Question

    Every year the United Sates exports "cultural products" to the rest of the world while it only imports similar products from other countries equal to about one percent of the amount exported. Movies, for example, are one such_______. The movie industry in countries like England and Italy is almost completely_______on American exports. Both countries report that 85% to 95% of all movie tickets sold each year are for movies produced in the United States. Millions of people worldwide buy American pop, rap, and rock music. Billions of people drink Coca-Cola and eat McDonald's hamburgers. American software_______the computer market.

Can all of the above products be called "cultural", however? That depends on how one_______culture. Most people _______culture into two forms: "high" culture and "low" culture. High culture is the kind produced by writers and_______. It is more concerned with stimulating thought in the people who view or use it and does not_______care how marketable people find it Low culture,_______ is viewed as a product usually for entertainment and is only as good as how well it sells. Because it is_______by masses of people, this type of culture can also be called "mass culture". The________between low and high culture are not very clear.

Pierre Guerlain, a professor of English and American Studies in France, points out that when a cultural product is imported, the product cannot cover the existing culture, thus________it. The imported product is changed to adapt to the local context. Anyone who believes that a society which imports American products of mass culture will become a ________of America is being naive(幼稚的).

America may seem to have the strongest hand in exporting cultural products, but there is a boomerang(相反的) ________for being more of an exporter than importer. Because Europeans and Japanese import so many cultural products from the United States, they know a lot more about American culture________than Americans know about European or Japanese culture. It is a definite advantage for the Europeans and Japanese to be bilingual as well as bicultural. These countries can use their knowledge of American society and________to increase their chances of success in the American market

1.A.aspect B.product C.example D.project

2.A.fixed B.emphasized C.called D.dependent

3.A.dominates B.abandons C.enters D.grasps

4.A.defines B.presents C.absorbs D.creates

5.A.prefer B.divide C.alter D.view

6.A.designers B.technicians C.composers D.artists

7.A.comprehensively B.temporarily C.necessarily D.representatively

8.A.as a result B.as a whole C.on the average D.on the other hand

9.A.consumed B.produced C.invested D.sponsored

10.A.connections B.distinctions C.ranges D.advantages

11.A.overcoming B.accepting C.attracting D.replacing

12.A.source B.supplier C.copy D.target

13.A.effect B.feedback C.disadvantage D.idea

14.A.in particular B.in general C.in contrast D.in the meantime

15.A.values B.economy C.policies D.characteristics

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.B

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章通过美国文化产品的出口，讲述了文化产品的定义，文化产品在输入它国时要适应当地文化和文化产品输入的“回力棒”效应。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：例如，电影就是这样一种产品。A. aspect方面；B. product产品；C. example例子；D. project项目。由上文的cultural products（文化产品）可知，电影也是一种文化产品。故选B项。

2.考查语境理解。句意：像英国和意大利的电影业几乎完全依赖美国的出口。A. fixed固定的；B. emphasized强调；C. called叫；D. dependent依靠的。由下一句“这两个国家都报告说，每年售出的电影票中，85%到95%是在美国制作的电影”可知，英意两国电影业依赖美国出口，所以用dependent。故选D项。

3.考查动词词义辨析。句意：美国软件主导着计算机市场。A. dominates主导；B. abandons抛弃；C. enters进入；D. grasps掌握。由前文可知，世界上许多人看美国电影、买美国的流行乐、吃它的可乐汉堡，体现美国在多方面占据主导地位，承接前文，此处应该是美国软件主导着计算机市场。故选A项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：那要依靠如何定义文化。A. defines定义；B. presents展示；C. absorbs吸收；D. creates创造。前句话提及“上述所有产品是否都可以称为“文化产品”？”，下句话又把文化分成了"high" culture 和"low" culture，这是在给文化下定义。故选A项。

5.考查动词词义辨析。句意：多数人把文化分为两类：高文化和低文化。A. prefer更喜欢；B. divide使分开；C. alter改变；D. view看待。由two forms: "high" culture and "low" culture可知，此处把文化分成了两类。故选B项。

6.考查名词词义辨析。句意：高文化是由作家和艺术家创造的。A. designers设计者；B. technicians技术员；C. composers作曲家；D. artists艺术家。由第一段提及的电影、流行音乐、吃食、软件和后文not___7___care how marketable people find it（高文化不关心人们如何发现它的市场价值）可知，排除B 项，因为technicians的市场价值大，artists包含composers，所以用artists。故选D项。

7.考查副词词义辨析。句意：它更关心的是激发人们看待或使用它的想法，而不一定关心人们如何发现它的市场价值。A. comprehensively可理解地；B. temporarily暂时地；C. necessarily必然地；D. representatively典型地。前句是肯定句，提及more concerned with stimulating thought，后句是否定句，所以是不怎么关心，not necessarily，意为“不一定、未必”。故选C项。

8.考查介词短语辨析。句意：另一方面是低文化，通常被视为一种娱乐产品，并且只和它的销售情况一样好。A. as a result结果；B. as a whole总体上； C. on the average平均；D. on the other hand另一方面。由前文可知，文化被分为两方面：高文化和低文化，此处指的是文化的另一个方面，即低文化。故选D项。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：因为它是被大众消费的，所以这种文化也可以称为“大众文化”。 A. consumed消耗；B. produced生产；C. invested投资；D. sponsored赞助。由前文“低文化销售情况好”可知，低文化被许多人消费。故选A项。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：低文化和高文化之间的区别不是很清楚。 A. connections联系；B. distinctions差别；C. ranges范围；D. advantages优点。由前文可知，高文化不怎么关心其中发现的市场价值，低文化是一种在意市场价值的消费文化，两者区别并不明显。故选B项。

11.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当一种文化产品被进口时，该产品不能覆盖现有的文化，因此取代它。A. overcoming克服；B. accepting接受；C. attracting吸引；D. replacing代替。由下一句“进口产品要适应当地情况”可知，进口产品的现有文化会被替代。故选D项。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：任何人相信一个进口美国大众文化产品的社会将成为美国的翻版，那就是天真。A. source来源；B. supplier供应者；C. copy复制品、翻版；D. target目标。由全文语境可知，进口别国文化产品就会成为别国的翻版，这是不现实的，所以用copy，符合文意。故选C项。

13.考查名词词义辨析。句意：美国似乎在文化产品的出口方面有着最有力的一手，但作为一个出口国而非进口国，它有一种“回力棒”效应。A. effect影响；B. feedback反馈；C. disadvantage缺点；D. idea想法。由下文“欧洲和日本对美国文化的了解比美国人对欧洲或日本文化的了解要多得多”可知，美国出口文化产品会让别国了解本国，产生了相反的影响，即“回力棒”效应。故选A项。

14.考查介词短语辨析。句意：他们对美国文化的了解比美国人对欧洲或日本文化的了解要多得多。A. in particular尤其；B. in general大体上；C. in contrast相反；D. in the meantime同时。由全文语境可知，通过文化产品的输入，欧洲和日本对美国文化的了解不可能很细致，只能是大体上的。故选B项。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：这些国家可以利用他们对美国社会和价值观的了解来增加他们在美国市场上成功的机会。A. values价值；B. economy经济；C. policies政策；D. characteristics特点。由全文语境可知，美国文化产品输出时，文化产品会带有美国社会的价值观，其他国家就能间接了解美国的价值观。故选A项。