Question

【題目】One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick. Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor. When he arrived, Simon went straight to the first floor of the building. But he was told that there was no Rick on that floor. Do you know why?

In fact, the British call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, while Americans would call it the second floor.

The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America, though the British and Americans both speak English.

The British usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a conversation with strangers. For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They’re more active and easier to talk with.

The British and Americans may use different____for many things. The British usually use “football”, “eraser” and “mail” while Americans prefer to use “soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.

【1】Simon went to London to __________.

A. spend his holiday B. visit his friend

C. study English D. have a meeting

【2】According to the passage, the British usually spend their time _____ on the train.

A. talking B. playing cards

C. singing and dancing D. doing some reading

【3】What does the underlined word “term” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A. 用語(yǔ) B. 學(xué)期 C. 會(huì)議 D. 成果

【4】What’s the best title for the passage?

A. Hiding the feeling

B. Simon’s funny story

C. Information abroad.

D. Differences in British and American culture

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】試題分析：本文通過講述了一個(gè)美國(guó)人西蒙去英國(guó)倫敦看望朋友的故事，告訴我們英國(guó)人和美國(guó)人的文化差異。英國(guó)人在火車上經(jīng)�；〞r(shí)間看報(bào)或讀書，而英國(guó)人喜歡在火車上聊天。他們的很多事物的用語(yǔ)不同。英國(guó)人經(jīng)常用“football”, “eraser” and “mail”而美國(guó)人更喜歡用“soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick可知西蒙去倫敦拜訪他的朋友。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books.可知英國(guó)人在火車上經(jīng)�；〞r(shí)間看報(bào)或讀書。故選D。

【3】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)The British usually use “football”, “eraser” and “mail” while Americans prefer to use “soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.英國(guó)人經(jīng)常用“football”, “eraser” and “mail”而美國(guó)人更喜歡用“soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.這些是用語(yǔ)的不同。故選A。

【4】標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America,可知本文主要介紹了英國(guó)人和美國(guó)人的文化差異。故選D。