I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” of directions every time I ask “How can I get to the post office?”

Foreign tourists are often confused(困惑) in Japan because most streets there don’t have names; in Japan, people use landmarks(地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”

In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”

People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask. “Oh,” they answer, “it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “Yes, but how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.

It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “I don’t know.” People in Yucatan believe that “I don’t know” is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!

1.When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place, they usually ______.

   A. describe the place carefully           B. show him a map of the place

   C. tell him the names of the streets D.refer to recognizable buildings and places

2.What is the place where people measure distance in time?

   A. New York..              B. Los Angeles.                  C. Kansas.                  D. Iowa.

3. People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ______.

   A. in order to save time                           B. because of honesty

   C. so as to be polite                                   D. for fun

4.What can we infer from the text?

   A. It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences.

   B. It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.

   C. People have similar understandings of politeness.

   D. New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.

 

单词拼写。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据首字母或汉语意思写出单词。

1. No pains, no g       .

2. The owner of the restaurant wondered whether the Million Pound Bank Note was

g         or fake.

3. The boy’s missing made the police         .（迷惑）

4. A good modern woman should be               (独立) from the man in the economy.

5. On his __________（到达）, he was greatly welcomed by his fans.

6. Eating a b         diet is of great benefit to our health. 

7. I have           (原谅)him for breaking his promise.

8. If you want to get the job, you should make a good i              on the interviewers.

9. It is said that Vancouver is Canada’s most beautiful city, s             by mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

10. The Curies were         (授予)the Nobel Prize for their great contributions to science.

Ⅶ、短文填词(每题1分,满分10分)。

86.               87.               88.               89.               90.               91.               92.               93.               94.                 95.

It is interesting to visit another country,but sometimes    

there are many problems too.In a f   86    country,we may not   

know where to eat,what to order or  87  to  pay the bill(付钱)    

Wang Bin is studying English in New York now,and he is quite    

88  （迷惑）at the great differences between American and    

Chinese   89  (文化).For one thing,Americans and Chinese have    

d 90  customs when visiting friends.The Chinese like to visit    

their friends at any time they like. Americans, 91 ,prefer to   

agree on the date and time before visiting.For    92    thing,   

foreigners will open your present in front of you to s 93  they   

like it very much.While for the Chinese people,it is not  94

(适当的)to open in front of you.At the beginning,it was hard for

Wang Bin to accept things around him.But soon,he became used

95  their ways of doing things.He would like to say,“When in

Rome,do as the Romans do.”

 

Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Na Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles form home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I'd just head east.

A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. "Four more lights," she said. There was another bus I could take form there. This clearly was going to be a long night.

She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its wind-shield. It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.

"I just can't leave you here, "she said. "This isn't the nicest place. I'll give you a ride home."

“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, perplexed(迷惑的).

“No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said.

“It’s a long way,” I protested(抗议).

“Come on,”she said. “I have nothing else to do.”

As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along.”she said.

When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t hear of it. “That would not make it a  favor,” she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”

1.The writer thought that he would have a long night because

A．it world be long before he could take another bus

B．no driver would give him a ride

C．he didn’t know the routes

D．he perhaps would have to take a taxi

2.Judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was     .

A．very quiet and peaceful	B．dark without street lights
C．neither clean nor beautiful	D．a little unsafe

3.The writer wanted to take a taxi home at the end of the route because         .

A．no bus would come

B．a taxi ride would be more comfortable

C．he became impatient and a bit worried

D．he knew the driver would never return

4.The bus driver drove the writer home later because       .

A．she happened to go in the same direction

B．she wanted to do something good for other people

C．her brother told her to do so

D．she wanted to earn more money

5.The bus driver hoped that the writer         .

A．world do as she did	B．would keep her in memory
C．would give the money to others	D．would do her a favor

 

Have you got any wonderful plans for your coming winter vacation? Here are some wonderful films for you to kill time.

【小题1】 This passage aims to __________.

A．make comments on films for a cinema	B．introduce films for a film corporation
C．recommend several films for fun	D．advertise several films for a website

【小题2】If you bring your seven-year-old sister to the cinema, which of the following film should you avoid?

A．Away We Go.

B．Orphan.

C．2012.

D．500 Days of Summer.

【小题3】 Among all the characters mentioned in the passage, who directed films in Hollywood?

A．Roland Emmerich.

B．Tom and Summer.

C．Burt and Verona.

D．Esther.

【小题4】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Orphan is a comedy about Esther adopted by a kind family.

B．500 Days of Summer is a romance with a happy ending.

C．Away We Go shows beautiful scenery on the young couple’s journey.

D．The ancient Mayan prediction is going to happen in 2012.