Question

【題目】Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need..

One day, an American was driving, too fast, in the west of Ireland when he was pulled over by a police officer. “what would happen if you were to run into Mr Fog?" the officer asked angry in his thick Irish accent. Annoyed by the police officer’s manners, the American replied,”【1】” The officer stared at him strangely and said,” I said fog.”

For one moment, the American, who happens to be anthropology(人類學(xué)家), thought he had come across those who liked personifying aspects of the weather.【2】

People in Britain do not usually say “I appreciate it,” have a hard time, reach out to other people, stay focused, ask to be given a break, refer to the bottom line or get blown away. The word ”scary,” as opposed to “frightening “or "alarming " sounds childish to British ears.【3】 This is a term which, if banned in America, would cause airplanes to fall from the sky.

The phrase "to feel comfortable with" is typically American. Using the word "agreesive" positively also sounds strange across the Atlantic. The habit of using the word "like" every four seconds, widespread among American youth, has now caught on in Brain as well. Perhaps it has to do with an expectation of not sounding dogmatic(教條的).

Americans tend to say "Excuse me" when they accidentally get in your way, while the British say "Sorry.” Americans say "Excuse me" even when they are 10 paces away from you, since they are accustomed to a lot more space than people are in Europe.【4】

Brits and Americans, in short, are stranger to each other than they usually imagine. Every now and then, an American will reveal that he or she does not understand the word "fortnight(兩周), has never used a teapot or does not know how to boil an egg.

A. But it was just another case of international miscommunication.

B. Well, I guess I’d put Mr. Foot on Mr. Brake.

C. Sorry, I was driving too fast.

D. Given a choice, Brits prefer to use longer words.

E. Brits tend not to use the word “awesome”.

F. One knows one is back in the U.K, when everyone is constantly saying sorry for no reason.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】E

【4】F

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章通過(guò)故事引出了話題，描寫(xiě)了英美國(guó)家之間文化交流的差異。

【1】根據(jù)上文警察說(shuō)的話what would happen if you were to run into Mr. Fog? 以及Annoyed by the police officer’s manners, the American replied可知，這個(gè)美國(guó)司機(jī)非常生氣，該空是他說(shuō)的話，也用擬人的詞語(yǔ)，故選B。

【2】根據(jù)For one moment, the American, who happens to be anthropology, thought he had come across those who liked personifying aspects of the weather.本段說(shuō)的是一些人喜歡將天氣擬人化，而且第一段的事例是文化表達(dá)誤差的表現(xiàn)，A項(xiàng)“但是另外一種國(guó)際文化交流誤差的案例”，故選A。

【3】根據(jù)后面說(shuō)This is a term which, if banned in America, would cause airplanes to fall from the sky.描述了這個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)在美國(guó)表示的意思，可知該空應(yīng)該填一個(gè)習(xí)語(yǔ)表達(dá)，故選E。

【4】根據(jù)Americans tend to say "Excuse me" when they accidentally get in your way, while the British say "Sorry.” Americans say "Excuse me" even when they are 10 paces away from you, since they are accustomed to a lot more space than people are in Europe.可知本段主要講的是英美人對(duì)于個(gè)人空間的文化差異，該空在句末，所以是總結(jié)句，故選F。