5. From paragraph 1 we can know that in America ______.

　　A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self­made man

　　B. people can always rise to the top through their own efforts

　　C. college professors win great respect from common workers

　　D. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors

　　解析：细节题。 根据 A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self­made men...我们可以了解到，"崇尚自我奋斗"是美国文化的特点。

　　答案：A

　　6. According to the passage the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because ________.

　　A. servants in America are hard to get

　　B. she takes pride in what she can do herself

　　C. she can hardly afford servants

　　D. it is easy to prepare a meal with canned food

　　解析：推断题。根据This attitude toward manual(体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life.(在美国生活的方方面面，尊重体力劳动态度的现象仍然随处可见)，可以推断女主人亲自下厨，是因为她以能做这样的体力活而自豪。

　　答案：B

　　7. The expression "wait on table" in the second paragraph means "________"．

　　A. work in a furniture shop

　　B. keep accounts for a bar

　　C. wait to lay the table

　　D. serve customers in a restaurant

　　解析：词义猜测题。wait on table 意为"服务顾客"，注意其后的 washing dishes 也有一定的暗示意义，故答案为 D。

　　答案：D

　　8. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

　　A. A Respectable Self­made Family

　　B. American Attitude Toward Manual Labor

　　C. Characteristics of American Culture

　　D. The Development of Manual Labor

　　解析：主旨题。纵观全文，文章主要讲了美国崇尚自我奋斗，尊重体力劳动的文化习惯。故答案为B。

　　答案：B

　　Ⅵ.短文改错

One day there was a blind man sat on the steps of a building with a sign by his feet that read: "I am blind please help." The kind and creative artist was walking by the blind man and stopped to observing that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He put a few of his own coins in the hat and with stopping to ask for permission took the sign turned it around and wrote a new message. He had then placed the sign by the feet of the blind man and left. Late that afternoon the artist returned by the blind man