【课堂新坐标】2016-2017学年高中英语 Unit 12 Culture Shock单元综合测评 北师大版必修4.docVIP

Unit 12 Culture Shock Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) A I ran into quite a few language problems while vacationing(度假) with my family last summer.The most embarrassing was when my mom apologized to the people we were staying with because her “pants were dirty”．They looked at her in amazement，not knowing how to react.You see，Mom had fallen over and gotten mud on her jeans.But in Britain，“pants” means underpants or knickers(内裤)，not trousers as it does back home. Katie—From America I went to stay with a friend on the west coast last summer.Her flat was on the first floor of a high-rise building so I got the lift up.Then I wandered round for ages looking for her flat but couldnt find it.Fed up and tired，I finally had to go out to find a phone box.She explained that her flat was on the first floor，which for me meant the ground floor. David—From Britain When I asked for the “restroom” in a big department store，people kept directing(指引) me to a room with seats where I could sit and “rest”．It took me years to get through to (使……明白)someone that I only wanted the toilet! Tom—From America Last summer we went on a two-week family touring holiday，so Dad hired a car over the Internet.This was an old vehicle and there turned out to be lots of things wrong with it.When he phoned the hire company and tried to explain that the lock on the boot was broken，they thought he was talking about footwear! He had no idea their word for “boot” was “trunk”．In the end we went to a garage and just solved the problem. Mary—From Britain 【语篇解读】　分享几个有趣的小故事，说明英式英语和美式英语间存在的文化差异。 1．Hearing Katies mothers words，Katies friends were in amazement because ________. A．Katies mother got mud on her jeans B．Katies mothers underpants were dirty C．they mistook “pants” in American for underpants D．they didnt know English 【解析】　推理判断题。Mom had fallen over and gotten mud on her jeans妈妈摔倒了，裤子上沾到了泥。my mom apologized to the people we were staying with because her “pants were dirty”妈妈因此向和我们一起的人表示抱歉。But in Britain，“pants”means und