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One year ago, I traveled 15,000 kilometers from Australia to the US. I am from a beachside town in the  ____   of Sydney, and thought there would be almost no   ____  differences between my home country and my  ____. I was surprised at how wrong I was, and at  ____   different the two countries could be.

The United States is   ____   in almost every aspect. The buildings are gigantic (巨大的) and so are the people who  ____   and work in them. At mealtimes, the portions (份额) often   ____   to me to be big enough for three or four people. I once   ____   a baked potato which turned out to be bigger than my head! This was a big  ____  for me.

The longer I spent in the US, the more I started to  ____   smaller differences like the culture of  ____   in restaurants. In Australia we don't tend to give a tip   ____  the service has been really excellent. In the US you tip for  ___   everything, even at the hairdresser. Waiters and shop assistants   ____   to be given 15 percent of the bill, although in places   ____  New York or Washington DC, a tip can be as much as 20 percent.

___, I also became more wary (谨慎的) of believing the stereotypes (成见) I had heard at home as I traveled. Not all Americans are ignorant of geography, for example.Despite this, certain stereotypes about places did seem to   ____   true for me. There is an immense (强烈的) sense of speed in New York. Everyone   ___   to and fro, and very seldom takes time to   ____   the moment. This is very different from the Australian lifestyle. Australians are laid back. Even in a major city like Sydney, we “Aussies” take time to “stop and smell the roses”—very different from our American counterparts.

Navigating (驾驭) the culture divide between Australia and the US was challenging at times. But I took up that   ____  and learned a lot from it. It was an adventure.

1.A.heart        B.city       

C.center          D.suburbs

2.A.cultural         B.commercial 

C.economic       D.scientific

3.A.home town      B.departure

C.location  D.destination

4.A.how         B.why       

C.however        D.where

5.A.big          B.modern    

C.small        D.fashionable

6.A.travel        B.survive      

C.live          D.serve

7.A.happened     B.seemed    

C.proved        D.managed  

8.A.brought       B.ordered    

C.designed      D.fetched

9.A.laughter      B.pleasure    

C.shock         D.embarrassment

10.A.prefer       B.notice      

C.tell        D.appreciate

11.A.serving       B.tipping     

C.donating      D.toasting

12.A.unless        B.if         

C.when         D.since

13. A.rarely          B.mostly       

C.almost      D.hardly

14.A.try           B.wait       

C.think        D.expect

15.A.like          B.along      

C.for         D.in 

16.A.So           B.Therefore    

C.However     D.But

17.A.come         B.become     

C.turn        D.get

18.A.walks          B.drives     

C.wanders     D.rushes

19.A.depend on       B.reflect on  

C.spy on     D.watch on

20.A.experience       B.job   

C.challenge     D.business

 

1.D 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.A 6.C 7.B 8.B 9.C 10.B 11.B 12.A 13.C 14.D 15.A 16.B 17.A 18.D 19.B 20.C 【解析】 文章大意:离开家乡澳大利亚前往美国旅行,作者原以为两个国家文化差异很小,结果却令人大跌眼镜。作者从这次挑战中学到了很多东西。 1.答案:D 我来自悉尼市郊的一处海边小镇。由空前的a beachside town可知,应该是位于悉尼市郊。suburb“郊区,郊外”。 2.2】答案:A 我以为我的家乡和我的“目的地(美国)”几乎没有“文化”差异。cultural“文化的”;commercial“经济的”;economic“经济的,节省的”;scientific“科技的”。由常识可知,美国和加拿大的经济与科技的差异很明显,所以此处选A项。最后一段也有照应。 3.3】答案:D 见上句解析。destination“目的地”,此处指美国;home town“家乡”;departure“出发,离开”;location“地方,地点,位置”。 4.4】答案:A 我对于两个国家文化上的巨大差异感到震惊。how修饰形容词different,意为“多么地不同”。 5.5】答案:A 美国的每个方面都体现出一个“大”字。 6.6】答案:C 美国的大楼都是摩天大楼而且在里面“生活”和工作的人也很高大。 7.7】答案:B 就餐时,所给的饭食份额对我来说“好像”够三至四人吃的。 8.8】答案:B 我曾经“点”了一份烤土豆,结果它竟然比我的头还大。order“点(酒菜等)”;bring“带来”;design“设计”;fetch“去取”。 9.9】答案:C 这让我“大吃一惊”。a shock“一件令人吃惊的事情”。 10.0】答案:B 在美国待得越久,我就越“注意到”一些像餐馆里“付小费”一类的文化上的小差异。notice“注意”;prefer“更喜欢”;tell“辨别,区分”;appreciate“感激,欣赏”。 11.1】答案:B 此处与下一空前的a tip照应。 12.2】答案:A 在澳大利亚,“除非”被服务得很好,否则我们不付小费。unless“除非”;if“如果”;when“在……时”;since“自……以来,既然”。 13.3】答案:C 在美国,“几乎”一切事情都要付小费。此处强调美国与澳大利亚的不同,所以应该选表示肯定意义的词,排除A、D两项;mostly“主要地,通常,一般地”;almost“几乎”。 14.4】答案:D 侍者和商店服务生“预计”能得到所付费用的百分之十五。expect“预计,期望”。 15.5】答案:A 在“像”纽约或者华盛顿这一类地方,小费的数额可能高达百分之二十。like“像”。 16.6】答案:B therefore“因此”;so“所以”;however“然而”;but“但是”。前面的差异使我原先的成见变得谨慎起来。该段与前面是因果关系,所以选A、B两项;而so一般不用逗号和句子隔开。 17.7】答案:A come true“实现,成真,应验”。尽管如此,对一些地方的成见的确是“应验了”。 18.8】答案:D 纽约人有强烈的速度感。他们来去“匆匆”。walk“走”;drive“开车”;wander“闲逛”;rush“匆匆忙忙”。 19.9】答案:B 他们(纽约人)很少花时间“思考”现在。reflect on“认真思考,沉思”;depend on“依靠”;spy on“监视”;无watch on搭配。 20.20】答案:C take up the challenge“接受挑战”。但是,我“接受了挑战”,从中学到了很多东西。
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