When I came to Cincinnati as an au pair (家庭打工留學(xué)生)，a lot of things there were different from what I knew.My host family lived in a huge house I could only describe as a  “castle”．In Germany I had lived in a small apartment together with my mom.Soon I found out that the “castle” was actually rather small in our neighborhood.

Everybody there was very friendly and polite.They greeted you    when they were walking by at least 3 feet away from you.They must not have seen a German au pair before，for most people I met asked me all kinds of questions about Germany.I enjoyed answering their various strange questions.I made a lot of friends and I started to hang out with them.

Of course，there were a numbor of new things，and it took me the whole year to find them all out.I never got homesick.Perhaps it was because I did not have too many negative (負(fù)面的) experiences and felt loved and welcomed there.

However，I had undergone some painful experience back in Germany.I was frustrated by the way people would run me over and not even say “Sorry.” Taking up my studies at the TU­Dresden I felt lonely.Everybody here seemed to be withdrawn  (離群的)  and I missed ewerything I had in Cincinnati.Germany was so “cold”．I found it so much harder to make new friends.After six months I got a roommate and only two good friends.I also flew back to Cincinnati several times for long periods.I felt that without those visits I was not able to make it.

Now I am over this German culture shock.It almost took me an entire year.I am still going back and forward between Dresden and Cincinnati four times a year.

46．In the opinion of the author，life in Cincinnati was________.

A．wonderful                                          B．hard   

C．painful                                              D．strange

47．The underlined word “undergone” in Paragraph 4 probably means________.

A．welcomed                                  B．a(chǎn)ccepted     

C．expected                                   D．suffered

48．Which of the following statements is TRUE about the author?

A．She lived with her mother in a big house in Germany.

B．She never went back to Cincinnati after she came back to Germany.

C．She seldom hung out with her American friends as she was too busy.

D．She did miss her friends in Cincinnati when she was at the TU­Dresden.

49．What is the best title for this passage?

A．University life in Germany

B．My culture shock experience

C．Advantages of living in USA

D．How to be an au pair in USA

　本文主要講述了一個德國女孩在美國辛辛那提市做家庭打工留學(xué)生的經(jīng)歷以及這種經(jīng)歷對她以后的生活產(chǎn)生的影響。

46．A　推理判斷題。從文中第二段中的friendly，polite，enjoyed等詞及第三段中的never got homesick等可推測，作者在Cincinnati的生活是很愉快的。

47．D　詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第四段的語境可知，作者回到德國后感覺不是很愉快，所以她“遭遇”了一段痛苦的經(jīng)歷。故答案選D項。

48．D　細(xì)節(jié)判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中的Everybody here seemed to be withdrawn and I missed everything I had in Cincinnati可知，作者此時十分想念在辛辛那提的朋友。

49．B　標(biāo)題歸納題。通讀全文，可知本文主要講述的是一個德國女孩在美國的辛辛那提市做家庭打工留學(xué)生后回到德國所經(jīng)歷的文化沖擊，再結(jié)合最后一段提到這種culture shock，因此B項最合適。

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