A. However
B. Whoever
C. Whenever
D. Whatever
18. I won't make a _______ mistake next time.
A. like B. same C. near
D. similar
19. Life insurance (保险), _______ available only to young,
healthy persons, can now be obtained for old people. A. before B. after
C. former
D. previously
20. He _______ lives in the house where he was born.
A. already B. yet C. still D. ever
21. \
\
A. very much
B. so much
C. far too
D. highly
22. \
workbook.\
\A. far too much
B. much the more
C. too hard
D. the hardest
23. The officials in the _______ at the London Heathrow Airport
were very polite. A. Custom
B. Customs
C. custom
D. customs
24. There _______ a lot of _______ on the roads yesterday.
A. was... traffic
B. were... traffics
C. was... traffics
D. were... traffic
25. England is an island country. _______ consists of three big
islands, and _______ climate is generally wet and windy. A. It... its
B. She... her
C. He... his
D. She... its
Part 4 Cloze (with Options)
(每小题：1 分)
Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the choices.
Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.
I understand culture shock, I've been 1. throughit myself. However, some foreigners living in China are just too 2. negativeabout the cultural differences, and it is superbcausing them to lose a 3. opportunity to learn the Chinese culture. Most of them seem to be simply 4.
putting intheir time for the terms of their whereasemployment, 5. they don't care to enjoy what is special about their new surroundings.
Communicating successfully with people from other cultures can be a real 6. challenge. We 7.
bearthe responsibility for learning their culture. Adjusting to
another culture requires a great deal of personal awareness and 8.
patience. I know several foreigners living with a fork in their pocket. I could understand if they said they were unwilling to 9. communicatetheir time to learning the language—Chinese is very difficult. If you are working full-time, you may not have enough time to make much 10.
progressin Chinese, but what about chopsticks? ! Learning how to use chopsticks is adjustment11.
Come upthe easiest part of the 12. to conduct yourself in a 13. . Learning how way during competentsocial interactions is what should have been done. Only by that time will you be able to 14. differences and not to 15. friends.
give upappreciatethe cultural our Chinese let downHaving said all that, I would gladly 16. my argument for chopsticks, if they would just stop 17.
committingso much. They are wasting a good opportunity to have a truly unique experience and 18.
furthermore, they are making a bad name for the rest driving me crazy. Each of us, 19.
not only talkedtime they look at their fork, they should see that it 20.
representsall of the time they've wasted here.
Questions 21 to 40 are based on the following passage.
How does one \fact for different peoples throughout the world and is not 21.
entirelyChinese. It could also be considered a conventionWestern 22. . However, it carries much weight for Asian people and its 23. Asian countries is greater.
consciencein Some Asian people believe that the 24. \25. honoring your parents do not 26. but it would be too 27. When we 28. assessabsolutecustomsprinciplesof like in the West, existto put it in this way. the values held by families in the West, we find that many have similar beliefs to 29.
thosethat guide Asian culture, and they 30.
them in their daily lives. So, some ideas spontaneouslypracticeare becoming 31. similar between the east and west. For example, American students are having a stronger 32.
consciousnessof studying hard for the honor of their families than before. And American people are more concerned about the disadvantages of \education\33.
used to be.
One major 34. individual'sdifferenceis how each weighs an 35.
rights against the rights of the communitycommunity. There are people, 36. , and even leaders in the West who believe that the freedom of an individual carries much more 37. for the order in the community. 38. weightthan needs Americans Somehold the right to own a gun so dear that they have consequently been willing to 39.
turna blind eye to