备战中考系列之完形填空(附解析) 第97期
日期:2014-04-22 16:48

(单词翻译:单击)

完型填空
  Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we know and (1)u______ each other? Here is a simple test. Imagine you will hold a (2)m______ at four o'clock, what time should you (3)e______ your foreign business friends to come? If they are German, they will (4)a_______ on time. If they are American, they'll probably be fifteen minutes early. If they are British, they'll be fifteen minutes late.
  The British seemed to think since the English (5)l________ was widely used in the world, what they did was certain to be widely understood. Very soon they (6)f________ they were completely wrong. For (7)e_______, the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal; the Japanese (8)p_______ not to work while eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know (9)e______ other, and they don't drink at lunch. The Germans like to talk business (10)b_______ dinner; the French like to eat first and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.
名师解析
  本题是一篇根据所给的首字母填词的试题,主要介绍的是不同国家的人们在会谈时的区别。
  1.understand, 下面的文章就是帮助大家了解不同国家的人们的会谈方式的,因此这里用know和understand来加以强调。
  2.meeting, hold a meeting 是”开会”的意思。可以直接判断出来。
  3.expect, 根据文章的意思,如果在四点钟开会,作为你来讲,你肯定会有你自己的时间安排,你也会希望别人在你所要求的时间到会。
  4.arrive, 以字母a 开头表示“到达”含义的词就是arrive 了。
  5.language, 目前在世界广泛应用的就是英语这门语言了。
  6.found, 根据下文可以发现英国人与其他国家的人在某些方面是有区别的。
  7.example, for example表示”例如”。
  8.prefer, prefer to do something的意思是“宁愿去做某事”,这里只是一个否定形式。
  9.each, each other 表示”互相”。
  10.before, 时间介词以字母b开头的只是before 了。

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重点单词
  • minutesn. 会议记录,(复数)分钟
  • certainadj. 确定的,必然的,特定的 pron. 某几个,某
  • understandvt. 理解,懂,听说,获悉,将 ... 理解为,认为