I. Choose the best answer to the blank. (3%×10=30%)
1. During Renaissance, Europe produced a lot of great _____, such as Michelangelo.
A. architecture B. architectural C. architects D. constructions
2. This year is the year of mouse in the lunar ______.
A. time B. calendar C. schedule D. timetable
3. The mansion and the estate are part of his _______.
A. legacy B. heritage C. hope D. things
4. Every nation should treasure its cultural ______, as it demonstrates the growing-up history and stages in evolution.
A. legacy B. heritage C. identity D. power
5. Jack seems to have no ________ of time, for he is always late.
A. idea B. conception C. opinion D. concept
6. The ________ of dishes in the restaurant greatly confused Mary so that she didn’t know which one to order.
A. complexity B. diversity C. diverse D. deliciousness
7. The sound of footsteps on the floor ______ the downstairs neighbors.
A. irritated B. bothered C. annoyed D. interrupted
8. The manager’s proposal, which met no ________ in the meeting this morning, will be soon put into action.
A. advice B. dissatisfaction C. objection D. evaluation
9. He ______ everything I say, even if he has to insist that black is white.
A. denies B. contradicts C. disagrees D. argues
10. The splendor of the _______ cathedral has remained one of the wonders in the local city.
A. magnificent B. grand C. monstrous D. sparkling
II. Choose suitable answers to the questions. Thereusually more than one correct >answer to each question. (3%×10=30%)
- Alain and Werner felt that the age of a culture added to the value of its fine arts. Which elements of culture were essential to them?
A. old painting and sculpture
B. literature and classical music
C. the architecture of buildings and structures
D. things in museums, theater plays and concerts
- Kamil and Jade most valued the ancient civilizations of the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. What things did they include in “a cultural legacy”?
A. magnificent architecture and art
B. scientific discoveries and invention
C. writing and mathematics
D. the study of astronomy
- Kevin and Ken are happy that modern culture is worldwide and similar all over the planet. Which features did they find the most important?
A. ancient religions
B. food from global chains
C. the media of movies, TV and the Web
D. advertising for clothes and other things
- Monika preferred cultural diversity to sameness. What things did she include in her concept of culture?
A. greetings, including titles and names
B. relationships and other social rules
C. formality in contrast to informality
D. directness and indirectness in language
- In what ways did the group members discuss their ideas and opinions with one another?
A. proudly and with emphasis
B. strongly and forcefully
C. in a loud or a soft voice
D. grinning or smiling—or not
6. European civilization includes _______.
A. great sculptors and painters
B. ancient religion
C. theaters
D. classical literature
7. Civilization in Middle East and Africa includes _______.
A. ancient calendar
B. astronomy
C. mathematics
D. herbal medicine
8. Asian civilization witnessed _______.
A. the founding of the first government
B. great concert halls
C. building of walled cities
D. developing of alchemy
9. Examples of cultural diversity are ________.
A. body language and movements
B. the fast food
C. the dressing style
D. everyday and special occasion customs
10. Examples of cultural sameness are _______.
A. dressing style B. pastime activities C. information D. greeting ways
III. True or false questions.(2%×20=40%)
Section A
1._____ It is agreed that America has zero culture.
2._____ Kamil argued that Europe had the longest history.
3._____ Werner believed Europe had cultivated a large number of artists, such as architects, sculptors, painter and so on.
4._____ Jade took Kamil’s side in the debate.
5._____ Ken stood to fight against cultural universality by giving a series of examples.
6._____ Cultural rules are necessary to tourists or travelers when they go to a new place. 7._____ The importance of cultural recognition has not been realized.
8._____ The same hand gesture may have different indications in different cultures.
9._____ Cultural respect is the basis for cross-cultural communication.
10._____ It is polite for Americans to leave some food in the plate so as to show their appreciation of the host’s cooking.
Section B
Read the following passage and then answer the questions.
Listening to music while you drive can improve your speed and ability to get away from accidents, according to Australian psychologists. But turning your car radio up to full volume could probably make you end up in an accident. The performance of difficult tasks can be affected if people are subjected to loud noise. The experience of pulling up at traffic lights alongside cars with loud music made some psychologists in the University of Sydney look into whether loud music has something to do with driving.
The psychologists invited 60 men and women aged between 20 and 28 as subjects and tested them on almost the same driving tasks under three noise conditions: silence, rock music played at a gentle 55 decibels, and the same music at 85 decibels.
For 10 minutes the subjects sat in front of a screen operating a simple machine like a car. They had to track a moving disk on screen, respond to traffic signals changing color, and brake in response to arrows that appeared without warning.
On the tracking task, there was no difference in performance under the three noise conditions. But under both the loud and quiet music conditions, the performers“braked”at a red light about
50 milliseconds sooner than they did when there was no rock music at all. That could mean a reduction in braking distance of a coupe of meters actually, the difference between life and death for a pedestrian.
When it came to the arrows that appeared across the visual field, the psychologists found that when the music was quiet, people responded faster to objects in their central field of sight by about 50 milliseconds. For the people listening at 85 decibels, response times dropped by a further 50 milliseconds—a whole tenth of second faster than those “driving” with no music.
“But there’s a trade-off，” the psychologists told the European Congress of Psychology. “They lost the ability to look around the whole situation effectively.” In responding to objects that suddenly appeared, people subjected to 85-decibel rock music were around 100 milliseconds slower than both the other groups. Since some accident-such as children running into the road-take place without any notice, drivers listening to loud music must be less safe as a result.
11. _____ The best way to make driving safer is quiet music.
12. _____ The phrase “pulling up” in paragraph two means “Giving somebody a lift”.
13. _____ The researchers do the experiment at crossroads.
14. _____ Loud music didn’t help the performers to “brake” sooner at red lights.
15. _____ Loud music helped the performers to be more careful.
16. _____ Loud music helped the performers to respond faster to objects suddenly stepping in the way.
17. _____ By and large, loud music can do more good than harm to drivers.
18. _____ Silence is not always good for drivers.
19. _____ Music helps drivers respond actively to most of the situations happening on the road.
20. _____ Silence can make the driver’s ability to look around the whole situation least effectively.
