When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our village rules, customs and culture. One of the rules is that young people should always respect(尊敬) elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.
I had a part-time job as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant. One time, when I was serving food to a middle-aged couple, the wife asked me how the food could be served so quickly. I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly. As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure. My manager, who happened to hear what I said, took me aside and gave me a long lecture about how sensitive(敏感) Americans are and how they dislike the description “old”. I then walked back to the table and apologized to the wife. After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry.
In my village in China, people are proud of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most knowledge and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.
However, in the United States, people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep themselves away from growing old by doing exercises or jogging, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got angry because this caused them to feel they had failed to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear.
After that, I changed the way I had been with older people. It is not that I don’t respect them any more; I still respect them, but now I don’t show my feelings through words.
By Jack
小題1:Jack brought the couple their food very fast because _______.
A．the manager asked him to do so
B．he respected the elderly
C．the couple wanted him to do so
D．he wanted more pay
小題2:When Jack called the couple “elderly”, they became _______.
A．nervous B．satisfiedC．unhappy D．excited
小題3: In Jack’s hometown, _______.
A．people dislike being called “old”
B．people are proud of being old
C．many people reach the age of seventy or eighty
D．the elderly are the first to get food in restaurants
小題4: Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The more Jack explained, the angrier the couple got.
B．Jack wanted to show his feelings through words after his experience.
C．The manager went back to the table and apologized to the couple.
D．From this experience, Jack learned more about American culture.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D

試題分析：每個國家都有各自的文化習(xí)慣，而這種文化上的差異往往會引起一定的誤會，不過只要熟悉對方的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣做到入鄉(xiāng)隨俗，一切就OK啦
小題1:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第2段中的I told her that I had made sure they got their food quickly because I always respect the elderly可知答案。選 B
小題2:猜詞題：根據(jù)第2段中的As soon as I said that, her face showed great displeasure可知他們聽到Jack稱他們?yōu)槔险邥r，一點也不高興。 選C
小題3:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第3段中的In my village in China, people are proud of being old可知答案。選B。
小題4:排除題：根據(jù)第2段最后一句After the couple heard my reason, they understood that the problem was caused by cultural differences, so they laughed and were no longer angry可知A選項不對；根據(jù)文章最后一句but now I don?t show my feelings through words可知B選項不對；根據(jù)第2段中的I then waked back to the table and apologized to the wife 可知C 選項也不對，故正確答案為D。
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