2012届高考英语二轮专题总复习 训练阅读理解（二）.doc

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1、2012届高考英语二轮专题总复习训练阅读理解（二）AMostAmericanswouldhaveadifficulttimetellingyou,specifically,whatarethevalueswhichAmericansliveby.Theyhavenevergiventhematteranythought.OvertheyearsIhaveintroducedthousandsofinternationalvisitorstolifeintheUnitedStates.ThishascausedmetotrytolookatAmericansth

2、roughtheeyesofforeignvisitors.Iamconfidentthatthevalueslistedinthisbookletdescribemost(butnotall)Americans,andthatunderstandingthesevaluescanhelpyou,theinternationalvisitor,understandAmericans.Itismybeliefthatifforeignvisitorsreallyunderstandhowdeeplythese13valuesareingrainedinAmeri

3、cans,theywillthenbeabletounderstand95%ofAmericanactions—actionswhichmightotherwiseappear“strange”，“confusing”，or“unbelievable”whenevaluatedfromtheperspective(aspect)oftheforeigner'sownsocietyanditsvalues.Thedifferentbehaviorsofapeopleoraculturemakesenseonlywhenseenthroughthebasicbel

4、iefs,assumptionsandvaluesofthatparticulargroup.Whenyouencounter(meet)anaction,orhearastatementintheUnitedStateswhichsurprisesyou,trytoseeitasanexpressionofoneormoreofthevalueslistedinthisbooklet.1.AnordinaryAmericancan'ttellyouhis/hervaluesystembecause________.A.thisissomethinganAme

5、ricanlivesbyB.everyonewillhavehis/herownvaluesystemC.he/shehasneverthoughtaboutitD.valuesaresomethingoftenintheirthought2.Theauthorlists13valuesinhisbookletto________.A.inviteforeignerstovisitAmericaB.lookatAmericansthroughtheeyesofforeignvisitorsC.describetheconfusingactionsofmostA

6、mericansD.helpinternationalvisitorsunderstandAmericans3.Theunderlinedword“ingrained”inLine2,Paragraph3mostprobablymeans“________”．A.rootedinthemindsB.foundinthegrainsC.plantedforfoodD.preparedwithgrain4.VisitorssometimesfindAmericansbehaveinastrange,confusingorunbelievableway,probab

7、lybecause______.-5-用心爱心专心A.AmericansarehardtounderstandB.AmericanshavevalueswhichareentirelydifferentfromtheirownC.theyviewAmericansaccordingtothevaluesintheirownsocietyD.itisdifficulttounderstandanypeoplewhenyoufirstencounterthem答案与解析：本文是一本书的序言。作者观察到，很多外国游客对美国人的行为举止觉得很奇怪，而这是因为他们不了解

8、美国人的价值观。于是作者写了一本小册子