七、任务型阅读(共20分)
A)阅读短文，从方框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(每小题2分)。
Studying in a foreign country can be exciting. It can also be difficult, especially if the country is
very different from your own. (⁸¹)
When Megan, a British student, first arrived in the United States, she knew that Americans
often eat their food with a knife and fork. "However, they don't use the knife and fork as we do,"
said Megan. "In Britain we eat with the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand, while
Americans often use a fork in the right hand."
Megan was also surprised that Americans tip (给小费) a lot more than the British do. "We often
tip a waiter just for a cup of coffee, but Americans tip 15% of their bill. The accents (口音) can be so
different, too. (⁸²)
"
For students who come here from more different backgrounds, getting used to the life can take
longer. Ken, a student who came to America from Japan only a few months ago, said, "(⁸³)
I really liked the differences between here and home. I was happy to be in a new country, but now I
miss my family and friends and I feel a bit lonely. (⁸⁴)
There are still lots of things that I
like, but now there are more things I dislike. I really miss my home!"
In order to ask for some advice, we turned to some students who now have few problems about
being a student here. Seydoux came to America from Senegal (塞内加尔) two years ago. He told us,
"(⁸⁵)
I didn't understand the culture and my English was not good, but now I am used to
my life here. So, I don't think Ken needs to worry. This is perfectly common!"
A. I'm slowly getting used to everything.
B. At first, I felt exactly the same as Ken.
C. Sometimes I'm confused about what to do.
D. Paying attention to the differences is useless.
E. When I first arrived, everything was new and exciting.
F. There aren't any cultural differences between the US and Britain.
G. There are often surprises, even if its culture is very similar to yours.
B)短文缺词填空(每小题1分)。
The world is changing very fast. Scientific technologies are now influencing (⁸⁶)a
every field of life. A scientist once said that success in developing scientific technologies would be
one of the biggest events in human history, but he thought some of them might also be the last unless
we learn to avoid the risks. For (⁸⁷)m
society, scientific technologies are amazing but
humans may face a lot of challenges.
Will humans be controlled by scientific technologies in the future? Some people might say
"Yes". They think humans will be under control completely. (⁸⁸)I
computers are
implanted (植入) inside brains, things will be much worse. With the (⁸⁹)d
of
technologies, robots have taken the place of humans in some fields and it may make some people
(⁹⁰)l
their jobs. What's more, data centres need a large amount of energy to run. At the
same time, it produces so much (⁹¹)h
all the time that a great deal of water is used for
cooling. All these may be the risks the scientist referred to.
However, other people don't (⁹²)a
. They are hopeful about the relationship between
scientific technologies and humans. They say that scientific technologies have done much for us and
made our daily lives much easier. They can free people from doing housework, writing articles or
(⁹³)e
making films. For example, some technologies can change words into short videos
easily and make it (⁹⁴)p
for some common people to be directors.
Every coin has two sides. Rather than worrying about the risks of scientific technologies, we
should learn to use them in a (⁹⁵)w
way and manage them well.
