2020屆高考英語Units 11～12 Key to success Education 知識點復習
most americans enjoy helping a stranger.most people will stop，smile at you，and help you find your way or answer your questions.but you must let them know that you need help.otherwise they are likely to pass you by，not noticing that you are new to the city and in need of help.
1.many people who first visit the united states will find that ________.
a.the country is developing very fast
b.american people always seem to be in a rush
c.the fast pace in american life often causes trouble
d.americans are impatient and unreasonable people
解析：細節題。從第一段“one’s first impression is likely to be that everyone is in a
rush.”可得出答案。
答案：b
2.“you will miss smiles” in paragraph 2 probably means ________.
a.you will notice that americans are pleasant people
b.you will think that americans don’t live a happy life
c.you will feel that americans do not seem very friendly
d.you will find that americans have little sense of humor
解析：邏輯推理題。從第二段中第一句話“at first，this may seem unfriendly to you.”可
以推斷出答案。
答案：c
3.the last two paragraphs seem to suggest that ________.
a.life in new york is faster than that in any other city
b.people living outside big cities are lazy and slow
c.most american people enjoy living in big cities
d.the busy city people are not as unfriendly as they appear
解析：總結概括題。最后兩段主要論述了行色匆匆的美國人對外地人的友善和幫助，因
此可以概括出作者意圖是闡明匆忙的城市人并非看起來那么不友好。
答案：d
4.the author mentions tokyo，singapore and paris because ________.
a.they are different from american cities
b.they are among the world’s biggest cities
c.city people worldwide have much in common
d.they are as wellknown as new york city
解析：邏輯分析題。從第一段中“city people always appear to be hurrying...”和第二段
中“often，life is much slower outside the big cities，as is true in other countries as well.”
可知此處作者舉例是為說明全球大城市中的人們生活節奏十分相似。
答案：c