Many years ago, I had my first chance to visit Russia. "Russians are a very polite people," I had been told before my arrival. One of my friends explained that a gentleman will pour the lemonade for the ladies and show other good manners.
Toward the end of my three-week trip, I was invited by my Russian friend Nicolai Vasilevich and his wife Yulya out to dinner. At the end of a wonderful meal, Yulya asked if I would like a banana. I politely declined(婉謝) and thanked her, and explained I was most satisfied with the meal. But my mind was racing: "What should I do? Should I offer her a banana though they are as close to her as they are to me? What is the polite thing to do?"
"Would you like a banana?" I asked Yulya.
"Yes," she smiled, but didn't try to take any of the three bananas in the fruit basket.
"Which one would you like?" I asked again.
"That one," she pointed at one of the bananas. So thinking about Russian politeness, f picked the banana Yulya had pointed at. Then I peeled it half way and handed it to her.Smiles on Yulya's and Nicolai's faces told me I had done the right thing. Alter this experience, I spent much time letting the world know that in Russia, the polite thing was to peel bananas for ladies.
However, sometime during my third trip i learned I was wrong.
"Oh no, David," a Russian politely corrected me.  "In Russia, when a man peels a banana for a lady, it means he has a romantic interest in her." How embarrassed (尷尬) I felt.
So to communicate properly with people of different cultures, we should watch carefully how people of the same culture communicate with each other. Besides, don’t be afraid to ask questions about their culture.
小題1:Before his first visit to Russia, the writer learned Russian gentlemen are polite to____.
A．foreignersB．strangersC．friendsD．women
小題2:The underlined word "peeled" in Paragraph 6 means "_________".
A．took the skin off something
B．put something hack
C．made something clean
D．cut something in two
小題3:Which of the following seems to be true according to the passage?
A．The writer's third trip lasted about three weeks.
B．Russian gentlemen never peel bananas for ladies.
C．The writer tried to follow Russians~ behavior in Russia.
D．Yulya was pleased with the writer's behavior but Nicolai wasn't.
小題4:The writer wrote the passage mainly to___________.
A．show us how polite Russian people are
B．tell us his funny experience in Russia
C．a(chǎn)sk us to care about cultural differences
D．remind us what we should do in Russia

小題1:D 
小題2:A
小題3:C 
小題4:C 

小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)前面第一段文章可知。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)香蕉的特征以及對(duì)其他選項(xiàng)的排除可知。這里的peel指的是把（香蕉）皮剝掉。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知。
小題4:主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章最后一段以及文章全篇內(nèi)容可知。
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