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GiftgivingintheWest
三、跨文化单选(答题说明:
每题1分,合计分。
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C22.CathyistalkingtoherfriendsBillandTodoutsidethecinema.
Didn'
tyouthinkso
Cathy:
Well,whatdidyouthinkofthefilm,then
Oh,Ithoughtitwasgreat.
Tod:
A)Well,maybe.
B)No,Idon'
tlikeit.
C)
Yes,inaway.ButI'
veseenbetter.
D23.AtSamantha'
sflat,RuthhasjusttoldSandythatsheisreallyfedupwithherpresentjob.
Sandy:
Well,Ruth,maybeyououghttotryandgetanotherone.
Itshouldn'
tbetoohardforsomeonelikeyou.
Ruth:
Yes,Icoulddothat,Isuppose.Well,Icanthinkaboutitanyway.
A)Yes,youdothat.
B)That'
sthespirit.
C)That'
syourwayout.
D)Good.
D24.Bethistalkingtoherfriend,Brenda.
meonyour
Beth:
Iwonderifyou'
dmindpostingthisletterforwayhome,Brenda
Brenda:
A)You'
rewelcome.
B)Idon'
tcare.
C)Idon'
tmind.
D)Sure.
A25.Situation:
XiaoMaisaninterpreter.Onedayaforeignvisitor,MrYoder,talkstohim.
Yoder:
YourEnglishisquitefluent.
Ma:
A)Thankyou.It'
skindofyoutosayso.
B)No,no,myEnglishispoor.
C)No,notatall.
D)Oh,no.Farfromthat,Istillhavealongwaytogo.
B26.BettyisaforeignstudentinChina.ShehasmetZhengYu.
Betty:
Iwastoldthatyouwonthe100-meterraceintheallcitytrackmeetthismorning.Congratulations!
ZhengYu:
A)Justlucky.
B)Thankyou.
C)Ican'
tsayIdidwellthismorning.
D)Icouldhavedonebetterifithadn'
tbeensocold.
B27.Yourfriend'
smother,MrsYoder,askedifyouwouldlikesomethingtoeat.Whatwouldyousaytorefusepolitely
A)Notforthemoment,thankyou,MrsYoder.I'
mfull.
B)No,thanks,I'
vejusthadlunch.
C)Oh,no,MrsYoder.Ihaven'
tlonghadlunch.
D)I'
mfullandhavenoroomforanymore.
A28.MrTimmshasarrivedforameetingwhich,unfortunately,hasbeencancelled.
MrsBanks:
I'
mterriblysorryaboutnotlettingyouknowsooner,MrTimmes,butunfortunatelyitwascancelledatthelastminuteandtheresimplywasn'
tenoughtimetoinformeveryone.
MrTimms:
A)Oh,don'
tletitworryyou,MrsBanks.Iquiteunderstand.
B)Oh,that'
sOK,MrsBanks.Iunderstand.
C)Oh,itdoesn'
tmatter,MrsBanks.
D)Oh,don'
tworryaboutit,MrsBanks.
B29.Ifyouareattendingafamilygatheringandwouldliketoknowwhatthefamilialrelationshipisbetweenonememberandanother,youmayask:
A)Isheyour…
B)Howareyourelated
C)Who'
sthatwoman
D)What'
stherelationshipbetweenyouandthatwoman
A30.Onthewaytotheschoolcinema,LisawProfessorBlakewalkingtothecinema,too.
Li:
A)Goodafternoon,ProfessorBlake.
B)Areyougoingtothefilm
C)Whereareyougoing
D)You'
regoingtothefilm,aren'
tyou
A31.Whenintroducingyourselftosomeoneyoudon'
tknowat
aparty,whatwouldyousay
A)Hi,I'
m…
B)MayIintroducemyselftoyouandatthesametimeImake
youracquaintance7
C)Hi,I'
dliketomeetyou.
D)Hi,I'
m…Doyouknowmanypeoplehere
B32.JackphonesXiaoSong'
soffice.
Jack:
Hello,I'
dliketospeaktoSongHua,please.
Song:
A)I'
mSongHua.
B)ThisisSongHuaspeaking.
C)Thisisme.
D)It'
smehere.
D33.You'
vejustbeenaskedouttodinnerbutyoudon'
twanttogowiththepersonwhoinvitedyou.Youmightsay:
A)Idon'
tthinkso.Ialreadyhaveplans.
B)No,Ireallydon'
tenjoybeingwithyou.
C)I'
mdietingsoImustn'
tgoouttoeat.
D)ThanksalotbutI'
mbusytonight.
B34.Lucymethisteacher,MrsSouth,outsidethelibrary.
Lucy:
Goodmorning,Lucy.Howareyou
MrsSouth:
Verywell,thankyou,Lucy,andhowareyou
A)Oh,can'
tcomplain.
B)I'
mverywell,too,thankyou.
C)Sameoldthing.
D)OK.
B35.MrGreen'
ssecretary,PatKent,wenttotheairporttomeetMrBarnesforherboss.
WhatwouldMissKentsaywhenshemeetMrBarnes
A)Excuseme,wouldyoubeMrBarnes
B)AreyouMrBarnes
C)Excuseme,wouldyoupleasetellmeifyouareMrBarnes
D)YouareMrBarnes,aren'
A36.Patrickissittinginacarwithsomefriends.Hehasjustaskedifanyonemindshimsmoking.Oneofthefriendsinthecar,Gillian,isallergictosmoke.Whatwouldshesay
A)WouldyoumindifIsaidno,Patrick
B)Can'
tyoustaywithoutsmoking
C)It'
snotOK.
D)No,ofcoursenot.
43-47题共用题干:
Overthepastcentury,allkindsofunfairnessanddiscriminationhavebeencondemned.Butoneinsidiousformcontinuestothrive:
alphabetism.Thisreferstodiscriminationagainstthosewhosesurnamesbeginwithaletterinthelowerhalfofthealphabet.
IthaslongbeenknownthatataxifirmcalledAAAcarshasabigadvantageoverZodiaccarswhencustomersthumbthrough
theirphonedirectories.Lesswellknownistheadvantagethat
AdamAbbotthasinlifeoverZoeZysman.Englishnamesarefairlyevenlyspreadbetweenthehalvesofthealphabet.YetalargenumberoftoppeoplehavesurnamesbeginningwithlettersbetweenAandK.
ThustheAmericanpresidentandvice-presidenthavesurnamesstartingwithBandCrespectively;
and26ofGeorgeBush'
spredecessorshadsurnamesinthefirsthalfofthealphabetagainstjust16inthesecondhalf.Evenmorestriking,sixofthesevenheadsofgovernmentoftheG7richcountriesarealphabeticallyadvantaged.Theworld'
sthreetopcentralbankersareallclosetothetopofthealphabet,evenifoneofthemreallyusesJapanesecharacters,asaretheworld'
s
fiverichestmen(Gates,Buffett,Allen,EllisonandAlbrecht).
CanthismerelybecoincidenceOnetheory,dreamtupinallthesparetimeenjoyedbythealphabeticallydisadvantaged,isthattherotsetsinearly.Atthestartofthefirstyearininfantschool,teachersseatpupilsalphabeticallyfromthefront,tomakeiteasiertoremembertheirnames.SoshortsightedZysmanjuniorgetsstuckinthebackrow,andisrarelyaskedtheimprovingquestionsposedbythoseinsensitiveteachers.Atthetimethealphabeticallydisadvantagedmaythinktheyhavehadaluckyescape.Yettheresultmaybeworsequalifications,becausetheygetlessindividualattention,aswellaslessconfidenceinspeakingpublicly.
Thehumiliationcontinues.Atuniversitygraduationceremonies,theABCsproudlygettheirawardsfirst;
bythetimetheyreachtheZysmansmostpeopleareliterallyhavingaZZZ.Shortlistsforjobinterviews,electionballotpapers,andlistsofconferencespeakers:
alltendtobedrawnupalphabetically,andtheirrecipientsloseinterestastheyploughthroughthem.
A43.WhatdoestheauthorintendtoillustratewithAAAcarsandZodiacears
A)Akindofoverlookedinequality.
B)Atypeofconspicuousbias.
C)Atypeofpersonalprejudice.
D)Akindofbranddiscrimination.
D44.Whatcanweinferfromthefirstthreeparagraphs
A)InbothEastandWest,namesareessentialtosuccess.
B)ThealphabetistoblameforthefailureofZoeZysman.
C)Customersoftenpayalotofattentiontocompanies'
names.
D)Someformofdiscriminationistoosubtletorecognize.
C45.The4thparagraphsuggeststhat.
A)questionsareoftenputtothemoreintelligentstudents
B)alphabeticallydisadvantagedstudentsoftenescapefromclass
C)teachersshouldpayattentiontoalloftheirstudents
D)studentsshouldbeseatedaccordingtotheireyesight
B46.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“mostpeopleareliterally
havingaZZZ”inParagraph5
A)Theyaregettingimpatient.
B)Theyarenoisilydozingoff.
C)Theyarefeelinghumiliated.
D)Theyarebusywithwordpuzzles.
D47.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetext
A)PeoplewithsurnamesbeginningwithNtoZareoftenill-treated.
B)VIPsintheWesternworldgainagreatdealfromalphabetism.
C)Thecampaigntoeliminatealphabetismstillhasalongwaytogo.
D)Puttingthingsalphabeticallymayleadtounintentionalbias.
48-52题共用题干:
Whatthedream-phantasydoeswiththephysicalstimuli
cannotberegardedaspurposeful.Thephantasyplaysatantalizinggamewiththem,andrepresentstheorganicsourceofthestimuliofthedreaminquestionbyanysortofplasticsymbolism.Indeed,Schernerholdsthatthedream-phantasyhasacertainfavoritesymbolfortheorganismasawhole:
namely,thehouse.Fortunately,however,foritsrepresentations,itdoesnotseemtolimititselftothismaterial;
itmayalsoemployawholeseriesofhousestodesignateasingleorgan;
forexample,verylongstreetsofhousesfortheintestinalstimulus.Inotherdreamsparticularpartsofthehousemayactuallyrepresentparticularregionsofthebody,asintheheadache-dream,whentheceilingoftheroom(whichthedreamseescoveredwithdisgustingtoad-likespiders)representsthehead.
Quiteapartfromthesymbolofthehouse,anyothersuitableobjectmaybeemployedtorepresentthosepartsofthebodywhichexcitethedream.Thusthebreathinglungsfindtheirsymbolintheflamingstovewithitswindyroaring,theheartinhollowchestsandbaskets,thebladderinround,ball-shaped,orsimplyhollowobjects.Itisparticularlynoteworthythatattheendofsu