Question

【題目】 When I was a student in France, a local friend invited me to have lunch at her home. During the meal, I found all her family had their hands on the table except me. Later I learned that it’s impolite to put your hands under the table.

—Michael

When I was a student in the UK, I went to a restaurant with two local friends.We all had a drink and I drank mine quickly. My friends still had half-full glasses so I bought another drink, just for myself. My friends said, “you can’t do that. When in a pub in the UK, you should buy drinks for you and your friends.” I was so embarrassed.

—Adam

I spent a year studying in Germany. I was shocked the first time I went to a lecture. At the end of the lecture, all the student started knocking on their desks. How strange! A student told me that in Germany, students don’t clap their hands（拍手）to show they like something. They knock on their desks instead.

—Sandra

【1】Michael once studied in ________.

A.France.B.Germany.C.South Korea.

【2】The underlined word “embarrassed” means ________.

A.糾結(jié)的B.不安的C.尷尬的

【3】To show they liked the lecture, the students ________.

A.clapped their handsB.knocked on the desksC.stood up quickly

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【解析】

短文大意：本文關(guān)注的是禮儀文化，通過邁克爾、亞當(dāng)和桑德拉三人在法國、英國和德國的學(xué)習(xí)經(jīng)歷，介紹了各國不同的社交文化。

【1】題意：邁克爾曾在法國學(xué)習(xí)�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)理解。France法國；Germany德國；South Korea南韓。根據(jù)第一段邁克爾的敘述“When I was a student in France我在法國上學(xué)的時(shí)候”，可知他曾在法國學(xué)習(xí)，故選A。

【2】題意：帶下劃線的單詞“embarrassed”的意思是________�？疾樵~義理解。根據(jù)朋友們的話“you can’t do that. When in a pub in the UK, you should buy drinks for you and your friends你不能那么做。在英國的酒吧里，你應(yīng)該為你和你的朋友買飲料”，可知亞當(dāng)當(dāng)時(shí)回去買也不是不買也不是，會(huì)很尷尬，故選C。

【3】題意：為了表示他們喜歡這個(gè)講座，學(xué)生們敲課桌�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后“in Germany, students don’t clap their hands to show they like something. They knock on their desks instead在德國，學(xué)生不用鼓掌表示他們喜歡什么東西。他們敲自己的桌子”，可知knocked on the desks符合題意，故選B。

本文介紹了各國不同的社交文化，通俗易懂，難度不大。題目主要是細(xì)節(jié)和詞義理解，考生認(rèn)真閱讀原文，注意細(xì)節(jié)對(duì)照，即可選出正確答案。例如小題1，問邁克爾曾在哪里國學(xué)習(xí)：France法國；Germany德國；South Korea南韓。根據(jù)邁克爾的介紹“When I was a student in France我在法國上學(xué)的時(shí)候”，可知選A。