【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 polite?sterc01ypically(典型地)，British people are less open than people from other cultures，so we aren’t as quick to invite people into our homes．This phrase is one of those that we say hut often don’t really mean，so when no further details are given，you can probably assume it was made in the name of politeness! But how does this pare to other countries? When I lived in India．10ts of people would invite me into their homes hut I always assumed that they were just being polite．Of course，I was wrong．The invitations were almost always genuine，anti people expected me to visit them．1 was always surprised by how weling people were．In fact，T think T spent more time at other people’s houses than my own! This summer，while working in Austria，one of nay flatmates(室友)made mc think about invitations again．She invited me to Join her and her boyfriend for a meal out．A1though touched by the invitation，I immediately assumed that she was just being polite so I told her that I didn’t want to intrude．She replied with“If I didn’t want you to e，I wouldn’t have invited you in the first place!”That taught me politeness is culturally defined．29．Generally speakingthe British people are__________． A．sensitive B．open C．confident D．conservative30．According to the writer，if an India friend invites you into his home you’d better_______。 A．go B．ignore it C．think it’s only polite D．think it’s a joke31．The underlined phrase “intrude”can be replaced by ______。 A．eat B．bother C．a(chǎn)ttend D．careD As I write this I’nl sat on a bumpy(顛簸的)bus back to Santiago in Chile where I am currently working as a language assistant for the year．I’ve just spent the weekend in a city 5 hours north of Santiago called La Sarena．During，my visit 1 was 1ucky enough to go and see the Flowering Desert，a natural phenomenon that occurs around every 5 years here in the Atacama Desert． Following a particularly large amount of rainfall earlier in the year，a variety of flowers e into blossom between the months of September and November．There are in fact more than 200 species of flowers that can be found．As well as the plants，there is a big increase of species of insects，birds and 1izards(蜥蜴)in the area． The Atacama Desert is usually one of the driest places on Earth．In fact，it’s officially thedriest desert and has soil similar to samples taken from Mars! However，the bloom is particularly impressive this year and this is due to the strong presence of El Nino, This is a band of warm water that occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the western coast of South America，changing the temperatures and increasing the rainfall in certain areas． In order to catch a glimpse of this magnificent jewel of nature，l took a bus with some friends 2 hours north from La Serena to a town called Vallenar．According to the limited information 8vajlable online and in the guidebooks．this was the Flowering Desert’s most southern spot．We asked in the city hall what to do and very generously one of the women there offered to drive us to the area 10kms away．What we saw did not disappoint，and as expected it was even more astonishing than the pictures we had seen online．The vast rug(地毯)of colour spreading into the distance towards the contrasting green hills was simply splendid．A real reminder of the beauty our planet can provide．32．What is the author’s career? A．Travel agent． B．College student． C．A language assistant． D．Professor．33．According to the passage．the flowers’ blossom is_________． A．in spring B．between September and November C．in summer D．between May and July34．What do we know about the Atacama Desert in Paragraph 3？ A．Its soil is similar to samples taken from moon． B．The bloom is not too good this year because of El Nino． C．The warm water that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean changed the Atacama Desert area’s temperatures D．It is one of the driest places on Earth．3j．What is the best title for the text? A．Chile’s Flowering Desert B．The Atacama Desert C．Santiago Tour D．Magnificent Jewel of Nature第二節(jié)(共5小題；每小題2分．滿分l0分) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容。從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填人空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多選項(xiàng)。When lo Say“No”to Antibiotics(抗生素) Although they know that antibiotics kill only bacteria but not viruses and the obvious risk of antibiotic overuse to personal health，many doctors still use antibiotics when the drugs are not neces