单选题
Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it. And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted (曲解的) one. Here is a great argument in favor of foreign travel and learning foreign languages. It is only by traveling in, or living in a country and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one can find out what a country and its people are really like. And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be from the second-hand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all! Differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to do so. The world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs. With the much greater rapidity and ease of travel, there might seem to be some truth in this at least as far as Europe is concerned. However this may be. At least the greater ease of travel today has revealed to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different kind of animal from themselves.
单选题
Every country criticizes ways of life in other countries because they are ______. A. distorted B. normal C. similar to each other D. different from its own
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。第一段第一句说：Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it．每个国家都倾向于把自己的生活方式作为标准，对与自己的生活方式相似的国家表扬，对与自己不同的则持批评态度。因此D符合题意。
单选题
One who travels in a foreign country and learns its language will ______. A. find out what its people are like B. argue in favor of this country and the language C. know the country and its people better D. like its inhabitants and their language
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。第二段第二句说：It is only by traveling in，or living in a country and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one call find out what a country and its people are really like．只有到外国去旅游，或住在那里，认识当地人．学习他们的语言，你才会真正认识这个国家和她的人民。A答案不够全面，容易干扰考生。
单选题
The knowledge one gains by traveling in a foreign country is often ______. A. from second-hand information B. gathered from other sources than from its inhabitants C. gained from the arguments about the country D. different from what one had before the travel
单选题
Differences between peoples ______. A. will gradually disappear because of ease of travel B. do exist even though different nationalities behave exactly alike C. will always continue to exist and the world will be a dull place D. will not exist as one hopes
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑推理题。第三段的头两句提到：Differences between peoples do，of course，exist and，one hopes，will always continue to do so．The world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike．and people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs．民族之间的差别的确存在．而且人们希望这种状况能够持续。如果有一天，世界各国都同化得差不多了，那么这个世界就毫无乐趣了。有人说这种现象有加快的趋势。
单选题
"However" (Line 5, Para. 3) most probably meant ______. A. Somewhat B. By whatever means C. Anyhow D. No matter what