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Just like other countries in Europe, it is one of the customs in Iceland to shake hands and say “Hello”. Kissing each other’s cheeks is acceptable along with wishing each other a happy day.
Another custom is to take off your shoes in the hallway(走廊) when you enter someone’s home. Also, don’t be surprised if someone invites you to their house, since Icelanders love to have guests. Just make sure you take flowers or a similar token of thanks to give them.
If you have been invited to eat, keep in mind that you don’t need to express thanks before meals like the French or the Japanese. Rather, eat heartily and then thank your host afterwards by shaking his hand.
Keep in mind that believing in mysterious beings is part of the tradition in Iceland. Indeed, most of the unique and sometimes strange rock formations in Iceland are due to elves(小精灵), according to the people of Iceland.
Are you planning to spend Christmas in Iceland? If so, make sure you practice saying “Gleileg jol got tog fars!” first, which is the local Christmas greeting. It is part of the tradition in Iceland to have long Christmas holidays—26 days—longer than in any other European country. There are 13 Santa Clauses in Iceland, too!
There may not be a law requiring you to follow the customs, but there is no harm in doing so. Following them, you might be rewarded with a rich cultural experience and a more meaningful trip.
小题1: When you are invited to someone’s home in Iceland, you"d better do all of the following EXCEPT ______.
| A．eating heartily and enjoying your time there |
| B．expressing your thanks to the host before you eat |
| C．taking some flowers or something else to the host |
| D．taking off shoes in the hallway before you enter the home |
| A．Shaking hands when greeting. |
| B．A 26-day-long Christmas holiday. |
| C．Saying hello when meeting each other. |
| D．Kissing each other’s cheeks when greeting. |
| A．what some of the customs in Iceland are like |
| B．why some of the customs in Iceland are special |
| C．how some of the customs in Iceland were formed |
| D．what some of the customs are like in Europe |
| A．happiness is a form of courage |
| B．when in Rome, do as the Romans do |
| C．practice is the only path to knowledge |
| D．everyone has good and bad times in life |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:B
解析
试题分析：在本文中作者介绍了旅游胜地爱尔兰当地的一些习俗，比如去做客时要带上一束鲜花或者一件小纪念品以表示礼貌；在进房间之前要把鞋子脱在走廊内；不要在饭前对主人表示感激等等。作者认为如果了解了一些当地的风土人情，在爱尔兰的旅游才会更加有意义。
小题1:B细节理解题。根据文章第三段keep in mind that you don’t need to express thanks before meals like the French or the Japanese.可知在爱尔兰做客时不要在饭前对主人表示感激，所以答案选B。
小题2:B细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段It is part of the tradition in Iceland to have long Christmas holidays—26 days—longer than in any other European country.可知爱尔兰的圣诞节比欧洲任何一个国家的圣诞节都要长，所以B选项正确。
小题3:A主旨大意题。作者在首段提出Before you go there, it is good to learn some of the basic Iceland customs first.然后在下文详细介绍了一些爱尔兰的风俗习惯，所以文章中心是介绍爱尔兰的风俗，故选A。小题4:B推理判断题。A幸福(快乐)是勇气的一种形式。B入乡随俗。C实践是通向知识的通道。D每个人的生活都会有顺境和逆境时。本文开头提出中心it is good to learn some of the basic Iceland customs first.，然后在文章末段用Following them, you might be rewarded with a rich cultural experience and a more meaningful trip.进一步呼应开头，由此可知作者想告诉我们的是入乡随俗才会使旅行充满更多乐趣，故B选项正确。
核心考点
试题【Iceland is a popular European tourist destination. Before you go there, it is go】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Before I could ask him a question, my wife stood up, handed me my clothes, adjusted the tubes fastened to my body and said, “Let’s get out of here. This man is a risk to your health. ” As she helped me struggle to the door, the doctor came near us. “Stay back,” demanded my wife. “Stay away from us.”
As we walked together down the hall, the doctor attempted to catch up with us “Keep going,” said my wife, pushing the intravenous（静脉注射的）stand. “We’re going to talk to someone who really knows what is going on.” Then she held up her hand to the doctor. “Don’t come any closer to us.”
The two of us moved as one. We escaped to the safety and hoped of a doctor who did not confuse diagnosis with conclusion. I could never have made that walk toward wellness alone.
小题1:When hearing his progress, what did the author’s wife usually do?
| A．She would give a present to the doctor. |
| B．She would keep quiet and cry. |
| C．She would not say anything about the progress. |
| D．She would give her husband a big hug. |
| A．the wife’s decision in crisis contributed to the husband’s wellness |
| B．hearing that her husband was not going to make it, the wife went out of her mind |
| C．the husband was diagnosed with cancer by mistake |
| D．the husband became weaker and weaker as a result of the treatment conducted by the doctor |
| A．The wife loved her husband very much. |
| B．The doctor was a dangerous man. |
| C．The wife was a woman hard to get along with. |
| D．The husband was a man who believed everything would be OK. |
| A．A Happy Couple in Crisis | B．In Crisis, Become As One |
| C．Struggle with Cancer | D．Don’t Believe the Doctor |
Throughout the years of changing , schools and friends, there remained one constant in my childhood — my mother. For both my brother and me, she was the cook, maid and teacher. She played these roles while some type of part-time job. Leaving a career is just one of the sacrifices which my mother made for my family as we moved around the world with our father every three years or so. While she had to deal with only a small budget, my mother, somehow, managed to make each house to be the very home that is safe and comfortable.
This probably sounds like a depressing way to live, with two small children: “single” parenthood, short-term friendships, and the inability to a career or establish a home. But it was not for my mother. She turned this into adventure for us all! Each relocation (变换位置) was a chance to another part of the world. My mother greeted each new culture, climate and neighborhood. Each new house was a to rearrange furniture, make curtains and pictures. Every part-time job was an opportunity to learn something new and work with interesting people.
No matter how difficult the life was, she was always having a attitude. She always had strength in the face of struggle and change. My mother was so all those years during my childhood — she was my island in a sea of change. She is my heroine.
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The man shrugged impatiently, for the brightness of those pictures hurt him, and his memory traveled on another ten years. He had a job by then, plenty of friends and started to come home less. He did not really want to remember those years, nor the day when, because of debts, he had gone home planning to ask for money. He felt embarrassed, but he knew exactly where his dad kept the money. When his parents stepped out of the room, he took what he wanted and left.
That was the last time he had seen them. Ashamed, he went abroad, and his parents knew nothing about the years of wandering or time in prison. But locked in his cell he often thought of home. Once free, he would love to see his parents again, if they were still alive, and still wanted to see him.
When his prison time was up, he found a job, but couldn’t settle. Something was drawing him home. He did not want to arrive penniless, so he hitchhiked most of the long journey back. But less than a mile from his destination he started to feel sick with doubt. Could they ever accept this man who had so bitterly disappointed them?
He spent most of that day sitting under a tree. That evening he posted a letter which, although short, had taken him hours to write. It ended with:
I know it is unreasonable of me to suppose you want to see me ... so it’s up to you. I’ll come early Thursday morning. If you want me home, hang a white handkerchief in the window of my old bedroom. If it’s there, I’ll come in; if not, I’ll wave good-bye and go.
And now it was Thursday morning and he was sitting on the pavement at the end of the street. Finally he got up and walked slowly toward the old house. He drew a long breath and looked.
His parents were taking no risks. ________________________________________
The man threw his head back, gave a cry of relief and ran straight through the open front door.
小题1:Why did the man shrug impatiently (paragraph 2) while he was thinking of his childhood?
| A．The thoughts made him angry. |
| B．He felt he had wasted time. |
| C．He was anxious to go home. |
| D．The sweet memory caused him much pain. |
| A．He doubted if his parents still lived in that house. |
| B．He had much news to tell his parents. |
| C．He felt ashamed to ask for forgiveness. |
| D．He was longing to return home and felt excited. |
a. He took the money from his parents.
b. He bought a bicycle with his savings.
c. He was sentenced to prison.
d. He wrote the letter home.
e. He sat on the pavement.
f. He hitchhiked back home.
| A．b, a, c, d, e, f | B．b, a, c, f, d, e |
| C．a, c, b, d, f, a | D．a, d, b, c, e, f |
| A．Every inch of the house was covered in white. Sheets, pillowcases and table clothes had been placed on every window and door, making it look like a snow house. |
| B．The house before him was just as he remembered: the red bricks, the brown door and nothing else. |
| C．A colorful blanket was over the front door. On it, in large letters, was written, “Welcome home, son”. |
| D．A police car was parked in the drive way, and two officers stood at the front door. |
| A．Sweet Memory | B．White Handkerchief |
| C．Abandoned Son | D．Leaving Home |
An increase in homelessness is probably the worst result of a nation’s financial disaster. About 3 million Americans were homeless because of a lack of affordable housing. Experts suggest that a family should spend no more than 30 percent of its income on housing. In fact, in some families housing costs make up 50 percent or more. An unexpected event, such as losing work or illness, can quickly push a family into homelessness.
An article in Time magazine tells a story of one such family. A young couple and their three children rented a two-bedroom apartment for about $350 a month. They could hardly go on with the husband’s $920-a-month take-home pay; so when their rent was raised to $500 a month, they could no longer make ends meet.
Another woman was found dead on a street in Washington D.C., the capital, and she died at a bus-stop across the street from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.
People become homeless for different reasons. Some may not be able to pay for housing, because they have lost their job and cannot find another place they can afford. Others have mental diseases, or are addicted to drugs or alcohol, many of whom do not live with their family. And what’s more, there are not enough centers for shelter as the government doesn’t pay enough attention to this social problem.
People are making efforts to solve the problem. However, it will not be easy, because it is a personal and economical problem as well as a social problem.
小题1:The passage is mainly about __________ in the US.
| A．ways of solving economic problems |
| B．homeless people being taken good care of |
| C．different reasons for economic recession |
| D．economic recession leading to social problems |
| A．presenting specific figures | B．giving examples |
| C．explaining in details | D．discussing different opinions |
| A．an increase of living costs | B．more and more deaths |
| C．an increase of homeless people | D．less centers for poor people |
| A．2. | B．3. | C．4. | D．5. |
People who are not self-confident depend too much on the approval of others in order to feel good about themselves. They tend to avoid taking risks because they fear failure. They generally do not expect to be successful. They often put themselves down and tend to ignore compliments（赞美）paid to them By contrast，self-confident people are willing to risk the disapproval of others because they generally trust their own abilities. They tend to accept themselves；they don"t feel they have to conform in order to be accepted.
Many factors affect the development of self-confidence. Parents" attitudes are crucial to children"s feelings about themselves，particularly in children"s early years. When parents pro- vide acceptance, children receive a solid foundation for good feelings about themselves. If one or both parents are much to critical or demanding, or if they are overprotective and discourage children"s moves toward independence, children may come to believe they are unqualified or inadequate.
Surprisingly, lack of self-confidence is not necessarily related to lack of ability. Instead it is often the result of focusing too much on the unrealistic expectations or standards of others， especially parents and society. Friends" influences can be as powerful or more powerful than those of parents and society in shaping feelings of one"s self. Students in their college years reexamine values and develop their own identities and thus are particularly sensitive to the influence of friends.
小题1:Paragraph 1 mainly talks about____．
| A．the sources of self-confidence |
| B．the benefits of self-confidence |
| C．the development of self-confidence |
| D．the lack of self-confidence |
| A．refuse | B．separate | C．permit | D．obey |
| A．be practical | B．control others |
| C．avoid risks | D．depend on others |
| A．Self-confidence is usually the symbol of special abilities. |
| B．Parents" protection prevents children"s self-confidence development. |
| C．Parents and friends matter in building one"s self-confidence. |
| D．College students are the least self-confident group in society. |
| A．How we can become more acceptable. |
| B．Lack of self-confident has many side effects. |
| C．What self-confident children usually get from parents. |
| D．What one should avoid in building self-confidence. |
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