Question

I.閱讀理解

A [2015 •成都外國語學校高三月考]

Most Americans would have a difficult time telling you, specifically* what are the values which Americans live by. They have never given the matter any thought.

Over the years I have introduced thousands of interna?tional visitors to life in the United States. This has caused me to try to look at Americans through the eyes of foreign visi?tors. I am confident that the values listed in this booklet describe most (but not all) Americans, and that understand?ing these values can help you, the international visitor, un?derstand Americans.

It is my belief that if foreign visitors really understand how deeply these 13 values are ingrained in Americans, they will then be able to understand 95 % of American actions which might otherwise appear "strange"confusingor "unbelievable" when evaluated from the perspective of the foreigners' own society and its values.

The different behaviour of a people or a culture make sense only when seen through the basic beliefs, assumptions and values of that particular group. When you encounter an action, or hear a statement in the United States which surpri?ses you, try to see it as an expression of one or more of the values listed in this booklet.

1.An ordinary American can't tell you his/her value system
because_________ .

 A.     this is something an American lives by

B.     everyone will have his/her own value system

C.     he/she has never thought about it

D.     values are something often in his/her thought

2.The author lists 13 values in his booklet to .

 A.     invite foreigners to visit America

B.     look at Americans through the eyes of foreign visitors

C.     describe the confusing actions of most Americans

D.     help international visitors understand Americans

3. The underlined word "ingrained" in Paragraph 3 most probably means "__________ ，

A. rooted in minds                   B.  found in grains

C.  planted for food                D.  prepared with grains

4. Visitors sometimes find Americans behave in a strange, con?fusing or unbelievable way probably because .

 A.     Americans are hard to understand

B.     Americans have values which are entirely different from their own

C.     they view Americans according to the values in their own society

D.     it is difficult to understand any people when you first encounter them

Answer 1

I.閱讀理解

A [文章大意]本文是一本書的序言。作者觀察到很多外國游客覺得美國人的行為舉止很奇怪，這是因為他們不了解美國人的價值觀。于是作者寫了一本小冊子介紹這些價值觀。

1.C細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段可知，大多數美國人很難告訴你他們

奉行的價值觀是什么，因為他們從來沒有想過這個問題。故選c項。

2. D推理判斷題。由第二、=：段的內容可知作者列出美國人的13條價值觀是為了幫助外國游客理解美國人的行為舉止。故選D項。

3.A詞義猜測題。結合上下文內容可知這13條價值觀是美國人不加考慮就奉行的，因此這些是深深地扎根于美國人的大腦中的東西，故選A項。

4.C推理判斷題。由第三段可知，假如外國游客從自己的文化價值觀的角度去看美國人的行為，他們就會覺得美國人的行為表現"怪異，讓人看不懂，難以相信"，由此可知選C項。