— How can I wake up so early?

    — Set the alarm at 5 o’clock,        you’ll make it.

A. but  B. or   C. and      D. so

Was it the restaurant where he had dinner with me, if I may ask, _______offered him a job?

  A.that                B.where         C.which             D.when

—You didn’t seem to enjoy your meal very much.

—It’s not that. I am just ____.

A. on a diet                  B. on diets

C. go on a diet                D. making a diet

When she returned home, she found the window open and something ______.

       A. stealing       B. missed        C. stolen      D. to steal

_______ well prepared a gymnast is, he still needs a lot of luck in performing.

A. Whatever         B. Although             C. No matter            D. However

It is commonly believed among many Chinese that Westerners who take “Yes’，and “No” by their facial expressions are more straightforward than Chinese. Normally Westerners don * t have to adopt Chinese ways like sweeping the floor or constantly checking the clock to indicate to a guest that it’ s time to leave. They don’ t have to hesitate in saying “No” when they are not able to, or don’ t want to, offer help to a friend in need. There is no embarrassment attached to this behavior. But it is too simple to conclude that Westerners are more direct speakers than the Chinese.

There are many occasions when the way Westerners express themselves makes Chinese look more straightforward and honest. When I was a fresh international student，the director of our program once asked students in an e-mail what we thought about a young professor. I simply said ’ “She seems to know a lot but doesn* t know how to teach. ” And the director replied with “Thank you for being honest. ”

Only years later when I better understood the new culture，I realized why I had gone too far. If that question were asked now，the reply would have three paragraphs devoted to the qualities of the professor before the last line came out — ” There are some gaps in her teaching method. ” Still tough, but at least it wouldn't be considered rude.

Indeed, the reserved social norms and the deeply - rooted “face issue" make honest speaking risky in China ； Americans have their own ways of being polite. This results partly from political correctness. It also results from several generations of people who have been told they have done well even when they have failed. It may not be unfair to suggest that many Americans are oversensitive and obsessed with a perfect self image.

So，the next time you hear about indirect Chinese，it would be worth challenging the source and pointing out that the cultural comparisons are much more complex. But maybe you should do it in a roundabout way，to be polite.

The passage mainly aims to ??

A.  tell us something about culture distinctions

B.  remind us of the conflicts between cultures

C.  ask us to take positive attitudes to Chinese cultures

D.  keep us informed of the various communications

According to the passage, the young professor lacked   .

A.  confidence in her job

B.  teaching experience

C.  interaction with her students

m D. responsibility for her students

   The underlined words “obsessed with" (para.4) probably means   .

A. satisfied with   B. proud of C. addicted to  D. stuck in

   It can be inferred from the passage that    .

A.  the writer has a good knowledge of American culture

B.  Americans are much more straightforward than Chinese

C.  the new professor was very angry with the writer' s comments

D.  different culture backgrounds make cultures comparison complicated

信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）

請閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請將答案填寫在答題卷標(biāo)號為46-50的相應(yīng)位置上。

     下面是一篇應(yīng)用文及其應(yīng)用場合的信息，請閱讀下列應(yīng)用文和相關(guān)信息。

This is a page from a college information handbook. It tells you where you can find

various college services and facilities (設(shè)施) in the main college block.

A. Student Services Centre (Careers Room 113)

The staff members are available to advise on career choice and applications for higher education.

B. Accommodation Office (Room 114)  

Mrs. Wardle is available each afternoon from 1:30 to 4:30 to help students with problems relating to housing.

C. Medical Room (Room 115)

Mrs. Wright, the college nurse, is available each morning from 9:30 to 10:00 am. The college doctor is in attendance on Wednesday mornings. All kinds of medicines are sold here and cheaper than in the downtown.

D. Sports Office (Room 207)

Mrs. Murie can provide information about sporting and keep-fit activities. She has been teaching kick-boxing in the gymnasium.

E. Food Service (Room 127)

Mr. Nunn is the manager of the Food Service and will do his best to help if you require a special diet.

F. Library (Room 215)

There are various books and reference materials about literature, art, math, etc. Besides books , there are photo-copying, video, audio-visual and computing facilities.

請閱讀以下學(xué)生的有關(guān)信息，然后匹配學(xué)生和他/她需要找的服務(wù)部門(室)：

Jack Anderson is a foreign student majoring in medicine. The food of the college

restaurant isn't fit for him.

Peter Florian is fond of sports. Unfortunately, he had his leg broken on the                    

playground this morning.

Lynne Nagata, a new student whose family is far from the college, fails to find a     

place to live in.

Alice Fingelhamm is going to graduate next year. She is preparing her thesis（畢

業(yè)論文）and has to refer to lots of information about it.

Margaret Lillian studies at the department of computer science. She would like to

have further study after graduation.

信息匹配（每小題2分，共10分）

閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。首先，請閱讀以下世界古代奇觀的簡介：

A. The Great Wall was begun more than two thousand years ago. It was built to keep out invaders. It extends about six thousand seven hundred kilometers across northern China. Today, the Chinese government is working to repair parts of the wall and protect as much of it as possible. The Great Wall of China is one of the largest building projects ever attempted. It is also the only object built by people that can be seen from space.

B. The Coliseum in Rome, Italy was built almost two thousand years ago. The ancient Roman sports center could hold fifty thousand people who gathered there to watch public events. Experts say it is one of the finest examples of Roman design and engineering.

C. The city of Machu Picchu in Peru includes some of the best stone work ever built. The ancient Inca people built Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains, northwest of the city of Cuzco. Machu Picchu is about thirteen square kilometers. Historians say it might have been one of the last places of safety for the Incas who were fleeing invaders from Spain.

D. India is famous for its temples and buildings. The most famous is the Taj Mahal, considered one of the most beautiful buildings ever built. The fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, ordered it built in Agra in sixteen thirty-one. He built it as a burial place in memory of his wife. The Taj Mahal has tiny colorful stones inlaid in white marble. The structure seems to change color during different times of the day and night.

E. Abu Simbel was built more than three thousand years ago. It is about 280 kilometers south of Aswan on the western bank of the Nile River. It took an army of workmen and artists more than thirty years to cut the huge temple into the face of a rock mountain. In front of the main temple are four huge statues of Ramses the Second. Each statue is about twenty meters high.

F. Stonehenge also belongs on a list of ancient wonders. It is a circle of huge stones in southeastern England. Experts believe work began on Stonehenge about five thousand years ago. We know very little about Stonehenge. We do not even know how these huge stones were moved to the area. Much has been written about Stonehenge, but experts say they still are not sure what it was used for.

以下是旅行者信息，請匹配他們計劃參觀的世界奇觀。

Mr. Smith, who comes from Rome, Italy, plans to visit Asia. He hears about a beautiful building which tells a moving story about the love between an ancient ruler and his wife.

Li Hua, who has been to the Great Wall several times, plans to visit an ancient wonder in Europe which has as long a history as the Great Wall.

Cindy, who comes from India, plans to visit an ancient temple on the bank of a famous river in Africa. The temple, in front of which there were some huge statues, is one of the greatest stone works ever built.

Jack will visit one of the oldest stone work ever built by people. It was made up of huge stones, but how ancient people moved the stones and why they built it remain a mystery.

A scientist will be sent into space. He hopes he can see an object built by human beings when he looks at our earth with his bare eyes.

It really seemed ages ____ the police came on the scene and cleared away the damaged cars．

    A．before       B．a(chǎn)fter        C．when    D．a(chǎn)s

The taxi was so slow that we might as well _________ on the bus.

    A. go          B. have gone        C. to go        D. having gone