Question

A fellow speaker from California named Geri flew to Japan, in her favorite jeans and a casual jacket, to give her first speech. Fourteen hours later, four perfectly dressed Japanese gentlemen greeted her at Narita Airport. Smiling and bowing low, they handed her their business cards. With her bag in one hand, Geri took their cards with the other. She thanked them, glanced briefly at the cards, and put them into her jeans pocket quickly.

When the five of them arrived at the hotel, they invited Geri to tea in the lobby (大廳). While sipping tea, the gentlemen presented her with a small gift which she eagerly opened. She was thrilled with the gift and shouted excitedly, “Oh, it’s beautiful!”

At this point, the four Japanese gentlemen stood up and, bowing only very slightly, said “Sayonara” and left immediately. Poor Geri was left astonished. What did she do wrong?

Everything! Her jeans were the first gaffe. Even if you’re coming off a bicycle in Japan, you do not meet c1ients (客人) casually dressed. The second mistake was Geri’s handling of their business cards rudely. In Japan, the business card is one of the most important communicative tools. It is always presented and accepted respectfully with both hands. However, Geri put their cards away much too quickly. In Japan, people use business cards as a conversation starter. You chat about each other’s cards and work and do not put theirs away until they gently and respectfully place yours in safekeeping. Putting it carelessly into her jeans pocket was the ultimate disrespect.

Then, the fourth horror of horrors was that Geri should not have opened the gift in front of her clients. In a land where saving face is critical, it would be embarrassing to discover the gift they gave was not as nice as the one they received. What is worse, Geri hadn’t even given them a gift!

1.In the four Japanese gentlemen’s eyes, Geri took their cards _____________.

A. excitedly                B. embarrassingly               C. politely          D. disrespectfully

2.Why did the four Japanese gentlemen leave Geri suddenly?

A. Because they couldn’t bear Geri’s behavior any longer.

B. Because they had finished the task.

C. Because Geri had something more important to do.

D. Because Geri felt embarrassed.

3.What does the underlined word “gaffe” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. ignorance               B. sadness                            C. mistake          D. carelessness

4.The third mistake Geri made was that she _____________.

A. used her own card as a conversation starter

B. took her clients’ cards with one hand

C. kept her clients’ cards in a wrong place

D. met her clients in jeans

5.What lesson can we draw from this story?

A. Honesty is the best policy.

B. Think twice before you take any action.

C. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

D. Don't claim to know what you don't know.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文通過講述美國女士Geri在日本的尷尬遭遇，介紹了一些日本的禮儀。比如在日本，名片被看做是最重要的交流工具，當別人遞給你名片時必須雙手接過，而且要等別人把你的名片收好后，你才可以小心恭敬的把別人的名片收起來。

1.D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The second mistake was Geri’s handling of their business cards rudely.可知他們認為Geri對待他們的名片不恭敬，不尊重，所以答案選D。

2.A推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段和第五段的講述可知在這些男士看來Geri的做法極為不禮貌，已經(jīng)無法忍受，所以離開了，故答案選A。

3.C詞義猜測題。根據(jù)What did she do wrong?和下文the second mistake以及對Geri行為的分析可知這些都是列舉她的錯誤所在，所以gaffe意思應該是“錯誤”，故答案選C。

4.C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Putting it carelessly into her jeans pocket was the ultimate disrespect.可以判斷答案為C。

5.C推理判斷題。A誠實才是上策；B三思而后行；C入鄉(xiāng)隨俗；D不要不懂裝懂。根據(jù)Geri的做法可知因為她不了解當?shù)氐牧曀锥�犯下了這樣的錯誤，所以答案選C。

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