Once I mentioned the story of a friend getting something made for me to give my daughter as a present, and then not letting me pay her back. Writing about that made me think about the problem of communicating feelings, particularly in cross – cultural situations. Let me explain.
If I say to a fellow English – speaker, “I know how you feel,” what I am actually saying is that I can imagine myself in the same position, and therefore can imagine how I would feel. But my friend could perfectly correctly reply, “No, you don’t! You can’t.” In truth we can communicate how strongly we feel, but we cannot communicate exactly what we feel.
But if we come from the same linguistic and cultural background, the match can be close enough.
Culture and language cannot be separated, and I think that we have the feelings that are recognized in our culture and therefore represented in our language. One might say that we feel the things that our language allows us to express. So when it comes to trying to explain feelings to someone of a different mother tongue, the difficulties are huge.
I could not explain to my friend how I felt about her not letting me repay her, because Chinese culture, it seems, does not recognize the same feelings on such occasions.
She could understand the words that I was using, but could not understand what I was trying to say.
Some time ago, I was going up in the lift, and a colleague with whom I merely have a nodding acquaintance was offering round some sweetmeat. I knew that I really could not eat it, so I refused politely, only to be told that I was making her lose face.
I have no idea how serious the colleague was being. Causing someone to lose face is a serious social mistake. We have to do all we can to learn the types of situation in which it happens, and to try to avoid them. But we can only know about losing face, we can’t feel losing face, as the term is merely a literal translation of Chinese, not one that is native to English.
56. What does the author intend to express in the second paragraph?
A. The author’s friend feels insulted if other people know how she feels.
B. The author’s friend can’t understand the real meaning of the author.
C. The author and her friend can communicate feelings with each other.
D. The author’s friend does not understand English.
57. What does the author mean by saying “… the match can be close enough.”
A. They can share similar opinions and thoughts. B. They can make a perfect couple.
C. There can be some competition between them. D. They are even in a match.
58. According to the author, it is to explain feelings to someone of a different language.
A. very difficult B. a little bit difficult C. not difficult at all D. impossible
59. This passage is focused on .
A. how to avoid making people lose face B. cultural differences between the east and the west
C. the importance of one’s cultural background D. how to be acquainted with Chinese culture
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My husband is a born shopper(天生的购物者). He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items(产品) in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I’m not a shopper. I think shopping is boring and unpleasant. If I like something and I have enough money to take it, I buy it at once. I never look around for a good price or a better deal. Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us. When it comes to shopping, we go our different ways.
Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absent-minded. This was his story.
One day I said to him, “I hope you won’t forget what I have told you to buy.” “No,” said Jimmy, “I won’t forget. You want three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”
He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran, he said to himself over and over again. “ Three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”
In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.
As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, “ I’ m sorry, mum. I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat, I only remembered to buy six eggs, but I’ve dropped three of them.”
The husband loves shopping because _______
A. he has much money
B. he likes the shops
C. he likes to compare the prices between the same items
D. he has nothing to do but shopping
The wife doesn’t like shopping because ______
A. she has no money
B. she has no time
C. she doesn’t love her husband
D. she feels it boring to go shopping
They never go shopping together because _______
A. their ways of shopping are quite different
B. they hate each other
C. they needn’t buy anything for the family
D. they don’t have time for it
Jimmy cannot do the shopping well because ______
A. he is young B. he is absent-minded
C. he often loses his money D. he doesn’t like shopping
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My husband is a born shopper(天生的购物者). He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items(产品) in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I’m not a shopper. I think shopping is boring and unpleasant. If I like something and I have enough money to take it, I buy it at once. I never look around for a good price or a better deal. Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us. When it comes to shopping, we go our different ways.
Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absent-minded. This was his story.
One day I said to him, “I hope you won’t forget what I have told you to buy.” “No,” said Jimmy, “I won’t forget. You want three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”
He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran, he said to himself over and over again. “ Three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”
In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.
As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, “ I’ m sorry, mum. I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat, I only remembered to buy six eggs, but I’ve dropped three of them.”
【小题1】 The husband loves shopping because _______
| A．he has much money |
| B．he likes the shops |
| C．he likes to compare the prices between the same items |
| D．he has nothing to do but shopping |
| A．she has no money |
| B．she has no time |
| C．she doesn’t love her husband |
| D．she feels it boring to go shopping |
| A．their ways of shopping are quite different |
| B．they hate each other |
| C．they needn’t buy anything for the family |
| D．they don’t have time for it |
| A．he is young | B．he is absent-minded |
| C．he often loses his money | D．he doesn’t like shopping |
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第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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SINGAPOREAN singer JJ Lam，29，admitted that this March couldn’t be better：He outshined Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou and bagged four awards at the China Original Music Pop Chart Award(中国原创音乐流行榜) ceremony，including the most coveted(最渴望得到的)best male singer title．
Yet the trophies(奖杯)were only part of an exciting month．Knowing that he has an O1ympic champion fan，Lam was so happy that he prepared his own gifts for Zhou Yang，the speed skating gold medalist：an autographed(签名的)CD and a Mickey Mouse doll．He even invited Zhou to his birthday party on March 26 after Zhou told him that it was a great pity she had had to miss Lam's Beijing concert last year．
Lam showed his love and talent for music as early as middle school，but it doesn't mean he easily got to where he is now．Like many young men his age，Lam was once hooked(沉迷)on video games．“One in particular，World of Warcraft，obsessed(迷住)me,” he said．“I made up my own stories and characters and once I even composed(编曲)a soundtrack for the game.”
But luckily Lam soon realized things would have to change．“There was no future in playing games and I had to think about the years ahead,” he said．
After finishing high school，Lam joined the army. On the small island where he was stationed，he wrote dozens of songs．Still，his ambition of one day being a pop singer seemed an unrealistic dream to others．“Later，when my former officers heard my songs being played on the radio, they couldn’t believe it.” he said．
Not that the road to success wasn't a rocky one．When Lam went to Taiwan to develop his career, he felt lonely at first．He started playing computer games again．“I indulged(沉溺) myself in games day and night," he said．“But I came to realize that I mustn’t 1et the games take over my 1ife．I had to go out，see people and meet life’s challenges head on．”
61．JJ Lam outshone Jay Chou by___________．
A．winning four awards at a ceremony
B．being the gold medalist Zhou Yang’s favorite singer
C．winning the award for best new artist
D．writing more popular original songs
62．Which of the following statements about JJ Lam is FALSE?
A．His parents guided him through success．
B．He was once obsessed with video games．
C．He wrote a song for the game WOW．
D．He understood that playing games would not give him a secure future．
63．The last paragraph tells us that___________
A．lam has a talent for different music styles
B．lam became famous overnight
C．playing video games helps Lam release pressure
D．lam went through hard times before he became successful
64．Which of the following elements has NOT contributed to Lam’s success，according to the article?
A．His passion for music． B．His song-writing talent．
C．Support from fans． D．The skills he learned in the army．
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此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断，每一行都有一个错，请按下列要求改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边的横线上写出该词，也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
At seven yesterday morning I go to school. I was 76._______
walking past a bank while suddenly I caught three men 77. ________
steal into the bank. They were tall and strong and they 78.________
were wearing black mask. The moment they entered 79.________
into the bank I heard women screaming . Immediately I 80._________
knew what had happened. 81._________
At once I stopped a man who had a mobile phone.
He telephoned the police station. In a short while the police 82._________
arrived by the car, rushed into the bank and caught the three 83.________
robbers, who were trying to rob the bank its money. They 84._________
were taken the police station and would be punished by law. 85.__________
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010-2011学年西藏拉萨中学高三第一次月考英语卷 题型：阅读理解
My husband is a born shopper(天生的购物者). He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items(产品) in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I’m not a shopper. I think shopping is boring and unpleasant. If I like something and I have enough money to take it, I buy it at once. I never look around for a good price or a better deal. Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us. When it comes to shopping, we go our different ways.
Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absent-minded. This was his story.
One day I said to him, “I hope you won’t forget what I have told you to buy.” “No,” said Jimmy, “I won’t forget. You want three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”
He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran, he said to himself over and over again. “ Three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”
In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.
As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, “ I’ m sorry, mum. I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat, I only remembered to buy six eggs, but I’ve dropped three of them.”
1. The husband loves shopping because _______
A. he has much money
B. he likes the shops
C. he likes to compare the prices between the same items
D. he has nothing to do but shopping
2.The wife doesn’t like shopping because ______
A. she has no money
B. she has no time
C. she doesn’t love her husband
D. she feels it boring to go shopping
3.They never go shopping together because _______
A. their ways of shopping are quite different
B. they hate each other
C. they needn’t buy anything for the family
D. they don’t have time for it
4.Jimmy cannot do the shopping well because ______
A. he is young B. he is absent-minded
C. he often loses his money D. he doesn’t like shopping
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