Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it. And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted one. Here is a great argument in favor of traveling abroad and learning foreign languages. It is only by traveling or living in the country and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one can find out what the country and its people are like. And how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently turns out to be from the second-hand information gathered from other sources! How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all!
Differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to exist. The world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactly alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs. With almost the whole of Western Europe belonging to the European Economic Community (EEC) and the increasing standardization this brings about, plus the much greater rapidity and ease of travel, there might be some truth in this—at least as far as Europe is concerned. However true this may be, at least the greater ease of travel today has revealed to more people than ever before that the Englishman or Frenchman or German is not some different animal from themselves.
1. The passage is mostly concerned with the issue of ______.
2. According to the author, ______.
3. Some people think that European peoples are identifying themselves with each other because of the following EXCEPT ______.
4. The clause “However true this may be” in the second paragraph suggests that ______.
5. The passage seems to attach importance to ______.
问题1选项
A.advantages of the EEC
B.attitudes towards other countries
C.learning foreign languages
D.differences among peoples
问题2选项
A.our knowledge of other cultures are always wrong
B.reading books about other countries is the safest way of understanding their peoples
C.there are more similarities than differences among different peoples
D.there are more differences than similarities among different peoples
问题3选项
A.the establishment of the EEC
B.the greater rapidity and ease of travel
C.the increasing standardization
D.the rapid industrialization
问题4选项
A.the author is going to introduce a new idea
B.the author is about to avoid any conclusion
C.the author is about to give up his own point of view
D.the author will stick to his own point of view
问题5选项
A.the greater ease of travel nowadays than before
B.the uncontrollable tendency to identification
C.the similarities in terms of way of life between different cultures
D.the differences between European peoples and other nations
第1题:B
第2题:C
第3题:D
第4题:D
第5题:A
第1题:
【选项释义】
The passage is mostly concerned with the issue of ______. 这篇文章主要关注______的问题。
A. advantages of the EEC A. 欧共体的优势
B. attitudes towards other countries B. 对其他国家的态度
C. learning foreign languages C. 学习外语
D. differences among peoples D. 民族之间的差异
【考查点】主旨大意题。
【解题思路】本题需要综合全文内容来看，根据每段第一句“每个国家都倾向于接受自己的生活方式作为正常的生活方式，并对与自己相似或不同的人加以赞扬或批评。”（Every country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one and to praise or criticize others as they are similar to or different from it.）以及“人民之间的差异当然是存在的，而且人们希望这种差异将永远存在下去。”（Differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to exist.）可知本文讲述的是对待其他国家的态度，因此本题正确答案为选项B。
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A选项对应原文第二段第三句“由于几乎整个西欧都属于欧洲经济共同体（EEC），这带来了越来越多的标准化”（With almost the whole of Western Europe belonging to the European Economic Community (EEC) and the increasing standardization this brings about），文中提到了欧共体带来的标准化，却没有说到它的优势，属于无中生有；
C选项对应原文第一段第三句“有一个很好的理由支持出国旅游和学习外语。”（Here is a great argument in favor of traveling abroad and learning foreign languages.），文中提到了支持学习外语，但并不是文章的主要关注点，属于以偏概全；
D选项对应原文第二段第一句“人民之间的差异当然是存在的，而且人们希望这种差异将永远存在下去。”（Differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to exist.），但并不是文章的主要关注点，属于以偏概全。
第2题:
【选项释义】
According to the author, ______. 根据作者的说法，______。
A. our knowledge of other cultures are always wrong A. 我们对其他文化的认识总是错误的
B. reading books about other countries is the safest way of understanding their peoples B. 阅读关于其他国家的书籍是了解他们人民的最安全的方法
C. there are more similarities than differences among different peoples C. 不同民族之间的相似之处多于差异
D. there are more differences than similarities among different peoples D. 不同民族之间的差异多于相似之处
【考查点】观点态度题。
【解题思路】本题需要综合全文内容来看，根据原文第一段最后一句“我们常常会发现，那些我们以为与我们截然不同的外国人，其实并没有多大不同！”（How often we find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different after all!）以及原文第二段第三句“由于几乎整个西欧都属于欧洲经济共同体（EEC），这带来了越来越多的标准化，加上旅行的更快和更方便，这可能有一些道理——至少就欧洲而言是这样。”（With almost…at least as far as Europe is concerned.）可知在作者看来不同民族之间的相似之处多于差异，因此本题正确答案为选项C。
【干扰项排除】
A选项对应原文第一段第二句“不幸的是，我们对其他国家的人民和生活方式的看法往往是扭曲的。”（And unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted one.），并不是说都是错误的，属于曲解原文；
B选项原文并未提及，属于无中生有；
D选项与原文描述相反，属于反向干扰。
第3题:
【选项释义】
Some people think that European peoples are identifying themselves with each other because of the following EXCEPT ______. 有些人认为欧洲人之所以认同彼此是因为以下原因，除了______。
A. the establishment of the EEC A. 欧共体的成立
B. the greater rapidity and ease of travel B. 更快速和更方便的旅行
C. the increasing standardization C. 日益标准化
D. the rapid industrialization D. 快速工业化
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词identifying可精确定位到原文第二段第三句“由于几乎整个西欧都属于欧洲经济共同体（EEC），这带来了越来越多的标准化，加上旅行的更快和更方便，这可能有一些道理——至少就欧洲而言是这样。”（With almost…at least as far as Europe is concerned.），因此本题正确答案为选项D。
【干扰项排除】
A、B、C选项对应原文第二段第三句“由于几乎整个西欧都属于欧洲经济共同体（EEC），这带来了越来越多的标准化，加上旅行的更快和更方便，这可能有一些道理——至少就欧洲而言是这样。”（With almost…at least as far as Europe is concerned.）。
第4题:
【选项释义】
The clause “However true this may be” in the second paragraph suggests that ______. 第二段中的从句“However true this may be”暗示______。
A. the author is going to introduce a new idea A. 作者将介绍一个新观点
B. the author is about to avoid any conclusion B. 作者打算回避任何结论
C. the author is about to give up his own point of view C. 作者即将放弃他自己的观点
D. the author will stick to his own point of view D. 作者将坚持自己的观点
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干关键词However true this may be可精确定位到原文第二段最后一句“不管这句话有多么正确，至少今天比以往任何时候变得更加便利的旅行让许多的人认识到英国人、法国人或德国人与他们自己并没有什么不同。”（However true this may be…from themselves.），作者本身的观点是不同民族之间的相似之处多于差异，所以这个从句暗示着作者将坚持自己的观点，因此本题正确答案为选项D。
【干扰项排除】
A、B、C选项均不符合作者所表达的观点。
第5题:
【选项释义】
The passage seems to attach importance to ______. 这篇文章似乎很重视______。
A. the greater ease of travel nowadays than before A. 现在比以前更方便的旅行
B. the uncontrollable tendency to identification B. 无法控制的认同倾向
C. the similarities in terms of way of life between different cultures C. 不同文化在生活方式上的相似之处
D. the differences between European peoples and other nations D. 欧洲人和其他民族之间的差异
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】本题需要综合全文内容来看，根据原文第一段第三、四句“这里有一个很好的论据支持出国旅游和学习外语。只有在这个国家旅行或生活，了解它的居民和他们的语言，你才能了解这个国家和它的人民是什么样子的。”（Here is a great argument…its people are like.）以及第二段第三句“由于几乎整个西欧都属于欧洲经济共同体（EEC），这带来了越来越多的标准化，加上旅行的更快和更方便，这可能有一些道理——至少就欧洲而言是这样。”（With almost…at least as far as Europe is concerned.）可知作者在文中多次提到旅行，因此本题正确答案为选项A。
【干扰项排除】
B、C、D选项原文并未进行具体说明，不符合题意。
