Question

One year ago, I traveled 15,000 kilometers from Australia to the US. I am from a beachside town in the   16  of Sydney, and thought there would be almost no   17  differences between my home country and my 18  . I was surprised at how wrong I was, and at  19  different the two countries could be.

The United States is   20  in almost every aspect. The buildings are gigantic (巨大的) and so are the people who   21  and work in them. At mealtimes, the portions (份額) often   22  to me to be big enough for three or four people. I once   23  a baked potato which turned out to be bigger than my head! This was a big   24  for me.

The longer I spent in the US, the more I started to   25  smaller differences like the culture of   26  in restaurants. In Australia we don’t tend to give a tip   27  the service has been really excellent. In the US you tip for   28  everything, even at the hairdresser. Waiters and shop assistants   29  to be given 15 percent of the bill, although in places   30 New York or Washington DC, a tip can be as much as 20 percent.

  31 , I also became more wary (謹(jǐn)慎的) of believing the stereotypes (成見) I had heard at home as I traveled. Not all Americans are ignorant of geography, for example.

Despite this, certain stereotypes about places did seem to   32  true for me. There is an immense (強烈的) sense of speed in New York. Everyone   33  to and fro, and very seldom takes time to   34  the moment. This is very different from the Australian lifestyle. Australians are laid back. Even in a major city like Sydney, we “Aussies” take time to “stop and smell the roses”---very different from our American counterparts.

Navigating (駕馭) the culture divide between Australia and the US was challenging at times. But I took up that   35  and learned a lot from it. It was an adventure.

1.                A．heart          B．city            C．center   D．suburbs

 

2.                A．cultural         B．commercial      C．economic D．scientific

 

3.                A．home town      B．departure       C．location  D．destination

 

4.                A．how           B．why            C．however  D．where

 

5.                A．big            B．modern         C．small D．fashionable

 

6.                A．travel          B．survive         C．live  D．serve

 

7.                A．happened       B．seemed         C．proved   D．managed

 

8.                A．brought        B．ordered        C．designed  D．fetched

 

9.                A．laughter        B．pleasure        C．shock    D．embarrassment

 

10.               A．prefer         B．notice          C．tell   D．a(chǎn)ppreciate

 

11.               A．serving         B．tipping         C．donating   D．toasting

 

12.               A．unless         B．if             C．when D．since

 

13.               A．rarely          B．mostly         C．a(chǎn)lmost D．hardly

 

14.               A．try            B．wait           C．think D．expect

 

15.               A．like            B．a(chǎn)long          C．for   D．in

 

16.               A．So            B．Therefore       C．However  D．But

 

17.               A．come          B．become        C．turn  D．get

 

18.               A．walks          B．drives          C．wanders   D．rushes

 

19.               A．depend on      B．reflect on       C．spy on D．watch on

 

20.               A．experience     B．job            C．challenge  D．business

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析:

1.考查單詞意思，heart意思“心”，city意思“城市”，center意思“中心”，suburbs意思“郊區(qū)”，句子意思“我在悉尼郊區(qū)的海濱小鎮(zhèn)”

2.由第三段第二行l(wèi)ike the culture of…所以是文化的，句子意思“認(rèn)為我的家鄉(xiāng)和我的目的不存在文化差異”

3.考查單詞意思，home town意思“家鄉(xiāng)”，departure意思“離開”，location意思“位置”， destination意思“目的”，句子意思“認(rèn)為我的家鄉(xiāng)和我的目的不存在文化差異”

4.由前面的句子I was surprised at how wrong I was可以知道是how，句子意思“我很驚奇我出的錯和兩個國家的不同”

5.由后面的句子The buildings are gigantic (巨大的) and so are the people who…可以知道是大的

6.考查單詞意思，travel意思“旅行”，survive意思“幸存”，live意思“居住”，serve意思“服務(wù)”，句子意思“那里的建筑物巨大，人們住在那里和在那里工作”

7.考查單詞意思，happened意思“發(fā)生”，seemed意思“好像”，proved意思“證明”，managed意思“完成”，句子意思“在吃飯的時候，份額對我來說足夠的大到三人或四人”

8.考查單詞意思，brought意思“帶來”，ordered意思“訂購”，designed意思“設(shè)計”，fetched意思“取”，句子意思“我訂購了一個烤土豆結(jié)果被證明比我的頭還大”

9.考查單詞意思，laughter意思“笑聲”，pleasure意思“高興”，shock意思“震驚”，embarrassment意思“害羞”，句子意思“對我來說是個很大的震驚”

10.考查單詞意思，prefer意思“喜歡”，notice意思“注意”，appreciate意思“欣賞”，tell意思“告訴”，句子意思“我在美國住的時間越長，我越開始注意像在餐廳給小費有小的差異”

11.由后面的句子In the US you tip for…可以知道是小費，句子意思“我在美國住的時間越長，我越開始注意像在餐廳給小費有小的差異”

12.考查單詞意思，unless意思“除非”，if意思“如果”，when意思“當(dāng)…時候”，since意思“自從”，句子意思“在澳大利亞我們不給小費除非服務(wù)員一直很優(yōu)秀”

13.考查單詞意思，rarely意思“很少”，mostly意思“大多是”，almost意思“幾乎是”，hardly意思“幾乎不”，句子意思“在美國幾乎所有的事情都給小費”

14.考查單詞意思，try意思“嘗試”，wait意思“等待”，think意思“思考”，expect意思“希望”，句子意思“服務(wù)員和店員希望得到百分之15的賬單”

15.like意思“像…”，句子意思“盡管像紐約和華盛頓這些地方，小費可以多達(dá)百分之20”

16.therefore意思“因此”，句子意思“我也變得很謹(jǐn)慎對于當(dāng)我旅游時我在家聽到的成見”

17.固定詞組come true意思“實現(xiàn)”，句子意思“盡管如此，關(guān)于某些地方刻板印象對于我來說似乎很真實”

18.固定句型rush to do sth意思“跑去做某事”，句子意思“每人沖過去，話很少的時間反思”

19.考查固定詞組，depend on意思“依靠”，reflect on意思“反應(yīng)”，spy on意思“偵查”，watch on意思“看”，句子意思“每人沖過去，話很少的時間反思”

20.由前面的句子Navigating (駕馭) the culture divide between Australia and the US was challenging at times.可以知道是挑戰(zhàn)

考點：本文是一篇記敘文

點評：記敘了作者一年前，從澳大利亞到美國旅游，自己所見所聞的故事。答題前一定要讀懂全文，弄清文章要表達(dá)的思想，注意前后段落之間的關(guān)系。答題中，一定要認(rèn)真分析，注意選項與上下文的關(guān)系，與前后單詞的關(guān)系。對于一時沒有太大的把握的題可以放到最后再來完成，因為有時答案可以從下文內(nèi)容體現(xiàn)出來。答完后再通讀一篇文章，看看所選選項能不能是語句通順，語意連貫。