1 . Where is the woman probably from?

A．Peru.

B．Britain.

C．Mexico.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What do the speakers have in common?

A．They are both Chinese.

B．They always think differently.

C．They took a trip abroad together.

2. What happened to the man’s American friend?

A．He got sick.

B．He missed a trip.

C．He made mistakes in speaking Chinese.

3. How did the man’s American friend feel about his suggestion?

A．Excited.

B．Unhappy.

C．Grateful.

4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A．Social skills.

B．Emergency reactions.

C．Cultural differences.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

When I was trying hard to explain Thanksgiving Day to my in-laws in China, I could see their eyes filled with    1     (confuse) and sense the questions forming in their minds. So I attempted    2     (translate) the holiday through things they were familiar with. I described the roast turkey as something similar    3     Beijing duck. I compared the annual Thanksgiving show to the    4     (year) Spring Festival Gala (联欢会) on Chinese New Year’s Eve. And I characterized    5     entire celebration as an American version of Winter solstice ( 冬至) in China. Yet as much as my in-laws nodded and smiled, I recognized that even these explanations were a poor substitute. No words could fully describe the Thanksgiving celebrations I    6     (know) before in the US.

This    7     (be) the kind of disappointment you face in cross-cultural communication. Despite all the differences, we can still sit down together and have heart-to-heart    8     (discussion) about each other’s traditions. So in the spirit of my American holiday, I silently gave a moment of thanks for    9     (have) in China such great in-laws,     10     cared enough to listen to their foreign daughter-in-law talk about Thanksgiving Day.

4 . Different Cultures

The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot.     1    .

The origin of the Eastern culture is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are developed by rivers—the Yellow River in China and the Hindu River in India.     2    .

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the Eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.     3    Like the Chinese culture, the European culture also crossed waters. When the British settled down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlanta Ocean. So the American culture doesn’t distinguish from the European culture a lot.

At the same time, some other differences add to the cultural differences. Take the language system for example. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system. Other causes like human race differences count as well. But what’s more, due to the far distance and the steep areas between the East and the West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries.     4    

The differences are everywhere.     5    But different cultures make the world of 21st century more colorful. The cultural gap should not be the obstacle to the civilization of human being. It ought to be the motivation of our going farther.

A．Let us work together to keep a variety of cultures.

B．And these two are well- known as the base of the European culture.

C．One important thing is to learn about other cultures.

D．This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole.

E．They are obvious and affect people’s ways of thinking and their views of the world.

F．They helped the two cultures develop for centuries and form their own styles.

G．So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference from the other.