问答题两国的边境东部山区至西部海岸绵延一千余公里,其中多处存在争端。(非限制性定语从句;range…from)
问答题Cultureisasociety"ssystemofsharedideasabouthowtheworldworksandhowpeopleshouldact.Eachperson"sculturehasagreatinfluenceonhowheorshebehavesandinterpretstheworld.Someculturalanthropologistseventhinkthatcultureisakindoftemplateforourthinkingandfeelings.Thatis,theythinkthatcultureactuallyhelpscreateourthoughtsandemotions,justasDNAcreatesourbodies.Amongthesebasicculture-influencedaspectsoflifeisasenseoftime.AccordingtoanthropologistIrvingHallowell,thereisnoevidencethathumanshaveaninbornsenseoftime.Aperson"stemporalconceptsareprobablydeterminedlargelybyculture.Thistemporalcultureinfluenceslanguage,music,poetryanddance.Italsoaffectsrelationships.Wetendtogetalongwellwithpeoplewhoshareoursenseoftime.Onetypeofculturalattitudetowardstimeisfoundinpolychroniccultures(历时性文化).SomeMediterraneanandsouthwestAsianculturesareusuallyplacedinthiscategory.Suchculturesemphasizerelationshipsamongpeople,flexibletimingofappointments,andthecarefulcompletionofprocessesratherthanstrictschedules.Polychronicpeopletendtohavemanyprojectsgoingonatthesametime,andtheymayshiftfrequentlyfromonetasktoanother.Theychangeplansoften.Forpolychronicpeople,worktimeisnotclearlyseparablefrompersonaltime,sobusinessmeetingsareconsideredaformofsocializing.Monochroniccultures(共时性文化),ontheotherhand,areorientedtowardstasksandschedules.CulturesusuallyconsideredmonochroniccanbefoundinnorthernEurope,NorthAmerica,andsomepartsofeasternAsia.Monochronicpeoplefeelthattimeistangibleandinflexibleandthat"timeismoney."Theydoonethingatatimeandconcentrateoneachthinginsequence.Timeandjobcommitmentsareveryimportanttothemandtheytendtofollowplansrigidly.Also,monochronicpeopleclearyseparatetheirworkandpersonaltime,andtheyplaceahighvalueonprivacy.Asyoumightexpect,peoplefrompolychronicandmonochronicculturesoftenmisunderstandeachotherbecauseoftheirdifferentsensesoftime.Theeffectsoftime-relatedculturaldifferencesareveryapparentinthebusinessworld.AsEdwardandMildredHall,prominenttemporal-cultureresearchers,havenoted,manymillionsofdollarshavebeenlostbecauseofsuchdifferences.Countlesscross-culturalbusinessdealshavefallenapartbecauseofmisunderstandingsabouttemporalculture.Ofcourse,wehavetobecarefulwhenwegeneralizeaboutcultures.Humanbeingsareverydiversecreatures,andculturesaccommodateawiderangeofbehaviors.Withinafast-pacedculture,alargenumberofslow-pacedpeoplesurviveperfectlywell.Withinslow-pacedcultures,fast-pacedindividualscanfindtheirownniche.Aculturalgeneralizationisastatementaboutwhatistypical,notaboutwhatalwayshappens.Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage.
问答题 If you could go on vacation as anyone you wanted,
who would you choose? Joel Stain decided he'd make a great Ricky Martin. Welcome
to Fantasy Island. It's an offer worthy of Mr. Roarke: Wyndham
E1 San Juan Hotel & Casino, in Puerto Rico, has developed a three-night
package in which you check in as a Celebrity. The hotel puts no
constraints on which name you choose, though President Clinton, Dracula, and Boy
George have all been rejected. (Two men were permitted to come as Rodgers and
Hart, so I'm not sure what the problem with George was.) I almost picked someone
I admired, until I realized that a weekend as Wallace Shawn might not be a
Dionysian romp. Instead I chose Ricky Martin, because he's big
in Puerto Rico, and my girlfriend chose Jennifer Lopez, because I told her to.
(It seemed more legitimate than When I make her pretend to be Jennifer Lopez at
home.) I didn't know much about Martin, so on the flight down I read
'Entertainment Weekly'. I wasn't happy about what I found out, and I don't mean
the meditation stuff. Upon landing we were greeted by a hotel
publicist and a driver, each holding a piece of paper that read Mr. Ricky Martin
and Ms Jennifer Lopez. The pomp was so unimpressive that no one at the Airport
expected Ricky and J. Lo. The lack of a crowd was a lucky break, since the hotel
had also sent a photographer who kept asking us to hold our placards and smile.
Never have the words, 'Ricky Martin' and 'giant loser' seemed so
interchangeable. On the five-minute drive to the hotel, the driver told us to
sit back, relax, and reach into the white limo's fridge for a cold can of
Medalla Light. Celebrities really do live better. At the hotel
the publicist whisked us to the Texas-themed restaurant, the Ranch, built with
real Connecticut barn wood. Nothing submerges you into the relaxing Caribbean
lifestyle as much as Texan attitude and Northeastern barn wood. The manager gave
us a complimentary platter of rattlesnake sausage and jalapeno poppers, which, I
believe, are known as the food of celebrities. He blasted Martin's song 'She
Bangs' and made five waiters run over and ask me to dance, an unpleasant thing
to demand of a celebrity, much less of someone pretending to be one. Then they
led me to the mechanical bull, which I rode until I fell off...
问答题应当坚定不移地执行“计划生育”的基本国策。(carry out)
问答题他不管走到哪里都随身携带一个笔记本,以便随时记录下自己的想法。(wherever)
问答题许多遭到洪水侵害的农场主说,他们别无选择只得解雇一些工人。(have no choice but)
问答题他绝望了,正在此时,他见到了远方的帆影,有了绝处逢生的希望。(give up)
问答题音乐是你自身的体验,你的思想,你的智慧。
问答题Whichshapecompletesthelargersquare?
问答题What 5-letter word has six left when you take 2 letters away?
问答题What do experts suggest setting up to help prevent students fromdropping out of school?
问答题TaskⅠDirections:YouhavejustreturnedfromatriptoFlorida.YouflewthereandbackwithOceanAir.Youdecidetowritetotheairlinetocomplainaboutyourflightandaskforsomemoneyback.Readtheadvertisementandthenotesyoumadeandthenusingtheinformation,writealettertotheairline.Youmayaddotherrelevantpointsofyourown.Writealetterofabout120wordsinanappropriatestyle.Donotwriteyouraddressorname.
问答题Theflowchart,belowshowstheprocessinvolvedinwritingaformalacademicessayforaparticularuniversitycourse.Describethestagesoftheprocessofwritingareport,usingthematerialintheflowchart.PreparationandWritingofaFormalAcademicEssayWriteareportofabout100wordsinanappropriatestyleontheanswersheet.
问答题Instructions: You recently saw this notice in an English-language magazine called Film World.
Reviews needed Have you been to the cinema recently? If so, could you write us a review of the film you saw? Include information on the characters, setting and plot, and say whether you would recommend the film to other people. The best reviews will be published next month. Write your review in 100 words. Now write your review on the Answer Sheet.
问答题花一周时间参加这样的会议将会是浪费时间。(a waste of)
问答题高昂的学费并不一定能够保证良好的教育。(guarantee)
问答题It is interesting to reflect for a moment upon the differences in the areas of moral feeling and standards in the peoples of Japan and the United States. (81) Americans divide these areas somewhat rigidly into spirit and flesh, the two beings in opposition in the life of a human being. Ideally spirit should prevail but all too often it is the flesh that does prevail. (82) The Japanese make no such division, at least between one as good and the other as evil. They believe that a person has two souls: one is the "gentle" soul; the other is the "rough" soul. Sometimes the person uses his gentle soul; sometimes he must use his rough soul. He does not favor his gentle soul; neither does he fight his rough soul. (83) Human nature in itself is good, Japanese philosophers insist, and a human being does not need to fight any part of himself. He has only to learn how to use each soul properly at appropriate times. Virtue for the Japanese consists in fulfilling one's obligations to others. (84) Happy endings, either in life or in fiction, are neither necessary nor expected, since the fulfillment of duty provides the satisfying end, whatever the tragedy it inflicts. And duty includes a person's obligations to those who have conferred benefits upon him and to himself as an individual of honor. He develops through this double sense of duty a self-discipline which is at once permissive and rigid, depending upon the area in which it is functioning. The process of acquiring this self-discipline begins in childhood. Indeed, one may say it begins at birth—how early is the Japanese child given his own identity! (85) If I were to define in a word the attitude of the Japanese toward their children I would put it in one succinct word "respect." Love? Yes, abundance of love warmly expressed from the moment he is put to his mother's breast. For mother and child this nursing of her child is important psychologically.
问答题食品短缺的问题使所有其它问题都显得无足轻重。(overshadow)
问答题原来男人明白要走成一条直线,最有效的方法是不要看着脚,要把眼睛注视着前方的目标。(not to...but to)。
问答题There are cockroaches (蟑螂) everywhere on Earth except the places
that are covered with ice. Scientists have discovered about 3,500 different
species of cockroach. There is just one human species! Cockroaches can be
anything in size from about five mm to nine cm. Although five mm is very small,
nine cm is as long as a large rat. It is very difficult to
catch most cockroaches. They "see" with the hairs on their bodies. These hairs
can feel the smallest movement in the air, so the cockroaches know immediately
something moves, and run to safety. Of all the species of
cockroach, fortunately only three live among humans and are a serious problem.
They are the German, the Oriental, and the American. One egg case of the German
cockroach can produce as many as seven million cockroaches in 12
months! Our main problem with cockroaches is that not only do
they look ugly to us, but they also carry diseases. They are particularly
dangerous in hospitals as they eat all kinds of hospital waste or get it on
their bodies. They can then carry this waste, which may contain dangerous
bacteria, on to food which is then eaten by people in the hospital.
Most of the bacteria that cause food poisoning have been found in the
stomachs of cockroaches, so it is important that cockroaches should be kept out
of restaurants and other places where food is prepared. Many
people work and try to destroy cockroaches, but as soon as they find one way of
doing it, the cockroaches "learn" how to deal with it. Electricity does not
always kill them and they can avoid most poisons or "learn" how to deal with
others. At one time, scientists thought that radiation would kill them, but they
have been on Earth for about 300 million years, and it does not harm them as
much as it does us. It seems probable that when there are no
longer human beings living on the Earth, cockroaches will still be
here. Answer the following questions according to the
passage.