【正文】 Publishers are wise to be nervous. Owners of ereaders (電子閱讀器）are exactly the customers they need: booklovers with money. If these people switch to borrowing ebooks instead of buying them, what then? Electronic borrowing is awfully convenient. Unlike printed books, which must be checked out and returned to a physical library miles from where you live, book files can be downloaded at home. The files disappear from the device when they are due.9．閱讀理解 s food but also bee more informed about other cultures by trying their food. ”可知，我們應該通過我們的文化食物來接受我們的文化遺產(chǎn)，但也應該通過品嘗其他文化的食物來了解其他文化，故選B。 （4）考查觀點態(tài)度。根據(jù)第三段中的“Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. ”可知，一些移民不得不改變他們餐館原有的菜肴是為了迎合不同的顧客。故選A。 （2）考查詞義猜測。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。D.C.B.s attitude towards different food cultures? A.To present their own food culture in a new way.（4）What39。To announce the beginning of their life on foreign soil.C.The oldfashioned taste.（3）Why do some immigrants have to change the original dishes in their restaurant? A.The national culture.C.s superiority.（2）What does the underlined it in Paragraph2 refer to? A.D.To reflect a country39。B.s the function of food mentioned in the article? A. We should embrace our heritage（傳統(tǒng)）through our culture39。 On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture. It also operates as an expression of culture identity. Immigrants bring it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride for their culture and means of coping with homesickness.8．閱讀理解 ”故選B。把它看作是擴展和加強理解的一種方式，無論是個人的還是文化的。re unsure whether you39。 （4）考查段落大意?？芍?，作者對一個名字反復發(fā)錯音這是不可接受的。根據(jù)第五段中的“Mispronouncing a name repeatedly, however, shows a lack of effort. It is not okay to be fortable with mispronouncing names, and being unfamiliar with a language is no excuse.”然而，反復念錯一個名字，表明你缺乏努力。故選D。根據(jù)第三段中的“In the long term, this might cause someone to distance themselves from their roots.”從長遠來看，這可能會導致一些人遠離自己的根。故選A。s ethnicity (種族身份) and culture, or show respect for their ancestral roots.”名字可以代表一個人的種族和文化，也可以表示對祖先的尊重。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。名字可以代表一個人的種族和文化，也可以表示對祖先的尊重。一個名字不僅僅是一個單詞。D.How to avoid mispronouncing names.C.How to show our respect for others.It shows discrimination.（4）What39。It strengthens friendship.B.It is unavoidable.D.The character of the person may change.B.The feeling of shame may be caused.His attitude to life.（2）What39。His favorite sound.B.s name tell us? A.t take a lot to simply repeat the name back. Spell it out. Write it down. Do whatever you have to do to get the name right. Making the effort to correctly pronounce someone39。re unsure whether you39。 Everyone makes mistakes, and not everyone can get a name right on the first try. Mispronouncing a name repeatedly, however, shows a lack of effort. It is not okay to be fortable with mispronouncing names, and being unfamiliar with a language is no excuse.t have to ignore their identities for the sake of someone else39。s attitude toward their own identity. It can create feelings of shame or embarrassment because they are made to feel like a burden. In the long term, this might cause someone to distance themselves from their roots. They may begin shying away from their native language, culture, and family for the sake of fitting in.s name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language, Dale Carnegie writes in his book How to Win Friends and Influence People. Behind each name is a story, and when a name is anglicized (英語化), mispronounced, or ignored, that story is dismissed. Everyone has the right to have their name pronounced correctly. It is a sign of respect for a person39。s ethnicity (種族身份) and culture, or show respect for their ancestral roots. A selfgiven name may represent a person39。 A name is more than just a word. It carries the weight of a person39。7．閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。故選A。很快這個想法就傳遍了全國其他城市。 （4）考查推理判斷。文章中并沒有提可以通過家庭聚會的方式來慶祝。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。由此可以推斷出，創(chuàng)造甜蜜日的想法來自一個關(guān)心孤兒和自閉的人。根據(jù)第三段中的“Over 60 years ago, a Cleveland man, believing that the city39。故選A。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。s friends, relatives and associates（3）Sweetest Day is celebrated in the following ways EXCEPT _____. kind act family party small remembrance（4）From the third paragraph we can learn that _____. is the people in Cleveland who spread Sweetest Day to other cities with the help of the man39。s religious belief or on a family relationship. It is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning. Because for many people remembering takes the form of giftgiving, Sweetest Day offers us the opportunity to show others that we care, in a practical way.（1）Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph? and more people are now celebrating Sweetest Day in the whole country. Day is a holiday which always falls on the Saturday in October. Day is much more important in big cities than in small cities. a few religious have the tradition to celebrate the holiday.（2）The idea of creating Sweetest Day came from _____. city39。 s orphans and shutins (臥病在床的人) too often felt forgotten and neglected, formed the idea of showing them that they were remembered. He did this through the distribution(分發(fā)) of small gifts. With the help of his friends and neighbors, he distributed these small remembrances on a Saturday in October. During the years that followed, other Clevelanders began to participate in the celebration ceremony, which came to be called Sweetest Day. In time, the Sweetest Day idea of spreading cheer to the underprivileged(弱勢群體)was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others