高中人教版 (2019)Unit 2 Bridging Cultures单元测试课后测评

选择性必修Book 2 Unit 2 Bridge Cultures

B卷·综合能力提升练

(时间：90分钟　满分：120分)

第一部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

A

1．What is a bridegroom in Brazil not expected to do?A．Use something not new.

B．Use something someone else lends him.

C．Have his bride wear the ring engraved with his name.

D．See his bride in a wedding dress before the ceremony.

2．When does the engagement in Eastern Europe usually happen?

A．Before the wedding is celebrated. B．After the girl is taken out

C．After a band is paid by the bridegroom. D．When the neighbours arrive.

3．Why does the couple in Japan drink wine three times?

A．It is the priest's order in the ceremony.

B．The cup is not big enough to hold much wine.

C．It means they promise not to be against each other.

D．It is typical for all young Japanese to drink wine.

B

“Lei ming m ming baak ngo gong ge waa ah? Do you understand what I am saying?” I stare back at the speaker dumbly, my lips parted, the ideas clear in my mind but a response unable to express itself in a language in my distant range. After an uncomfortable pause, a bunch of words spill out of my mouth, sounding forced and unnatural.

The anecdote (轶事) above is a semi-conversation I had in Malaysia years ago. A three-week stay in Malaysia once every few years was often the highlight of my summers — what more can you ask from a food paradise? But besides the family, food, and escape that Malaysia offered, trips also brought accompanying feelings of guilt that I just couldn’t seem to translate. For one month every few summers, I got a taste of what it feels to be an outsider in my own culture, peering in. I was a girl lost in translation, passively absorbing the various tongues shouted between the stalls in the wet markets, quietly nodding along at my grandparents’ huge family dinners.

In America though, I am a different person. I don’t think twice about my grammar when speaking. I don’t struggle with the words and fear that my logic and stories won’t get through to people. So as a native English speaker, I do not have to worry daily about whether I’m judged for having an accent or whether I’m misunderstood across languages. In Malaysia, I naturally burst out “have you eaten?” instead of recalling the Malaysian equivalent “you makan already?” In Malaysia, everything about the way I speak — my accent, intonation, sentence structure, slang — gives me away. My American-ness is seen in the way I talk, dress, and act. Maybe my face could pass for a Malaysian local, but once I open my mouth to speak I am so clearly not. It is uncomfortable and awkward, and sometimes I wonder if I did not look Asian at all would it be better, since there would be no more language expectation for me than for a white tourist.

4．How did the author feel in the anecdote?

A．Confused and scared. B．Embarrassed and nervous.

C．Curious and surprised. D．Upset and puzzled.

5．Why did the author feel guilty according to Paragraph 2?

A．Because she had to stay away from her family.

B．Because she didn’t enjoy speaking the language.

C．Because she had to accept what grandparents said.

D．Because she found it hard to understand the culture.

6．What can we learn about the author from the last paragraph?

A．She was a good language learner.

B．She didn’t like being an Asian.

C．She was judged unfairly in Malaysia.

D．She spoke English unconsciously in Malaysia.

7．From which column of the website does this article probably come from?

A．Opinion B．News. C．Education. D．Humor.

C

Recently, my friends Hazel Markus and Alana Conner published a book on culture. It isn’t a book on exploring cultures or talking about why you should always accept a business card from a Japanese businessman with two hands and admire it. Instead, Clash talks about eight cultural conflicts and frames those conflicts as paths to self-knowledge. In other words, it describes the self, and our individual cultures, as relative. This self-insight can help you better navigate our increasingly global world.

For example, one distinction discussed by Markus and Conner is the distinction between Americans from different parts of the United States. People from different states have different expectations and assumptions about how things should be done, and even what things should be called. Often, it is only when a person comes up against another way of doing things that these assumptions become apparent. I attended Carleton College, a liberal arts college in Minnesota. Within my first two days of being there, I realized that I possessed an assumption about rain. Coming from California, I expected that it didn’t rain in summer and that when it did rain, it would rain all day. When I woke up on September 2, to a downpour that lasted 20 minutes, that assumption was revealed to be false.

There was a particularly colorful discussion in my dorm about the game “duck, duck, goose” vs “duck, duck, gray duck”. The point is, only by coming into contact and comparing my assumptions to others did I realize that my assumptions were just that—my view of how things should be and not necessarily the truth.

Why is it important to understand your cultural background beyond your race and ethnicity(种族特点)? Because if you understand yourself, you are better prepared to recognize and embrace alternatives. For instance, a research by William Maddux has shown that people who have significant multicultural experiences are more creative. Also, if you understand where you come from, you may be more understanding of conflicts that are arising, and be able to address those conflicts in cooperative ways.

8．What may change our assumptions according to the author?

A．Staying in an unfamiliar city.

B．Seeing things done in a different way.

C．Meeting someone from a different state.

D．Coming into conflict with those from another culture.

9．What can we know about the summer weather in Minnesota?

A．It stays sunny all along. B．It never rains but it pours.

C．It often rains continuously. D．The rain sometimes stops unexpectedly.

10．Why does the author mention William Maddux in the last paragraph?

A．To support an argument. B．To provide a background.

C．To contradict a theory. D．To give detailed information.

11．What may be the author’s purpose of writing the text?

A．To share an experience. B．To define a concept.

C．To put forward a theory. D．To introduce a book.

D

The cultures of the East and the West are really different from each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two separate ones on the whole.

The origin (起源) 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. They helped the two cultures develop for centuries and form their own styles.

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the Eastern culture, another famous culture was up on the Mesopotamian Plain—the Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. And these two are well known as the base of the European culture. Like the Chinese culture, the European culture also crossed waters. When the British settled down in America, their culture went with the mover the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn’t have much difference from the European culture.

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 (象形文字的) 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 communicated until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference (干预) from the other.

The differences are everywhere. They are obvious and make people’s ways of thinking and their views of the world different. But different cultures make the world of 21st century more colorful. The cultural difference should not be the obstacle (障碍) to the civilization of human being. It ought to be the driving force of our going farther.

12．What does the underlined word “civilization” mean in paragraph 3?

A．A particular ability or type of ability.

B．A society with its culture and its way of life.

C．The process of teaching, training and learning.

D．The art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.

13．Why did the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries?

A．People ate different kinds of food.

B．There were two language systems.

C．The East and the West are too far away.

D．People’s habits and traditions are not similar.

14．What is the.last paragraph mainly about?

A．Benefits of cultural differences.

B．Disadvantages of cultural differences.

C．Driving force of people’s going farther.

D．Waves to make the world more colorful.

15．What can be the best title for the text?

A．What causes different life between East and West

B．What causes diet differences between East and West

C．What causes different views between East and West

D．What causes cultural differences between East and West

第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

I came to Russia to study in the winter of 2021. My university is located in Moscow, the capital of Russia, which is a city with a long history.

The second I stepped out of the airport, I immediately felt how cold it was outside. ____16____When I saw the main building of Moscow State University, I was deeply shocked by its beautiful architecture with its 270-year-long history. Sensing how utterly small I was in front of this majestic building, I felt the crystallization (结晶) of human wisdom resonate within me.

____17____ The snow and ice won't melt until April of the following year. Just like the melting snow, I gradually overcame the difficulties of studying abroad and came to adjust to my new environment.

The first challenge was the language barrier After leaning Russian in China, I realized that my skills were nowhere near enough. I was not fluent in Russian, sometimes causing misunderstandings. ____18____ In Russia, everyone intentionally stands on the right side when taking the escalator, which takes time to get used to.

The artistic atmosphere in Russia is very strong, however. ____19____Tickets for concerts and cultural events here are relatively cheap, making it easy to enrich my life on weekends.

In a nutshell, living abroad means overcoming all kinds of difficulties. The experience will always leave a colorful shade in our lives. Just as the old saying in Chinese goes, “it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.” ____20____

A．Take a look at the outside world while you are young!

B．Obviously, the freezing climate does not agree with me.

C．The cultural differences were also hard to deal with at first.

D．I can visit many of the attractions that I used to see in my textbooks.

E．And the buildings surrounding me looked so different from the ones in China.

F．Staring from early November each year, the snow season in Moscow is very long.

G．Thanks to the abundant activities I get to explore what I've learned in practical contexts.

第二部分　语言运用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文， 从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

The British love to think of themselves as polite, and everyone knows how fond they are of their “pleases” and “thank you”. Even the simplest business such as buying a train ticket requires ____21____ seven or eight of these. Another ____22____ of our good manners is the queue. New-comers to Britain could be ____23____ for thinking that queuing rather than football was the ____24____ national sport. Finally, of course, motorists generally stop at crossings. But does all this mean that the British should consider themselves more ____25____ than their European neighbours? I think not.

Take forms of address(称呼) for example. The average English person -- ____26____ he happens to work in a hotel or department store--would rather die than call a stranger “Sir” or “Madam”. ____27____ in some European countries this is the most basic of common address. Our universal “you” ____28____ everyone may appear more democratic, but it means that we are forced to seek out complicated ways to express ____29____. I am all for _____30_____ to the use of “thee” and “thou” (Thee and thou are old-fashioned poetic words for “you”); “you” would be reserved for strangers and professional relationships.

And of course, the English find touching and other shows of friendship truly _____31_____. Have you noticed how the British _____32_____ ever touch? Personally, I find the Latin habit of shaking hands or a friendly kiss quite charming. _____33_____ kissing the average English person, and they will either take two steps backwards in horror, or, if their _____34_____ is blocked you will find your lips touching the back of their head. Now what could be _____35_____ than that?

21．A．at least B．at most C．less than D．not more than

22．A．signal B．scene C．sign D．sight

23．A．forgiven B．alarmed C．calmed D．comforted

24．A．true B．tough C．superior D．advanced

25．A．potential B．social C．polite D．well-meaning

26．A．if B．whether C．when D．unless

27．A．Yet B．So C．Thus D．Also

28．A．from B．for C．by D．on

29．A．politeness B．gratitude C．concern D．consideration

30．A．responding B．returning C．escaping D．contributing

31．A．passive B．flexible C．terrifying D．generous

32．A．highly B．mostly C．hardly D．nearly

33．A．Risk B．Stop C．Keep D．Try

34．A．contact B．response C．target D．escape

35．A．better B．ruder C．more polite D．more frightening

第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

It’s interesting when you think about how Japan is a nation ____36____ appreciates the virtues of silence and good manners, and yet when it comes to eating noodles, Japanese people can be ____37____ (loud) in the world.

According to lifestyle website grapee.jp, slurping when eating noodles ____38____ (encourage) in Japanese culture. It’s believed that taking air into your mouth ____39____ enhance the flavor of the noodles, and that it helps cool down the noodles. It’s also considered to be a way to show appreciation for the dish. Sometimes, just making the noise alone seems to make the noodles more enjoyable.

It wasn’t until a new expression—“noodle harassment”, or “hu-hara” in Japanese - came out last year on social media ____40____ Japanese people started to realize that the slurping noise is making some foreign visitors ____41____(comfortable).

As a response, Japanese instant noodle maker Nissin introduced a so-called noise-canceling fork earlier this year. The fork, which looks like an electric toothbrush, is connected wirelessly to a smartphone. When the person using the fork starts to slurp, the fork sends a signal to the person’s phone, ____42____ (make) it play a sound to mask the slurping noise.

“The fork is a solution ____43____ the ‘noodle harassment’ issue, particularly as the number of tourists visiting Japan increases,” said the company, according to Euro News.

But is it really necessary?

Dining traditions do vary. What is considered to be proper table manners in one country is likely to be seen as rude in another. In India, for example, people eat with their hands ____44____ they think in this way they build a connection with the food. However, people who are used to eating with utensils(餐具)might find it uncomfortable to get their hands _____45_____ (cover) with oil and bits of food. But this eating method is part of India’s culture, just like Japan’s slurping is part of its own.

“So, if you are eating noodles, whether that’s ramen, udon, or soba, please slurp,” wrote the reporter Brian Ashcraft on blog Kotaku. “If anyone gets annoyed while you are doing that, pay them no mind because they’re missing the point entirely.”

第三部分　写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节　应用文写作(满分15分)

46．假定你是李华，你班的新同学Peter是一名来自英国的交换生。最近，他发来邮件告诉你很难适应新生活，感到很孤独，不知如何克服文化冲击，并因此感到苦恼。请你用英文回信给他，内容包括：

1．表示安慰；

2．提出建议。

参考词汇：文化冲击culture shock

注意：

1．词数100左右，信的开头和结尾已经为你写好，不计入总词数。

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear peter,

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Yours,

Li Hua

第二节　读后续写(满分25分)

They don’t mean it

Our family moved here from China two years ago, and we thought we were pretty well adjusted to American ways. This year my parents decided to give a party on Chinese New Year and invite some of our American friends.

The party went pretty well. Our guests were amazed at the flavor of all the special foods. After the dinner, they thanked us for showing them what a real Chinese New Year dinner was like.

“I loved the dishes. You and the girls must have spent hours doing all the work!” Mrs. O’Meara said to my mother.

“The girls helped with the cutting and I’m sorry they did such a terrible job.” said Mother.

I heard a little gasp(倒吸气) from my friend Kim O’Meara, who stared wide-eyes at Mother. When I asked what the matter was, she told me she just didn’t understand why my mother said so.

I had to laugh. “She doesn’t mean it! It’s just the way she talks.”

Seeing her still confused look, I went on explaining, “In China, parents consider it good manners to deny praises about their children. Otherwise, it would be the same as bragging(自夸).” Kim seemed a little hesitant, but she nodded anyway.

That Easter, the O’Mearas invited our family for dinner. Mrs. O’Meara cooked a huge ham which we enjoyed a lot. As Mrs. O’Meara started cutting up the cake for dessert, Mother said, “I’m not sure if I can eat one more bite. That was the best ham I’ve ever tasted!”

“Aw, that ham was terrible,” said Kim. “I bet you could do a lot better, Mrs. Yang.”

注意:1. 续写短文词数应为150左右；

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。

Paragraph 1:

There was a stunned (震惊的) silence around the table.

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Paragraph 2:

I finally knew how Kim had misunderstood what I had said.

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