Unit 4 Body language Period 2 Reading课后阅读作业. 阅读理解AMeeting people from another culture can be difficult. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal(信号). Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship. Different cultures emphasize(强调)the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in“small talk”, usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countrieslike the UK or Francepeople find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office. Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary. Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly. People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment(多元文化环境)will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other. 【语篇概述】本文主要介绍了不同文化之间的差异, 并说明了加强互相了解和认识的重要性。1. In some countries, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to_. A. develop closer relationsB. share the same cultureC. get to know each otherD. keep each other company【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第二段末句people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or cafes rather than at the office可知在一些地方吃饭和喝咖啡远比在办公室更容易建立牢固的工作关系, 故选A。2. The author mentions his experience in Thailand to show that_. A. the English prefer to make long speechesB. too many words are of no useC. people from Thailand are quiet and shy by natureD. even talk and silence can be culturally different【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据第三段首句Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. 可知谈话和沉默也有文化上的差异。作者在后面举的在泰国演讲的例子也是为了说明这一点, 故选D。3. According to the text, how can people from different cultures understand each other better? A. By sharing different ways of life. B. By accepting different habits. C. By recognizing different values. D. By speaking each others languages. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other. 可知虽然文化之间差异很大, 但是只要加强了了解和认识就能互相理解, 故选C。4. What would be the best title for the text? A. Multicultural EnvironmentB. Cross-Cultural DifferencesC. How to Understand Each OtherD. How to Build Up a Relationship【解析】选B。主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了不同文化之间的差异, 并说明了加强互相了解和认识的重要性。所以“Cross-Cultural Differences”作为题目比较恰当。BI wasnt sure what this work involved, but it must have been exciting because the Lab itself was exciting. Anywhere we didnt go often was exciting. We would get there in a heavy wooden rowboat, built in the five-house village half a mile awayour mother would row, she was quite good at itor by following a twisty, winding footpath, over fallen trees and around rocks. It was too far for us to walk and our legs were too short, so mostly we went in the rowboat. The Lab was made of wood; it seemed huge, though in the two photographs of it that survive it looks like a small house. Inside it there were things we werent allowed to touchbottles containing a dangerous liquid in which young white insects floated, their six tiny front legs held together like praying fingers, and plugs that smelled like poison and plates with dried insects. All of this was so forbidden which made us confused. At the Lab we could hide in the ice house, a dark and secret place that was always bigger on the inside than it was on the outside, where there was a silence, and a lot of sawdust(木屑)to keep the blocks of ice cool. What did we do in there? There was nothing to actually do. Wed pretended we had disappeared suddenlythat nobody knew where we were. This in itself was strangely energetic. Then wed come out, away from the silence, back into the pine-needle fragrance and the sound of waves beating against the shore, and our mothers voice calling us, because it was time to get back into the rowboat and row home. 【语篇概述】本文中作者回忆了自己童年时在“实验室”里发生的趣事。5. In Paragraph 1, “this wok”clearly refers to_. A. w