2012届高考英语 考前冲刺精选专题资料汇编阅读理解（一）.doc

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1、2012届高考英语考前冲刺精选专题资料汇编阅读理解（一）AMostAmericanswouldhaveadifficulttimetellingyou，specifically，whatarethevalueswhichAmericansliveby.Theyhavenevergiventhematteranythought.OvertheyearsIhaveintroducedthousandsofinternationalvisitorstolifeintheUnitedStates.ThishascausedmetotrytolookatAmericansthroughtheeyes

2、offoreignvisitors.Iamconfidentthatthevalueslistedinthisbookletdescribemost(butnotall)Americans，andthatunderstandingthesevaluescanhelpyou，theinternationalvisitor，understandAmericans.Itismybeliefthatifforeignvisitorsreallyunderstandhowdeeplythese13valuesareingrainedinAmericans，theywillthenbeabletoun

3、derstand95%ofAmericanactions—actionswhichmightotherwiseappear“strange”，“confusing”，or“unbelievable”whenevaluatedfromtheperspective(aspect)oftheforeigner’sownsocietyanditsvalues.Thedifferentbehaviorsofapeopleoraculturemakesenseonlywhenseenthroughthebasicbeliefs，assumptionsandvaluesofthatparticularg

4、roup.Whenyouencounter(meet)anaction，orhearastatementintheUnitedStateswhichsurprisesyou，trytoseeitasanexpressionofoneormoreofthevalueslistedinthisbooklet.1．AnordinaryAmericancan’ttellyouhis/hervaluesystembecause________.A．thisissomethinganAmericanlivesbyB．everyonewillhavehis/herownvaluesystemC．he/s

5、hehasneverthoughtaboutitD．valuesaresomethingoftenintheirthought2．Theauthorlists13valuesinhisbookletto________.A．inviteforeignerstovisitAmericaB．lookatAmericansthroughtheeyesofforeignvisitorsC．describetheconfusingactionsofmostAmericansD．helpinternationalvisitorsunderstandAmericans3．Theunderlinedwor

6、d“ingrained”inLine2，Paragraph3mostprobablymeans“________”．A．rootedinthemindsB．foundinthegrainsC．plantedforfoodD．preparedwithgrain4．VisitorssometimesfindAmericansbehaveinastrange，confusingorunbelievableway，probablybecause________.A．AmericansarehardtounderstandB．Americanshavevalueswhichareentirelydi

7、fferentfromtheirownC．theyviewAmericansaccordingtothevaluesintheirownsocietyD．itisdifficulttounderstandanypeoplewhenyoufirstencounterthem【解题导语】　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感到很奇怪，而这是因为他们不了解美国人的价值观。于是作者写了一本小册子介绍这