Question

【題目】Traditions are different from culture to culture. Something that sounds rude in one country may be the most polite thing to do in another. 【1】

Spitting

People think spitting on or at someone is one of the worst behaviors, and the police even consider it is a kind of attack. 【2】 When polite children pass by, their elders usually spit at them. Of course, they do this with best wishes. They wish children to live a long life. They also spit on any gift they are about to give. When they move into a new home, they first go outside and spit in the four directions

Flowers

Flowers are usually sent when people have parties, visit friends, thank others and so on.

【3】 In Germany and France, people use carnations (康乃馨) to decorate tombs. Yellow flowers represent hate in Russia and Iran, and purple flowers are bad luck in Italy and Brazil.

【4】 In France and Armenia, an even number (偶數(shù)) of flowers is for happiness and odd numbers are for sadness

Cleaning Your Plate

When we were young, our parents always told us to clean our plate and not to waste food.

【5】 In the Philippines, North Africa, and some areas of China, the host will put more food on a plate once it is clean. Only when a guest leaves a little bit of food on his plate, the host will think he is full. Or a clean plate means the guest can’t get good service.

To do the right thing, when we are in other places, we’d better respect and follow the traditions, even though we think they are strange.

A. Here lists some of them.

B. Even the number of flowers can be rude.

C. But sometimes it’s rude to give flowers.

D. There are a lot of ways to experience other cultures.

E. However, in some countries, a clean plate may make trouble for the host.

F. But in Africa, the members of the Maasai have a different way of seeing things.

G. Whether you’re indoors or outdoors, it’s rude to spit on the ground where someone might be walking.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】F

【3】C

【4】B

【5】E

【解析】文章講述了在不同的國(guó)家會(huì)有一些不同的傳統(tǒng)和文化，并對(duì)此進(jìn)行了事例列舉，并說(shuō)明我們?cè)谄渌麌?guó)家最好入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。

【1】A根據(jù)下文的內(nèi)容可知，這是承上啟下的內(nèi)容，下邊就對(duì)上文內(nèi)容進(jìn)行具體事例列舉，A項(xiàng)符合文意，故選A。

【2】F根據(jù)后文When polite children pass by, their elders usually spit at them.（當(dāng)有禮貌的孩子經(jīng)過(guò)時(shí)，他們的長(zhǎng)輩通常會(huì)向他們吐痰）可知，對(duì)照一般的傳統(tǒng)，非洲成員有不同的看法，F項(xiàng)符合文意，故選F。

【3】C根據(jù)后文In Germany and France, people use carnations to decorate tombs. Yellow flowers represent hate in Russia and Iran, and purple flowers are bad luck in Italy and Brazil.（在德國(guó)和法國(guó)，人們用康乃馨裝飾墳?zāi)梗�在俄羅斯和伊朗黃色的花朵代表討厭，在意大利和巴西紫色花是壞運(yùn)氣。）可知，送花有時(shí)也是不禮貌的，C項(xiàng)符合文意，故選C。

【4】B根據(jù)后文In France and Armenia, an even number (偶數(shù)) of flowers is for happiness and odd numbers are for sadness（在法國(guó)和亞美尼亞，偶數(shù)的花代表幸福和奇數(shù)代表悲傷）可知，花的數(shù)目也代表不同的含義，B項(xiàng)符合文意，故選B。

【5】E根據(jù)后文In the Philippines, North Africa, and some areas of China, the host will put more food on a plate once it is clean. Only when a guest leaves a little bit of food on his plate, the host will think he is full. Or a clean plate means the guest can’t get good service.（在菲律賓、北非和中國(guó)的一些地區(qū)，一旦盤(pán)子里沒(méi)有食物，主人就會(huì)把更多的食物放在盤(pán)子里。只有當(dāng)客人在盤(pán)子里留下一點(diǎn)食物時(shí)，主人才會(huì)認(rèn)為他已經(jīng)吃飽了�；蛘咭粋�(gè)干凈的盤(pán)子意味著客人不能得到好的服務(wù)。）可知，干凈的盤(pán)子可能會(huì)給主人帶來(lái)麻煩，E項(xiàng)符合文意，故選E。