Question

【題目】 My name is Wu Zhou. I have lived in Canada for twenty-three years. In Canada, I call myself Joe Wu. Joe is an English name that sounds like Zhou.

Though I have lived here for a long time, I still don’t feel Canadian. This is probably because there are so many differences between Chinese manners and North American ones.

In China, if someone says that your English is excellent, you should be modest（謙虛的） and say, “Oh, no. My English is still poor.” But in North America, this is usually a sign of being weak and not confident. People just say, “Thank you.”

In Canada, people only ask children about their ages. It’s not polite to ask about an adult’s age. They think it is private. But in China this is common in many places.

In China, it is polite to offer an elderly person a seat on the bus. In North America, however, an elderly person may feel embarrassed（不好意思的） about being offered a seat.

When Chinese people eat out in restaurants, they may take turns to pay for the meal. In Canada, however, people often share the cost of a meal.

In China, if there is no food left on guests’ plates, it’s polite to put food on them. In Canada, people pass food to guests, but seldom put food on their plates.

In China, guests seldom give money to waiters, waitresses, taxi drivers or hotel workers to show thanks. In North America, this is always done. It is called “tipping”.

It’s interesting to experience two different cultures. I think understanding cultural differences really helps us to understand each other, live together and work together.

【1】Wu Zhou is a person who_____________ .

A.feels CanadianB.is weak and not confident

C.is called Joe Wu in CanadaD.has lived in China for 23 years

【2】The underlined word “tipping” refers to “_____________”.

A.giving money to show thanksB.paying for the meal

C.offering a seat to an old personD.passing food to guests

【3】Elderly Canadians might feel_____________ when they are offered seats on the buses.

A.happyB.embarrassedC.comfortableD.worried

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A.Canadian CultureB.Different Manners

C.Hard Life in CanadaD.A Person Named Wu Zhou

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】

文章大意：文中Wu Zhou講述了她在加拿大的經(jīng)歷和東西方國家禮節(jié)的不同。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In Canada, I call myself Joe Wu. Joe is an English name that sounds like Zhou. 在加拿大，我叫自己吳喬。喬是一個聽起來像周的英文名字。故選C。

【2】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)In China, guests seldom give money to waiters, waitresses, taxi drivers or hotel workers to show thanks. In North America, this is always done. It is called “tipping”. 在中國，客人很少給服務(wù)員、服務(wù)員、出租車司機(jī)或酒店員工送錢以示謝意。在北美，這是經(jīng)常做的。這叫做“小費(fèi)”，故此tipping意思是給服務(wù)人員小費(fèi)來表示感謝。故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In China, it is polite to offer an elderly person a seat on the bus. In North America, however, an elderly person may feel embarrassed（不好意思的）about being offered a seat. 在中國，在公共汽車上給老人讓座是有禮貌的。然而，在北美，老年人可能會因被提供座位而感到“尷尬”。故選B。

【4】最佳標(biāo)題題。根據(jù)文中Wu Zhou講述了在加拿大的經(jīng)歷和東西方國家禮節(jié)的不同。 體驗(yàn)兩種不同的文化是很有趣的，作者認(rèn)為了解文化差異真的有助于我們相互了解，生活在一起，工作在一起。故選B。