrown out | D．given out |
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| 小题9: | | A．turning | B．pushing | | C．cooking | D．pulling |
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| 小题10: | | A．delighted | B．disappointed | | C．frightened | D．satisfied |
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| 小题11: | | A．best | B．worse | | C．better | D．worst |
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| 小题12: | | A．receive | B．answer | | C．reply | D．react |
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| 小题13: | | A．kitchen | B．living room | | C．sitting room | D．bedroom |
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| 小题14: | | A．asleep | B．lost | | C．gone | D．sleeping |
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| 小题15: | | A．in the end | B．at first | | C．firstly | D．at the end |
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| 小题16: | | A．unnecessary | B．desperate | | C．separate | D．impossible |
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| 小题17: | | A．run | B．walk | | C．climb | D．wander |
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| 小题18: | | A．took | B．held | | C．carried | D．brought |
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| 小题19: | | A．crying | B．shouting | | C．calling | D．laughing |
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| 小题20: | | A．when | B．before | | C．while | D．until |
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Zipped into a bag, it looks like a large umbrella. Unfolded, it goes along the street like any other bicycle.
It"s the "A-bike", the brainchild (脑力劳动的产物) of British inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, who made history in the 1970s by developing the world"s first pocket calculator. He described his new invention as "the world"s smallest, lightest foldable bicycle".
"My original thought was that if you could have a bicycle that was dramatically lighter and more firm than the ones that exist today, it would change the way in which bicycles are used,"said Sinclair.
The mini-bike, showed in Singapore last week and set to go on sale worldwide in 2005 at a price of nearly US$300, is built for riders as heavy as 112 kilograms and is height-adjustable（可调整高度的）. It takes about 20 seconds to fold or unfold.
Its wheels are a quarter the size of those on a regular bicycle, but Sinclair promises a smooth ride for most cyclists. "You require no extra energy to ride the A-bike and it can go up to 15 miles per hour (24 kilometers per hour)," he said. Constructed mainly of plastic, the 5.5-kilogram bicycle folds into a package of less than 0.03 cubic meters （立方米）.
Sinclair also invented the first pocket TV in 1984 and the futuristic C5 electric tricycle in 1985. He said he hoped the bicycle would attract common citizens, officials, campers or anyone needing transport for a short trip and he said the next step for the A-bike was to add an electric motor in a few years.
小题1:The most important character of this kind of bike is its ________ . | A．big size | | B．light weight | | C．beautiful appearance | | D．foldable structure |
小题2:The wheels of a regular bicycle is ________ the size of this kind of bike. | A．four times | | B．three times | | C．one-fourth | | D．one-third |
小题3:This kind of new bike is mainly made of ________ . | A．plastic | B．packages | C．bags | D．metal |
小题4:The best title of the text is ________ . | A．World"s smallest foldable bicycle arriving | | B．A new bike, a large umbrella | | C．A foldable bike, a large bag | | D．A great inventor of a new bike |
小题5:This kind of new bike hasn"t been fixed with ________ . | A．a wheel | | B．an electric motor | | C．pedal | | D．a hand |
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Friendship is very pleasant and also essential to people’s life . A man without friends is an angel without wings, whose life will suffer in the long loneliness and depression, Friendship is the mother of our spirit, who’ll warm her kid when hurt occures , We have much to share with our friends in life , confusion, excitement ,bitterness etc, It’s great to keep up a sincere friendship.
It takes many special qualities to make friends, Understanding should come first . Only when we get a better understanding of each other can we gain a believable and meaningful friendship. We may find our hobbies of common interest. This feeling of natural attraction gets us closer and closer.
It also takes a special kind of love that seems to know no end, Never hesitate to show your heartfelt care and kindness to your friend when she /he is in trouble . Love is not selfish , Love is a feeling that we should treasure all our lives,
Tolerance （宽容）is the third necessary part in friendship ,. We are absolutely different persons , This individual difference may cause conflict between us in every aspect of our life. Don’t care yourself too much . Try to tolerate him /her in an easy mood , Saints （圣人）are not perfect , let alone those ordinary people like us. Afterwards, we should get a good communication.
Understanding , love and tolerance are the first three essences that come to a true friendship. Other qualities are also concerned such a s thoughtfulness, trust and patience, Remember, friendship is your spirit’s guard and everyone should treasure it．
小题1:How many qualities of making friends are mentioned in the passage?
A．Six B．Three． C．Five D Seven．
小题2:To make a friend，should be the first quality．| A．tolerance | B．1ove | C．patience | D．understanding |
小题3:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．Friends often have the same character. | | B．Friends can help us overcome loneliness and depression· | | C．There shouldn’t be conflict between friends- | | D．Friends can make us patient and believable． |
小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?| A．The meaning of a true friendship． | | B．The happiness of having a good friend． | | C．Special qualities to make friends． | | D．The importance of friendship． |
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Modern life is impossible without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by plane. With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to hundred years ago.
Travelling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages(便利). You can see the country you are travelling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish where there is something interesting to see, at good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why travelling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they are travelling on business.
小题1:From the passage, we know the fastest way of travelling is . | A．by train | B．by sea | C．by plane | D．by car |
小题2:If we travel by car, we can . | A．make the longest journey enjoyable | B．travel to a very far place in several minutes | | C．make our own timetable | D．travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day |
小题3:When people travel on business, they usually take .| A．a plane or a car | B．a car or a boat | C．a boat or a train | D．a train or a plane |
小题4:How many ways of travelling are mentioned in the passage? |
