1、专题限时训练(二十二)文化型阅读理解(二)(限时：25分钟)(一)As is known to most of us all, the Grammy Award is the granddaddy of all music awards. It is to music what Oscar is to the movies. The name “Grammy” is short for “gramophone (machine for reproducing music and speech recorded on flat discs)”， since the awards are shap
2、ed like those oldfashioned gramophones.Over the years Los Angeles and New York have played tugofwar with the Grammy Awards show. What about the result? The Grammy ceremony has been held 32 times in Los Angeles, 10 times in New York City, and once in Nashville.In 1999, the show returned to Los Angele
3、s (at the Shrine, with host Kelsey Grammer) thanks in large part to a muchpublicized feud between the shows organizers and New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. And the Grammys didnt return to the_Big_Apple while Giuliani was still in office, eventually moving to Los Angeless Staples Center.But with Giul
4、iani finally gone from City Hall, the Grammys returned to New York in 2003, at Madison Square Garden.For 2004, the award show moved back to LA., and has remained here. The 47th Annum Grammy Awards show was held on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2005, at the Staples Center. The big winners for 2005 were the late R
5、ay Charles, U2, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Los Lonely Boys, Kanye West, Usher, John Mayer, Tim McGraw and Maroon.For 2007, the annual Grammy Awards was held at the Staples Center in downtown LA.The organizers have decided to move the show back to Sunday again. In 2006, the show was held on Wednesday,
6、 Feb. 8. CBS had moved the show from its usual Sunday spot to avoid competing with coverage of the Winter Olympics.On Jan. 31, 2010, the Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Jamie Foxx and TPain hit the stage with HipHop pioneer Doug E. Fresh and legendary GunsNRoses guitar
7、ist, Slash.()1.The underlined words “the Big Apple” (Paragraph 3) refers to _.Athe Staples Center BMadison Square Garden CNew York DLos Angeles()2.The 40th Grammy Awards show was held_.Ain LA. in 1997 Bin New York City in 1998Cin LA. in 1998 Din New York City in 1997()3.What is the passage mainly ab
8、out?AThe Grammy Award BThe origin of the Grammy AwardCThe city of Los Angeles and New YorkDNew York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani()4.From the passage, we can infer that_.ALos Lonely Boys was one of the big winners for 2005BMadison Square Garden is a place belonging to New YorkCOver the years only Los Angel
9、es and New York held the Grammy Awards showDIts been over fifty years since the first Grammy Awards was held(二)If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly highclass B
10、enz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety.The dining rooms in all big hotels not on
11、ly serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card (登记卡)to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily
12、use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dinner free of charge.The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate. From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordi
13、ngly.With so many loopholes (漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take_“petty_advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been
14、found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”. ()1.According to the passage, in Finland _.Aa passenger c
15、an get off anywhere after paying the driver Bbig hotels provide meals for only those who live in the hotelsCthe bosses are too busy to check the working hours of their employeesDthe workers are always honest with their working hours ()2.The underlined words in the last paragraph mean“_”Abe ready to
16、help others Bgain something at others expenseChave power over othersDpay money for others ()3.From the passage we can learn that_.Athe Finnish society is of very high moral levelBpeople in Finland are not hard working at allCmost Finnish taxi drivers believe in themselvesDeveryone in Finland likes g
17、entlemen very much()4.The passage mainly wants to _.Atell us how foolish the Finns are Bdescribe the social life in FinlandCshow us how honest the Finns are Dexplain the reasons for being faithful (三)Visitors to Britain may experience local culture in a traditional pub. But for a stranger visiting t
18、he country, these friendly pubs can be traps of potential bad manners for the uneducated.A team of researchers have released some of the hidden customs of British pubs. Most people would like to start with getting a drink when meeting with difficulties. Most pubs have no waiters and as a result, you
19、 yourself have to go to the bar to buy drinks. A group of Italian youths wait 45 minutes before they realize they would have to fetch their own. This may sound inconvenient, but there is a hidden purpose.Pub culture is designed to promote communication in a society known for its quietness. Standing
20、at the bar for service allows you to chat with others waiting to be served. The bar counter is possibly the only site in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered entirely appropriate and really quite normal behavior.“If you havent been to a pub, you havent been t
21、o Britain.” This tip can be found in a booklet The Tourists Guide to Pub Etiquette (礼节), which can be seen as a “passport” to the pub for those wanting to know about “a central part of British life and culture”. The trouble is that if you do not follow the local rules, the experience may fall flat.
22、For example, if you are in a big group, it is best if only one or two people go to buy the drinks. Nothing annoys the regular customers and bar staffs more than a crowd of strangers blocking all access to the bar while they chat and argue about what to order.()1.Why is the British pub the best place
23、 to experience local cultures?ABecause it is a potential place for all the educated to gather.BBecause it is a traditional place with a lot of local strangers.CBecause the educated can relax themselves entirely there.DBecause you can meet different kinds of local people there.()2.If you want to have
24、 a drink in a pub, you can_.Ago to get the drinks yourself Bwait for the waiters to comeCwait in line for 45 minutes Dbring some homemade drinks()3.The author introduces the British pub in a (n)_ tone.Acritical Badmiring Cneutral Dconcerned()4.What might annoy others in a pub?AGoing to pub in a big
25、group. BChatting about what to order.CStanding in the way to the bar.DBuying drinks at the counter.专题限时训练(二十二)文化型阅读理解(二)(一)1C细节理解题。根据第二段，格莱美主要在三个城市举办。再结合第三段最后一句和第四段可推断the Big Apple指代的是New York。2B细节理解题。由第五段第二句可知：2005年举办的是第47届，因此第40届是1998年举办的。再结合“In 1999, the show returned to Los Angeles”一句即可推出答案。3A主旨
26、大意题。本文介绍了洛杉矶和纽约争相举办格莱美颁奖仪式的情况，并没有介绍格莱美的起源，B选项不准确。4D推理判断题。A、B分别在第五段、第四段可以直接找到；由第二段末句可知C选项错误；依据倒数第三段信息2005年是第47届，不难推知截止2011年已举办了53届。(二)1D细节理解题。选项A中after paying the driver与文章表述不一致；选项B中only的表述是错误的；选项C文章没有提到，所以也是错误的。由文章第四段以及最后一段可知，芬兰的老板很信任员工，而员工也确实非常诚信。2B词义猜测题。根据句意可以理解为“贪小便宜”(直译为“由别人支付”)。3A综合推理题。从文中的最后一段
27、的句子As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do可以推断那里的人们的道德水平较高。4C主旨大意题。文章内容主要是说明在芬兰人们的诚实，honest和 faithful是关键词。(三)1D推理判断题。文中第二段和第三段提到当人们遇到困难时都愿意去酒吧喝一杯，在你等待服务的过程中可以遇到不同类型的人，因此D项符合题意。2A事实细节题。文中第二段提到you yourself have to go to the bar to buy drinks，所以你应该自己去吧台要酒。故A项符合题意。3C推理判断题。从文中作者描写英国酒吧过程中所使用的语言可知，作者在客观地向读者展现英国的酒吧文化，作者对英国酒吧持中立的态度。4C事实细节题。根据文章最后一段的Nothing annoys the regular customers and bar staffs more than a crowd of strangers blocking all access to the bar while可知，最让人恼火的是顾客挡住了通往吧台的路，并就买什么而争论不休。
