boy/girlfriend on Valentine’s Day(情人节) ?” You may not feel even a little bit surprised when you are confronted with these questions. However, chances are that your parents cannot understand a word. In the wake of globalization, culture has gone beyond border and is flying all over the world, with a great impact on Chinese youths.
By getting in touch with western culture, we are forced to think over things that we took for granted previously. We’ve gradually shrugged off some old notions that may hinder our development, such as “uniformity is always good”, or “authority is always in the right”. I think this is the greatest benefit we can get from this impact. We tend to be critical with what “should be” in our forefathers’ eyes. Only by this critical mind can we initiate some changes; only through change can our nation develop.
However, the cultural impact of globalization does not necessarily result in a deep insight into our own society among youths. We may probably lose something instead of gaining something without independent thinking and investigation.
When you are enjoying a Hollywood movie, don’t think that all the things described in it are true. Even the US president has cautioned they always contain something partial(偏袒的) or even distorted. So we know that what we see of the US may not be a true picture. And even if it is true sometimes, we don’t have to copy all of that. No matter how we appreciate foreign culture, we should never throw away our national culture. Globalization is two?way communication. You get to know the world and the world gets to know you. If we don’t have anything that can cause foreigners to marvel, we may lose our charm as a nation. The national characteristics can be internationalized if we treasure and develop them. Only by doing this can we truly participate in globalization and contribute to our own nation and to the whole world.
It’s incorrect and uncivilized to refuse to have a look at what our guests have brought us. But when we are welcoming and appreciating those gifts, we should bear in mind that we are forever the masters of our land and mind.
21. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Advantages and disadvantages of a foreign culture. B. Critical mind on a foreign culture. C. The importance of a global culture. D. Impact of the global culture. 22. What does “in the wake of” (Para. 1) mean according to the context? A. As a result of. B. In accord with. C. According to. D. With regard to.
23. What is the disadvantage of the culture impact mentioned in the passage?
A. Distortion of the national culture.
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B. Abandonment of the national culture. C. Admiration for foreign cultures. D. Misuse of foreign cultures.
24. Which statement is TRUE about the globalization of culture? A. The influence on cultures in the globalization is mutual. B. The western culture influences our traditional culture more. C. The western culture dominates the globalization of culture.
D. Our traditional culture is less powerful in the globalization. 25. According to the author, we will perhaps lose the value of our national culture if ______.
A. we make use foreign cultures
B. we stick to the traditional cultures
C. we give up the characteristics of the traditional culture D. we appreciate the foreign culture without critical mind
Passage 3
The “balance of nature” is not an empty phrase. Nature provides a population to occupy a suitable environment and cuts down surplus population to fit the available food supply. One means of reducing surplus population is predators(食肉动物); others are parasites(寄生虫) and diseases. Also, population density produces nervous disorders and even drives animals to mass migrations, like the lemmings(旅鼠) of Norway who plunge into(跳入) the sea.
That predators populations increase to control other animals has long been known. Many years ago, the Hudson’s Bay Company records revealed that the fox population went up and down about a year after the rabbit population had gone up and down.
Sometimes a situation occurs in which the predators population is reduced to a level below that which nature can readily replace. On Valcour Island in Lake Champlain(New York), a costly campaign resulted in the elimination of predatory animals only to have birds and small animals—including grouse(松鸡) and hares, popular game(猎物)—increase for four years afterward. Then lacking predator control, nature resorted to cut down these populations.
Jamaica had an example of nature’s persistence in providing animals for existing habits. Sugar planters, about 75 years ago, imported mongooses to control rats. The mongooses killed off the rats and, with plentiful food, multiplied. Rats became scarce and the mongooses ate lambs, kids, puppies(小狗), and wildlife. Eventually, food became scarce and the mongoose’s population declined.
26. According to the article, the phrase “balance of nature” means ______.
A. the relation of wildlife to man
B. the adequacy of the food supply to support its animal population C. the ratio of small game to predators
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D. the destruction of predators
27. The effect of predator control over other animal populations ______.
A. has just been learned B. is not recent knowledge C. is not important now D. was learned in Norway 28. When predators control is not available, nature brings animal population into balance by resorting to ______.
A. hunters B. diseases
C. storms and flood D. forest fires
29. When the mongooses in Jamaica killed off the rats, they ______. A. quickly died for lack of food B. attacked humans
C. became problems themselves D. ate the sugar crop 30. Implied but not stated: ______.
A. Sugar planters imported mongooses to control rats B. Man should never tamper(损害) with nature
C. To upset the balance of nature can be troublesome D. Man has complete control over nature
Passage 4
The Chinese of 3500 years ago believed that the earth was a chariot, and the sky was a curved canopy(天空) stretched above it. The canopy was nine layers thick, and it sloped slightly to the northwest, as a cataclysm(地陷) had broken one of its supporting columns. This gentle slope explained the movement of the stars from east to west.
According to these ancient Chinese beliefs, the sun spent the night on earth and ascended to the sky each morning from the luminous valley of the earth by climbing the branches of an immensely tall sacred tree. To the Chinese people, the sun was the incarnation of goodness, beauty, and truth. In popular imagination, the sun was represented as a cock that little by little assumed human form. His battles with the dragons, which personified evil in their beliefs, accounted for momentary disappearances of the sun that men now call eclipses. Many of the Chinese people worshiped the sun, but in the vast and complicated organization of the Chinese gods, the sun was of only secondary importance.
Along with these unsophisticated beliefs about the sun, the Chinese evolved a science of astronomy based upon observation—though essentially religious—which enabled them to predict eclipses of the sun and the movement of the stars. Such predictions were based on calculations made by using a gnomon(【天文】日晷仪指针)—an object whose shadow could be used as a measure, as with a sundial or simple shadow pointers. Moreover, with the naked eye, the Chinese observed sunspots, a phenomenon not then known to their contemporaries.
31. The ancient Chinese believed that the earth ______.
A. was a chariot B. sloped to the northwest C. was supported by columns D. had nine layers
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32. To the Chinese people, the sun represented ______. A. the primary god B. evil C. goodness, beauty and truth D. combat
33. The sun’s disappearances were thought to be caused by ______. A. fights with cocks B. fights with dragons C. a scientific phenomenon D. eclipse
34. Ancient Chinese astronomy could be accurately described as ______.
A. entirely religious in nature B. based on legendary figures C. advanced in some areas D. completely unsuccessful 35. Implied but not stated: ______.
A. The sun was worshiped by all the Chinese people B. The sun was thought of as a cock
C. Chinese religion and astronomy were closely interrelated D. Sundials were first used by the Chinese Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 points)
Directions: There are 40 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centre.
36. Though I was ______, I was not ______.
A. lone; lonely B. alone; lonely C. lonely; lone D. lonely; lonely
37. The meeting was put off because we ______ a meeting without John. A. objected for having B. objected to have C. were objected to having D. objected to having
38. Every autumns farmers ______ the soil to destroy the weeds. A. turn down B. turn over C. turn up D. turn on 39. I’m sure Harry’s quite ______ to the task.
A. loyal B. willing C. equal D. capable 40. Many disadvantaged pupils tend to reject the school and everything it ______.
A. counts on B. sees to C. takes advantage of D. stands for
41. Do you like any of the music ______ you’ve listened?
A. for which B. that C. to which D. which 42. Many people want to buy it because, ______, the price is low, it’s rather durable.
A. on one side; on the other side B. for one thing; for another
C. on the one hand; on the other hand D. in one part; on the other part
43. It was not until 1920 ______ regular radio broadcasts began.
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A. that B. since C. when D. while 44. The behavior of men as individuals is ______ from their behavior in a group.
A. distinct B. popular
C. adequate D. comprehensive 45. It was ______ of him to get angry about it.
A. familiar B. serious C. unsuitable D. typical
46. As you treat me ______ will I treat you.
A. as B. like C. so D. and 47. There was a sudden crack of gunfire and the crowd ______ in all directions.
A. dispersed B. spread C. scattered D. distributed
48. ______ can we yield to the pressure.
A. By and by B. By and large C. By no means D. By means of
49. It has been the same old story ever ______ he was a little boy. A. after B. since C. when D. from
50. You ______ to the meeting to discuss the matter if you were really serious about your work.
A. ought to come B. ought to have come C. must come D. must have come 51. You ______ your homework before you watch TV.
A. are doing B. are to be doing C. are to do D. do
52. ______ nobody was willing to vote for her, she decided to drop out of the election.
A. When B. That C. Seeing that D. So that
53. After the divorce she ______ never to marry again.
A. inclined B. resolved C. regretted D. consented
54. Last week he promised that he ______ today, but he had not arrived yet.
A. would come B. will come
C. is coming D. would have come
55. It is desired that he ______ his plan right away. A. carries out B. had carried out C. would carry out D. carry out
56. On no account______ rudeness from his employees.
A. the manager will tolerate B. the manager will not tolerate
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