2012届高三英语二轮复习精品课件：第3模块-阅读理解-专题五文化型阅读理解-大纲版专题五文化型阅读理解专题五文化型阅读理解专题五文化型阅读理解专题五│专题导读文化类阅读理解文章属高考常选材料之一。这类文章常涉及文化、教育、法制、宗教等方面的文学艺术、发明创造、文化遗产保护、宗教与文化、风俗与习惯、道德与法制、中外文学名著节选、各国学校教育、家庭教育等等。这类材料的命题点往往落在主旨大意题、事实细节题上。在做这类阅读理解题时，应注意以下几个方面：专题导读专题五│专题导读1.先题后文。先读题目，再带着问题读文章。这类阅读理解文章相对来说事实细节题稍多一点，如果带着问题读文章，有利于我们抓细节。2.先做细节题。因为做完了局部性的事实细节题后，自然会加深我们对文章的理解，这样更有利于做主旨大意题。3.重点敲定主旨题。主旨大意题提问的形式主要有两大类：一类是Mainidea型；一类是Topic或Title型。专题五│真题典例[2011·全国卷Ⅱ]ThewaywedothingsroundhereSomeyearsago，IwashiredbyanAmericanbank.IreceivedaletterfromtheheadofthePersonnelDepartmentthatstarted，“DearJohn,Iamquitepleasedthatyouhavedecidedtojoinus.”That“quite”saddenedme.Ithoughthewassaying“we'rekindofpleasedyoudecidedtojoinus真题典例专题五│真题典例althoughIwishwehadhiredsomeoneelse.”ThenIdiscoveredthatinAmericanEnglish“quite”sometimesmeans“very”，whileinBritishEnglishitmeans“fairly”．SothefirstlessonaboutworkinginothercountriesistolearnthelanguageandbythatIdon'tjustmeanthewordspeoplespeak.Itisbodylanguage，dress，manners，ideasandsoon.Thewaypeopledothingshighlightsmanyofthedifferencesweseebetweencultures(文化)．专题五│真题典例Someofthesedifferencesmaybeonlyonthesurface—dress，foodandhoursofwork—whileothersmaybedeeperandtakelongertodealwith.Mostly，itisjustaquestionofgettingusedtothedifferencesandacceptingthem，liketheclimate(气候)，whilegettingonwithbusiness.Someofthedifferencesmaybeanimprovement.Peoplearemorepolite；theserviceisbetter；youaskforsomethingtobedoneandithappenswithouthavingtoaskagain.However，otherdifferencescanbetroubling，like专题五│真题典例punctuality(准时)．Ifyouinvitepeopletoapartyat7o'clockyourguestswillconsideritpolitetoturnupexactlyontimeinGermany，fiveminutesearlyintheAmericanMidwest，anhourearlyinJapan,15minutesafterwardsintheUK，uptoanhourafterwardsinItalyandsometimeintheeveninginGreece.Iprefernottousetheword“late”becausethereisnothingwrongwiththetimespeoplearrive.Itissimplytheacceptedthingtodointheirowncountry.专题五│真题典例【要点综述】作者以自己在美国的一次找工作的经历，说明了在国外工作了解外国文化差异的重要性。专题五│真题典例()1.TheauthorwasunhappyasmentionedinParagraph1becausehethought________.A．theAmericanbankdidn'tthinkmuchofhimB．theAmericanbankmighthireanotherpersonC．it'sdifficulttogetusedtoAmericancultureD．it'seasytomisunderstandAmericans专题五│真题典例【解析】A细节理解题。根据第一段的第三句话That“quite”saddenedme.和第四句话Ithoughthewassaying“we'rekindofpleasedyoudecidedtojoinusalthoughIwishwehadhiredsomeoneelse.”可知是A。结合下面的解释AmericanEnglish“quite”的意思，可知B“这家银行打算雇用另外一个人”错误。C“难以习惯美国文化”和D“容易误解美国人”与事实不符。专题五│真题典例()2.Theword“highlights”inParagraph2probablymeans________.A．encouragesB．helpstonarrowC．increasesD．drawsattentionto【解析】2．D词义猜测题。从第二段的最后一句话画线部分前面的Thewaypeopledothings和后面的manyofthedifferencesweseebetweencultures可知这里的highlights是“吸引注意力”的意思。A项意为“鼓励”...
