Question

Bowing is a very important custom in Japan. Unlike people in many other countries, they greet each other by bowing instead of shaking hands. It is impolite not to return a bow to whoever bows to you.

Bowing has many functions in one. It expresses the feeling of respect, thanks, regret, and so on. You can bow when you say, “thank you”, “sorry”, “hello”, “goodbye”, “congratulations”, “excuse me”, “good morning”, and more.

Bowing seems simple, but there are different ways of bowing. Bowing techniques vary from a small nod of the head to a long, 90-degree bow. It depends on the social position or age of the person you bow to. If your opposite is of higher social position or older than yourself, you are supposed to bow deeper and longer than him or her. It is polite to bow from your waist. Men usually keep their hands at their sides, and women usually put their hands together on their legs with their fingers touching. If it is not a very formal situation, you can bow by nodding. The most common bow is a bow of about 15 degrees.

You might feel strange doing it, but try to bow in Japan. You will be considered very polite!

1.The author writes the passage mainly to _____.

A．introduce the history of bowing in Japan

B．describe the purposes of bowing in Japan

C．describe different ways of bowing in Japan

D．introduce the Japanese custom of bowing

2.By saying “Bowing has many functions in one”, the author means that _____.

A．one kind of bow has many similar functions

B．people can express different feelings by bowing

C．people bow to express their feelings

D．the more times you bow, the more respect you receive

3.How people greet in many countries?

A．by bowing                             B．by shaking hands

C．by kissing each other                     D．by touching

4.If an assistant wants to show respect to her professor, she may bow like _____.

A            B          C           D

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹了日本的鞠躬，以及不同的鞠躬姿勢(shì)所表達(dá)的不同的含義。

1.D 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容Bowing is a very important custom in Japan. Unlike people in many other countries, they greet each other by bowing instead of shaking hands. It is impolite not to return a bow to whoever bows to you.可知本文主要講述的是日本文化中的鞠躬。故D正確。

2.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段前3行It expresses the feeling of respect, thanks, regret, and so on. You can bow when you say, “thank you”, “sorry”, “hello”, “goodbye”, “congratulations”, “excuse me”, “good morning”, and more.可知不同的鞠躬姿勢(shì)表達(dá)的是不同的意思。故B正確。

3.B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段第二句Unlike people in many other countries, they greet each other by bowing instead of shaking hands.可知在別的國(guó)家主要是通過(guò)握手來(lái)進(jìn)行問(wèn)候。故B正確。

4.D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段women usually put their hands together on their legs with their fingers touching.和If your opposite is of higher social position or older than yourself, you are supposed to bow deeper and longer than him or her. It is polite to bow from your waist.可知對(duì)教授鞠躬要從腰部以下開始，女性的雙手要放在腿上，手指要觸摸。故D項(xiàng)正確。

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要介紹了日本的鞠躬，以及不同的鞠躬姿勢(shì)所表達(dá)的不同的含義。本文細(xì)節(jié)題居多，答題時(shí)在文章找到對(duì)應(yīng)的地方，用筆進(jìn)行標(biāo)記，這有利于后期有時(shí)間檢查時(shí)可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細(xì)理解作者所講的意思，再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，通過(guò)排除法和自己對(duì)全文的把握，選出正確答案。