It’s really true what people say about English politeness: it’s everywhere. When

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It’s really true what people say about English politeness: it’s everywhere. When squeezing past someone in a narrow aisle, people say “sorry”. When getting off a bus, English passengers say “thank you” rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others is sometimes unavoidable, and the bus driver is only doing his job. I used to think the same way, without questioning it, until I started travelling to the British Isles and came to appreciate some more polite ways of interacting (交往) with people.
People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customer and retail assistant in most cases thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one thank you in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposite to Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.
Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize others. Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers emphasized (强调) several times but none of their explanations were intended as criticism. It has been my impression that by avoiding criticism, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. This also is showed in other ways. British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat women to a meal than German men. However, I do need to point out here that this applies to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men! Yes, the latter (后者) are a bit tightfisted.
小题1:
. What is the author’s attitude towards English politeness?

A．He thinks it is artificial.	B．He gives no personal opinion.
C．He appreciates it.	D．He thinks it goes too far.

小题2:
What can we learn about customers and retail assistants in Germany?

A．A customer never says thank you to a retail assistant.

B．It’s always a retail assistant who says thank you.

C．They may say thank you only once.

D．they always say thank you to each other.

小题3:
We can learn from the last paragraph that Scottish men __________.

A．are more likely to be involved in a fighting

B．are more polite than English men

C．treat women in a polite way

D．are not so willing to spend money for women

小题4:
The author of this text is most probably ___________.

A．an Englishman	B．a German
C．a Scottish man	D．a Welshman

小题5:
The author develops the text through the method of ____________.

A．making comparisons	B．telling stories
C．giving comments	D．giving reasons

答案

小题1:C
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B
小题1:A

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Nowroz: Iranian New Year or Nowroz is celebrated on the first day of spring sometime in March. Nowroz ceremonies are symbolic representations of good and evil. People sing, dance and parade as in a carnival through the streets with drums and trumpets to spread the news of the coming new year.
Rosh Hashanah: The Jewish New Year is called “Rosh Hashanah”, and is celebrated in the month of September. It is a holy time when people think of the things they have done wrong in the past, and promise to do better in the future. Special prayers are held, and an instrument called a Shofar is played. Children are given new clothes, and New Year loaves are baked and fruits are consumed to remind people of harvest time.
Shogatsu: In Japan, the New Year (Shogatsu) celebrations are from January 1 to January 3 and most Japanese don’t work during these days. In Japan, years are traditionally seen as completely separate from each other, and the New Year is a fresh start. This means that in December all duties should be completed. Parties are held to forget the worries and troubles of the old year. Homes and cars are decorated. On New Year’s Eve, most people spend their time with their families.
Bahai New Year: The Bahai people have their own calendar consisting of nineteen months of nineteen days plus a couple of extra days between the eighteenth and nineteenth months. They have, however, adopted the Iranian custom of beginning the New Year in the spring equinox (春分). The day begins at sunset rather than midnight, and the New Year celebrations are held on the evening of March 20th.
小题1:During the Jewish New Year, .

A．people don’t mention things they have done wrong

B．children often wear new clothes

C．loaves and fruits are often forbidden to be served

D．Shofar is their favourite food

小题2: Which of the following festivals are celebrated in the same month?

A．Nowroz and Shogatsu.	B．Rosh Hashanah and Shogatsu.
C．Nowroz and Rosh Hashanah.	D．Nowroz and the Bahai New Year.

小题3: What can we learn from the text?

A．Japanese families often stay together to celebrate Shogatsu.

B．The Bahai people usually hold a carnival to celebrate the New Year.

C．The Jewish harvest fruits to celebrate Rosh Hashanah.

D．The Iranians often hold family parties to celebrate Nowroz.

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For those of you who were born in the year of the pig, good luck and much success! This is your year.
When talking to a Westerner, how

ever, you’ve got to be a little careful when you talk about pigs. Chinese people view the pig as a smart and prospe

rous (rich, lucky) animal. Western ideas tend to be a little more negative（否定的）.
A pig in the West is seen as a dirty, lazy, and fat animal. If anyone ever called you a pig, you wouldn’t be smiling. When a person doesn’t like someone, sometimes he will call that person a pig.
If you ever meet a Westerner who was born in the year of the pig, don’t say, “ Oh, you’

re a pig!” Most Westerners will be understanding. They will be sure that you made some kind of mistake. However, don’t take any chances. You might just offend (触怒)someone who does not share your positive ideas about pigs.
小题1:
According to the passage we can see that Chinese people think of the pig as a ________ animal.

A．clever

B．rich

C．good

D．all the above

小题2:
A Westerner will call someone a pig if he ______ that man.

A．dislikes

B．is afraid of

C．looks up to

D．makes fun of

小题3:
When you call a Westerner a pig, who was born in the year of the pig, most of them _______.

A．will be angry	B．will be very surprised
C．can forgive	D．may quarrel with you

小题4:
From the passage we can conclude that ________.

A．it’s impolite to talk about pigs

B．Westerners do not like pigs as much as the Chinese

C．in general, Westerners and the Chinese don’t like pigs

D．all of the Chinese like pigs better than Westerners

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If you"ve ever seen a James Bond movie，you"ll know that the hero gets around in a smart Aston Martin car. Even if you know full well that you could never afford such an expensive vehicle, you don"t forget the name, or the car.
　 Why? You have been affected by product placement.
　 Companies pay a film to place their products in the movie. Product placement took off in the West in the 1980s and is now catching on in China. Two Hunan Satellite TV dramas are recent examples：Ugly Wudi and Let"s Go Watch the Meteor Shower (《一起去看流星雨》).
　 Shampoo, mobile phones, cars and fitness centers–anything can be product-placed. Advertisers value the mass appeal of the movies, knowing that a successful film can showcase their goods to hundreds of thousands of viewers. But when product placement takes over, artistic considerations can take a back seat.
　 Cai Zhiyong has been product-placing for years. The Beijing-based advertiser admits there is a conflict between art and business. He explains the way one ad works. In If You are the One (《非诚勿扰》), the actress Shu Qi plays a flight attendant. The movie contains product placement for airline companies.
　 Cash-strapped filmmakers often have to give less consideration to the quality of their work because they need money from advertisers. In the original story for Meteor Shower, the heroine"s mother owned an ice cream shop. But no ice cream company wanted to sponsor (赞助) the film. For this reason, the story was changed. In the film the man drinks 20 cups of milk tea instead of eating ice cream.
　 So you may see the power of business over the movies, since the script (剧本) was perhaps written so that a product could be placed-whether it was ice cream or milk tea.
小题1:James Bond movies are mentioned in the first paragraph to show_________.

A．how popular James Bond is	B．how great the Aston Martin car is
C．how to make a movie more artistic	D．how effectively product placement works

小题2:Product placement can have a bad effect on the_________ of a movie.

A．atmosphere

B．mass appeal

C．box-office success

D．artistic value

小题3:What does the underlined word "cash-strapped" in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A．Short of money.	B．Wasting a lot of money.
C．having enough money.	D．Trying to save money.

小题4:We can learn from the example of Meteor Shower that__________.

A．business has a big say in the movie

B．the original story was not suitable for a movie

C．filmmakers are only concerned about making money

D．milk tea is more popular than ice cream

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DJs (disc jockeys) are the people who play and present music on the radio, or in nightclub. A VJ (video jockey) is a person who introduces music videos on television.
VJs were first seen on television in the early 1980s when MTV went on the air. As MTV caught on, and the audience for music videos expanded, a variety of other music video channels started broadcasting. In addition to rock music, there were channels for people who were into alternative kinds of music, such as country music, light rock, and R & B,

and all of these channels needed VJs. By the 1990s, international music video channels like Channel V in Asia and VIVA in Europe had started.
The VJs for the new international stations had to be chosen carefully. Although some VJs did shows focused on small audiences and showed mostly local content, other VJs presented shows for international viewers. These VJs, and the material they presented, needed to be popular in several different cultures.
One successful international VJ in Asia is Asha Gill.

She is from Malaysia, but parents and grandparents are fro

m India, France, and England. She speaks three languages and has fans across Asia, from Japan to the United Arab Emirates.
Another VJ who has made a big hit in Asia is Lili. She is actually a computer-animated VJ on MTV Asia. An actress wearing special computer equipment makes Lili move like a puppet. Th

e actress also talks for Lili, and her shows can be seen in five languages.
When asked what makes

a good video jockey, many successful VJs have given similar answers. To be a good VJ you need to know a lot about music, you need to be funny, and you can’t be shy.
小题1:What is the reading mainly about?

A．how to become a VJ	B．the most popular VJ today
C．the differences between DJs and VJs	D．some general information about VJs

小题2:What kind of music did the first VJ probably introduce?

A．classical

B．rhythm and blues

C．rock and pop

D．country

小题3:What do Channel V and VIVA have in common?

A．They are both owned by MTV.

B．They are music video channels in Asia.

C．They do not use VJs to introduce the music.

D．They have viewers in more than one country.

小题4:Which is NOT true about Asha Gill?

A．She speaks more than one language.	B．Her family were all born in Malaysia.
C．She’s popular in quite a lot of Asian countries.	D．She is a successful VJ.

小题5: Which of the following does th

e passage NOT mention as being important for someone who wants to be a VJ?

A．speak many different languages	B．listen to a lot of music
C．talk easily with different people	D．being able to make people laugh

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Most people think that the

capital of the movie world is Hollyhood, in the United States. However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in India. Mumbai used to be known as Bombay, and so the film industry there is called “Bollywood.” Bollywood makes twice as man

y movies each year as Hollyhood—more than 800 films a year.
The movies from Bollywood are very different from Hollywood movies. For one thing, Bollywood movies are much longer than most Hollywood movies. Most Bollywood movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing, dancing, action, adventure, mystery, and romance (but usually no kissing). Because Bollywood films contain so many different features, this style of film is sometimes called a “masala” film. (“Masala” is an Indian word for a mixture of spice

s.)
Another big difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies is the way movies are made. It takes much longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. In fact, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script even finished. The director and writers can make up the story while the film is being made. Sometimes they will even write the script by hand instead of taking time to type it.
Bollywood actors are very popular and some are in such high demand that they may work on several movies at the same time. They may even shoot scenes for several films on the same day using the same costumes and scenery. Since most Bollywood movies follow the same kind of story, shooting scenes for several films at the same time is not a big problem for actors or directors. This also helps keep the cost of Bollywood movies lower than the cost of Hollywood movies. The average Bollywood film, with a budget of only two million U.S. dollars, seems very cheap compared to the average budget of sixty million U.S. dollars for a Hollywood film—thirty times as much!
小题1:What is the main topic of the reading?

A．famous stars in Bollywood	B．how Hollywood movies are made
C．the differences between two movie industries	D．the history of movie-making in India

小题2:What is NOT true about Mumbai?

A．It is the movie capital of India.

B．The new name is Bombay.

C．More movies are made there than in Hollywood.

D．It is less expensive to make films there than in Hollywood.

小题3: Why are Bollywood films often called “masala” films?

A．They have spicy stories.	B．They show Indian culture.
C．They are much longer than Hollywood films.	D．They mix different styles of movies.

小题4: Bollywood movies are cheap to make because ____________________ .

A．they are shorter than Hollywood films.

B．the scripts are written by hand.

C．the movies do not use any special effects.

D．each movie reuses things from other movies.

小题5:Which of these statements would the writer probably agree with?

A．Most Bollywood movies are very similar.

B．It takes a lot of money to make a good movie.

C．Only Indian people can understand Bollywood movies.

D．Hollywood movies are too violent.

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