Many Americans are trying to lose weight because______.A.they want to look attractiveB.the
Many Americans are trying to lose weight because______.
A.they want to look attractive
B.they want to keep fit
C.they are misled by doctors
D.both A and B
Many Americans are trying to lose weight because______.
A.they want to look attractive
B.they want to keep fit
C.they are misled by doctors
D.both A and B
【65】 newspapers regularly print letters 【66】 readers with problems. Along 【67】 the letters there are answers written 【68】 people who are supposed to know how to 【69】 such problems. Some of these writers are doctors; 【70】 are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice 【71】women without special training 【72】 this kind of work. One of them answers letters 【73】 to " Dear Abby". The other is addressed 【74】 " Dear Ann Landers". Experience is their preparation for 【75】 advice.
There is one writer who has not lived long 【76】 to have much experience. She is a girl named Angel Cavaliere, who started writing 【77】 for newspaper readers 【78】 the age of ten. Her advice to young readers now 【79】 regularly in the Philadelphia Bulletin in a column 【80】 DEAR ANGEL.
(61)
A.talk
B.ask
C.tell
D.speak
The advantage to the education in North America, 27 the other hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values 28 ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they haven't memorized 29 many basic rules and facts as students in other countries 30 .
21.
A. not only
B. all
C. both
D. only
Part 1 Vocabulary and Structure [10 points]
Questions 1-5 are based on the following task.
Choose the appropriate words or expressions from the box to complete the following paragraph. There are THREE extra choices that you don't need. Write your answer on the Answer Sheet.
A. keen B. Unless C. just as D.imitates E. difference F. For example G. body language H. however
North Americans and South Americans have a few similarities in body language, but most of their nonverbal signals are different.(1)________,North Americans do not maintain eye contact during a conversation; (2) ________ , South Americans do. A North American usually meets the other person's eyes for a few seconds, looks away, and then back again. A South American looks directly into the other person's eyes and considers it impolite not to continue. Another (3)________is how they use hand movements while speaking. South Americans use many gestures. North Americans use gestures only occasionally. North and South Americans are similar regarding distance between people speaking to each other. (4)_________it is a close friendship, North and South American stand about two to three feet apart. It's often possible to know where a person comes from by studying his or her (5)________.
Don't believe all of the stereotypes (模式化管理) you may have heard about Americans. Even the ones that are true in general may not be true about specific individuals or a large part of the population. For example, although Americans tend to be louder than people from other cul-tures(especially at athletic events), many of the people you meet will be quiet and polite. Some people may be intolerant, but most will be pleasant and welcoming. Remember that American films and television exaggerate(夸张)in order to generate excitement, and so present a rather false picture of what life in the United States is really like. Therefore, tourists in the US are not always on their best behavior.
Americans do tend to be more informal than people from other countries. It is common for Americans to wear casual clothing to school and to greet professors by first name. However, good manners and politeness are always appreciated. If you are polite, and dress a little more formally than your American friends, it will not be poorly thought of.
However, some businesses require their employees to wear a uniform. or a suit. It would be improper to wear a T-shirt and blue jeans to a job interview. Some of the more prestigious restaurants require a coat and tie. Americans tend to dress up for cultural events(the opera, theater and ballet)and to dress down for athletic events. Formal wear is required at weddings and funerals, or any other event with religious event. If you rely on the stereotypes, you will likely put yourself into an embarrassing situation
The underlined sentence probably means_____.
A.Some of the stereotypes you may have heard about Americans are not true
B.You should not believe the stereotypes you may have heard about Americans
C.None of the stereotypes you may have heard about Americans should be believed
D.None of the stereotypes you may have heard about Americans should not be believed
When Americans are talking, they expect others to respond to what they are saying. (80) To Americans, polite conversationalists empathize by displaying expressions of excitement or disgust shock or sadness. People with a "poker face", whose emotions are hidden by a deadpan expression, are looked upon with suspicion. Americans also indicate their attentiveness in a conversation by raising their eyebrows, nodding, smiling politely and maintaining good eye contact. Whereas some cultures view direct eye contact as impolite or threatening, Americans see it as a sign of genuineness and honesty. If a person doesn't look you in the eye, an American might say, you should question his motives or assume that he doesn't like you. Yet with all the concern for eye contact, Americans still consider staring—especially at strangers--to be rude.
The passage is mainly concerned with ______ .
A.classification of nonverbal communication
B.the reasons why people should think about space
C.the relationship between communication and space
D.cultural aspects of nonverbal communication
B.They can’t afford trips to Europe.
C.Their currency has slumped.
D.They have lost half of their assets.
How does the weak dollar affect the life of ordinary Americans?A.They have to cancel their vacations in New England.
B.They find it unaffordable to dine in mom-and-pop restaurants.
C.They have to spend more money when buying imported goods.
D.They might lose their jobs due to potential economic problems.
In the author's opinion, the weak dollar leads to the following consequences EXCEPT that.A.The dallar has little respect in New England.
B.Europeans begin to think more warmly of the U.S.
C.Imported food is more expensive to the Americans.
D.Some large American corporations make more profits.
According to the last paragraph, what is the author’s advice to Americans?A.They treat the dollar with a little respect.
B.They try to win in the weak-dollar gamble.
C.They treasure their marriages all the more.
D.They vacation at home rather than abroad.
How do many Europeans feel about the U.S with the devalued dollar?A.They think of it as a good tourist destination.
B.They feel contemptuous of it.
C.They regard it as a superpower on the decline.
D.They are sympathetic with it.
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A drunken driver is usually defined as one with a 0.10 blood content or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or shots of whisky drank within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American man image and judges were tolerant in most courts, but the drunken slaughter has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant.
Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend in the 1960s to reduce it to 18.After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18 to 20-year-old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped is back to 21.
Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programs to help young people to develop "responsible attitudes" about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink.
Tough new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to a marked decline in fatalities. Some states are also penalizing bars for serving customers too many drinks. A tavern in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was "obviously intoxicated" and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy.
As the fatalities continue to daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years of national prohibition of alcohol that began in 1919, what President Hoover called the "noble experiment". They forget that legal prohibition didn't stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime. As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution.
Drunken driving has become a major problem in America because ______.
A.most Americans are heavy drinkers
B.Americans are now less shocked by road accident
C.accident attract too much publicity
D.drinking is a socially accepted habit in America
______ Americans owned a bathtub as early as 1895.
A. Many
B. Not all
C. All
D. Few
In summer many Americans would like to travel to other countries and they hope to______.
A.breathe the fresh air
B.look for a better job
C.establish friendship
D.find a trusted confidant