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太原五中2014-2015学年度第二学期阶段性检测 高一英语 I.阅读理解(共12小题;满分29分) 第一节(共7小题;每小题2分,满分14分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。 A Meetingpeoplefromanotherculturecanbedifficult.Fromthebeginning,peoplemaysendthewrongsignal.Ortheymaypaynoattentiontosignalsfromanotherpersonwhoistryingtodeveloparelationship. Differentculturesemphasize(强调)theimportanceofrelationshipbuildingtoagreaterorlesserdegree.Forexample,businessinsomecountriesisnotpossibleuntilthereisarelationshipoftrust.Evenwithpeopleatwork,itisnecessarytospendalotoftimein"smalltalk",usuallyoveraglassoftea,beforetheydoanyjob.InmanyEuropeancountries--liketheUKorFrance--peoplefinditeasiertobuildupalastingworkingrelationshipatrestaurantsorcafesratherthanattheoffice. Talkandsilencemayalsobedifferentinsomecultures.IoncemadeaspeechinThailand.Ihadexpectedmyspeechtobeasuccessandstartalivelydiscussion;insteadtherewasanuncomfortablesilence.Thepeoplepresentjuststaredatmeandsmiled.Aftergettingtoknowtheirwaysbetter,IrealizedthattheythoughtIwastalkingtoomuch.Inmyownculture,weexpressmeaningmainlythroughwords,butpeopletheresometimesfeeltoomanywordsareunnecessary. EvenwithinNorthernEurope,culturaldifferencescancauseseriousproblems.Certainly,EnglishandGermanculturessharesimilarvalues;however,Germansprefertogetdowntobusinessmorequickly.Wethinkthattheyarerude.Infact,thisisjustbecauseoneculturestartsdiscussionsandmakesdecisionsmorequickly. Peoplefromdifferentpartsoftheworldhavedifferentvalues,andsometimesthesevaluesarequiteagainsteachother.However,ifwecanunderstandthembetter,amulticultural(多元文化)environmentwillofferawonderfulchanceforustolearnfromeachother. 1.TheauthormentionshisexperienceinThailandtoshowthat_________. A.theEnglishprefertomakelongspeeches B.eventalkandsilencecanbeculturallydifferent C.peoplefromThailandarequietandshybynature D.toomanywordsareofnouse 2.Accordingtothetext,howcanpeoplefromdifferentculturesunderstandeachotherbetter? A.Byrecognizingdifferentvalues.B.Bysharingdifferentwaysoflife. C.Byacceptingdifferenthabits.D.Byspeakingeachothe