1 . With their visas in hand and their bags packed, students may feel prepared for their study abroad experiences.
Guo Yichen, a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, observed a (an)
When Guo first got to the US, she stayed in the house of a 63-year-old lady, with another Chinese girl. Guo and her housemate were
“I was shocked by how
In fact, “difficulty in
A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, once told the agency that many of his Chinese students only came to see him when they got
According to the agency, studying abroad itself may trigger (引发) certain mental problems because it is a “
And during this period of major life transitions (过渡),
Students need to understand the value of empathy—the effective awareness of the emotions of others—as well as
| A．And | B．Therefore | C．But | D．Otherwise |
| A．unique | B．host | C．national | D．superb |
| A．conflict | B．trial | C．debate | D．case |
| A．appreciated | B．represented | C．fueled | D．supposed |
| A．bought her story | B．did her part | C．kept her word | D．followed her heart |
| A．actually | B．eventually | C．pleasantly | D．simply |
| A．either | B．rather | C．too | D．neither |
| A．sensitive | B．serious | C．straightforward | D．stubborn |
| A．great | B．no | C．major | D．exact |
| A．communication | B．explanation | C．opposition | D．indication |
| A．impressed | B．ignored | C．identified | D．inspired |
| A．unfortunate | B．unsatisfactory | C．unwelcome | D．unequal |
| A．in the first place | B．in other words | C．in this case | D．in the end |
| A．similar | B．superb | C．sudden | D．sensitive |
| A．influences | B．routines | C．manners | D．policies |
| A．result from | B．benefit from | C．suffer from | D．flee from |
| A．tolerating | B．simplifying | C．requesting | D．developing |
| A．expressing | B．blaming | C．committing | D．advancing |
| A．affordable | B．long-distance | C．short-term | D．trustworthy |
| A．difficulty | B．experience | C．leadership | D．survival |
2 . Ask people in the UK what the words “Sunday roast” mean to them, and they’ll probably take you back to their grandmothers’ dining rooms -maybe with a few stories of “the greatest puddings” and “the best ever steak”. But now the traditional Sunday roast seems to have been left back in the old days. According to the Daily Mail, just one in 50 British families sits down to this weekly meal together.
There are many reasons why the roast is becoming less popular. In the busy modern world, where breakfast is a slice of toast eaten on the way to work or school and lunch is a quick sandwich in front of the computer screen, people just don’t seem to have the time or patience to make a roast.
And Sunday was once a day when people could easily go to the kitchen to cook. Nowadays, people are often out shopping or at the cinema until it’s far too late to start thinking about heating the oven(烤箱) up.
However, a recent article from The Telegraph warned against being carried away by our tight schedules: “It would be a shame to let this fine old tradition disappear.”
The Guardian further explained that the eating of the big meal is only the half of it. The Sunday roast also makes for relaxed morning activities in the kitchen, and the table becomes the perfect place to share good food and chat with family and friends. “For busy moms and dads, even if you can manage to turn off your mobile phone and the TV only once a week and turn the Sunday roast into a real family event, children can have fun cooking the food and clearing up together.”
1. The best title for the passage is probably _____.| A．Sunday—Best Time for Family |
| B．Sunday Roast Dying Out |
| C．It’s the Perfect Time for Us |
| D．Let’s Sit Down Together |
| A．They have a busy lifestyle. |
| B．They have no interest in cooking. |
| C．They don’t think it worthwhile. |
| D．They are living in the modern society. |
| A．A recent article. |
| B．A traditional kitchen. |
| C．The fine old tradition. |
| D．Sunday morning activity. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Positive. |
| C．Sorry. | D．Uncertain. |
When Zhang Lingshan was a child, she would watch the Chinese period drama Palace on television, attracted by the characters' ancient clothing. She didn't know what these beautiful clothes
Now aged nineteen
Nowadays, Hanfu is seen as a way
4 . We all love bank holidays. In the UK, we only get eight bank holidays in one year, and at least five of those occur around Christmas time and Easter time! A bank holiday is a British English term. This is an official day that is decided by the government, when banks, shops and offices close for the day even though it’s a weekday—usually a Monday, and a lot of people have a day off work.
Bank holidays are different in Colombia -firstly, they are called “festivos”. There are twenty festivos for the whole country in one year! In Britain, people get more holiday allowances(津贴)than Colombians but fewer bank holidays. There can be even more festivos in Colombia, depending on which region of Colombia you live in. This is because different regions have their own holidays. For example, some regions have a patron saint(守护神), so they have an extra festivo to celebrate that saint.
However, there are some days that are national holidays for historical reasons. There is an Independence Day celebration on July 20 every year. This is just like Bastille Day in France on July 14, or Independence Day in the United States on July4. Other important festivos in Colombia are: Labour Day, on May 1, and Columbus Day on October 12. Columbus Day is a historical bank holiday that almost every county on the continent of America celebrates. This includes Colombia, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Mexico and the United States. It is memorialization of the day when the Italian sailor, Christopher Columbus, first reached land on the continent in the year 1492. Many people criticize this day and say it is not something to celebrate because of the way Columbus and his team treated the people that were already living there.
1. What is a “bank holiday” according to the text?| A．An official nationwide vacation. |
| B．A holiday only for the bank staff. |
| C．A British traditional religion festival. |
| D．A celebration for Christmas and Easter. |
| A．Colombia and Britain have the same number of festivos. |
| B．All Colombians have the same number of festivos. |
| C．Colombians have fewer holiday allowances than British people. |
| D．People in most regions celebrate a patron saint. |
| A．Because Columbus wasn’t an American at all. |
| B．Because Columbus once treated the locals badly. |
| C．Because it wasn’t Columbus who found America first. |
| D．Because Columbus didn’t live in the continent of America. |
| A．A British English term. |
| B．Bank holidays in Colombia. |
| C．Important festivos in America. |
| D．Different bank holidays in the world. |
5 . In May, 2010, Christine Jones saw an ad for a customer service job at a call center in Mobile, Alabama. A company, which handles calls for insurance companies (保险公司), needed people with professional phone skills. Jones filled out an online application and was asked for an interview.
A few days later, she arrived at the company in a blue business suit and waited with other applicants for the interview. Jones was among several candidates offered a position that very day by the company's human resource manager Wilson. All that remained was for Jones to fill out some paperwork and take a drug test, which was scheduled for a future date. When Jones realized she was not available that day, she privately told Wilson about the conflict, and Wilson replied that she could reschedule her test for another day.
But right before Jones turned to leave the office, Wilson raised a strange question: Did Jones have dreadlocks (骇人的长辫)? Jones, who is a black, was wearing a dread—very short ones. Wilson, who is white, explained the company couldn’t employ Jones ''with the dreadlocks'', since they ''tend to get messy, although I'm not saying yours are, but you know what I'm talking about''. Although Jones would never communicate with callers face to face, the company had ''a policy'', which stated that ''hairstyles should show a business image'', and that ''excessive (过分的) styles and unusual colors'' weren't allowed. Wilson asked Jones to choose whether to get rid of the dread or leave the job. Jones walked out, jobless.
In September, 2013, the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEOC) accused the company on behalf of Jones in the District Court. It argued that the company's policy broke the state's law by discriminating (歧视) against a black job applicant because of her hairstyle, which is ''a manner of wearing a hair that is physiologically (生理上地) and culturally associated with people of African origin.''
But the company claimed that the issue wasn't Jones' race. It was simply about a hairstyle, which Jones, or any applicant, black or white, with dreads, could have changed if she wanted to land the job.
1. What can we know according to the first two paragraphs?| A．The job Jones applied for mainly dealt with insurance. |
| B．Jones didn't prepare well for the job interview. |
| C．Wilson was in charge of the insurance company. |
| D．Jones rescheduled her test because she wasn’t free on that day. |
| A．dirty | B．straight | C．loose. | D．attractive. |
| A．Wilson was accused of discriminating against a black applicant. |
| B．Jones' hairstyle suggested her African origin in physiology and culture. |
| C．Jones had no choice but to leave the company. |
| D．Jones went jobless because of her excessive hair color. |
| A．A case of discrimination. | B．Dreadlocks, a dread? |
| C．A black with dreadlocks. | D．An argument on dreadlocks. |
6 . Have you ever wondered that the food you eat everyday can tell you about where you come from? Have you ever wondered why people from different parts of the world eat different types of food?
On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture.
Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional dishes. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some materials needed to make traditional dishes may not be readily available, so the taste and flavor can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries.
We should embrace our heritage(传统)through our culture's food but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food. It is important to remember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it.
| A．Food is a window into culture, and it should be treated as such. |
| B．On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. |
| C．The smell and taste of the food is very familiar to me. |
| D．It also operates as an expression of culture identity. |
| E．Therefore, they have to make small changes about the original dishes to cater to a wider range of customers. |
| F．Do you ever ask yourself why certain foods or cooking traditions are so important to your culture? |
| G．As the world becomes more globalized, it is easier to access foods from different cultures. |
SongKran--Thailand
Dates: 13th-15th, April
In Thailand, it’s time to celebrate the coming monsoon season, which will bring the rain many people have been looking forward to. They celebrate it with a festival called Songkran, when people head out to the streets with water guns to spray(喷，洒）everyone who walks past. If you walk on the streets where the festival is celebrated, prepare to get soaked!
Naghol--Vanuatu
Dates: Every Saturday from April to May
Every year, villagers come together to celebrate the harvest of yams, an important part in the peopls’s diet in Vanuatu. The festival is most famous for its “land diving ceremony”. During the ceremony men and boys dive to the ground from high wooden towers with only two thin vines attached(附于)to their ankles(脚踝）. The divers’ heads have to lightly touch the ground when they jump---something very dangerous if the vines are not measured（测量）properly.
Cherry Blossom Viewing ---Japan
Dates: The cherry blossom season is different from year to year depending on the weather forecast.
The cherry blossom season has huge importance to the people of Japan, who celebrate the days when the flowers finally blossom. Only a few days later, the petals(花瓣） fall to the ground, like pink snowflakes. This is one of the most beautiful things to see. In Japan, almost everyone has picnics in the parks to view the flowers.
Sinhalese New Year--Sri Lanka
Dates: 13th or 14th, April
Just like in many other countries in South an South East Asia, this is the time when the Sinhalese celebrate the traditional New Year, an ancient celebration which marks the end of the harvest season and is one of two times of the year when the sun is straight above Sri Lanka. There are a lot of delicious foods during the celebration.
1. . What does the underlined word “ soaked” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
| A．tired | B．wet | C．crazy | D．interested |
| A．the divers may fall onto the ground if the thin vines break |
| B．the divers may bump into （撞在…上）the wooden tower on the way down |
| C．the divers’ ankles may get injured if the vines are tied too tightly |
| D．the divers may injure（伤害）their heads if the vines aren’t measured properly |
| A．the Cherry Blossom Celebration usually lasts a long time in Japan |
| B．the Cherry Blossom Celebration is the most important festival in Japan |
| C．the time for the Cherry Blossom Celebration in Japan can be different yearly |
| D．people usually stay at home for celebration during the cherry blossom season. |
| A．Go to the beach. | B．Travel to Colorado. | C．Learn to snowboard. |
9 . In spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a welcome source of protein at winter's end. So it's no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by honoring the egg.
Some traditions are simple, like the red eggs that get baked into Greek Easter breads. Others elevate the egg into a fancy art, like the heavily jewel-covered "eggs" that were favored by the Russians starting in the 19th century.
One ancient form of egg art comes to us from Ukraine. For centuries, Ukrainians have been drawing complicated patterns on eggs. Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate. Eggs are, too.
"There's something about their delicate nature that appeals to me," says New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Several years ago, she became interested in eggs and learned the traditional Ukrainian technique to draw her very modern characters. "I've broken eggs at every stage of the process—from the very beginning to the very, very end. "
But there's an appeal in that vulnerability. "There's part of this sickening horror of knowing you're walking on the edge with this, that I kind of like, knowing that it could all fall apart at any second" Chast's designs, such as a worried man alone in a tiny rowboat, reflect that delicateness.
Traditional Ukrainian decorated eggs also spoke to those fears. The elaborate patterns were believed to offer protection against evil.
"There's an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world," says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.
The tradition, dating back to 300 B. C., was later incorporated into the Christian church. The old symbols, however, still endure. A decorated egg with a bird on it, given to a young married couple, is a wish for children. A decorated egg thrown into the field would be a wish for a good harvest.
1. Why do people in many cultures prize the egg?| A．It is a welcome sign of the coming of spring. |
| B．It is their major source of protein in winter. |
| C．It can easily be made into a work of art. |
| D．It can bring wealth and honor to them. |
| A．They are shaped like jewel cases. |
| B．They are cherished by the rich. |
| C．They are heavily painted in red. |
| D．They are favored as a form of art. |
| A．Eggs serve as an enduring symbol of new life. |
| B．Eggs have an oval shape appealing to artists. |
| C．Eggs reflect the anxieties of people today. |
| D．Eggs provide a unique surface to paint on. |
| A．She never knows if the egg will break before the design is completed. |
| B．She can add multiple details to the design to communicate her idea. |
| C．She always derives great pleasure from designing something new. |
| D．She is never sure what the final design will look like until the end. |
10 . Is it true that British people have a different sense of humor than people in other countries? Let’s have a look at what we laugh at in Britain.
We laugh at authority, but also sympathetically laugh with anyone who we think is treated badly.
The fact that we laugh when other people might feel hopeless is one of the oddest things to appreciate about British humor. We do have a strong sense of irony (反讽). “Not very pleasant,” we might say after some terrible experience.
Another thing that can make it difficult to understand British humor is that we don’t always laugh or even smile when we say something funny.
Do you think the British sense of humor is unique?
| A．In addition,we tend to play things down. |
| B．We often keep a straight face even when we’re making a joke. |
| C．Culture plays a big part in how funny you may find something. |
| D．We know they can’ t win,but if they do so sometimes,it’s even funnier. |
| E．Brits don’t express extreme feelings;we just“keep calm and carry on”. |
| F．Brits turn to laughter as a form of medicine when life knocks them down. |
| G．To the British,powerful and important people are often sources of laughter. |
