|
Japanese people will shy away from a public show of emotion, and seldom smile with their mouths, Yuki explained, because Japanese culture pays more attention to humbleness (谦卑) and emotional control. So when Yuki entered an American university and began communicating with Americans by e-mail, he couldn’t understand their use of emoticons (情感符) such as smiley faces :) and sad faces :(. “It took some time before I finally understood that they were faces,” he wrote in an e-mail. In Japan, emotional signs emphasize (强调) the eyes, such as the happy face (^_^) and the sad face (;_;). “After seeing the difference between American and Japanese emoticons, I began to realize that the faces looked exactly like typical American and Japanese smiles,” he said. 68. What is the main idea of the passage? A. American and Japanese cultures are different. B. How the Japanese express their feelings. C. Americans and Japanese read faces differently. D. Faces are important for our emotions. 69. Which of the following causes the difference between American and Japanese in facial expressions? A. Education. B. Cultures. C. Ways of life. D. Living environment. 70. Which of the following signs is often used by Americans to express their unhappiness? A. ^_^ B. :( C. :) D. ;_; 71. What did Yuki find hard to understand about the pictures of some famous Americans? A. Their different hair in color. B. Their funny expressions. C. The way in which they smiled.D. The eyes that are full of feelings. E A language on the move Filiz Yilmaz works for a company in Istanbul and usually speaks Turkish at work. But when she goes to Germany or Brazil, she does not use German or Portuguese. She deals with people there in English. “I use English in Japan and Thailand,” she says. “English is the language of international business.” So how did English get to be so popular? Why has this language spread (传播) so far? Part of the answer can be found in the character of the language. For one thing, its grammar is quite simple. It is also easy to learn the rules of English — what is and is not allowed, or how the language works. Moreover, the development of English is also a cause of the popularity of it. During the 1600s and 1700s, people from England sailed all over the world, taking their language to North America, Africa, India, and Australia. In the 1800s, England led the industrial revolution: New machines were invented, factories were built, and London became the world’s great financial (金融的) center. That made English the language of money. In the 1900s, it became the language of science and air travel, too. All through the 1900s, the U. S grew in power and influence, and the English language grew right along with it. Then came the Internet. As Filiz Yilmaz remembers it, “People at my company realized that the Internet could be quite useful to us. But at first, everything online was in English. It gave us another reason to learn this language.” Some people used to see English only in the classroom, but now they need English, whenever they want to “surf the Net”. 72. The example of Filiz Yilmaz in Paragraph 1 is used to show _____ A. the success of Filiz’s company. B. the development of English. C. the popularity of English. D. the importance of spoken English. 73. How many causes are given to explain why English is widely used around the world?[来源:高考资源网KS5U.COM] A. Two. B.Three. C. Four. D. Five. 74. What does the underlined sentence “That made English the language of money” mean? A. English teaching became a big business in England. B. English speakers found it easier to become rich. C. English became the language of finance business. D. England became the world’s richest country after the Industrial Revolution. 75. According to Filiz Yilmaz, the Internet makes English more popular than before because _____. A. the Internet is very useful in our daily life. B. the Internet is more popular than before. C. English is the most widely used language online. D. English is the easiest language to understand online. 第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分) 第一节 短文填词(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分) The memory of our schoolhood is always so sweet. It is five years now since I g_______ from No.3 Middle School.76___________ Last ________ (星期六), the class that I was in held a 77 __________ get-together, which took us a long time to _______(组织). 78 __________ It was really not easy to get in _______ with everybody 79 __________ and set a good time ______ all of us. We all enjoyed this 80 __________ precious day greatly. Most of us, __________(包括) our 81 __________ teachers talked with each other, ____________(回想起) 82__________ the time we spent together. It is a pity _______ some of us 83 __________ weren’t present as they had gone a_______ for further study, 84 __________ but they sent greeting ______(卡片) from the U.S, Australia 85 __________ and so on. I hope all of us can really get together next time. 第二节：书面表达(满分25分) 假如你是李华，是某中学高一的新生。请你给以前的好朋友小明写封信。介绍你现在各方面的情况。信中包括以下内容： 1.学校环境优美，有一个很大的操场，树木成荫。 2.老师对我们学习上要求严格，生活中很友好，关心同学。 3.身边的同学都很优秀，很勤奋。彼此相处融洽。 4.高中生活充满压力，但是在老师的帮助下，我充满信心，一定会不断取得进步。 注意：1. 内容应包括以上要点，可以适当发挥，增加细节，以使文章连贯; 2. 开头已给出，但不计入总词数; 词数：100左右。超出答题框将被扣分。 Our school is very beautiful with a big playground. There are green trees and all kinds of sweet flowers all the year round. The teachers are very strict with us in study, but after class, they are friendly and care about us very much. My new classmates are all very excellent and always working very hard. They help me a lot in study as well as in my daily life and we get along with each other quite well. Stressful as the school life is, I am full of confidence. I think with the help of my teachers, I will make progress. (责任编辑：admin) |