C

When Americans meet with another person for the first time, they often start a kind of conversation called “small talk”. The most common topic of the small talk is weather. Other common topics are the rooms or buildings where they are standing, or their past experiences such as watching an interesting TV program, going to New York or eating at a good restaurant.

There are some topics Americans usually avoid, because these topics are too personal. For example, you’d better not ask how much money they make. But what is a personal matter in one country may not be so in another. Americans may ask, “Where do you work? How many children do you have? How large is your house?” Americans don’t think such questions are too personal. They often ask such questions to learn what you’re interested in or to begin a conversion. Do remember that the questioner doesn’t mean to be impolite and he is just interested in you.

66. Americans like to talk about _______ most when they meet with each other for the first time.

A. buildings   B. weather C. TV programs  D. age

67. According to the passage, Americans usually don’t talk about

_______when they meet with each other for the first time.

A. the job B. the children    C. the salary  D. the house

68. The underlined word “avoid” means ________in Chinese.

A. 避开   B. 涉及  C. 引用   D. 说明

69. According to the passage, personal matters in one country may be

_______ those in another.

A. the same as   B. fewer than C. like  D. different from

70. If an American asks you many questions, maybe he / she _______.

A. thinks these questions are personal

B. wants to begin a conversation with you

C. wants to be polite

D. is interested in your personal matters

卷Ⅱ(非选择题，共35分)

听力部分(第二节)

Ⅷ. 听短文填空(共5小题，每小题1分，计5分)

71.Leave for                         first.

72.May leave Sydney on                    .

73.Go to Shanghai to                      .

74.Go to Beijing by                         .

75.Stay in China for                         .

笔试部分

Ⅸ. 任务型阅读(共5小题，每小题2分，计10分)

阅读短文，并按要求完成76—80题。

Walt Disney was born in 1901. The Mickey Mouse created(被创作) in 1927 made him very famous. He died in 1966, but his work and his dreams did not die. Now people all over the world enjoy his Mickey Mouse and other cartoons.

Walt Disney was a man who did not give up easily. One summer, Walt Disney wanted a job in a post office, but they told him that he was too young. He went home, drew some lines on his face. And put on his father’s suit and hat. Then he went back to the same office and told them he was 18. He got the job finally.

Later in his life, Mr Disney had a dream, that is, to build a new kind of amusement park. It would be clean and beautiful. There would be rides for children and nice hotels for adults. It would be fun for people of all ages. Mr Disney drew a plan for this park. It was called Disneyland. Engineers told him it was an impossible dream. His family and friends thought he was mad. But Mr Disney did not give up his idea. In 1955, Disneyland opened to the public and became the most successful amusement park in the USA. Walt Disney’s dream came true.