Question

One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick. Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor. When he arrived, Simon went straight to the first floor of the building. But he was told that there was no Rick on that floor. Do you know why?

In fact, the British call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor, while Americans would call it the second floor.

The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America, though the British and Americans both speak English.

The British usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a conversation with strangers. For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They’re more active and easier to talk with.

The British and Americans may use different terms for many things. The British usually use “football”, “eraser” and “mail” while Americans prefer to use “soccer”, “rubber” and “post”.

根據短文內容，選擇最佳答案。

1.Simon went to London to __________.

A．visit his friend      B．spend his holiday    C．study English       D．have a meeting

2.Which picture shows us where Rick’s flat was?

A              B             C               D

3.According to the passage, the British usually spend their time _______ on the train.

A．playing cards       B．talking            C．doing some reading  D．singing and dancing

4.What does the underlined word “term” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A．成果             B．學期             C．會議             D．用語

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Differences in British and American culture   B．Simon’s funny story

C．Information abroad                      D．Hiding the feeling

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述了英國和美國雖然都是英語系國家，但是它們之間也有很多不同的文化差異。

1.細節題。由本文第一句One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend,

Rick.可知Simon去倫敦拜訪朋友。故選A

2.細節題。由第一段第二句Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor.和第二段第二句The   floor above the ground floor is the first floor, while Americans would call it the second  floor.可知Rick應該住在二樓。故選B

3.細節題。由第四段第三句For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books.可知英國人在火車上經常讀點東西。故選C

4.推斷題。根據文章最后一段可知，美國人和英國人對很多事情都很不同的用語。所以，term的意思是用語。故選D

5.主旨題。這篇文章通過一個事例講述了英美之間文化方面的差別。故選A

考點：社會現象類說明文

點評：本文的思路清晰，結構明確。首先對作者所說明的事物進行理解。本文細節題很多，對于細節題，學生在理解全文的基礎上要對題目中關鍵字在文章中迅速定位，找到相對應的出處，答題比較備選答案的區別及和文章信息最相關的是哪個，即那個就為正確答案。