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.
【小題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

【小題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

【小題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.

【小題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.

【小題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

【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】D
【小題4】B
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：文章介紹了中美教育文化中的差異。中國大學(xué)有圍墻，而美國的大學(xué)沒有。文化向外伸展著，而不是將知識封閉起來。綠色的草坪將大學(xué)校園和社區(qū)連接了起來。那是所有渴求知識的人們的共同家園。這不僅僅是建筑風(fēng)格或是教育方式的不同，而且是一種觀念，一種溝通的愿望�！�
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)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.”適應(yīng)一種新文化的困難時期按理說該是我在北京大學(xué)上學(xué)的那個學(xué)期。故選A。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)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”也是當(dāng)?shù)厣鐓^(qū)的一個組成部分，不僅對在校學(xué)生是開放的。故選D。
【小題3】推理題：根據(jù)最后一段中“Walls enclose and separate; schools expand and integrate(合并). The very idea seemed fundamentally incompatible.”圍墻的作用是封閉和隔離，然而，學(xué)校的宗旨則是要擴展學(xué)生的知識，擴展學(xué)生對外面世界的了解，這兩個概念是根本不相容的，由此可知“wall”和“school”代表的意義是相互矛盾的。故選D。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)最后一段中““No, I’ve never seen or heard of a university encircled by a wall.” My Chinese friend seemed puzzled.”"沒有，我沒見過也沒聽說過美國的大學(xué)有圍墻"。我的中國朋友似乎有點兒不解，可知我的中國同學(xué)對美國大學(xué)沒有圍墻吃驚。故選B。
【小題5】推理題：根據(jù)文章最后一句“As China continues to open up to the outside world, these walls seem increasingly out of place.”在中國對外開放的進(jìn)程中，圍墻似乎顯得越來越?jīng)]有用，可知在中國開放的態(tài)度中圍墻的存在是不恰當(dāng)?shù)�。故選D。
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