【正文】 。 It turns out that there is also a big difference in how numbernaming systems in Western and Asian languages are constructed. In English, we say fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen and nineteen, so one might expect that we would also say oneteen, twoteen, threeteen, and fiveteen.t. We use a different form: eleven, twelve, thirteen and fifteen. For numbers above 20, we put the “decade” first and the unit number second (twentyone, twentytwo), while for the teens, we do it the other way around (fourteen, seventeen, eighteen). The number system in English is highly irregular. Not so in China, Japan, and Korea. They have a logical counting system. Eleven is tenone. Twelve is tentwo. Twentyfour is twotensfour and so on. The regularity of their number system also means that Asian children can perform basic functions, such as addition, far more easily. Ask an Englishspeaking sevenyearold to add thirtyseven plus twentytwo in her head, and she has to change the words to numbers (37+22). Only then can she do the math: 2 plus 7 is 9 and 30 and 20 is 50, which makes 59. Ask an Asian child to add threetensseven and twotenstwo, and then the necessary equation(等式) is right there, in the sentence. No number translation is necessary: it39。 When it es to math, in other words, Asians have a builtin advantage. For years, students from China, South Korea, and Japan outperformed their Western classmates at mathematics, and the typical assumption is that it has something to do with a kind of Asian talent for math. The differences between the number systems in the East and the West suggest something very different that being good at math may also be rooted in a group39。The Asian numbernaming system helps grasp advanced math skills better.B.Children in Western countries have to learn by heart the learning things.D.s advantage in math may be sourced from their culture.（2）What makes a Chinese easier to remember a list of numbers than an American?A.B.Their math education.D.they pronounce the numbers in a shorter periodB.they don39。American children can only count to 15 at the age of four【答案】 （1）D（2）B（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文為介紹說明文。（1）主旨大意題。同時(shí)根據(jù)第三段中的The number system in English is highly so in China, Japan, and Korea. They have a logical counting system.（英語中的數(shù)字系統(tǒng)是高度不規(guī)則的。他們有一個(gè)邏輯計(jì)數(shù)系統(tǒng)。）可推知，本文主要探討了亞洲兒童在數(shù)學(xué)方面的優(yōu)勢(shì)可能來源于他們的文化的問題。（2）推理判斷題。與英語不同，漢語允許他們把這七個(gè)數(shù)字放在兩秒鐘之內(nèi)）可推知，比起美國人，中國人的母語讓中國人更容易記住一列數(shù)字。（3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。故選C。 The theatre in Shakespeare39。t read or write.s lifetime. The authorities didn39。t allow acting in the city itself: They thought it had a bad influence on people and kept them from going to church. Queen Elizabeth, on the other hand, loved acting and helped the theatre bee popular.s time was full of life. People did not sit all the time and it was not quiet during the performance. The audience could walk around, eat and drink during the play. There was no stage crew as there is today. Actors had to do everything themselvesfrom making costumes to setting the stage. Plays were organized by acting panies. They performed about 6 different plays each week because they needed money to survive. They had almost no time to rehearse (排練).s time had a rank system. The pany belonged to shareholders and managers. They were responsible for everything and got most of the money when the pany was successful. Sometimes they even owned their own buildings. Actors worked for the managers and after some time became a permanent member of the pany. Apprentices (學(xué)徒) were young boys and were allowed to act in unimportant role. They also played female characters in plays.（1）Why was the theatre banned by the authorities? A.They thought it affected people negatively.C.The queen didn39。Stages.Stores.Companies.Playgrounds.（3）What do we know about then actors? A.B.They had stage crew to help them.They were too busy to practice.（4）What is the author39。To remember Shakespeare.To show his love of Shakespeare39。To introduce theaters in Shakespeare39。D.s rank system.【答案】 （1）B（2）A（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了莎士比亞時(shí)代的戲劇表演的情況以及當(dāng)時(shí)演員的狀況。根據(jù)第二段中的“The authorities didn39。t allow acting in the city itself: They thought it had a bad influence on people and kept them from going to church.”可知，當(dāng)權(quán)者不喜歡戲劇，不允許在城市里表演，因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為對(duì)人們有不好的影響，所以阻止人們?nèi)ソ烫?，故選B。根據(jù)第四段中的“Theaters were open arenas or playhouses that had room for up to three thousand people. ”可知arenas與playhouses 是同義詞，playhouses是一個(gè)可以容納多達(dá)3000觀眾的地方看戲劇表演的地方，因而arenas是開闊的舞臺(tái)，故選A。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“They performed about 6 different plays each week because they needed money to survive. They had almost no time to rehearse (排練).”可知，每周表演六個(gè)不同的戲劇，因此沒有時(shí)間排練，可知他們很忙，故選D。根據(jù)文章可知，本文主要介紹了莎士比亞時(shí)代的戲劇表演的情況以及當(dāng)時(shí)演員的狀況，故本文在介紹莎士比亞時(shí)代的劇院，故選C。8．閱讀理解 s mission and strategies, with longterm hopes of improvements in a pany39。s top management. While many panies try to create corporate culture through the use of written policies, its role is harder to define. The human factor has an influence on how corporate culture is expressed. The way uppermanagement acts and reacts to various situations defines how lowerlevel employees will act, and this aspect may be more important than any written policy. s corporate culture can also extend beyond the walls of the business. Consumers who believe a pany to be honest and forthright（直率）may be more loyal in their buying behavior. Employees in a pany39。s employees and its customers. How customers react may be a direct result from the pany39。Product quality can also be influenced by a pany39。It is a set of rules and regulations.B.It is the values and beliefs of a pany.It is the long term hope of a pany.（2）Which of the following is more efficient in creating corporate culture? A.B.Learning the corporate culture regularly