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I recently returned to my home city and my first stop was at a museum on the River Mersey. Blanketed in mist (薄雾), Victorian architecture rose from the banks of the river, responded to the sounds of sea-birds, and appeared unbelievably charming. When I headed toward the centre, I found myself surrounded by buildings that mirror the best palaces of Europe. It is not hard to imagine why, on first seeing the city, most visitors would be overpowered by the beauty of the noble buildings, which are solid signs of Liverpool’s history.
As if stress its cultural role, Liverpool has more museums and galleries (美术馆) than most cities in Britain. At Walker Art Gallery, I was told that it has best collections of Victorian paintings in the world, and is the home of modern art in the north of England. However, culture is more than galleries. Liverpool offers many music events. As Britain’s No.1 music city, it has the biggest city music festival in Europe, and its musicians are famous all over the world. Liverpool is also well-known for its football and other sports events. Every year, the Mersey River Festival attracts thousands of visitors, madding the city a place of wonder.
As you would expect from such a city, there are restaurants serving food from around the world. When my trip was about to complete, I chose to rest my legs in Liverpool’s famous Philharmonic pub(酒馆). It is a monument to perfection, and a heritage attraction itself.
Being a World Heritage Site, my home city is certainly a place of “outstanding universal value”. It is a treasure house with plenty of secrets for the world to explore.
小题1:Visitors who see the city for the first time would be deeply impressed by __________.
A.its charming banks |
B.its famous museums |
C.its wonderful palaces |
D.its attractive buildings |
A.providing different examples |
B.following the order of space |
C.making comparisons |
D.analyzing causes |
A.Liverpool is a well-known city for its restaurants |
B.Liverpool is an impressive place full of attraction |
C.a pub is a wonderful place for visitors to relax themselves |
D.a pub is a perfect choice for visitors to complete their journey |
A.The universal value of the world heritage in Liverpool. |
B.The exciting experience of the author in Liverpool. |
C.The special cultural atmosphere of Liverpool. |
D.The beautiful historic sites of Liverpool. |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
解析
小题1:细节判断题。第二段最后两行告诉我们该题的答案。
小题2:从第三段话我们可以知道作者举了“博物馆、音乐和运动”作为例子,所以该题答案为A。
小题3:通过the Philharmonic pub告诉我们Liverpool is an impressive place full of attraction。
小题4:主旨大意题。文章不仅讲述了liverpool 的beauty而且重点讲述了她的独特的文化氛围。所以C为最佳答案。
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试题【Liverpool, my hometown, is a unique city. It is so unique that in 2004 it became】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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1.Add a lucky red door. Red is a traditional color of 2 . It"s an important part of the Chinese New Year to 3 on doing what one can to bring about good luck for the New Year. If you don"t want to 4 the door red, how about wrapping it up like a present with red wrapping paper. If changing your front door"s color is not workable, how about the door to your child"s bedroom?
2.Eat. A huge part of most cultures is that of food and the Chinese New Year is not 5 , it"s eating jiaozi at midnight on New Year"s Eve, or longevity noodles on day seven of the festivities to 6 long life. The Chinese New Year celebrations mean many fancy meals that your child will 7 .
3.Create a lantern. Sara Naumann, the Guide to China Travel, shares a bit about the legend of the Lantern Festival or Yuanxiao, which occurs on the 8 day of the Chinese New Year festivities. It"s a 9 that includes an emperor, a young woman who misses her family, and tricking the God of Fire. Your kids should love this story. After 10 it with them, or while reading the story, enjoy making your own paper lantern to display.
4.Give lucky money. The Guide to Mandarin Language shares that another very popular 11 during the Chinese New Year is that of the gift of red envelopes with 12 in them. These gifts are given to children and usually follow a bit of superstition(迷信) in that the money needs to be given in even amounts and never contain 13 numbers, such as four. Therefore, four dollars is not a good gift. The envelopes are also decorated with lucky symbols and New Year 14 .
5.Give a small gift. The giving of simple gifts is also an appropriate way to 15 the Chinese New Year. What better gift than that of a children"s book about the Chinese New Year or the Chinese Culture.
6.Make some noise. Just like in America, the Chinese use 16 in ringing in their New Year. In the Chinese culture it began as a way to 17 away any demons(鬼) that threaten to bring a profitable and lucky New Year, but today it"s also about excitement and 18 . Consider setting off a few firecrackers of your own, if allowed in your area. If not, make a cute firework picture with a bit of glitter and glue. A pretend firecracker is another great craft that could also be considered a festive way to decorate your New Year table.
7.Sing Happy Birthday to your dog. The second day of the Chinese New Year is 19 the birthday of all dogs. Why not 20 your child to throw Fido a birthday celebration? Perhaps an extra ride in the car or new chew toy is in order? I know my dog would appreciate a few extra belly rubs too.
( ) 1. A. tradition B. culture C. civilization D. habit
( ) 2. A. wealth B. disaster C. belief D. luck
( ) 3. A. focus B. accuse C. adapt D. mind
( ) 4. A. boil B. paint C. wash D. purchase
( ) 5. A. same B. similar C. common D. different
( ) 6. A. come about B. take about C. bring about D. get out
( ) 7. A. bore B. destroy C. enjoy D. absorb
( ) 8. A. last B. first C. second D. next
( ) 9. A. play B. story C. novel D. history
( ) 10. A. sharing B. listening C. reading D. making
( ) 11. A. invention B. story C. race D. tradition
( ) 12. A. food B. clothes C. money D. jewels
( ) 13. A. unclear B. unlucky C. unfair D. uncertain
( ) 14. A. wishes B. signs C. presents D. happiness
( ) 15. A. spend B. envy C. buy D. celebrate
( ) 16. A. firecrackers B. songs C. dances D. goods
( ) 17. A. take B. scare C. get D. burn
( ) 18. A. fun B. relax C. sleep D. travel
( ) 19. A. fixed B. named C. considered D. marked
( ) 20. A. order B. accompany C. tease D. allow
One cause of misconceptions is ethnocentrism, the belief that one’s own culture’s way of doing things is better than the way of other cultures. It’s ethnocentrism that leads to failure in international business. To avoid ethnocentrism, it’s necessary to study the different elements(组成部分)of culture: language, values and attitudes, and customs and manners.
Language
A. knowledge of the local language can help international business people in four ways. First, people can communicate directly. Second, people are usually more open in their communication with someone who speaks their language. Third, an understanding of the language allows people to infer meanings that are not said directly. Finally, knowing the language helps people to understand the culture better.
Values are people’s basic beliefs about the difference between right and wrong, good and bad . An attitude is a way of thinking or acting. Values and attitudes influence international business. For example, many people in the United States believe that chocolate from Switzerland is better than chocolate from other countries, and they buy a lot of it.
Customs and manners
Customs are common social practices. Manners are ways of acting that the society believes are polite. For example, in the United States, it is the custom to have salad (色拉) before the main course at dinner, not after. It’s not acceptable to talk with food in mouth at table. Failure to understand the customs and manners of other countries will bring difficulty selling their products. Orange juice as a breakfast drink of an American company in France doesn’t sell well because the French don’t usually drink juice with breakfast.
小题1:A. knowledge of the local language allows international business people _________.
A. to be more open with their customers
B. to communicate without outside help
C. to express their thoughts indirectly
D. to have a better idea of their own culture
小题2:The act of many people buying chocolate of Switzerland shows the role of ________.
A.manners | B.values | C.attitudes | D.customs |
A.Misconceptions in Business | B.Basic Beliefs in Business |
C.International Business Culture | D.Successful International Business |
A.how to take a right attitude in business |
B.how to avoid misunderstandings in business |
C.how to use a local language in business |
D.how to act politely and properly in business |
Landscape(风景) is another unchanging element of art.It can be found from ancient times through the 17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists.In the 1970s Alfred Leslie,one of the new American realists,continued this practice.Leslie sought out the same place where Toomas Cole,a romanticist,had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before.Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature,Lealie paints what he actually sees.In his paintings,there is no particular change in emotion,and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background.He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography(摄影术) to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom.
Besides,all art begs the age-old question:What is real?Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another.The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects,the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes,and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in the ancient Forests.To sum up,understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods.
Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant.Past or present,Eastern or Western,the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience.Many and different are the faces of art,and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings.
小题1:The underlined word “poetry” most probably means______.
A.an object for artistic creation |
B.a collection of poems |
C.an unusual quality |
D.a natural scene |
A.they are close in style to works in ancient times |
B.they look like works by 19th-century painters |
C.they draw attention to common things in life |
D.they depend heavily on color photography |
A.It will not be found in future works of art. |
B.It does not have a long-lasting standard. |
C.It is expressed in a fixed artistic form. |
D.It is lacking in modern words of art. |
A.They express people’s curiosity about the past. |
B.They make people interested in everyday experience. |
C.They are considered important for variety in form. |
D.They are regarded as a mirror of the human situation. |
A.History of the arts. |
B.Basic questions of the arts. |
C.New developments in the arts. |
D.Use of modern technology in the arts.四、写作(共两节,满分35分) |
First we had to read about ancient Egyptians(古埃及人)and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum.My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny,but I was not interested.Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing.We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly(卷曲的)hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings.I certainly couldn’t see what was so great about art.
On our last visit to the museum,something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary.In it,a woman was reading to a child.The colors were soft and gentle,and you could tell by the mother’s expression how happy she was just to be with the child.I couldn’t stop looking at this painting!I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made!It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much.
小题1:The aim of the mother’s plan was to ________.
A.take them to visit the museum |
B.introduce them to the world of art |
C.ask them to read about artists |
D.show them different painting styles |
A.She came to feel her mother’s love. |
B.She liked many paintings. |
C.She hardly enjoyed herself. |
D.She could understand the pictures of fat babies. |
A.One of Mary’s paintings. |
B.A strange way of painting. |
C.Artists in the Middle Ages. |
D.Her mother’s instruction. |
A.the importance of curiosity |
B.the effect of art |
C.the value of learning |
D.the power of family education |
President Clinton arrived in Korea directly after leaving Japan and had not changed his culture gears.His failure to follow Korean customs gave the impression that Korea was not as important to him as Japan.
In addition to Koreans,some Asian husbands and wives do not share the same family names.This practice often puzzles(使困惑) English-speaking teachers when talking with a pupil’s parents.They become puzzled about the student’s correct last name.Placing the family name first is common among a number of Asian cultures.
Mexican naming customs are different as well.When a woman marries,she keeps her family name and adds her husband’s name after the word de(of).This affects(影响) how they fill in forms in the United States.When requested to fill in a middle name,they generally write the father’s family name.But Mexicans are addressed by the family name of the mother.This often causes puzzlement.
Here are a few ways to deal with such difficult situations:don’t always think that a married woman uses her husband’s last name.Remember that in many Asian cultures,the order of first and last names is reversed(颠倒).Ask which name a person would prefer to use.If the name is difficult to pronounce,admit it,and ask the person to help you say it correctly.
小题1:The story of Bill Clinton is used to______.
A.improve US-Korean relations |
B.introduce the topic of the text |
C.describe his visit to Korea |
D.tell us how to address a person |
A.action plans | B.naming customs |
C.travel maps | D.thinking patterns |
A.continues to use her family name |
B.uses her husband’s given name |
C.shares her husband’s family name |
D.adds her husband’s given name to hers |
A.use her middle name |
B.use her husband’s first name |
C.ask her which name she likes |
D.change the order of her names |
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