Question

【題目】 Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. You have to learn different cultural practices and try to adapt to them.

【1】 They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and instructive (侵犯的).

In China, elders are traditionally treated with enormous respect and dignity while the young are cherished and nurtured. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children. 【2】

Chinese people have their own way to define friends. 【3】 Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obliged to give each whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.

As is well known, the Chinese like to save. 【4】 It is different in the US, where for fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts.

【5】 If you achieve something in the US, it’s because you are great. While in China, if you achieve something it’s because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets attributed to the greater whole, while in America individual merits are celebrated.

A.Just hanging out together from time to time is not friendship.

B.Chinese people put more emphasis on good character and faith.

C.More often than not, they call casual acquaintances friends.

D.They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money.

E.Basically China values the community and the US values the individual.

F.Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do.

G.Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】G

【3】A

【4】D

【5】E

【解析】

這是一篇議論文。文章主要介紹了中國人和美國人之間的文化差異，包括隱私，朋友，金錢，教育和個(gè)人團(tuán)體之間的不同。

【1】根據(jù)后文“They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and instructive(他們談?wù)摰脑掝}包括年齡，收入，或婚姻狀況，而美國人認(rèn)為這些話題令人生厭且具有侵入性)”可知，此處的主題應(yīng)是“隱私”。選項(xiàng)F. Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do.( 中國人沒有美國人那樣的隱私觀念。)貼合主題。故選F項(xiàng)。

【2】根據(jù)前文“In China, elders are traditionally treated with enormous respect and dignity while the young are cherished and nurtured. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children.( 在中國，傳統(tǒng)上老年人被給予極大的尊重和尊嚴(yán)，而年輕人則被珍視和培養(yǎng)。在美國，家庭的目標(biāo)是鼓勵(lì)獨(dú)立，尤其是孩子的獨(dú)立。)”可知，本段在講述家庭觀念的不同。選項(xiàng)G. Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.( 與中國人不同，美國老年人很少和他們的孩子住在一起。)符合語境。故選G項(xiàng)。

【3】根據(jù)前文“Chinese people have their own way to define friends.”可知，本段在講述中國人對(duì)朋友的理解。選項(xiàng)A. Just hanging out together from time to time is not friendship.( 只是偶爾一起出去玩不是友誼。)提出了中國人對(duì)待友誼的看法，句中“from time to time”與后文的“lifelong friends”形成對(duì)比，符合語境。故選A項(xiàng)。

【4】根據(jù)前文“As is well known, the Chinese like to save.”可知，中國人喜歡存錢，可推出他們?cè)诮疱X方面比較保守，選項(xiàng)D. They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money.（當(dāng)他們計(jì)劃花錢時(shí)，他們總是很保守。）符合語境。故選D項(xiàng)。

【5】根據(jù)后文“If you achieve something in the US, it’s because you are great. While in China, if you achieve something it’s because the team, or family, or company is great.( 如果你在美國有所成就，那是因?yàn)槟愫馨�。而在中國，如果你成功了，那是因�(yàn)閳F(tuán)隊(duì)、家庭或公司很棒。)”可知本段在講述美國人和中國人對(duì)于個(gè)人和團(tuán)體的不同看法。選項(xiàng)E. Basically China values the community and the US values the individual.( 基本上，中國重視社會(huì)，美國重視個(gè)人。)符合本段主題，可為中心主旨句。故選E項(xiàng)。