Question

Meeting people from another culture can be difficult. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal. Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a  relationship.
Different cultures emphasize (強(qiáng)調(diào)) the importance of relationship building to a greater or less degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in “small talk”,usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countires--- like the UK or France--- people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.
Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected may speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realised that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.
Even within Northern Europe, cultural diffeerences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.
People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment (多元文化環(huán)境)will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.
【小題1】In some countires, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to ___________.

A．develop closer relations	B．share the same culture
C．get to know each other	D．keep each other company

【小題2】The author mentions his experience in Thailand to show that ______.
A, the English prefer to make long speeches
B.too many words are of no use
C.people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature
D.even talk and silence can be culturally different
【小題3】According to the text, how can people from different cultures understand each other better?

A．By sharing different ways of life

B．By accepting different habits.

C．By recognizing different values

D．By speaking each other’s language.

【小題4】What would be the best title for the text?

A．Multicultural Environment

B．Cross-Cultural Differences

C．How to Understand Each Other

D．How to Build Up a Relationship

Answer 1

【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：本文論述了的是多元文化背景下，人們交往的不同方式及跨越文化的差異。只有尊重不同的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣，才能相互理解。
【小題1】根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句“… people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office.”可知。
【小題2】文章第三段舉出了在Thailand 一次討論會(huì)的例子，證明談話方式各國(guó)也是不同的。
【小題3】根據(jù)全文，只有了解不同文化背景和不同文化習(xí)慣，人們才會(huì)相互理解。
【小題4】本文說(shuō)的是多元文化背景下，人們交往的不同凡是，跨越文化的差異。只有尊重不同的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣，才能相互理解。
考點(diǎn)：文化類閱讀。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文論述了的是多元文化背景下，人們交往的不同方式及跨越文化的差異。文章采取了舉例論證的方法，注意每段的開(kāi)頭句，本文中每段的開(kāi)頭句即是每個(gè)段落的大意，把握好文章的開(kāi)頭句就把握好了文章的整體結(jié)構(gòu)，可以提高閱讀效率。