2021年成人高考高起点英语每日一练练习试题（十）

    Every Chinese-language textbook starts out with the standard phrases(短语) for greeting people;but as an American,l always found myself unable to speak freely when it came to seeing guests off at the door. Just a good-bye would not do,yet that was all I had ever learned from the terrible books. So I would smile and nod,bowing(鞠躬)like a Japanese and searching madly for words that would smooth over the visitor' s leaving and make them feel they would be welcome to come again. In my unease,l often hid behind the skirts of my Chinese husband' s kindness.

    Then finally ,listening to others ,I began to pick up the phrases that eased relationships and sent people off not only successfully but also skillfully.

Partings for the Chinese include a lot of necessary habitual practice. Although I' m not expected to observe or even know all the rules,as a foreigner,I've had to learn the expressions of politeness and protest (抗议,反对) at a leaving-taking.

    The Chinese feel they must see a guest off to the farthest possible point-down the flight of stairs to the street below or perhaps all the way to the nearest bus stop. I've sometimes waited half an hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, since he ' s gone to the bus stop and waited for the next bus to arrive.

That' s very well,but when I' m the guest being seen off, my protests are always useless. My hostess or host,or both,insists on seeing me down the stairs and well on my way , with my repeating the ,' Don' t bother( give the trouble) to see me off" at every landing. If I try to go fast to discourage them from following , they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me. Better to accept the inevitable (不可避免的) .

    Besides , that ' s going against Chinese custom, because haste ( doing things quickly) is to be avoided. What do you say when you part from someone? " Go slowly. " Not farewell or Godspeed(祝福), but..Go slowly". To the Chinese it means " Take care" or "Watch your step" , or some such caution, but translated literally (照字面地) it means " Go slowly" .

1. It is stated clearly that the writer _.

A. is interested in the Chinese-language textbooks

B. is proud of being able to greet people at the door

C. is unsatisfied with the Chinese-language textbooks

D. is afraid of the standard phrases from the textbooks

2. It can be inferred that the writer _.

A. speaks Chinese

B. lives in the USA

C. dislikes her husband ' s ways of seeing guests off

D. refuses to follow the Chinese custom of seeing guests off

3. According to the passage all of the following are necessary in the Chinese partings except _.

A. seeing the guests off to the farthest point

B. protesting again and again

C. running after the guests

D. saying " Go slowly"

4. The Chinese use " Go slowly" in their partings so as to _.

A. slow down the guests

B. ask the guests to take care

C. wish the guests a happy journey

D. warn the guests of danger on their way home

    It may be pointed out that warfare (战争) as practiced by man has no parallel in nature. This is to say that within the more highly developed animal populations of this earth, there is not now, nor has there been similar destruction within a species(物种) itself. In fact, one has to go to the lowliest forms of animal life , such as certain kinds of ants , to find anything comparable to human warfare. It is a curious fact that mankind appears to give the killing of his own kind a good reason by imaging that it is a "law of nature". There are now a lot of wrong ideas about the laws of nature.of which this is one of the most incorrect and fateful(致命的).Political beliefs have been based upon it with results that have come near to destroying human civilization. The theory that war is a biological necessity, that it is nature ' s method of controlling population and believing in the survival(生存) of the strong and the elimination(灭亡) of the weak , is totally wrong and insupportable. Within the last century ,when wars have been common all over the world,the human population of the earth has almost doubled.

5. The main idea of this passage is __.

A. warfare is a law of nature"

B. warfare is not a "law of nature"

C. warfare does not control human population

D. none of the lowlier animals , except ants , practice warfare upon their own species

6. According to Sentence 2 , which of the following is true?

A. The destruction is similar to the killing of each other within human beings.

B. There is not the similar destruction now,but it occurred before.

C. There is never a time when we may see the similar destruction.

D. The destruction is now a thing of the past.

7. What does the "law of nature" mean? You can find the answer in the passage in _.

A. the first sentence B. the fourth sentence

C. the seventh sentence D. the final sentence

8. The author of this passage seems to be _ the "law of nature".

A. against 

B. in favor of

C. uncertain of 

D. very much interested in

【参考答案】

1.【答案】C

【考情点拨】事实细节题。

【应试指导】从第一段前两句可知，作者在汉语语言课本里学到的标准语言在实际生活中用不上，可见她对汉语语言课本不满意。

2.【答案】A

【考情点拨】推理判断题。

【应试指导】作者是一位美国女士，她与中国丈夫结婚后居住在中国，所以可推断出她说汉语。

3.【答案】C

【考情点拨】事实细节题。

【应试指导】A、B、D三个选项在第四、五、六段都涉及了，C项不是中国人分别时的习惯。

4.【答案】B

【考情点拨】事实细节题。

【应试指导】从最后一段最后两句可知，对中国人来说“Co slowly”意思为“让客人路上当心点”。

5.【答案】B

【考情点拨】主旨大意题。

【应试指导】本文将人类战争和动物行为做比较认为战争是自然法则的结果这一理论完全错误。

6.【答案】C

【考情点拨】事实细节题。

【应试指导】第二句的意思是：地球上，较高级的动物种群中，现在没有，过去也没有出现像人类战争那样灭绝自己物种的厮杀。

7.【答案】C

【考情点拨】词义猜测题。

【应试指导】第七句解释了这个词语的意思，即强者生存，弱者灭亡，以这种方式控制种群的数量。

8.【答案】A

【考情点拨】推理判断题。

【应试指导】本文作者指出，自然法则是完全错误的，进而举例说，尽管上世纪战争不断，人口还是几乎增加了一倍。所以，作者是反对“自然法则”的。

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