完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） Americans prefer to try every way to have fun, for example, they drive their own cars, some even tow a small boat after vehicle. They start from Los Angeles, California under sun, through four or five hundred miles to go to La Fulin, Colorado to spend weekends while Chinese people are still with work, and have dinner at home together with families in weekends or time watching TV. The difference is mainly due to cultural customs and traditions the two countries. It is said that Chinese people are living for others, while Americans are for. When Chinese people come to the United States, they fight forfirst, and then desperately make money after they are recognized by others. It seems that, the purpose to earn money is not to enjoy life,for their following generations sons and daughters and even grandchildren. Chinese people prefer to save money emergency, such as illness. Although Chinese people with in the United States don’t need to worry about their own social welfare and health insurance, they work still very hard, as they hope that they can more money. Chinese people’s interest is in the amount on the passbook（存折）, so they spend money usually. Most of Chinese are very thrifty（节约的）, and they are to spend money, but there are exceptions. They are willing to spend money on their. Many Chinese people think that, they endure（容忍） many, so they wish that their children could live much better. Therefore, in the United States elementary schools, you can see that those who the best, with more pocket money are Chinese students. In contrast, American children dress very simply, with just a little pocket money. Chinese, Americans believe in living for themselves. They do everything for their own., they earn money to enjoy alife, and pursue a higher quality of life. As for their own parents or children, they think that parents have their own pension and social welfare, and children should live a(n) life when they are 18’ years old. So they could boldly spend money on themselves., Americans save little money. In the street, it is easy for Chinese to take out 300-400 dollars, but it is hard to say for Americans.
试题分析：本文主要讲的是中美人的生活方式以及思想观念方面的差异。美国人会寻找多种方式给自己的生活增添乐趣，中国人却往往忙于工作。中国人崇尚节约，但很舍得给孩子花钱，美国人却不然。 【小题1】考查动词辨析。A跑；B开车，驾驶；C去；D走。前文提到是drive their own cars，故选B。 【小题2】考查固定搭配。前文讲的是美国人会寻找多种方式来享受他们的假期，中国人在假期仍忙着工作，所以这里应该是忙于做某事be busy with sth. 故选C。 【小题3】考查动词辨析。Spend, take, cost, pay都有花费的意思，但在短文中__ time watching TV，根据动词搭配spend some time (in) doing sth. 故选A。 【小题4】考查介词辨析A穿过；B给，对于；C在……之间（三者或三者以上）D在……之间（二者）。短文讲的是每美国和中国之间，故选D。 【小题5】考查人称代词用法。介词后的人称代词应该用宾格。故排除B和D。前文用的是Americans是一个复数形式，此处应该用.宾格的复数形式，故选C。 【小题6】考查名词辨析。A生存；B剩余物；C存在；D物质。文中讲的是中国人去美国首先就是要解决自己的生存问题，故选A。 【小题7】考查介词以及上下文理解问题。A或者。表选择;；B不，否；C而是，但是，表转折；D和，表并列。中国人挣钱的目的不是为了去享受生活，而是为了让自己的下一代过得更好。故选C。 【小题8】考查介词短语。A拥有；B由于；C尽管；D万一。中国人节约钱是为了以备不时之需，后文中的illness给了我们很好的提示，故选D。 【小题9】考查名词辨析。A身份（确认）；B压力；C名声；D力量。文中don’t need to worry about their own social welfare and health insurance这里讲的是中国人在美国的身份已经得到了认可，故选A。 【小题10】考查动词辨析。A借（进来）；B给；C使用；D节约。短文中讲的是中国人喜欢节约钱。故选D。 【小题11】考查形容词辨析。A大的；B少的，修饰可数名词的复数形式；C多的，修饰不可数名词的复数形式；D少的，修饰不可数名词。文中修饰的是money这个不可数名词，故选D。 【小题12】考查形容词辨析。A容易的；B不情愿的；C愿意的；D高兴的。前文Most of Chinese are very thrifty（节约的），讲的中国人很节约，故选B。 【小题13】考查名词辨析。A孩子；B亲人；C父母；D朋友。文中讲的是中国人很舍得给孩子们花钱，后文中有写到so they wish that their children could live much better，故选A。 【小题14】考查名词辨析。A艰辛；B问题；C困难；D痛苦。这里讲的是中国的父母经历了很多的艰辛，文中的endure忍受，给了我们很好的提示。故选A。 【小题15】考查动词辨析。A匹配，搭配；B装饰，装扮；C和D都是“穿”，文中写的是中国学生通常比美国学生穿得好，讲的是一种状态，故选D。 【小题16】考查介词短语问题。A不同于；B感兴趣的是；C类似于；D多亏了。此处表达的是一种承上启下的关系，对前文中美两国孩子差异的一个解释，故选A。 【小题17】考查介词问题。A然而，表转折；B然而，表转折；C因此；D自从，因为。文中这里讲的是一种因果关系，故选C。 【小题18】考查形容词辨析。A和B都是good的比较级，但better是形容词词性，而well是副词词性，所以这里用的是better修饰后面的life这个名词，故选A。 【小题19】考查形容词辨析。A单独的，单一的；B独立的；C不同的；D舒适的。美国孩子18岁就开始自己独立生活了，故选B。 【小题20】考查介词短语问题。A在那种情况下；B总体上，总的来说；C以这种方式；D结果。前文 So they could boldly spend money on themselves，而后文又写到他们基本上没有什么存款，所以在此处表达的意思是结果。故选D。 考点：考查记叙文阅读