2018年沈阳中考英语专题复习综合阅读

题型四综合阅读

话题1 跨文化交际

Passage 1

People in different countries have different ways of doing things. Something polite in one country may be quite impolite in another country. Do you know how they have dinner in the following countries?

The Japanese diet is always plain and simple, and the dinner often leaves people a sense of not being full. If you set up the dinner in the morning, a glass of milk and a hot dog are enough. At noon, maybe a little bit richer. (A)总体来说，晚餐是最丰富的. There is rice and vegetable soup, and the most (B) key thing is that wine could only be included at night in Japan.

V odka is Russia's wine, and the Russians just put vodka as a (C) sign for dinner, because no matter who sets up the dinner, vodka can't be missed. During the dinner, the Russian people hold a glass of vodka. The first cup is usually drunk together.

Singaporeans eat their dinner very cautiously, and (D) they will not invite guests if they have unknown each other. And Singapore's government officials can't accept the dinner invitation of sociability(社交), or (E) they will be punished.

1. 在文中找出两个描述日本饮食的形容词：_______；_______

2. 将文中画线部分（A）译成英语：________________

3. 写出文中画线部分(B)和（C）的近义词或同义词：_______；_______

4.将文中画线部分（D）改写为they will _______invite guests _______ they have known each other.

5.文中画线部分（E）指代的是：_______

【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了不同的国家有不同的饮食方式。日本人的饮食一贯朴素简单，饭局上也如此；俄罗斯人无论谁设的饭局，饭局上都少不了伏特加酒；新加坡人对饭局持非常谨慎的态度，他们一般不会邀请初次见面的客人吃饭。

1. plain; simple【解析】由第二段第一句“The Japanese diet is always plain and simple...”可知日本人的饮食朴素简单。

2. Generally speaking, dinner is the richest.【解析】总体来说generally speaking；“最丰富的”应用最高级the richest。

3. important；symbol【解析】根据第二段最后一句句意可知key意为“重要的”，故其同义词或近义词为important；根据第三

段第一句句意可知sign意为“象征；标志”，故其同义词或近义词为symbol。

4. not; until【解析】句意为：如果他们相互不熟悉，将不会邀请宾客。此句可替换为not...until句型，即直到他们熟悉彼此才会邀请宾客。

5.Singapore's government officials【解析】由最后一段的“...Singapore's government officials can't accept the dinner invitation of sociability(社交), or they will be punished.”可知指代新加坡政府官员。

Passage 2

You may have heard that Elizabeth Ⅱ, the Queen of Britain, recently celebrated her 70th wedding anniversary(结婚纪念日) with her husband, Prince Philip. That’s right—the two have been married for 70 years!

In the United States and Britain, 70th wedding anniversaries are (A)______ as“platinum anniversaries(铂金婚)”. In fact, there are many different terms that are used to describe different marriage lengths. For example, celebrating the first year of marriage is known as a “paper anniversary”. Fifty years of marriage marks a “gold anniversary”. And the term“diamond（钻石）anniversary”is used (B)________ describe a marriage that has lasted for 60 years.

(C)People in different countries have their own ways of celebrating wedding anniversaries. In the US, people give gifts to couples when they reach certain years of their marriage. The first year anniversary is marked by giving the couple a clock. If a couple reaches their 10th anniversary, they can expect to receive diamond jewelry(珠宝). And (D)they can get musical instruments when they reach their 24th anniversary.

In Canada and the US, couples can even receive special congratulations from world leaders on certain anniversaries. In Canada, couples can receive a message from the country’s governor general(总督) on their 50th anniversary, and on every fifth anniversary after that. In the US, the president(总统) himself will send (E) a greeting to couples who reach their 50th anniversary and for every anniversary after that.

(F) 它会是多么酷啊to get a letter from the president！Or (G)perhaps the truly cool thing is celebrating such a long life full of love and happiness with your special someone.

1.在文中（A）和（B）的空白处分别填入适当的单词：_________;___________

2.将文中划线部分（C）改写为：People in different countries have their own ways _______