Question

【題目】 Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. 【1】 Here are some major cultural differences between China and the US to help promote mutual understanding.

Privacy

Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do. They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and intrusive(侵擾的).

Family

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】

Friends

Chinese people have different meanings to define friends. 【3】 Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obligated to give each other 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.

Money

【4】 They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts.

【5】

Basically, China values the community and the US values the individual. If you achieve something in the US, it's because you were great. While in China, if you achieve something in China 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.Collectivism vs. Individualism

B.Education and Career vs. Character and Faith

C.You're welcome to leave your comments.

D.As is known to all, the Chinese like to save.

E.Just hanging out together time to time is not friendship.

F.You have to learn different cultural practices and try to adapt to them.

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】G

【3】E

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。生活在一個與你自己的文化不同的文化中，是一種既令人興奮又具有挑戰(zhàn)性的經(jīng)歷。你必須學習不同的文化習俗，并努力去適應(yīng)它們。文章主要說明了中美之間的一些主要文化差異，以幫助促進相互理解。

【1】結(jié)合后文Here are some major cultural differences between China and the US to help promote mutual understanding.可知以下是中美之間的一些主要文化差異，以幫助促進相互理解。由此可知，生活在一個與你自己的文化不同的文化中，要求你必須學習不同的文化習俗，并努力去適應(yīng)它們。后文就中美之間的一些主要文化差異展開了說明，也證實了這一點。故F選項“你必須學習不同的文化習俗，并努力去適應(yīng)它們”符合上下文語境，故選F。

【2】根據(jù)上文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.可知在中國，老年人傳統(tǒng)上受到極大的尊重和尊嚴，而年輕人則被珍惜和培養(yǎng)。在美國，家庭的目標是鼓勵獨立，尤其是孩子們的獨立。由此可知，上文提到了美國人對孩子培養(yǎng)的態(tài)度，本句承接上文說明，美國的老年人的情況是很少和他們的孩子住在一起。故G選項“與中國人不同，美國老年人很少和他們的孩子住在一起”符合上下文語境，故選G。

【3】根據(jù)后文Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obligated to give each other whatever help might seem required.可知友誼意味著終身的朋友，他們感到有義務(wù)給對方任何可能需要的幫助。由此可知，本句是在說明中國人對待友誼的一些看法——只是經(jīng)常一起出去玩不是友誼。故E選項“只是經(jīng)常一起出去玩不是友誼”符合上下文語境，故選E。

【4】根據(jù)后文They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts.可知他們在花錢的時候總是很保守。但美國的情況不同，與中國家庭相比，很少有美國家庭為緊急情況和教育存錢。由此可知，本句是在說明中國人與美國人不同，中國人有儲蓄的習慣。故D選項“眾所周知，中國人喜歡儲蓄”符合上下文語境，故選D。

【5】本空為本段小標題，根據(jù)后文Basically, China values the community and the US values the individual.可知基本上，中國重視集體，而美國重視個人。由此可知，本段主要是在討論中國的集體主義和美國的個人主義觀念。故A選項“集體主義與個人主義”符合上下文語境，故選A。