1 . Nowadays, body language has played a more and more important part in daily communication among people. To avoid confusion and embarrassment in cross-cultural communication, it’s necessary to have fluency in some common body language worldwide.

In Australia, it is very rude to wink (眨眼) at women.

In Brazil, pulling down the lower lid (眼睑) of the right eye means that the listener doesn’t believe what you’re saying. In India, holding your ear means either “honesty” or “I’m sorry”.

In Indonesia, hands on hips while talking means that you’re angry and it is also impolite.

In Japan, It’s unacceptable for two adults of the same sex to hold hands while walking together A smile can mean happiness, anger, or sadness. When someone praises you, respond by waving your hand back and forth in front of your face. Because it is considered impolite to show their teeth. women usually cover their mouths when they laugh. To make a promise, two people generally book their little fingers together.

In South Korea, when talking to someone, keep your hands in full view. It is rude to keep your hands behind your back or in your pockets.

In Spain, snapping the thumb and first finger together a few times is a form of applause. If you think the person you are talking about is mean, ta p your left elbow with your right hand. If you’ve heard the story that someone is telling before, put your right hand behind your head and pull your left ear.

In Sri Lanka, moving your head from side to side means “yes” and nodding your head up and down means “no”!

In Thailand, people point to an object with their chins, not their hands.

Have you learned the meanings of the above body languages in different countries? Keep these in mind and you’ll realize that they’re very helpful one day.

1. In which country do women cover their mouth while laughing?

A．In China.

B．In America.

C．In Africa.

D． In Japan.

2. What do people do when they make applause in Spain?

A．Wave their hands back and forth in front of their face.

B．Put their hands on haps all the time.

C．Snap the thumb and first finger together several minutes.

D．Clap their hands together for a few minutes.

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Moving your head from side to side to means “yes” in Thailand.

B．When talking to someone, make sure others can see your both hands in South Korea.

C．Adult women in Japan of ten hold their hands when walking together.

D．In Indonesia, pulling down the lower lid of the left eye means the listener doesn’t believe what you’re saying.

4. What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Body language is of great importance in daily communication.

B．Understanding the meaning of some gestures in foreign countries is helpful.

C．The same movement may deliver different meanings in different cultures.

D．We should use body language in daily communication with others.

2 . What My Year Abroad Taught Me About Cultural Differences

Imagine going to study abroad. You walk into the local shop and bam!, Golliwogs (黑面木偶) everywhere. I’m talking salespeople dressed as Golliwogs. Surprised, you go to the junk food section as that’s the only thing that will give your body the sugar rush it needs to shock your body out of the state of bewilderment (困惑). And there they were: Golliwog cookies.

I’m using the word “Golliwogs” because to a British person abroad that’s what they are. But in the Netherlands and Belgium the image is known as Zwarte Piet (Black Pete). There has been much discussion about whether or not it’s racist.     1     Zwarte Piet is understood by most in the Netherlands to be Santa’s helper whose black face was due to his delivering presents through the chimney.

Working as a trainee with the European Commission, I met people from all over the world, not just Europe. Working alongside my German, Spanish and Italian colleagues, I learned some valuable lessons.     2     You shouldn’t wait to say “excuse me,” or wait for a gap in the conversation to give your opinion, because you’ll walk out at the end of the meeting wondering how three hours have passed without you managing to say anything. I learned how to stop my colleagues and interject (插话) my thoughts.

Another lesson was the value of the coffee break. Coffee breaks in Brussels were not just time to get coffee. It was a chance to develop new ideas with colleagues in a more informal setting. At first I declined the invitation to attend, but after a while I began to notice that almost everyone went on these trips to the coffee machine and decided to join them.     3    

Graduates and students who have worked abroad gain an understanding of what it means to be truly European and how this can benefit you at work. Not only do you bring home experiences, skills and practices from other countries, but you also seek to take your work further afield (向远方).

    4     Remember the Golliwog cookies? All I really wanted were some Mr. Kipling’s cakes but they’re nearly impossible to find abroad. When I finished my trainee ship with the Commission, I came home and started a business called Packed Munches, a service sending boxes of British snacks to Britons all over the world. And to think, it all started with Zwarte Pict.

A．You might be amazed by the quantity of work and innovative concepts that can emerge during informal coffee breaks.

B．This marked my initial experience in comprehending diverse cultures.

C．As British people, we need to stay low-profile in what we do.

D．So, how did I apply these acquired abilities?

E．As individuals from Britain, we must produce more influence in our pursuits.

F．This was my first lesson in understanding British cultures.

3 . On our 20^th anniversary, Susan and I headed off for a few days to a lovely valley about an hour away. We didn’t know much about the town, but that was fine. Our goal was really just to renew our faith in each other.

We began by stocking up at the quirky Village Market in Glen Ellen, California. Within minutes, friendly locals spotted us and started chatting in the aisles with charming tips. You gotta hike to Jack London’s house. Oh, dinner at the Fig Café. Hours later, having followed their yellow brick road all day, we walked, delirious, back from dinner to our creekside inn. “I think I could live here,” Susan said.

It turns out that Glen Ellen’s contagious spirit was not our passing illusion. In October 2017, the Nuns Fire bore down on this town near Santa Rosa. An astounding 183 of Glen Ellen’s 750 or so homes burned down. Among them was Jill Dawson’s place, just across the creek from the inn to which we had returned the next anniversary, and four more in turn. I called Jill after reading her family’s story. She sounded just like the spirited, generous type Susan and I have loved meeting in Glen Ellen.

After the fire, she told me, her family’s prospects for staying in the town looked bleak. But residents mobilized on Facebook and in the Village Market to brainstorm how to house one another.

Hearing of their plight, some neighbors who barely knew the Dawsons placed two new trailers next to their house, which hadn’t burned, for Jill’s family.

“Their name is the Fosters, and I tell them, ‘You just can’t help it,’” Jill says, laughing at her own pun. Jill and her husband, Art, have lived in one of the trailers for a year while sorting through how to rebuild. They are only two of the many residents who were able to remain close thanks to their neighbors’ selflessness. “I’m grateful for little Glen Ellen,” Jill says. “The amount of passionate people and grassroots efforts working to keep this place supportive is amazing. The kindness thing, it’s still huge here.”

In kicking off our annual Nicest Place in America search, let Glen Ellen be just one example. So many cities, workplaces, churches, schools, and other locations thrive because, well, “the kindness thing, it’s still huge.” Please take the time to go to RD.COM/NICEST to tell us about one you love. Thank you!

1. What did the author think of Glen Ellen during his several trips there?

A．He found Glen Ellen to be a dynamic town with rapid development.

B．He had mixed feelings about Glen Ellen, both positive and negative.

C．He thought Glen Ellen was a place which deepened faith in her wife.

D．He developed a positive impression of its welcoming community spirit.

2. How did the Glen Ellen community respond to the Nuns Fire in October 2017?

A．They relied solely on government aid for recovery efforts.

B．They spontaneously formed a neighborhood watch program.

C．They held a series of fundraisers to help the affected families.

D．They largely depended on assistance from distant communities.

3. Which of the following is the right understanding of ““Their name is the Fosters, and I tell them, ‘You just can’t help it,’” Jill says, laughing at her own pun.”?

A．Jim is making a lighthearted comment about the Fosters’ inborn generosity.

B．Jill is implying that Fosters lack competence to give a helping hand to others.

C．Jill is hinting that the Fosters might not always display the same level of kindness.

D．Jill is expressing his sincere gratitude for Fosters’ constant and generous assistance.

4. What is the writing purpose of the passage?

A．To highlight Glen Ellen’s tradition of community support and kindness.

B．To demonstrate the author’s personal perspectives in community building.

C．To present how people in Glen Ellen overcame difficulties with joint efforts.

D．To encourage readers to reflect on and share their own experiences of kindness.

4 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

The Impact of Visual Cues on Behavior

During the energy crisis in the 1970s, Dutch researchers began to pay close attention to the country’s energy usage. In one suburb near Amsterdam, they found that some homeowners used 30 percent less energy than their neighbors     1     the homes being of similar size and getting electricity for the same price.

It turned out that the houses in this neighborhood were nearly identical except for one feature: the location of the electrical meter. Some had one in the basement.     2     had the electrical meter upstairs in the main hallway.     3     you may guess, the homes with the meters located in the main hallway used less electricity. When their energy use was obvious and easy to track, people changed their behavior.

Every habit     4     (initiate) by a cue, and we are more likely to notice cues that stand out. Unfortunately, the environments where we live and work often make it easy not to do certain actions     5    there is no obvious cue to trigger the behavior. When the cues that spark a habit are subtle or hidden, they are easy     6     (ignore).

By comparison, creating obvious visual cues can draw your attention toward a    7     (desire) habit. I’ve experienced the power of obvious cues in my own life. I used to buy apples from the store, put them in the crisper (储藏格) in the bottom of the refrigerator, and forget all about them. By the time I remembered, the apples     8     (go) bad. I never saw them, so I never ate them.

Eventually, I took my own advice and redesigned my environment. I bought a large display bowl and placed it in the middle of the kitchen counter. The next time I bought apples, that was     9     they went. Almost like magic, I began eating a few apples each day simply because they were obvious,     10     (facilitate) the formation of a healthy eating habit rather than keeping them out of sight.

5 .

A．Three.

B．Six

C．Nine.

D．Twelve.

6 . Water is a key ingredients in a healthy diet and lifestyle.There are many health benefits of drinking water. It helps flush impurities and toxins out of our systems.     1     In fact, nearly every system in our bodies relies on water for proper functioning. But what will happen if the water you drink every day is unhealthy?

In past decades, concerns about tap water and its impact on overall health led some people to tun to bottled waters. You could pay to have a company deliver large bulky plastic bottles of water for the water cooler. Or you could purchase gallon jugs of distilled or “drinking water” at the grocery store.

In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of different bottled waters available, with big distributors such as Coke and Pepsi jumping on the bandwagon. But are bottled   drinking waters like Coke’s Dasani brand, Pepsi’s Aquafina, or Wal-Mart’s store brand really any healthier than your tap water?     2    

As we have learned more about the water we drink,the technology behind drinking water filters and purification systems has improved dramatically. There are filters to remove impurities, chemicals,heavy metals, bacteria and almost every contaminant you can think of.With the right size and filter combination for your specific home, your tap water can be exceptionally pure and healthy.

    3     Although the initial cost of a whole house system usually amounts to several hundred dollars,that cost is often less than $100 a year if spread out over the life of the system.

There may be additional expenses to replace carbon filters or lamps in an ultraviolet light water treatment device. These expenses can add another $100 or so to the annual cost of operating drinking water filters and purification systems.

While some people may hesitate to spend so much each year for clean, safe drinking water, they are probably paying more for bottled drinking water. They understand that it is more expensive, but they are still willing to pay the extra money because bottled water is thought to be safer and healthier than filtered drinking water.     4     In reality, however, few bottled waters come from natural springs,and most of them use municipal tap water.

A．Drinking water filtration systems have also become more affordable and easy to use.

B．After all, bottled water is often marketed as “natural spring water” or “pure glacier water.”

C．It aids in the delivery of oxygen and nutrients.

D．And with a water filter, you at least know where the water you drink came from.

E．Or would you be better off with a drinking water filtration system?

F．So how do you tell if the water you are drinking is safe?

7 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box .Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. acquired     B. consistently     C. regained     D. nightmare     E. native     F. acceptance     G. effective     H. hid     I. distinguished     J. countless     K. recalled

When Roberto Feliz came to the United States from the Dominican Republic, he knew only a few words of English. Education soon became a(n)     1    . “I couldn’t understand anything,” he said. He     2    from his teachers, came home in tears, and thought about dropping out.

Then Mrs. Malave, a bilingual educator, began to work with him while teaching him math and science in his     3     Spanish. “She helped me stay smart while teaching me English,” he said. Given the chance to demonstrate his ability, he     4     confidence and began to succeed in school.

Today, he is a(n)     5    doctor, runs his own clinic, and works with several hospitals. Every day, he uses the language and academic skills he     6     through bilingual education to treat his patients.

Roberto’s story is just one of     7     success stories. Research has shown that bilingual education is the most     8     way both to teach children English and ensure that they succeed academically. In Arizona and Texas, bilingual students     9     outperform their peers in monolingual programs. Calexico, California, implemented bilingual education, and now has dropout rates that are less than half the state average and college     10     rates of more than 90%. In El Paso, bilingual education programs have helped raise student scores from the lowest in Texas to among the highest in the nation.

8 . You may know the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” It _________ the idea behind the Living Library project. Like _________ library, a Living Liberty offers readers books, except that these “books” can _________ to you. But these living books are not like anything from a(n) _________ movie — they are people like you and me.

The Living Library project was started in 2000 by a group of young people in Denmark. They wanted to reduce _________ and encourage understanding between people, and they had the idea of bringing together some very different people to communicate _________. These living books were from different cultural backgrounds, nations, educational levels, religions and _________.

Reading living books is very _________: Each book can talk with readers face to face, and sometimes a small group of readers can read one book together. The book and the reader(s) _________ and share different thoughts, ideas, lifestyles and so on.

The project began to gain in __________ in other parts of the world and was introduced to China in 2009. This past April, a wave of Living Library events was held in more than 20 Chinese cities. In Guangzhou, for example, 50 living books were presented to 200 readers.

The event was divided into four rounds; each lasted 40 minutes. In each round, __________ eight readers would read one book together. One of the living books, Tang, suffered from depression. She talked about her experience of fighting depression and also pointed out a problem: People’s __________ about mental illnesses was preventing many patients from getting treatment in time.

In Living Library events like this one, it is not one person __________ another, but someone introducing others to a different idea or way of life. Everyone can raise questions and everyone is __________.

“Everyone is a book,” said Liu Qiongxiong, the organizer of the event in Guangzhou. “By reading others we can better understand each other and__________.”

1.

A．challenges

B．talks about

C．makes use of

D．sums up

2.

A．the other

B．any other

C．another

D．each other

3.

A．convey

B．relate

C．talk

D．donate

4.

A．sci-fi

B．comedy

C．horror

D．action

5.

A．prejudices

B．differences

C．violence

D．change

6.

A．fairly

B．silently

C．equally

D．seriously

7.

A．locations

B．occasions

C．schools

D．professions

8.

A．simple

B．difficult

C．complex

D．shallow

9.

A．test

B．organize

C．dismiss

D．discuss

10.

A．control

B．popularity

C．access

D．time

11.

A．up to

B．all

C．at least

D．only

12.

A．curiously

B．questions

C．hesitation

D．misunderstanding

13.

A．fighting

B．challenging

C．teaching

D．criticizing

14.

A．judged

B．respected

C．ranked

D．numbered

15.

A．regulations

B．inequalities

C．characters

D．ourselves

9 . This is a page from a college information handbook. It tells you where you can find various college services and facilities.

WHERE TO FIND HELP IN THE COLLEGE

Here is the location of some important college services and facilities.

Rooms numbered 100-130 are on the first floor and those numbered 200-300 on the second floor of the main college block.

Student Services Centre                  114

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

Accommodation Office                    115

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

Medical Room                           119

Mrs Wright, the college nurse, is available each morning from 9:30 to 12:00 a.m. The college doctor is in attendance on Wednesday mornings.

Sports Office                                207

Mr B Murie can provide information about sporting and keep-fit activities.

Student Union Office                    222

A range of services and advice (travel,party etc.) are provided.

Food Service                                127

Mr G Nun is the manager and will do his best to help if you require special diet.

Library                                        215

Besides books this also has photocopying (复印), video, audio-visual and computing facilities.

Self Access Language Learning Centre       203

Students can attend on a drop-in basis from 9:00 a.m.to 4:15 p.m.

1. Where should you go for help if you fail to find a place to live in?

A．Room 115.

B．Room 207.

C．Room 222.

D．Room 119.

2. If you would like to search for some information on the Internet, you can go to        .

A．Food Service

B．Student Services Centre

C．Library

D．Medical Room

3. It can be learned from the information handbook that        .

A．a (预订) is necessary in the Self Langunge Learning Centre

B．a foreign student may go to Room 127 to ask for a supply of some special food

C．the college nurse is available for some time after noon

D．students can do some sports in Room 207

10 .

A．At a gallery.	B．At a science museum.
C．At a concert hall.	D．At a bookstore.