31. Family values can be passed on if ______.
A. we live with our children B. parents show positive things
C. parents foster them intentionally D. we plan times to gather with other families
32. The passage mainly tells us about ______.
A. the importance and the way to pick up family values
B. a lesson the writer learned in educating his(her) kids
C. the influences the children face while growing up
D. some negative and positive family values
D
There’s a “culture of walking and texting” on the Utah Valley University campus, according to conversations with students, but that’s not the main reason Matt Bambrough, the creative director at UVU, came up with an idea to paint a “texting lane” on a staircase leading up to the Wellness Center.
According to Bambrough, it’s first and foremost a design project—the texting lane was a tongue-in-cheek(戏谑)reference to the college-wide epidemic(流行)of kids walking around with their faces buried in their iPhones.
“You have 18–24-year-olds walking down the hall with smart phones. You’re almost bound to run into someone somewhere; it’s something we’re dealing with in this day and age,” Bambrough said. “But preventing collisions isn’t the reason we did it—we did it to arouse the students’ attention. It’s meant to be there for people to look at and enjoy.”
Still, when talking to Utah Valley students, it sounds like texting and walking can be quite the annoyance.
Robbie Poffenberger, an assistant news editor at the UVU Review, said that most collisions he witnesses aren’t human-on-human; rather, it’s generally human-on-inanimate-object. “They walk into barriers—chairs on the side of the hallway, or railings,” Poffenberger said, “I’m sure they’re fairly embarrassed.”
33. What do we learn about the “texting lane” from the text?
A. It is a special campus culture in Utah Valley University.
B. It is used to encourage the campus culture.
C. It is painted on a staircase leading to everywhere.
D. It is popular with students in universities.
34. According to Bambrough, ______.
A. the “texting lane” is to attract students’ attention
B. we don’t have to face the problem in this age
C. what they did is to prevent the collisions D. students enjoy looking at each other
35. What would most students run into from what Robbie said?
A. Students in the same direction. B. Teachers opposite to them.
C. Barriers on campus. D. Grass on campus.
第二节 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
The rules about how to talk, eat and sit, which are highly limited, are observed in most Western restaurants and homes. 36 Many Westerners have no idea how to act at the Chinese dinner table. No forks or knives for them to use! The Chinese host makes great, sweeping arm movements that go over large sections of the table, passing over both food and friends alike. 37 However, it leaves many foreigners at a loss for what to do.
In my childhood home, dinner was enjoyed with low voices, and the topics that we could discuss were very limited. 38 If I had to leave the table to use the toilet, I had to excuse myself without mentioning what it was that I was going to do. “May I be excused, please? I need to wash my hands.” I would say. My mother would say, “Sure.” My father would often play a joke on me by saying, “ 39 ”
As for eating, we did it quietly. No eating noises were allowed. Everything must be done as quietly as possible. If any sound was created by eating food or drinking, it would be considered as bad manners!
40 He is to sit up straight with the recessive hand (usually the left) in one’s lap holding a napkin while the dominant hand (usually the right) holds the fork or spoon. The only time one is allowed to have both hands on the table is when he is using a knife to cut something.
A. How one sits at the table is also prescribed.
B. We were not allowed to talk about anything that made listeners uncomfortable.
C. Can't you think up a better excuse than that?
D. They’re completely different from what we find here in China.
E. Your hands don’t look dirty!
F. The scene is fantastic.
G. In general they were all strictly forbidden topics
参考答案：
21-24BACD
25-28 ACDC
29-32 BDCA
33-35AAC
【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。讲述的是低头党的福音：美国校园设玩手机专用人行道，这个校园里存在着一种“且行且短你(一边走一边短信)”的特殊校园文化。
33. A【命题立意】细节理解题。考查学生通过阅读文章获得信息或寻求细节的能力。
【试题解析】根据文章第一段“but that’s not the main reason”，排除B;根据“paint a ‘texting lane’ on a staircase leading up to the Wellness Center.”，排除C;根据“Still, when talking to Utah Valley students, it sounds like texting and walking can be quite the annoyance.”，排除D，故答案为A。
34. A【命题立意】细节理解题。考查学生通过阅读文章获得信息或寻求细节的能力。
【试题解析】从文章第三段的“we did it to arouse the students ’attention”可知，答案为A。
35. C【命题立意】细节理解题。考查学生通过阅读文章获得信息或寻求细节的能力。
【试题解析】从文章中的“most collisions he witnesses aren’t human-on-human; rather, it’s generally human-on-inanimate-object.”和“They walk into barriers”可知，答案为C。
36-40DFBEA
