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阅读理解 There are some differences in replying to compliment between Chinese and Americans. Americanstend to accept the compliment while Chinese generally murmur(低语)some reply about not being worthy
of the praise. Here are two examples.
A young Chinese woman in the U.S. was complimented for the lovely dress that she was wearing.
"It's graceful. The colors are so beautiful!" She was pleased but somewhat embarrassed. In typical
Chinese fashion, she replied, "Oh, it's just an ordinary dress that I bought in China."
At a reception in an American college, a newly-arrived Chinese scholar was chatting with the hostess, who was an old friend. As an acquaintance(熟人)of hers came up, she said, "Ron, let me introduce
Mr. Chen, an outstanding physicist and one of the nicest people I know." Mr. Chen offered his hand to
the newcomer but looked at his hostess and said with a smile, "Should I feel ashamed, or should I tell him
you don't really mean it?"
In both cases, the words of the Chinese conveyed a message quite different from what was intended.
In the case of the Chinese woman, the reply could have meant that the one paying the compliment did
not know what a really good dress is; otherwise, how could she get so excited about an ordinary dress?
The implication(暗示)was that the American woman's taste in clothing was questionable. In the second
case, if Chen had not been smiling, he could have meant "You're just saying that to be polite; you don't
really mean that." So in one case, the person had poor judgment. In the other case, the hostess was not
sincere. Quite a gap between intention and message!
1. Which word can best replace the underlined word compliment in Paragraph 1?
A. praise
B. complaint
C. explanation
D. blame
2. Two examples are given in the passage to .
A. amuse the readers
B. draw readers' attention
C. support the author's opinion
D. arouse readers' interest
3. The following statements are true except .
A. both stories happened in the USA
B. Mr. Chen achieved achievements in physics
C. the dress was a beautiful one
D. Mr. Chen worked in the USA for long
4. The passage mainly tells us .
A. Americans like to praise people
B. Chinese people are very modest
C. culture varies in different countries
D. people should respect each other 题型：未知难度：其他题型
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该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
