As we all know, we can learn a lot about others' feelings and thoughts by watching
The Mayan civilization was from a group of people
The Mayan civilization was the most important between the years of 250 AD and 900 AD.
The Maya people traded with other people in the Americas. They made changes to their buildings to make them much
The Mayan civilization started getting smaller after 900 AD. The Spanish arrived in
There is a gigantic study that’s been done in 38 cultures.
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4 . The world is a colorful landscape of different languages, skin colors, and different cultures. It's important to have a good understanding of different cultures in order to become a well-rounded person
One way is to read books written by authors from a particular culture. Reading works by authors who have a close relationship with a particular culture allows people to gain an authentic glimpse into the food, music, language, religion, and way of a life of a particular group of people.
Another way to learn about different cultures is to try to learn a foreign language.
Communicating with people from other countries through email or snail mail is another useful way to become familiar with different cultures.
A.Trying authentic food from a specific cultural group is also a great idea. |
B.The Internet has made it possible to communicate with others from different countries. |
C.Making contact with native speakers of the language allows one to gain firsthand knowledge. |
D.There are several ways to become knowledgeable about different cultures. |
E.Stories based on a local culture expose one to a different culture. |
F.One way to develop this appreciation is to try to team about other cultures around the world. |
G.A variety of language-learning books, software, and audio programs is available. |
5 . In the United States, it is important to be on time , or punctual , for an appointment , a class, a meeting, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries. An American professor discovered the difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian (巴西的) university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 A.M. and end at 12. On the first day , when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after 10:30 A.M. Two students came after 11 A.M. Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized for their lateness.Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students’ behavior.
The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation:at a lunch with a friend and in a university class, respectively.He gave them an example and asked them how they would react, If they had a lunch appointment with a friend,the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. On the other hand, the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33 minutes.
In an American university, students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour.In contrast, in Brazil,neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour.Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States,but also end at the scheduled time.In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12:00;many remained past 12:30 to discuss the class and ask more questions.While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil , neither is staying late.
1. The word‘punctual’ most probably means________.A.leaving soon after class | B.coming early |
C.arriving a few minutes late | D.being on time |
A.He felt puzzled at the students’ being late. |
B.He felt angry at the students' rudeness. |
C.He wanted to make the students come on time later. |
D.He wanted to collect data for one of his studies. |
A.American students will become impatient if their friend is five minutes late |
B.neither Brazilian nor American students like being late in social gatherings |
C.being late in one culture may not be considered so rude in another culture |
D.Brazilian students will not come thirty-three minutes after the agreed time |
A.It is important to be on time for class in the United States. |
B.The importance of being on time differs among cultures. |
C.People learn the importance of time only from their own culture. |
D.Students being late for class should explain the reason to their teacher. |
6 . Festivals in India are the special occasions when the country holds many celebrations. Socially, the whole nation becomes active in celebrations. This is the main reason why festivals in India are celebrated by the whole society. On such occasions, families will get together, exchange gifts and greetings, and take part in a lot of celebrations and even special fairs. All these are done to keep the festive spirit alive in modern times.
What is special about these celebrations in India is that people celebrate their common culture in their communities. There is a wide variety of festivals in India because of the presence(存在)of many different religions, beliefs, ideas and cultures. It is even said that some places in the country celebrate festivals 365 days a year. They are mainly religious festivals, cultural festivals and tourist festivals that are organized to keep the traditions, values and heritage of the region.
Religious festivals are celebrated as part of the Indian belief system. They are organized to honor spiritual personalities and events related to the journey of a religion. Cultural festivals in India are organized to provide a platform for different forms of music, dance and other art. To keep their artistic traditions alive and even make them become more popular in the future, many cities in India are active in cultural events. The rich cultural heritage of India attracts the Western world during the celebration of important festivals such as Onam, Holi and Durga Puja. Tourist festivals in the country are organized to celebrate the heritage of the land for tourism purposes. These celebrations every year bring good results and attract a large number of tourists, both within the country and abroad.
These festivals in India focus on enriching people’s "Indian" experience in the most real way. For this purpose, foreigners are very interested in attending the festivals, which are organized to show the rich and colorful side of the country.
1. In India,the whole nation often celebrates festivals actively to .A.have much fun on special occasions | B.exchange special gifts and greetings |
C.keep the traditions of their festivals | D.meet all their family members and relatives |
A.Because the Indians like singing and dancing. |
B.Because the Indians want to attract more tourists. |
C.Because there are a great number of old attractions. |
D.Because there are many different religions, ideas and cultures. |
A.performing different art forms |
B.visiting the famous old buildings |
C.having a journey of honoring spiritual personalities |
D.getting together and attending fairs |
A.Travel. | B.Culture. |
C.Economy. | D.Technology. |
7 . Culture shock isn’t a clinical term or medical conditions. It’s simply a common way to describe the confusing and nervous feelings a person may have after leaving a familiar culture to live in a different culture.
Everyone feels the pressure to fit in at one time or another—whether they’ve lived in the area for days or years. But don’t feel like you need to change everything about yourself so you can stand out less.
Here are a few tips for making sure your new culture doesn’t overpower the old:
Educate people about your culture. Just because you’re the one entering the new culture doesn’t mean you should be the one doing all the learning.
Find a support group. Find kids in your class or neighborhood who recently moved, too. You can share experiences.
Remember, it’s important to be yourself.
A.Keep in touch with home. |
B.Understand the new culture. |
C.But the good news is that culture shock is temporary. |
D.When you move to a new place, you’re bound to face a lot of changes. |
E.Try not to force yourself to change too fast or too many things all at once. |
F.All of your experiences before you came to your new home are part of you. |
G.Take the opportunity to teach classmates and new friends about your culture. |
8 . A small supermarket is decorated with a lot of red lanterns. There are piles of red envelopes on sale, for filling with cash and handing out as gifts. Such festive trappings can be seen everywhere in China in the build-up to the Lunar New Year. But this is Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, where Han Chinese are a mere 2.5% of the country's population. They are a sign that Chinese New Year is becoming a global holiday.
Several countries in Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year in their own way. But dragon and lion dances in Chinatowns over the world have helped make China's the most famous. In Tokyo, window cleaners dress up as the animals of the Chinese zodiac (生肖).America, Canada and New Zealand have issued commemorative stamps for the Year of the Rooster. Last year New York City made the Lunar New Year a school holiday for the first time.
The spread of the Spring Festival, as China calls it, is partly due to recent emigration(移民)from China: 9.5 million Chinese people have moved abroad since 1978, many of whom are far richer than earlier waves of migrants. It also reflects the wealth and ambitions of China's new middle class: festivities in other countries are partly aimed at the 6 million Chinese who are expected to spend their week long holiday abroad this year.
It's hoped that the festival will promote Chin's cultural "soft power" abroad. So related events are welcomed, such as a display this year of martial arts in Cyprus and a traditional Chinese temple-fair in Harare, Zimbabwe. More and more Chinese are glad to see foreigners enjoy such festivities. Though there is a growing enthusiasm among Chinese for Western celebrations such as Christmas, Chinese New Year is a welcome chance to reverse(逆转)the cultural flow.
1. The scene in a supermarket shown in the first paragraph is to________ .A.stress the importance of the Spring Festival |
B.explain why the Lunar New Year is popular |
C.present the popularity of Chinese New Year |
D.show how other countries celebrate the Spring Festival |
A.Dragon and lion dances. |
B.Eating dumplings and singing and dancing. |
C.Dressing up as animals and dancing. |
D.playing cards and letting off fireworks. |
A.reflect on their own cultures |
B.show respect to the Chinese traditions |
C.promote the values of Chinese customs |
D.attract Chinese to spend the holiday there |
A.Celebrating Chinese Festivals Becomes a Trend. |
B.Welcoming China's Cultural "Soft Power*', |
C.China's Biggest Festival Is Going Global. |
D.Foreigners' Love of China's Festivals. |
9 . The Liangzhu ruins in Hangzhou, pointing to an established Chinese civilisation 5,000 years ago, have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Every Chinese child is taught at school that the country's civilisation is 5,000 years old, but proving this beyond doubt has been a problem.
Now, a jade artifact(玉器)named “King of Cong”, found in the Liangzhu city ruins near Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, has provided an answer. Accordingto radiocarbon dating(放射性碳定年法),the 6.5kg object is 5,300 years old. It is one ofthe largest objects among all Cong from Liangzhu. The piece has now won greater global recognition.
However, the site has far more than just things made of jade.The main area, spread over14.3 square kilometers in the Yuhang area of Hangzhou, includes not only a city’s ruins but 11 dams and several cemeteries(墓地), all about 5,000 years old. Archaeological facts show that people lived in Liangzhu for about a thousand years.
“The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu (3300-2300 BCE) show an early state with a unified belief system based on growing rice in Late Neolithic China(中国新石器时代晚期). ”the UNESCO World Heritage Committee said.“These ruins are an extremely good example of early city civilisation expressed in town planning, a water conservation system and a social order which can be seen in where and how people were buried in cemeteries within the ruins.”
According to studies led by Liu Bin, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the inner part of theancient city ruins covers 2.8 square kilometers, about five times the area of the Forbidden City in Beijing, and the outer city spreads across 6.3 square kilometers. Liu said it was the biggest city ruins site of its time to be found in China, and was also one of the largest cities of its day in the world.
1. ________ can prove that China has a civilisation of 5,000 years old?A.The king named Cong. | B.The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu. |
C.The UNESCO World Heritage Committee. | D.The historical site at Hangzhou dam. |
A.A different system of value in the region. | B.The end of Chinese civilisation. |
C.The biggest city ruins all over the world. | D.The whole area—9.1 square kilometers. |
A.To focus on the great achievements. |
B.To inform us of the importance about architecture. |
C.To stress the large scale of ancient Liangzhu city. |
D.To present advanced technology and outstanding civilisation. |
10 . Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks
Clearly, a great deal is going on when people
A.further | B.harder | C.louder | D.straighter |
A.invitations | B.feelings | C.messages | D.sounds |
A.discover | B.hope | C.receive | D.mean |
A.difficult | B.immediate | C.misleading | D.important |
A.far | B.long | C.much | D.well |
A.For example | B.However | C.In short | D.Thus |
A.connections | B.distance | C.greetings | D.trade |
A.bodily | B.eye | C.telephone | D.verbal |
A.enemies | B.neighbors | C.relatives | D.strangers |
A.by all means | B.in a similar way | C.in other words | D.on the other hand |
A.silence | B.experiment | C.conversation | D.trouble |
A.disturbing | B.following | C.guiding | D.helping |
A.away | B.closer | C.faster | D.in |
A.backing away | B.coming out | C.going on | D.stepping forward |
A.carelessness | B.coldness | C.friendliness | D.weakness |
A.laugh | B.talk | C.think | D.travel |
A.different | B.European | C.Latino | D.rich |
A.curiosity | B.excitement | C.misunderstanding | D.nervousness |
A.advice | B.chance | C.result | D.time |
A.noticed | B.pleased | C.respected | D.treated |