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1、大学英语D习题册（艺术类）大学英语教研室制定2012.5.10江苏师范大学科文学院36Part1ReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogoovereachpassagequicklyandanswerthequestions.Forquestions1-7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswit
2、hinformationgiveninthepassage.Passage1AdaptingtotheNewWorldOriginally,IwasborninSouthKoreaandlivedthereallmylifeuntilImarriedandmovedtoAmerica.WhilelivinginAmericaforfiveyearsnow,Ihavetriedtoadapttotherapidpaceofchangeinmylife.AlthoughIfeltworriedatfirst,IdoubtedthatIwouldfindmanydifferences
3、betweenourtwocountries.Afterall,wearemuchalikeeventhoughwespeakdifferentlanguages,andhavedifferenttraditionsandcultures.Peopleinbothcountrieswearbluejeans,lovechildren,andseekfreedom.Despitethesesimilarities,Ifounditdifficulttoadjust,forsomuchwasalientome.Mostdifficultformewaslearninganewlan
4、guage.IdiscoveredthatAmericanEnglishcombinestheinfluenceofmanyotherlanguages,mostlyEuropeanbutmanyofthemglobal.ThelanguageisbasicallyEnglish,ofcourse,fortheEnglish,whocameoverontheMayflower,settledhereearly,andinthelargestnumbers.Ontheotherhand,theKoreanlanguagewasheavilyinfluencedbyChineseu
5、ntilabout400yearsago.ForKoreanlearnersofEnglish,thedifferentusesofnounandverbarehardtograsp,atfirst.Forexample,anEnglishspeakerwouldaskaquestionbyreversingthenounandverb,andoftenseparatingtheverb,asin“Whereareyougoing?”However,inKorean,onewouldask,“Yougowhere?”Learninganewlanguagewashardform
6、e,butanessentialpartofbeginninglifeinthiswondrousland.Next,IneededtoadjusttoAmericanfood,whichisrelativelymild,withtheexceptionofCajundishes.Generally,Koreanfoodisveryspicy,likeKimchi,whichcoversmanytypesofpickledcabbageandothervegetables;Koreanscannotlivewithoutit,andoftenmaketheirownfromol
7、dfamilyrecipes.Inaddition,Koreansenjoylowfat,mostlyvegetariandiets.TheAmericandiet,ontheotherhand,consistsofhigh-fat,verysaltyitems,likethefastfoodandinstantTVdinnerswhicharesopopular.Thesefoodsmayaccountforthehighratesofheartattacksandstrokes,chol
