温馨提示：手机用户请点击下方“原网页”或“电脑版”进行查看本文，效果最佳！
Glacier National Park has almost all its original native plant and animal species. The park has numerous ecosystems ranging from prairie to tundra. Notably, the easternmost forests of western redcedar grow in the southwest portion of the park.
Glacier National Park borders Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada—the two parks are known as the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park and were designated as the world's first International Peace Park in 1932. Both parks were designated by the United Nations as Biosphere Reserves in 1976, and in 1995 as World Heritage sites.  
58. The passage is written to         .
  A. recommend Glacier National Park to travellers
  B. illustrate the development of Glacier National Park
  C. warn the world of the progressively worsening climate
  D. give a brief introduction of Glacier National Park
59. What’s the right order about the history of Glacier National Park?
  a. the federal government controlled the lands. 
  b. native Americans inhabited the Glacier area.
  c. Glacier National Park was established. 
  d. the glaciers formed, expanded and moved.
  e. the Europeans arrived and dominated the place.
  A. d, b, a, e, c        B. d, a, b, e, c       C. d, b, e, a, c      D. d, e, b, a, c    
60. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
  A. people have been able to drive to the center of the Park since it was established.
  B. extremely early life found anywhere on Earth exists in Glacier National Park now.
  C. massive glacial action affected the lakes and mountain ranges of the Park.
D. Glacier National Park is officially called the world's first International Peace Park.
C
Several years ago, Jeremy Clarkson, presenter of the famous BBC television programme ‘Top Gear’, discovered that one of his guests was half German and half Irish. Immediately, he said: “That’s quite an odd combination. It’s like, ‘this must be done absolutely perfectly… tomorrow’”.
This joke played on stereotypes (刻板印象) of the Germans as efficient and the Irish as lazy. Many people could understandably be offended by these kinds of assertions. We do not know every Irish person, so how can we then conclude that every Irish person is lazy?
I recently read on a website that Irish business people were described as being ‘generally rather casual’ and ‘more outwardly friendly than many European countries’'. German business people, on the other hand, are considered to be very direct and according to the website, they ‘do not need a personal relationship in order to do business’. Once you hear advice like this, it becomes easier to understand where jokes like the one in the first paragraph come from.
So why do some people disapprove of the kind of stereotypes as seen in Clarkson’s joke, but not batting an eyelid when it comes to generalisations. What is the difference between the two?
By definition, a stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. A cultural characteristic, on the other hand, is a pattern of behaviour that is typical of a certain group.
So what does this really mean? Stereotypes are simply overstated assumptions about groups of people. Imagine if a tourist visited a small town in Switzerland and saw a number of locals playing the alphorn instrument, and then claimed that Swiss people can play the alphorn. This would be a stereotype! This is an overstated image of the Swiss which is based on one tourist’s experience.
If, however, this tourist were to say that the Swiss are very punctual, this could be seen as a cultural characteristic. This is because it is a pattern of behaviour which is very typical in Switzerland: from their transport system to their business meetings.
In this way, some people argue that generalising another culture is not just useful, but important. Politicians always have to be mindful of the cultural characteristics of different countries. By becoming aware of different cultural characteristics, they can avoid causing offence in those cultures.[:]
However, others argue that generalising cultures will always lead to offensive stereotypes. They argue that the best thing we can do is to stop generalising cultures and start treating people as individuals.
All this raises important questions: can making generalisations about groups of people be a positive thing? Or should we always avoid making broad assumptions about different groups?
61. When he said, “It’s like, ‘this must be done absolutely perfectly… tomorrow’”, Jeremy Clarkson really meant ___________.
A. the Germans will do it perfectly tomorrow while the Irish won’t
B. the combination of half German and half Irish is interesting
C. the characteristics of the Germans and the Irish are opposite
D. the stereotypes of the Germans and the Irish are not so good
62. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?[:]
A. The Irish people are considered as lazy, direct and casual.
B. The Germans are thought to be efficient, friendly and direct.
C. The Swiss can play the alphorn quite well.
D. It’s typical of the Swiss to be punctual.
63. Politicians think it important to generalize another culture because ________.
A. they think different cultural characteristics are useful
B. they don’t want to offend other people
C. cultural characteristics are better than stereotypes
D. generalizing will lead to offensive stereotypes
64. The main purpose of this passage is to ____________.
A. discuss whether it is good to make generalizations about groups of people
B. tell us the differences between stereotypes and cultural characteristics
C. illustrate the importance of making generalizations
D. show it is wrong to play jokes on stereotypes of different people
高考英语模拟试题库  http://www.17xuexiba.com/yy/