Question

Having spent two and a half years in China over several visits, I don’t remember ever going through a phase we in the United States call “cultural shock”. This period of difficulty in adjusting to a new culture would probably have set in during my semester at Peking University. Of course, this is not to say that I didn’t notice any differences between the American and Chinese cultures upon my arrival at Peking University, I did notice the differences. Looking back, I remember one of the first differences I noticed: Chinese universities are surrounded by walls.

    To an American, this is one of the most striking aspects of a Chinese university which immediately sets it apart from an American campus. Having grown up in the United States, I had never seen a university surrounded by high, cement(水泥) walls. My idea of a university, based on having seen scores of them in different states of the U.S., was a place of life and learning, an inseparable part of the community in which it was located, open not only to the students of the school itself, but also fully accessible to students from other schools and to the broader public.

    My idea of a university was that it was a center of cultural life, a resource for the entire community. In all my twenty-one years, it had never occurred to me that a school would have a wall around it. Walls enclose and separate; schools expand and integrate(合并). The very idea seemed fundamentally incompatible. I asked a Chinese friend if all Chinese universities have walls around them. “You know, I have never really thought about it. I guess so. I guess all Chinese schools have walls around them, not just universities.” “Why?” I asked, “What’s the point?” “I don’t know. To protect us, I suppose.”  “From whom?” “I don’t know. Don’t you have walls around your schools in the United States?” I thought carefully before answering. “No, I’ve never seen or heard of a university encircled by a wall.” My Chinese friend seemed puzzled. Walls around schools came to strike me as more than just an architectural difference between the United States and China. As China continues to open up to the outside world, these walls seem increasingly out of place.

1.The author felt strange about Chinese culture when he ___________.

A. studied in Peking University            

B. talked with his friends about the walls

C. experienced the “cultural shock” at his arrival

D. spent two and a half years in China over several visits

2.In the author’s opinion, a university is a place ___________.

A. where only students can come to study   

B. which is similar everywhere in the world

C. that should be surrounded by high cement walls             

D. that is an inseparable part of and a resource for the community

3.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably mean?

A. The two ideas are fundamental.        

B. The two ideas are basically different.

C. The two ideas about “school” and “wall” are suitable.

D. The two ideas about “school” and “wall” are conflicting.

4.What did the author’s friend feel about the walls around universities?

A. He thought it a good idea to have walls encircling schools.

B. He was shocked that American universities are not enclosed.

C. He thought they were necessary to protect students from being hurt.

D. He thought the difference between two countries is only architectural styles.

5.We can infer from the passage that the author thinks _____________.

A. walls are really useful in the universities

B. he can never really understand the Chinese culture

C. Chinese universities should work as public scenic spots

D. walls around the universities are inappropriate in an open China

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍了中美教育文化中的差异。中国大学有围墙，而美国的大学没有。文化向外伸展着，而不是将知识封闭起来。绿色的草坪将大学校园和社区连接了起来。那是所有渴求知识的人们的共同家园。这不仅仅是建筑风格或是教育方式的不同，而且是一种观念，一种沟通的愿望。

1.细节题：根据文章第一段第二句“This period of difficulty in adjusting to a new culture would probably have set in during my semester at Peking University.”适应一种新文化的困难时期按理说该是我在北京大学上学的那个学期。故选A。

2.细节题：根据第二段中“an inseparable part of the community in which it was located, open not only to the students of the school itself”也是当地社区的一个组成部分，不仅对在校学生是开放的。故选D。

3.推理题：根据最后一段中“Walls enclose and separate; schools expand and integrate(合并). The very idea seemed fundamentally incompatible.”围墙的作用是封闭和隔离，然而，学校的宗旨则是要扩展学生的知识，扩展学生对外面世界的了解，这两个概念是根本不相容的，由此可知“wall”和“school”代表的意义是相互矛盾的。故选D。

4.细节题：根据最后一段中““No, I’ve never seen or heard of a university encircled by a wall.” My Chinese friend seemed puzzled.”"没有，我没见过也没听说过美国的大学有围墙"。我的中国朋友似乎有点儿不解，可知我的中国同学对美国大学没有围墙吃惊。故选B。

5.推理题：根据文章最后一句“As China continues to open up to the outside world, these walls seem increasingly out of place.”在中国对外开放的进程中，围墙似乎显得越来越没有用，可知在中国开放的态度中围墙的存在是不恰当的。故选D。

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