Question

Living in a foreign country can be exciting, but it can also be confusing (令人迷惑的).A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as “yes” and “no”.

On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked,“Do you have cold drinks?”The woman there didn’t say anything. 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”.

Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, “Do you have cabbage today?” He nodded his head. Jan 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. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some students had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out 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 teaching English in other countries 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 communications

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

A. nodding heads B. raising eyebrows

C. shaking heads D. saying “no”

3.Tom misunderstood his class at first because______.

A. he did not know much about Indian culture

B. he didn’t explain everything clearly enough

C. some students didn’t understand his questions

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

4.The passage is mainly about______.

A. body language in foreign restaurants

B. class discussion in Indian schools

C. miscommunication in different cultures

D. English teaching in other countries

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文告訴我們不同文化間的理解錯(cuò)誤現(xiàn)象，并舉了幾個(gè)真實(shí)可信的實(shí)例。在密克羅尼西亞通過揚(yáng)起眉毛表示“是”， 湯姆起先不明白他的學(xué)生的意思也是因?yàn)樗麑?duì)印度了解不多的理解錯(cuò)誤。

1.在其它國家教英語的美國人發(fā)現(xiàn)他們?cè)诮涣鞣矫嬗袉栴}。根據(jù)短文A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as “yes” and “no”.可知D。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。在密克羅尼西亞通過揚(yáng)起眉毛表示“是”。根據(jù)She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows, which in Micronesia means“yes”。故選B。

3.判斷推理題。 湯姆起先不明白他的學(xué)生的意思因?yàn)樗麑?duì)印度了解不多。根據(jù) 對(duì)湯姆的解釋不同地區(qū)的學(xué)生有不同的表達(dá)yes的方式，起先湯姆不懂最后終于明白其中原因可推測出答案，故選A。

4.主旨大意題。這篇短文主要是關(guān)于在不同文化中的理解錯(cuò)誤。根據(jù)全文內(nèi)容可知答案。故選C。

考點(diǎn)：社會(huì)文化類短文閱讀。