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(一)
In the United States, it is not customary to telephone somenone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p. m.. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assumes it's a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.
In social life, time plays a very important part. In the U. S. A. guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But it is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten. The meaning of thime differs in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstandings arise between peopel from cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for edample. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U. S. no noe would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. A person who is 5 minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will not complete the sentence.
1."The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p. m.."Here" attached" means ________
a. taken
b. drawn
c. given
d. shown
2. Supposing one wants to make a telephone call at dawn, this would mean ________.
a. the matter is important
b. the matter is somewhat important
c. the matter requires immediate attention
d. it is a matter of life and death
3. According to this passage, time plays an important role in ________.
a. everyday life
b. shool life
c. communications
d. private life
4. The best title for this passage is ________.
a. the voices of time
b. the importance of time
c. the importance of an ammouncement
d. time and tide wait for no man
5. According to the passage, the author of the article may agree to which of the following statements?
a. It is appropriate to send your invitation cards three or four days before a dinner party date in U. S. A.
b. It may be appropriate to send your invitation to your guests three or four days before a dinner party date in some cultures.
c. It is best for one to make telephone calls at night because it costs much less.
d. If one is less than 5 minutes late, he has to make a short apology.
答案：cdcab
(二)
Liberia, the oldest independent Negro state in West A frica, has been struggling for survial ever since its foundation in 1822. Progress has been hampered by constant hostility between the American Negroes whose families returned there in the early 19th century, and the West Africans whose ancestors never left the continent. Though the two groups are of the same race, they are divided by language and outlook and regard each other with deep suspicion creating a conflict which was not foreseen by Liberia's founders.
In addition, neighboring states, native tribel, disease, and poverty have made life dangerous and difficult. The government has tried desperately, through loans and a trickle of trade, to make ends meet. Anxiety about financial matters lessened somewhat when, in 1910, the United States accepted responsibility for Liberia's sruvival. However, not until Harvey Firestone, the American rubber king, decided that the United States must produce itsown rubber - with Liberia as the site of the rubber plantations - did liberia have much hope of paying its debts and balancing its budget.
The rubber industry, founded in the 1920's, and the activity that followed it brought both progerss and profit to Liberia. Before that time Liberia had no roads, no mechanical transport and no good port; its people had little education and few tools. Liberians feel that the country is being ruled by rubber. For this reason, the recent discovery of iron ore is important. Liberian leaders are trying to moderate the power of the ruvver industry and to estaglish the country's political and economic independence.
1. Liberia has been in idffculty since its independence mainly because ________.
a. the american negroes do not want to help the country.
b. there have been constant hostillity and suspicion between different tribes in the country.
c. there haven been constant hostility and suspicion between two groups of the same tride.
d. the goverment has adoped a wrong policy
2."The government has tried desperately, through loans and a trickle of trade, to make ends meet."to make ends meet" means ________.
a. the goverment has to borrow money from others
b. the goverment has to lend money to others
c. the goverment doesn't have to borrow or lend money
d. the goverment has either to borrow or to lend money
3. The country's finance began to improve a bit in ________.
a.1822
b.1910
c.1920
d.1920's
4. The Liberians's attitude on to improve a bit in ________.
a. a total agreement
b. a total disagreement
c. a hostility
d. not a total agreement
5. The best title for this passage is ________.
a. American Negroes in West Africa
b. liberia - a poor country
c. liberia and its development
d. liberia - a country with rich rubber and iron
答案：ccbdc
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