2017届山西省阳城县高考英语阅读理解一轮优选训练（10）_高考复习指南

2017届山西省阳城县高考英语阅读理解一轮优选训练（10）

　　3．What can we learn from the passage?

　　A．Americans benefit more from working in China.

　　B．Chinese and American employees have the same experience.

　　C．Young Chinese can benefit from crosscultural partnerships.

　　D．More Americans working in China cause higher jobless rate.

　　解析　写作意图题。本文讲的是这种跨文化的合作存在许多益处，由文章的第三段可知中国的年轻人在这种跨文化的合作中得到的好处多。故选C。

　　答案　C

　　4．What does the underlined word“imbalance”in Paragraph 3 refer to?

　　A．Unfair pay levels.

　　B．Different working experience.

　　C．Unequal opportunities.

　　D．Different upbringing environment.

　　解析　词义猜测题。由第三段“Foreigners tend to earn 10 to 15 percent more than their Chinese counterparts...”知这种不平衡是指薪酬的不平衡。

　　答案　A阅读理解

　　“Tiger Mother”parenting raises media storm.A new book written by a selfdescribed Chinese descent(血统)on her superstrict parenting—Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has raised media storm and fierce debates in the U．S.

　　Amy Chua is a Yale Law School professor and the mother of two teenage girls.She is the daughter of immigrants of Chinese descent.In the Chinese culture，the tiger symbolizes strength and power.In her book Ms.Chua writes about how she demanded excellence from her daughters.For example，her daughters，Sophia and Louisa，were never allowed to attend a sleepover，be in a school play，watch TV or play computer games.They couldn't choose their own afterclass activities or get any grade less than an A．They had to play piano or violin—and no other musical instruments.She writes that if a Chinese child gets a B—which she says“would never happen”—there would be“a screaming，hairtearing explosion”．She describes making her 7yearold daughter play a piano piece perfectly—yelling and not letting her leave the bench even to use the bathroom—until it was.