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【題目】It’s inevitable for us to meet and contact with strangers. Also talking to strangers matters but how does it work? There are unwritten rules we tend to follow. The rules are very different depending on what country we’re in and what culture we’re in.

In most parts of the US, the baseline expectation in public is that we maintain a balance between politeness and privacy. This is known as civil inattention(禮貌性疏忽). So, imagine two people are walking towards each other on the street. They’ll glance or wave at each other from a distance. That’s the civility. And then as they get closer, they’ll look away, to give each other some space.

In other cultures, people go to extraordinary lengths not to interact at all. People from Denmark are unwilling to talk to strangers, and they would rather miss their stop on the bus than say “excuse me” to someone that they need to get around. They move the backpacks on purpose or use their bodies to say that they need to get past, instead of using two words.

In Egypt, it’s rude to ignore a stranger, and there’s a remarkable culture of hospitality. Strangers might ask each other for a sip of water. Or, if you ask someone for directions, they’re very likely to invite you home for coffee. We see these unwritten rules most clearly when they’re broken, or when you’re in a new place and you’re trying to figure out what the right thing to do is.

When you talk to strangers, you’re making beautiful interruptions into the expected narrative of your daily life and theirs. You’re making unexpected connections. If you don’t talk to strangers, you’re missing out on all of that. We spend a lot of time teaching our children about strangers. What would happen if we spent more time teaching ourselves? We could make a space for change.

【1】Which of the following can be regarded as civil inattention in most parts of the US?

A. Avoiding talking to strangers.

B. Glancing at each other anytime.

C. Greeting someone in the distance.

D. Inviting strangers home for coffee.

【2】How does a Dane get past on the bus?

A. By saying “excuse me” politely.

B. By tapping others on the shoulders.

C. By forcing his way through people.

D. By making a gesture.

【3】Why does the author advise making a space for change?

A. To let us create private space between strangers and us.

B. To let us show hospitality to strangers.

C. To let us make improvement on how to treat strangers.

D. To let us maintain a balance between politeness and privacy.

【4】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. How to contact with strangers.

B. Different rules of treating strangers.

C. The meaning of civil inattention.

D. Making unexpected connections.

Answer 1

【答案】The rules are very different depending on what country we’re in and what culture we’re in.B項(xiàng)Different rules of treating strangers

【解析】試題分析：我們不可避免的會(huì)遇到陌生人，怎么和陌生人打交道呢？文章給出了不同的文化和國(guó)家的一些不成文的規(guī)則，幫助我們理解如何與陌生人交流。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的句子They’ll glance or wave at each other from a distance. That’s the civility. And then as they get closer, they’ll look away, to give each other some space.可知，在美國(guó)的大部分地區(qū)，人們從遠(yuǎn)處給別人打招呼，走的近了就把目光看向別處，這被稱(chēng)作禮貌性疏忽。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句They move the backpacks on purpose or use their bodies to say that they need to get past, instead of using two words.可知，丹麥人通過(guò)一些手勢(shì)表明他們要通過(guò)。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段的兩個(gè)問(wèn)句We spend a lot of time teaching our children about strangers. What would happen if we spent more time teaching ourselves?可知，我們花費(fèi)時(shí)間教給孩子們了解陌生人，如果我們花費(fèi)更多的時(shí)間讓我們自己去了解陌生人會(huì)發(fā)生什么呢，接下來(lái)講述我們可以為了改變創(chuàng)造空間，再結(jié)合上文講述的如何和陌生人交往推斷，作者通過(guò)這句話是為了讓我們?cè)谌绾螌?duì)待陌生人上做出一些改變。故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。縱觀全文可知，第一段為主題段，主題句是There are unwritten rules we tend to follow. The rules are very different depending on what country we’re in and what culture we’re in.因此可知，文章主要講述如何與陌生人打交道，不同的文化和國(guó)家有不同的不成文與陌生人打交道的規(guī)則。故選B。