B?

Fluency(流利) in another language is one of the most important aims of a newcomer to another country. In addition, understanding the culture and learning to communicate comfortably with people of that culture are as important as learning the rules of the language. Language learning and culture learning go together and may take a long time.?

Sometimes people feel that they understand a culture after a few weeks or months. People do learn a lot when they first begin living in another culture, but this is only the first stage of learning. It usually includes things like learning everyday activities and some basic customs.?

To really understand another culture, people have to go beyond the first stage, This is challenge because it is often difficult to know what to learn. Much of what we call “culture” is hard to see.

Culture is like an iceberg(冰山). Picture in your mind a huge iceberg in the ocean. The only part of the iceberg that you see is the top. You don’t see the rest of the iceberg because it is hidden from sight in the water. It is easy to forget that it is there. Most of the iceberg is deep within the ocean, just as much of a culture is deep within its people.?

When you meet someone from another culture，certain culture differences are easy to see: You hear another language or you hear your own language spoken with an accent(口音). You see different foods, clothes and sometimes physical characteristics of people. You notice new customs or habits, such as the use of chopsticks, and, bowing or kissing as a way of saying hello. These differences are interesting and important, but they are usually not too difficult to understand. They are visible so they are seen easily and quickly.?

The part of culture that is like the underwater part of the iceberg consists of assumptions(设想), communication styles, values, and beliefs about what is right and wrong. The hidden part of culture affects much of a person’s way of thinking and communicating. It is the meaning behind his or her verbal (言语的) and nonverbal language. Learning to communicate well with people from another culture includes getting to know the hidden part of culture.

61. What’s the subject of this passage?

A. Learning about culture.          B. Language learning.

C. The hidden part of the iceberg.    D. Fluency in another language.

62. What is learning about culture?

A. Learning the hidden part of the iceberg, which is underwater.

B. Learning everyday activities and some basic customs.

C. Learning the culture of an iceberg.

D. Learning the visible as well as the hidden differences of culture.

63. What’s the writer’s opinion?

A. Communication styles can be easily seen and learned.

B. Language learning is more important than culture learning.

C. Learning about culture is not easy and may take a long time.

D. People usually learn a culture after a few weeks or months.

64. The underlined phrase “consists of” can be replaced by “______”.

A. is compared with      B. is made up of     C. agrees with      D. is different from

65. What conclusion can we draw after reading this passage?

A. Values and beliefs are like the top of the iceberg.

B. People are often clear about the hidden part of culture.

C. The top of the iceberg is larger than the hidden part.

D. The hidden part of culture has a great effect on people’s communication styles.

C

People

People is America’s No.1 magazine about fascinating people. It’s a guide to who and what’s hot in the arts, science, business, politics, television, movies, books, music and sports. It is published weekly.

Publisher: The Time Inc. Magazine Company

Cover Price: $211.47

Our Price:$117.00

Issues(期数):53 issues/ 12 months

Lucky

Lucky is the shopping magazine with the best buys, and the fashion tips you’ll need before you hit the stores. What makes Lucky really different is that it gets you the information you need before anyone else has it.

Publisher: Conde Nast Publications Inc.

Cover Price: $35.40

Our Price:$15.00

Issues: 12 issues/ 12 months

Parents

The most trusted magazine for parents who want to raise smart, loving and self-confident children. Each issue has age-specific child-development guidance, advice on your child’s health and safety, and the best ways to encourage your child’s learning.

Publisher: Meredith Corporation

Cover Price: $42.00

Our Price:$9.97

Issues: 12 issues/ 12 months

Entertainment

This magazine covers movies, television, music, Broadway stage productions, books, and popular culture. Unlike celebrity-focused magazines like People, its main concentration is on entertainment media and reviews. It’s intended for a more general audience.

Publisher: The Time Inc. Magazine Company

Cover Price: $199.50

Our Price:$38.95

Issues: 62 issues/ 12 months

66. Which of the following comes out every week?

A. Lucky.       B. Parents        C. Entertainment.        D. People.

67. According to the passage, what makes Lucky so special?

A. It has lots of cartoons.                 B. It has pictures of stars.

C. It tells you where to find bargains.       D. It has information no one else has.

68. The underlined phrase, “celebrity-focused magazines”, probably refers to magazines focusing on ______.

A. hot events and famous stars           B. festivals and celebrations

C. political events                     D. daily life

69. You’re most likely to find the above information ______.

A. on a magazine club website             B. in an educational magazine

C. in a guide to magazines                D. in a magazine sales report

70. Buy ______, a reader can save most.

A. Lucky.       B. Parents        C. Entertainment.        D. People.

D

“Be nice to people.” This sounds like a platitude(老生常谈),but I’ll never forget my father’s words. I was 10, and I had been unkind to someone. He said, “There is no point in being unkind to anyone at any time. You never know who you’re going to meet later in life. And by the way, you don’t change anything by being unkind. Usually you don’t get anywhere.”

“Remember you can do anything you want to do. Don’t let anyone say, ‘You’re not smart enough, it’s too hard, it’s a foolish idea, no one has done that before, girls don’t do that.’ ”My mom gave me that advice in 1973. And it allowed me to never worry what others were saying about my job direction.

“Always do the best job you can do at whatever you’re given, even if you think it’s boring.” Jerry Parkinson, my boss at P&G, told me this in 1979. Here I was fresh out of Harvard Business School(HBS), and I was told to decide how big the hole in the Ivory shampoo bottle should be: 3/8 of an inch or 1/8 of an inch. I did research, focus groups and I would come home at night wondering how I had gone from HBS to this. But later I realized any job you’re given is an opportunity to prove yourself.

“Don’t be greedy(贪婪的). If you’re constantly in the neighborhood of good things, good things will happen to you.” Tom Tierney, who was my boss at Bain in 1981 and is now on the eBay board, told me this. It’s true that you get ahead by praising other people.

Finally, in 1998, I was in New York watching the ticker(倒计时牌) as eBay went public. My husband is a surgeon(外科医生).I called him and told him the great news. And he said, “That’s nice. But Meg, remember that it’s not brain surgery.”

71. According to the passage, which of the following is different from the other three?

A.P&G.     B. HBS.       C. Bain.       D. eBay.

72. How many pieces of advice were given by her family?

A. Two.       B. Four.        C. Three.        D. One.

73. This passage was written by _____ order.

A. story development      B. time      C. working conditions       D. place

74. According to the last paragraph, what her husband actually meant was that _____.

A. he was a nice doctor            B. he was better than Meg

C. 1ife matters the most            D. eBay was nothing at all

75. What’s the main idea of the whole passage?

A. Advice in life really makes a difference to us.

B. We should be nice to people around us.

C. People can succeed by praising others.

D. Too unkind persons will get nothing from life.

第四部分 写作(共三节，满分35分)

第一节 单词拼写(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)(原创)

请根据所给汉语意思提示完成句子。

76. We have 6,000 ________(失业的) young people in this district.

77. The good news was that many poor people ________(活下来) the winter.

78. After a heated discussion, let’s draw a _______ (结论) now.

79. He told the _______(采访者) secretly that he had seen the whole robbery.

80. The result of the exam was a _______ (完全的) surprise to me.

81. The man _______ (提及) to at the meeting was our headmaster.

82. _______ (幸运的是), the fire was discovered soon after it started.

83. Teachers gave us a lot of ________(专业的) advice when we hunted for jobs.

84. We should have a positive _______ (态度) towards life.

85. Our holiday is _______ (接近) and we still can’t decide where to go.

第二节 课文填空(共5小题;每小题1分，满分5分)

The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by 86 . For the first few hundred kilometers of the 87 , the scenery was very colorful. There were fields and the soil was dark red. After that, it was  88 . The sun  89 , there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw  90  farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.

第三节 书面表达(满分20分)

假设你是李华，你班来自美国的交流生Peter患病住院已有三周,请你用英文给他写封信，主要内容包括：

1. 询问病情，表示关心。

2. 介绍近期情况。

1) 刚考完月考(monthly exam)，你取得很大进步。感谢他的鼓励。

2) 学校即将举办运动会。希望他能参加。

3. 表达期望。

注意：1)词数不少于80

2)可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯

3)信的格式已给出，不计入总词数

Dear Peter,

Yours,

Li Hua