Ⅰ.阅读理解
I moved to the Spanish capital, Madrid, nearly two months ago. I am here for a year teaching English in a secondary school as a language assistant. Before I arrived I thought I would be able to adapt to Spanish culture very easily, but my previous expectations have been very different from the reality of Spanish life.
Firstly, I didn't realize how difficult it would be to adapt to the Spanish day and the timing of meals. Spanish “midday” is 14:00, meaning lunch is never before it. My ideal expectation was that I would be eating lunch from 12:00 to 13:00, but most days it's 15:30 when I eat lunch. Can I really still call this lunch?! The same applies to dinner or tea. In the UK, dinner is between 18:00 and 19:00, but now the dinner time is 21:30. The thing I didn't realize is that this affects the Spanish sleeping routine. Eating dinner so late of course means that Spaniards go to bed much later. It is such a British thing to go to bed at 22:00!
Queuing (排队等候) politely is also something that is very British. I only realized it when I arrived in Spain. I took it for granted that queuing patiently is as the normal thing as in Britain or countries like China, Japan and America. But this definitely isn't the case in Spain. If there's a free table in a restaurant, you can quickly take it, even if there are other people who have been waiting longer than you.
Finally, the reality of the Spanish diet is very different from my expectations. Food categories that are so normal in the UK aren't nearly as popular here.
1.According to the passage, when do people have lunch in the UK probably?
A.At 14:00.
B.From 12:00 to 13:00.
C.After 15:30.
D.At 15:30.
2.What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Eating dinner so late.
B.Going to bed so early.
C.Eating dinner so early.
D.Going to bed so late.
3.How many aspects of cultural differences between Spain and Britain are mentioned in the passage?
A.2. B.3.
C.4. D.5.
Ⅰ. 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要叙述了作者去西班牙后经历的与英国的生活习惯、文化等方面的差异。
1.B 推理判断题。根据第二段第三句“My ideal expectation was that I would be eating lunch from 12:00 to 13:00, but most days it's 15:30 when I eat lunch.”可知,作者作为语言助教从英国搬到西班牙,理想的期望是在12:00到13:00之间吃午饭,由此推知英国的午饭时间可能在12:00到13:00之间。故选B。选项A是西班牙的正午时间;选项C、D容易误选,但与题干内容不符合,15:30这个时间与西班牙的午饭时间相关,但与英国的午饭时间没有关系。
2.A 推理判断题。根据画线词所在句子的上文“In the UK, dinner is between 18:00 and 19:00, but now the dinner time is 21:30.”可知是吃晚饭的时间发生了变化,下文“Eating dinner so late of course means that Spaniards go to bed much later.”也进一步说明,是“很晚才吃晚饭”影响了西班牙人的睡眠时间,所以“this”指代“很晚吃晚饭”。故选A。
3.C 细节理解题。根据文章第二、三、四段内容可知,文章从就餐时间、睡眠时间、排队和食物种类四个方面提到了西班牙和英国的文化差异。故选C。
I moved to the Spanish capital, Madrid, nearly two months ago. I am here for a year teaching English in a secondary school as a language assistant. Before I arrived I thought I would be able to adapt to Spanish culture very easily, but my previous expectations have been very different from the reality of Spanish life.
Firstly, I didn't realize how difficult it would be to adapt to the Spanish day and the timing of meals. Spanish “midday” is 14:00, meaning lunch is never before it. My ideal expectation was that I would be eating lunch from 12:00 to 13:00, but most days it's 15:30 when I eat lunch. Can I really still call this lunch?! The same applies to dinner or tea. In the UK, dinner is between 18:00 and 19:00, but now the dinner time is 21:30. The thing I didn't realize is that this affects the Spanish sleeping routine. Eating dinner so late of course means that Spaniards go to bed much later. It is such a British thing to go to bed at 22:00!
Queuing (排队等候) politely is also something that is very British. I only realized it when I arrived in Spain. I took it for granted that queuing patiently is as the normal thing as in Britain or countries like China, Japan and America. But this definitely isn't the case in Spain. If there's a free table in a restaurant, you can quickly take it, even if there are other people who have been waiting longer than you.
Finally, the reality of the Spanish diet is very different from my expectations. Food categories that are so normal in the UK aren't nearly as popular here.
1.According to the passage, when do people have lunch in the UK probably?
A.At 14:00.
B.From 12:00 to 13:00.
C.After 15:30.
D.At 15:30.
2.What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Eating dinner so late.
B.Going to bed so early.
C.Eating dinner so early.
D.Going to bed so late.
3.How many aspects of cultural differences between Spain and Britain are mentioned in the passage?
A.2. B.3.
C.4. D.5.
Ⅰ. 本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要叙述了作者去西班牙后经历的与英国的生活习惯、文化等方面的差异。
1.B 推理判断题。根据第二段第三句“My ideal expectation was that I would be eating lunch from 12:00 to 13:00, but most days it's 15:30 when I eat lunch.”可知,作者作为语言助教从英国搬到西班牙,理想的期望是在12:00到13:00之间吃午饭,由此推知英国的午饭时间可能在12:00到13:00之间。故选B。选项A是西班牙的正午时间;选项C、D容易误选,但与题干内容不符合,15:30这个时间与西班牙的午饭时间相关,但与英国的午饭时间没有关系。
2.A 推理判断题。根据画线词所在句子的上文“In the UK, dinner is between 18:00 and 19:00, but now the dinner time is 21:30.”可知是吃晚饭的时间发生了变化,下文“Eating dinner so late of course means that Spaniards go to bed much later.”也进一步说明,是“很晚才吃晚饭”影响了西班牙人的睡眠时间,所以“this”指代“很晚吃晚饭”。故选A。
3.C 细节理解题。根据文章第二、三、四段内容可知,文章从就餐时间、睡眠时间、排队和食物种类四个方面提到了西班牙和英国的文化差异。故选C。
