Question

Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing(令人迷惑的). Some Americans who taught English in other countries recently talked about their experiences.

On her first day in Micronesia(密克羅尼西亞), an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. It was hot. She went into a store and asked, “Do you have cold drinks? ” The woman there said nothing. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows(眉毛), which in Micronesia means “yes”.

Jane remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria(保加利亞), a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today?” He nodded his head. Jane waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means “no”.

Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. Some nod and others shake. He thought some students had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon knew that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean “yes” or “no”.

1.These Americans in the passage found that they__________ .

A. should go abroad for vacations

B. needed to learn foreign languages

C. should often discuss their experiences

D. had problems with communication in other countries

2.People in Micronesia show “yes” by ________ .

A. nodding heads B. raising eyebrows C. shaking heads D. saying “no”

3.Tom misunderstood（誤解）his class at first because_______ .

A. he didn’t know much about Indian culture

B. he didn’t explain everything clearly enough

C. some students didn’t speak English

D. he didn’t know where the students came from

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. In Bulgaria, nodding heads means “no”.

B. Jane taught English on a Pacific island.

C. Lisa was trying to buy some cabbage.

D. In India, only shaking heads means “yes”.

5.The passage is mainly about_________ .

A. body language in foreign restaurants

B. class discussion in Indian schools

C. different language cultures in different countries

D. English teaching in other countries

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章的主要意思是在不同文化的國家里生活可能是很令人興奮的，但同時因為文化的不同，風俗習慣的不同，也可能會帶來一些問題，使你感到困惑。文章中給我們舉了三個這樣的例子，例子中的三個人就遇到了這種因文化不同而帶來困惑的情況。

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4.冷飲；D選項在印度有的地方搖頭是“是”，但有的地方不是，故D也不對。

5.由于對那些國家的語言文化不了解，所以在這三個故事中出了一些笑話。故選C。

考點：文化類短文閱讀。