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【題目】A

When my family moved to America in 2016 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect the elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my embarrassment in the United States.

I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One day, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感的) Americans are and how they dislike the description ＂old＂. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.

In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, people think ＂growing old＂ is a problem since＂old＂ shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging(慢跑), and women wear makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.

After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more. I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.

【1】The writer made sure the couple could get their food very fast because _____________.

A. the manager asked him to do so

B. he respected the elderly

C. the couple wanted him to do so

【2】When the writer called the couple ＂elderly＂, they became _____________.

A. nervous B. satisfied C. unhappy

【3】In the writer’s hometown, _____________.

A. people dislike being called ＂old＂

B. people are proud of being old

C. many people reach the age of seventy or eighty

【4】After this experience, the writer _____________.

A. changed his way with older people

B. made friends with the couple

C. no longer respected the elderly

【5】 Which of the following is TRUE?

A. From this experience, the writer learned more about American culture.

B. The writer wanted to show his feelings through words after this experience.

C. The manager went back to the table and apologizedto the couple.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】A

【解析】

【文章大意】中國和美國在很多方面都存在著差異，例如在對待＂老＂這個(gè)問題上，中國人就覺得很自豪，因?yàn)?/span>＂老＂意味著有更多的知識和經(jīng)驗(yàn)，受人尊敬；而美國人卻覺得＂老＂就意味著要退休了，身體也不健康了。短文中作者由于一開始不知道這個(gè)文化差異而犯了錯(cuò)誤。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中的I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly.可知，作者確定這兩位老人的食物會很快就上，因?yàn)?/span>他尊敬老人。故應(yīng)選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中的As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure可知，當(dāng)作者稱呼他們?yōu)槔先说臅r(shí)候，這對夫婦中的妻子感到不高興了。原文的displeasure 和選項(xiàng)里的unhappy是同義詞，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段中的In my village in China, people are proud of being old可知，在作者的家鄉(xiāng)，人們都以＂老＂感到自豪，因?yàn)槔弦馕吨�有更多的知識和經(jīng)驗(yàn)。由此可知應(yīng)選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的最后一段中的After that, I changed the way I had been with older people可知，在這件事情之后，作者改變了對待老人的方式。故應(yīng)選A。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文意可知，中國人和美國人在對待＂老＂這個(gè)問題上是不一樣的，這是兩個(gè)國家文化的差異，經(jīng)過了這件事，作者對美國文化了解的更多了，在短文的倒數(shù)第二段里，作者詳細(xì)給我們分析了美國人為什么不喜歡別人說自己＂老＂。因此A選項(xiàng)是正確的。