【正文】 ollege in New York surveyed 454 international students. They were attending fouryear colleges and graduate schools in the American South and Northeast. Students from Englishspeaking countries and from northern and central Europe were more likely to be happy with their friendships. But 38% of the international students said they had no close friends in the United States. And half of the students from East Asia said they were unhappy with the number of American friends they had. Thirty percent said they wished their friendships could be deeper and more meaningful. Professor Gareis says, “Students from East Asia have cultures that are different on many levels from the culture in the United States. There are also language problems, and maybe some social skills, such as small talks, which are possibly not as important in their native countries, where it39。s not as important to start friendships with small talks. Many East Asian students blamed themselves for their limited friendships with Americans, for not speaking the language well enough and for not knowing the culture well enough.” VOA39。s Students Union blogger Jessica Stahl did her own survey to find out how American students and foreign students relate to each other. More than 100 students, about half of them American, answered her online questions. Half of the international students and 60 % of the Americans said they related as well or better to the other group than to their own group. Professor Gareis says, “International students who make friends with host nationals are, overall, more satisfied with their stay in the host country. They have better language skills, better academic performance and better attitudes toward the host country.”（1）What can be the best title for the text? A.Making Friends Is Not Always Easy for Foreign StudentsB.Students from East Asia Are Not Good at Making FriendsC.International Education Industry in Australia and AmericaD.The Relation between Foreign Students and Host Countries（2）Professor Gareis tends to think that . A.culture shock should be blamed for many levels of American cultureB.foreign students don39。t know small talks mean a lot to AmericansC.foreign students should learn some basic social skills first of allD.foreign students have difficulty making friends for different reasons（3）How did Jessica Stahl carry out her survey? A.By doing questionnaires from Students Union.B.By asking questions on the Internet.C.By forming the students into groups.D.By doing a survey through VOA（4）Which of the following statements will the writer probably agree with? A.International students like to make more friends in their own group.B.International students are more likely to remain in the host country after graduation.C.Students who make more friends at home have better academic performance.D.Students who make friends in their host countries feel happier with their experience.【答案】（1）A（2）D（3）B（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新聞報道，很多學(xué)生覺得在澳大利亞感到孤獨(dú)和不受歡迎，而事實(shí)是留學(xué)生在任何地方都有可能因為文化、習(xí)俗等各方面原因而交不到朋友。(1)考查主旨大意。這篇文章主要講了《高等教育紀(jì)事報》最近一篇報道稱，許多外國學(xué)生稱在澳大利亞感到孤獨(dú)或不受歡迎。這些感受是澳大利亞密切關(guān)注其國際教育產(chǎn)業(yè)的原因之一。但不管國際學(xué)生去哪，交朋友可能不總是那么容易。故選A。(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Professor Gareis says, ‘Students from East Asia have cultures that are different on many levels from the culture in the United States. There are also language problems, and maybe some social skills, such as small talk, which are possibly not as important in their native countries, where it39。s not as important to start friendships with small talks. Many East Asian students blamed themselves for their limited friendships with Americans, for not speaking the language well enough and for not knowing the culture well enough. ’”可知加賴斯教授認(rèn)為外國學(xué)生交友困難是多方面的原因造成的，所以選D。(3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“VOA39。s Student Union blogger Jessica Stahl did her own survey to find out how American students and foreign students relate to each other. More than 100 students, about half of them American, answered her online questions.”可知杰西卡斯塔爾通過在網(wǎng)上問問題的形式進(jìn)行調(diào)查，故選B。(4)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段”Professor Gareis says:‘International students who make friends with host nationals are, overall, more satisfied with their stay in the host country. They have better language skills, they have better academic performance and they have better attitudes toward the host country.’可知和東道主學(xué)生交朋友的國際學(xué)生回國后對自己的經(jīng)歷更為滿意。所以選D。【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇新聞報道，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 How much television do you watch? Did you really give an honest answer? A recent study shows that people aren39。t totally truthful about their televisionwatching habits. The study in question was conducted at Ball State University in the US. Researchers there wanted to find out how much television people view according to their age. The study was paid for by a council associated with the Nielsen Company, which determines television ratings. The conclusions were that people spend more than 8 hours a day looking at a screen. This included cell phones and puters，but the majority were television screens. There are three interesting things about this study. The first is that people are exposed to more than one hour of advertisements per day. The second is that even with access to DVDs and internet videos, television is still the most popular media source. The third is that the amount of screenwatching people do is relatively the same from the ages of 1865. So, if everyone is watching television, why lie about it? Well, if someone admits they watch television for five or six hours, they could be considered a couch potato. Michael Phillips, one of the study39。s main researchers, says, “There39。s a social stigma for people who watch too much television. Sometimes, however, watching the latest reality show or the funniest sit gives coworkers and friends fun things to talk about.” Even if you do watch a lot of television, perhaps we can use this study as a reason to be