Introduction:Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar. To use Eng

Introduction:Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar. To use Eng

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Introduction:
Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar. To use English effectively, you
need to understand the culture in which it is spoken. Here are a number of important tips to
remember when speaking English in the United States.
General Points to Remember
Most Americans only speak English.
While it is true that more and more Americans
speak Spanish, most Americans only speak
English. Don"t expect them to understand
your native language.
Americans have difficulty understanding
foreign accents. Many Americans are not used
to foreign accents. This requires patience from
both of you!
Conversation Tips
Speak about location.
Talk about work. Americans commonly
ask "What do you do?" It"s not considered
impolite(as in some countries)and is a
popular topic of discussion between strangers.
Talk about sports.
Be careful when expressing ideas about
race, religion or other sensitive topics.
Addressing People
Use last names with people you do not
know.
Always use “Ms.” when addressing
women.
Many Americans prefer first names.
Americans prefer informal greetings and
using first names or nicknames when speaking
with colleagues and acquaintances.
Public Behavior
Always shake hands.
Look your partner in the eye.
Don"t hold hands: Same sex friends do
not usually hold hands or put their arms
around each other in public in the United
States.
小题1:"When speaking to a stranger, ask them where they are from and then make a connection with that place”can be used as a supporting sentence to _____.
A.talk about sportsB.address people
C.talk about workD.speak about location
小题2:If you are introduced to a woman called Pearl S. Buck, how should you address her usually?
A.What are you doing, Madam Buck?
B.How do you do, Ms. Buck?
C.How are you doing, Mrs. Pearl?
D.How are you, Miss Pearl S.?
小题3:The underlined word “acquaintance” in the table may probably mean______.
A.things that are precious
B.foreigners that you can talk to
C.persons who you are familiar with
D.languages that you can speak
小题4:We can infer from the text that ______.
A.smoking is allowed in public in the modern United States
B.different sex friends should hold hands during the first meeting
C.when you speak to others, it"s polite not to look into their eyes
D.Americans shake hands when greeting the same sex friends

答案

小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:D
解析

试题分析:文章大意:本文主要介绍在美国说英语时应该注意的一些事项。
小题1:细节理解题。题干中的关键词where, from, place 都和位置location有关。因此可以作为conversation tips 中speak about location的一个例子。选D。
小题2:细节理解题。根据addressing people 中的信息可知,当称呼女子时,总是用Ms. 选B。
小题3:词义猜测题。根据addressing people 中的信息可知,美国人喜欢用第一个名或绰号称呼同事和熟人。选C。
小题4:推理判断题。根据public behavior 中的信息可以得出答案为D。其他三项均与文章矛盾。选D。
点评:文章属于信息筛选类短文,有四个关于英语文化的知识,可以很快找到关键处,在解答这类问题时要求学生抓住题干文字信息,采用针对性方法进行阅读,答案在文章中可以直接找到。
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The new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions, 18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America"s youngest mayor.
As Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered- to vote on Sept. 22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots(选票).
To help get his name known, Sessions earned$700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale"s lawns.
Sessions" month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town"s future in the kitchens of his neighbors. "They"d look at me, and say‘How old are you again? How much experience do you have?"And I say‘I"m still in high school", "he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale"s voters he would renew local economy. “I was hopeful the whole time, ”he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room.
Sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. “From 7:50 a.m. to 2:30p.m., I"11 be a student. From 3 to 6, I"11 be the mayor of Hillsdale," he said.
“He did a very brave thing that couldn"t have been easy for him to do, "said Jack Vettel, a councilman in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit. "He does care about this town. He"s been here all his life. ”
Sessions will receive$3, 600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office.
小题1:What is TRUE of Sessions" election campaign according to the text?
A.Sessions launched his election campaign on Sept. 22.
B.Sessions worked so hard that he once tried to persuade people in a hospital.
C.Sessions won the election campaign by a very close outcome.
D.Sessions felt disappointed when asked about his age and experience.
小题2:In order to gain more support from the voters Sessions had to do all these things EXCEPT_.
A.put up posters"B.renew the economy
C.sell applesD.talk to neighbors in kitchens
小题3:What can we infer from the passage?
A.American mayors usually work from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m.
B.In America, young people are encouraged to get involved in politics.
C.All teenagers are allowed to enter political elections.
D.American mayors receive a salary of 3, 600 a year during their 4-year term.
小题4:Which of the following would best summarize the text?
A.Schoolboy becomes American"s youngest mayor.
B.How to become a teenage mayor.
C.Hard work is the ticket to success.
D.Never too young to shake the world.

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Historically, the term “fair trade” has meant many things. The Fair Trade League was  1 in Britain in 1881 to restrict 2  from foreign countries. In the United States, businesses and labor unions  3  “fair trade” laws to construct what economist Joseph Stiglitz calls “barriers to imports.” These so called “anti-dumping(反倾销)” laws allow a company that  4  a foreign one of selling a product below cost to request that the government charge special taxes to protect it from “unfair”  5 .
Such dark protectionist thoughts are far from the  6  of the organizers of the United Kingdom’s annual “Fairtrade Fortnight”. Their  7 aim is to raise the price paid to developing-country farmers for their  8  by cutting out the inflated profits of the middlemen on whom they  9  for getting their goods to distant markets. Fair-trade products  10  cocoa, coffee, tea, and bananas do not compete with domestic European production, and  11  do not have a protectionist motive(动机).
This is how it works: In  12  for being paid a guaranteed price and meeting “agreed labor and environmental standards” (minimum wages, no farm chemicals ), poor-country farming cooperatives(合作社) receive a FAIRTRADE mark for their products, given 13  by the FAIRTRADE Labeling Organization. This mark  14  supermarkets and other businesses to sell the products at a higher than  15  price . Third-world farmers get their income increased , 16  first-world consumers get to feel virtuous: a marriage made in heaven.
The fair-trade movement,  17  in the 1980’s, has been growing rapidly. In a significant breakthrough in 1997, the British House of Commons  18  to serve only fair-trade coffee. By the end of 2007, more than 600 producers’ organizations,  19  1.4 million farmers in 58 countries, were selling fair-trade products. Today, a quarter of all bananas in UK supermarkets are sold under a FAIRTRADE mark. But FAIRTRADE-labeled products still represent a very  20 share – typically less than 1% – of global sales of cocoa, tea, coffee, etc.
小题1:
A.discoveredB.foundedC.encouragedD.promoted
小题2:
A.importsB.exportsC.outputD.trade
小题3:
A.disobeyB.breakC.useD.study
小题4:
A.suspectsB.needsC.wantsD.advertises
小题5:
A.agreementB.contractC.gameD.competition
小题6:
A.worriesB.mindsC.commentsD.projects
小题7:
A.educationalB.politicalC.worthyD.immediate
小题8:
A.favourB.benefitC.interestD.produce
小题9:
A.dependB.spendC.lookD.apply
小题10:
A.asB.likeC.withD.for
小题11:
A.insteadB.otherwiseC.thereforeD.anyhow
小题12:
A.fearB.storeC.preparationD.exchange
小题13:
A.secretlyB.publiclyC.officiallyD.successfully
小题14:
A.urgesB.enablesC.ordersD.forces
小题15:
A.normalB.potentialC.lowestD.best
小题16:
A.whenB.whileC.asD.but
小题17:
A.launchedB.arrangedC.inventedD.developed
小题18:
A.wantedB.refusedC.hadD.decided
小题19:
A.tellingB.representingC.Choosing D.receiving
小题20:
A.smallB.littleC.goodD.large

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The Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different  36 about the foods they eat on this 37 day. In Northern China, people  38 eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the  39 and the beginning of time. According to historical  40 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps  41 the areas in Southern China  42  more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly  43  to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day.  44 , the most common foods for the first  45 are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle  46  long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which  47  the hope of improvement in  48 year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of  49 according to the Chinese.
To  50  a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to   51   a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers.   52  , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have   53  new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards.   54  , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into   55  .
小题1:
A.wordB.habitsC.meaningsD.stories
小题2:
A.usualB.unforgettableC.commonD.special
小题3:
A.seldomB.usuallyC.alwaysD.hardly
小题4:
A.endB.futureC.result D.effect
小题5:
A.reasonsB.recordsC.notesD.stories
小题6:
A.as long asB.thoughC.whenD.because
小题7:
A.causedB.tookC.producedD.brought
小题8:
A.understoodB.knewC.madeD.began
小题9:
A.BesidesB.ThereforeC.ConsequentlyD.Usually
小题10:
A.subjectB.titleC.programD.meal
小题11:
A.symbolizes B.revealsC.showsD.indicates
小题12:
A.transportsB.representsC.fetchesD.takes
小题13:
A.healthB.familyC.lifeD.work
小题14:
A.reunionB.luckC.happinessD.harmony
小题15:
A.doB.payC.getD.carry
小题16:
A.expressB.describeC.establishD.define
小题17:
A.LuckilyB.UnfortunatelyC.HoweverD.Besides
小题18:
A.given awayB.made outC.got intoD.taken up
小题19:
A.InsteadB.FortunatelyC.MoreoverD.Furthermore
小题20:
A.fashionB.effectC.sightD.Power

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BRITAIN is a popular tourist place.But tours of the country have advantages and disadvantages.
GOOD NEWS
Free museums.No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities(文物).
Pop music.Britain is the only country to compare with the US on this score.
Black cabs.London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never
enough of them at weekends or night.
Choice of food.Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants.
Fashion.Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names
such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.
BAD NEWS
Poor service.“It’s part of the image of the place.People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University’s International Tourism Research  Center.
Poor public transport.Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the overcrowded London tube is inexplicably (难以理解的) popular.
Rain.Still in the number one complaint.
No air-conditioning.So that even splendidly hot summers become as unbearable as the downpours.
Overpriced hotels.The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.
Licensing hours.Alcohol (酒) is in short supply after 11 p.m. even in “24-hour cities”.
小题1:What do tourists complain most?
A.Poor service.B.Poor public transport.
C.Rain. D.Overpriced hotels.
小题2:What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?
A.Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US.
B.Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US.
C.Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US.
D.Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US.
小题3:When are people not able to get alcohol?
A.At 12: 00 p.m. B.At 10: 00 p.m. C.At 11: 00 p.m. D.At 9: 00 p.m.
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.You have to pay to visit the museums.
B.It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there.
C.You cannot find Chinese food there.
D.The public transport is poor there.

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People who like travelling have their reasons. They believe that travelling can help them expand their field of view, especially in the geographical and historical sense. They also think that touring will give them more chances to enjoy different kinds of food and experience new things that would never be brought by other activities. But those who dislike travelling also have some reasons.
Travelling, in my opinion, does more good than harm. Most importantly, it broadens(扩大) our mind. We can get in touch with other civilizations(文明), culture, customs and ideas.
Through history, most people travelled because of necessity(必要性)—not for pleasure. People travelled just in order to remain alive. They searched for food to eat or places to live in. They sometimes ran away from enemies. This is not to say that no one ever travelled just for the fun of it. In ancient times, for example, rich Romans travelled all the way to Greece to take part in the Olympic Games, and festivals. Of course, some people decided to travel just out of curiosity(好奇心). They wanted to find out what it looked like beyond the horizon(地平线). Also, business travel has been going on for centuries.Traders could not only make money but also learn to speak several languages and be introduced to different cultures.
So travelling does enrich our mind and draw new ideas to us. There is no doubt that we can get much from it.
小题1:The underlined word“expand”in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “ __________”.
A.decideB.protectC.widenD.lose
小题2:According to the passage, in the past most people travelled _____________.
A.for knowledgeB.to make a livingC.to get experiencesD.for fun
小题3:In the writer’s opinion, travelling can be ______________.
A.tiringB.funnyC.expensiveD.helpful

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