湖北省华师一附中2014高三5月第二次压轴考试英语试题(3)

Psychologists tell us that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when they enter and live in a new culture. This process, which helps us to deal with culture shock, is the way our brain and our personality reacts to the strange new things we meet when we move from one culture to another.

Culture begins with the \stage\This is the period of time when we first arrive in which everything about the new culture is strange and exciting. We may be suffering from \lag\language, eating new kinds of food. This honeymoon stage can last for quite a long time because we feel we are involved in some kind of great adventure.

Unfortunately, the second stage of culture shock can be more difficult. After we have settled down into our new life, working or studying, buying groceries, doing laundry, or living with a home-stay family, we can become very tired and begin to miss our homeland and our family, girlfriend/boyfriend, pets. All the little problems that everybody in life has seem to be much bigger and more disturbing when you face them in a foreign culture. This \quite dangerous because the visitor may develop unhealthy habits.

The third stage of culture shock is called the \that things are not so bad in the host culture. Your sense of humour usually becomes stronger and you realize that you are becoming stronger by learning to take care of yourself in the new place. Things are still difficult, but you are now a survivor!

The fourth stage can be called \ease at last\Now you feel quite comfortable in your new surroundings. You can cope with most problems that occur. You may still have problems with the language, but you know you are strong enough to deal with them. If you meet someone from your country who has just arrived, you can be the expert on life in the new culture and help them to deal with their culture shock.

There is a fifth stage of culture shock which many people don't know about. This is called \颠倒) culture shock\and find that you have changed and that things there have changed while you have been away. Now you feel a little uncomfortable back home. Life is a struggle! 65. How do you feel during the first stage of culture shock? _____ A. lonely and upset B. bored and homesick C. happy and excited D. angry and discouraged 66. How could the third stage be described? _____ A. adjustment B. rejection C. enthusiasm D. anger 67. What is the feature of the fourth stage of culture shock? _____ A. tense, but positive B. relaxed C. negative and stressed D. afraid 68. Why might reverse culture shock be a problem? A. It hardly ever happens. B. It is extremely stressful. C. Most people do not expect it. D. It only happens to young people.

C

Anyone who is familiar with American media receives the impression that Americans are not too far removed from the days of the Wild West when guys with guns took care of business, both private and public. While American media, like media everywhere, exaggerate and distort(歪曲), there is a core(核心) of truth in these reports. Compared to many countries and cultures, America,

especially urban America, does appear to be constantly plagued by violence of all sorts. To avoid being a victim, use your common sense as you would when traveling anywhere else. Don't be studying maps and guidebooks at street corners; avoid wandering, especially alone, in dimly-lit streets or dark alleys; even if that's where the \your hotel room; don't go off jogging or walking very early in the morning until you have familiarized yourself with the neighborhood. Finally mugging is a very familiar word among Americans. It means someone pointed a gun, a knife, or some other killing object and demanded your money and valuables. It can happen anywhere, anytime. Do not think that because you are in a \neighborhood or an exclusive(高级的) shopping area it will not happen. People can follow you to your expensive hotel room, confront(遭遇) you in a city park or even when you are in your car (known as carjacking). Do not argue or resist. Do what you are told and hope that you will be able to report it to the police later. 69. According to American media, _____. A . America is a dangerous country B. America is an old country C. America is a distant country D. Americans like weapons 70. It can be infered that _____.

A. criminals have preference to attack strangers

B. criminals have an interest in maps and guidebooks C. maps and guidebooks are not reliable

D. it is against law to read maps and gidebooks in the street 71. “plauged” in line 4 probably means _____ A. imagined B. troubled C. interviewed D. warned 72. If you are pointed at with a weapon _____ A. call the police B. do as you like C. obey the criminals D. keep silent

D

Believe it or not, visual illusion can cut highway crashes.

Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 percent using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes, called chevrons (锯齿形)，painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.

Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D.C. is planning to repeat Japan's success. Starting next year, the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.

High speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will conduct its tests in areas where speed-related dangers are the greatest------curves(曲线), exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges. Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal(水平的) bars painted across roads can ini …… 此处隐藏：4976字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……