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The way we do things round here
Some years ago, I was hired by an American bank. I received a letter from the head of the Personnel Department that started, “Dear John, I am quite pleased that you have decided to join us. ”That “quite” saddened me. I thought he was saying “we’ re kind of pleased you decided to join us although I wish we had hired someone else.” Then I discovered that in American English “quite” sometimes means “very”, while in British English it means “fairly”.
So the first lesson about working in other countries is to learn the language and by that I don' t
just mean the words people speak. It is body language, dress, manners, ideas and so on. The way people do things highlights many of the differences we see between cultures（文化）．
Some of these differences may be only on the surface—dress, food and hours of work—while others may be deeper and take longer to deal with. Mostly, it is just a question of getting used to the differences and accepting them, like the climate（气候），while getting on with business.
Some of the differences may be an improvement. People are more polite; the service is better; you ask for something to be done and it happens without having to ask again. However, other differences can be troubling, like punctuality（准时）．If you invite people to a party at 7 o’ clock
your guests will consider it polite to turn up exactly on time in Germany, five minutes early in the
American Midwest, an hour early in Japan, 15 minutes afterwards in the UK, up to an hour afterwards in Italy and some time in the evening in Greece. I prefer not to use the word “late” because there is nothing wrong with the times people arrive. It is simply the accepted thing to do in their own country.
1.The author was unhappy as mentioned in Paragraph 1 because he thought______．
A. the American bank didn’ t think much of him
B. the American bank might hire another person
C. it’ s difficult to get used to American culture
D. it’ s easy to misunderstand Americans
2.The word “highlights” in Paragraph 2 probably means_____.
A. encourages B. helps to narrow
C. increases D. draws attention to
3.According to the author, what should we do with most cultural differences?
A. Ask the native people for help.
B. Understand and accept them.
C. Do things in our own way.
D. Do in-depth research.
4.When invited to a party the people who are usually punctual are______.
A. Italians B. Germans C. Greeks D. the British
If we say the four great inventions (Gunpowder,Compass,Paper and Art of Printing) reflected ancient China’s scientific achievements,then Zhaozhou Stone Bridge perfectly represented one of the greatest contributions to ancient China’s bridge building.Nobody was unfamiliar with the stone bridge full of legends and vivid folk stories.
The ancient Zhaozhou stone bridge started to be built in 590 during the Sui Dynasty (581～618) and established in 608.The pioneer for building the bridge was Li Chun who overcame unimaginable difficulties,undergoing all hardships.The location of the bridge is in Zhao County south,Hebei Province.It lay across the Xiaoshui River,far away from the mountains that provided rocky materials.In ancient times,it was such a busy,deep and wide river that could be used as an important carriage to transport heavy rocks and other materials.As we know,no train,no lifting machine could be used to move granite(花岗岩)blocks to the construction site.As an intelligent stonemason and engineer,Li Chun worked out his plan and design all from his own direct observation and investigation.It took his whole life-time in completing the great historical project inChina.Nowadays it is not only a historical remarkable model of architecture,but also a brilliant Chinese cultural crystallization(结晶) of wisdom.
The entire length of the bridge is 50.82 meters with 10 meters width.The whole stone bridge looks like a big bow,the span of which is 37.02 meters,and its height from the top to the surface of water at a regular position is 7.23 meters.The bridge arch seems to be moving smoothly and flatly.The whole arch consists of 28 big granite blocks connected each other tightly together.On both end sides of the general arch there are 4 smaller arches,2 of which on one side,the other 2 on the other side.The smaller arches could be used to decrease the weight of the bridge and save stone materials,and help flood get through easily,which seems to be much prettier.Such a hard-thinking and careful consideration of the engineering article is really a model of design and layout.The span was much wider than the other stone bridge in ancient times all over China.
Today Zhaozhou Stone Bridge is one of international cultural relics and perfectly protected and preserved by the concerned administration of China.
1.The best title of this passage is _________.
A.Great engineer in ancient China B.Zhaozhou stone bridge
C.Four great inventions D.How to build a bridge
2.The third paragraph mainly tells us _________.
A.the materials of Zhaozhou bridge B.the structure of Zhaozhou bridge
C.the arches of Zhaozhou bridge D.the importance of Zhaozhou bridge
3.The underlined word “carriage” probably refers to _________.
A.cart B.transport C.channel D.resourse
语法填空
When I walked down the Third Avenue, I would love to look into the windows of the little shops that sold old and beautiful things．Since I often took my walk after closing time, I 1 (cup)my hands against the windows to get a small look at 2 treasures inside．I saw things that told a story 3 words, bits of history, often something that was clearly one of a kind．
Some things looked as if they had not been cared for for a long time, but I knew their 4 (beautify)was still there beneath their own surface．That was 5 I felt about old people, too．I knew their value, and it hurt me when others missed it．I was raised by my grandmother and given a deep sense of the value of experience． 6 (teach)to behave well, my sister and I respected other people, regardless of their age or color．My grandmother was loved by all the people around her．She was known to be a wise and kind woman, 7 was able to do things well 8 in her last years．
Old people should be treated as tine god．They may be gradually tarnished(失去光泽)by age, 9 they can be polished with respect．You might be surprised by 10 bright and shining qualities．
阅读下面短文，用适当的词填空。
Trees are useful to human beings in three important ways：they 1 them with food and other produces; they give them 2 ; and they help to 3 floods． 4 in many parts of the world, people haven't realized that the 5 of these services is the most important．To get quick profits from the tree, they have cut them in 6 numbers, only to find that they have 7 their good friends．Two thousand years ago a rich and 8 country cut down its trees to build warships, with which it seized an empire．It gained the empire, 9 , without its trees, its 10 became hard and poor．When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced with floods and starvation．
It is difficult for the government to 11 the villagers to see this．They are usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after new trees． 12 the government has a good system of control, the forest will slowly 13 ．This does not only mean that the villagers' sons and grandsons will have fewer trees．The results are even more 14 ．Where there are trees, their roots break the soil up－allowing rain to sink in．The roots also bind the soil, 15 preventing it from being washed away easily．If there are no trees, rain falls on hard ground and flows away from the surface, carrying away with it, the rich top-soil．When all the top-soil is gone, nothing 16 but a worthless desert．
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After careful research, it was decided that the spaceship should reenter the Earth’s________.
A. surface B. air C. environment D. atmosphere
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