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1、- 1 -高考英語必備 高考英語必備--- ---課時(shí)提升作業(yè) 課時(shí)提升作業(yè) 十五 十五必修 必修 3 Unit Unit 5 Canada Canada—“The The True True North North”(限時(shí) 限時(shí) 35 35 分鐘 分鐘)Ⅰ. 閱讀理解 (2018·衡水模擬) “Heaven is where the police are English, the cooks are French,

2、the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and everything i

3、s organized by the Italian. ”O(jiān)bviously the national stereotypes(模式化的思想) in this old joke are generalizations, but such stereotypes are often said to “exist for a reason”. Is there actually a sliver of truth in them? No

4、t likely, an international research team now says. “National and cultural stereotypes do play an important role in how people see themselves and others, and being aware that these are not dependable is a useful thing,

5、” said study author Robert McCrae of the National Institute on Aging. “These are in fact unfounded stereotypes. They don’t come from looking around you, ” McCrae said. If national stereotypes aren’t rooted in real experi

6、ences, then where do they come from? One possibility is that they reflect national values, which may become known from historical events. For example, many historians have argued that the spirit of American individua

7、lism has its origins in the experiences of the pioneers on the Old West. - 3 -3. According to social scientists, why aren’t national stereotypes always correct? A. Because they are formed by individual historians. B. Be

8、cause people tend to have false idea about other cultures. C. Because generalizations are made through personal experience. D. Because what was true in the past may not be true at present. 【解析】選 D。推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段. . . some

9、 stereotypes may have been correct at one point in history and then remained unchanged while the culture changed. 可知, 在歷史上模式化思想在某種程度上是對的, 但是當(dāng)文化發(fā)生變化了, 模式化思想?yún)s沒有發(fā)生變化, 因此就會(huì)出現(xiàn)錯(cuò)誤, 故選 D。4. What does the underlined word “hard-wi

10、red” in the last paragraph probably mean? A. Forgetful. B. Fixed. C. Anxious. D. Helpless. 【解析】選 B。詞義猜測題。根據(jù)后面的 since we are less likely to notice and remember information that is different from our stereotypes 可知, 既然是我

11、們不愿意做出改變, 那就是比較固定不變的, 故答案為 B?！局R(shí)拓展】national stereotypes 背景知識(shí)“一個(gè)有英國警察、法國廚子、德國機(jī)械師、意大利情人, 一切都由瑞士人管理的地方就是天堂。一個(gè)有德國警察、英國廚子、法國機(jī)械師、瑞士情人, 一切都由意大利人管理的地方就是地獄?！?這類關(guān)于國家刻板印象的笑話每次要么讓人發(fā)笑, 要么讓人難堪。幾個(gè)世紀(jì)以來各個(gè)國家的刻板印象一直是許多笑話的沃土。Ⅱ. 完形填空 世紀(jì)金榜導(dǎo)學(xué)