When you think of American culture, what first comes to your mind? McDonald’s? Coca Cola?

When you think of American culture, what first comes to your mind? McDonald’s? Coca Cola? Levi’s? Disneyland? Michael Jordan? Julia Roberts? Many people 1 American culture is a 2 of popular symbols like these. Actually, these symbols are only one 3 part of American culture—pop culture.
What is pop culture? Well, pop is 4 for popular. The origins of pop culture can often be traced to popular movies, television shows, music stars and sports figures. Pop culture is 5 promoted by business and advertising. The most 6 examples of American pop culture appear among high school and college students. Trends (趋势) 7 by famous personalities quickly become part of young people’s 8 .
American pop culture has spread around the world. One major reason for its 9 is that English is a universal language. English is the language of diplomacy, international business and transportation. 10 language and culture go together, learning English means becoming 11 of English-speaking cultures. Besides, America is a world 12 in movies, music and magazines. The kind of American culture 13 in those media is pop culture. Finally, pop culture is easy to package and to 14 . For that reason, it is easy to “sell” to the world.
Many people believe that American pop culture is what American is all 15 . Does pop culture 16 the true culture of America? Yes and no. Pop culture does 17 a portion (比例) of American society — especially the 18 young people that are tuned in to the media. But American pop culture is faddish (流行一时的) and 19 . If you want to learn about real American culture, you’ll have to go a little 20 than McDonald’s.
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(答案→)B 解析：本文主要讲了流行文化并不是美国文化的全部，如果想要真正地了解美国文化，就不能仅仅是停留在美国的流行文化这个表面层次上。【小题1】这里想说，许多人想象美国文化就是像这样流行标志的集合，wonder想知道 imagine想象 wish祝愿 pretend假装，故选B。【小题2】这里想说，许多人想象美国文化就是像这样流行标志的集合，collection集合，故选D。【小题3】这里想说这些标志仅仅是美国文化的一小部分，small小的，故选A。【小题4】这里想说pop是popular的简称，be short for是……的简称，故选D。【小题5】 这里想说流行文化也被商业和广告业推进，also也，故选C。【小题6】这里想说美国流行文化最普通的例子出现在高中和大学生中，common普通的，故选B。【小题7】这里想说名人树立的榜样很快成了年轻人的生活方式，set树立（榜样等），故选A。【小题8】这里想说名人树立的榜样很快成了年轻人的生活方式，故选D，lifestyles生活方式。【小题9】这里想说它的流行的一个主要原因就是英语是世界语，popularity流行，故选B。【小题10】这里表示自从语言和文化交融，Since自从，故选D。【小题11】这里想表达学英语意味着知道英语文化，aware意识到，故选A。【小题12】这里想表达美国是世界电影、音乐、杂志的领导者，leader领导者，故选C。【小题13】这里想表达美国文化与媒体的交流，communicated交流，故选B。【小题14】这里想表达最终，流行文化很容易包装并且出口，export出口，故选D。【小题15】这里想表达许多人相信美国的流行文化就是关于美国文化的全部，故选B。【小题16】这里想表达流行文化反应出了美国真正的文化吗？reflect反应，显示，故选A。【小题17】这里想表达流行文化确实代表了美国社会的比例，represent代表，故选C。【小题18】这里想表达特别是出现在媒体面前的城市年轻人，故选A，urban城市的。【小题19】根据But American pop culture is faddish (流行一时的)，故选C。【小题20】这里想表达你需要比麦当劳走的更远，farther更远地，故选B。

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