Question

【題目】Americans are obsessed (著迷的) with telling their life stories. This phenomenon isn’t simply the product of the technological world. 【1】 People are eager to tell stories and are fascinated by those of others. Even at preschool, “sharing time” is a common Monday-morning activity where the teenagers will sit in a circle and take turns telling a story about something they did over the weekend.

【2】 In many Asian countries, talking about and drawing attention to oneself can be seen as socially inappropriate. People are often unwilling to share their life stories and do not encourage others to do so. But there are also times Asians do share their stories. 【3】 Asians believe that a person is largely decided by his or her social status and relationships, leaving little reason to broadcast detailed and revealing personal stories to establish a unique self.

Ironically, the more unique Americans strive to be, the greater their need to feel connected with others. In their culture of individuality, relationships are highly mobile and can be easily formed or dissolved(破裂).

Sharing personal stories brings them closer through the exchange of thoughts, feelings and desires. 【4】 But this motivation is not nearly as strong among Asians, for whom social relations are generally unconditional, obligatory(義不容辭的) and stable, and therefore require little maintenance(維護).

【5】 American parents encourage children to share their stories and create opportunities to re-experience the past with children. Asian parents, by contrast, engage their children in telling personal stories less frequently. When they do talk about a child’s experiences, they are not particularly concerned with parent-child bonding but tend to focus on disciplining the child.

A. They tend to focus more on outer facts than personal details.

B. It helps them shape their “selves” and makes them who they are.

C. Interestingly, this obsession is not necessarily shared in other cultures.

D. Talking about personal stories is to cheer people on with positive feelings.

E. It connects them like many different points, holding their society together.

F. Sharing personal stories is also an essential part in everyday conversations.

G. Parents in America and Asia differ in how they share memories with children.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】C

【3】A

【4】E

【5】G

【解析】試題分析：本文講述了為什么美國人為何樂于分享自己的故事，而亞洲人卻不以為然。

【1】F 考查句間的邏輯關(guān)系。根據(jù)文章中“Even at preschool, ‘sharing time’ is a common Monday-morning activity…”,以及“…something they did over the weekend”, 這些都是圍繞sharing personal stories的話題展開，周一晨會和周末活動都是日常活動的構(gòu)成部分，因此選F。

【2】C 考查學生概括段落的主題的能力。根據(jù)文章“In many Asian countries, talking about and drawing attention to oneself can be seen as socially inappropriate.”我們可知，該段落主要是對比美國和亞洲國家的文化差異。答案中就包含了關(guān)鍵詞shared in other cultures，故選C。

【3】A 考查句子之間的邏輯關(guān)系。根據(jù)“Asians believe that a person is largely decided by his or her social status and relationships。”可知，在亞洲，人的社會地位和關(guān)系很大程度上決定了個人。即使分享故事也傾向于一些外在的事實，而不會過多談及個人的細節(jié)。A 答案的意思就是亞洲人關(guān)注是外在的東西，而不會通過分享個人的細節(jié)來塑造獨特的自己，體現(xiàn)了段落的主題和句子的邏輯，因此選A。

【4】E 考查句子之間的邏輯關(guān)系。根據(jù)文章中“Sharing personal stories brings them closer through the exchange of thoughts…”，可知關(guān)鍵的信息是bring them closer，與所提供答案中的holding their society together屬于同一個范疇，因此選E。

【5】G 考查學生歸納段落主題的能力。根據(jù)文章中“American parents encourage children to share their stories and create opportunities to re-experience the past with children. Asian parents…,”可知，該段落圍繞美國和亞洲國家的父母和小孩是否經(jīng)常一起分享彼此的故事，因此選G。