第25題單選修改

　　閱讀下列短文,回答{TSE}題目.

　　"How far is it to the next village?" the American asks a man sitting by the side of the road. In some countries, because the man realizes that the traveler is tired and eager to get to his destination( 目的地 ), he will politely say "Just down the road". He thinks this is more encouraging, gentler, and therefore the wanted answer. So the American drives through the night, getting more and more angry, feeling "tricked". He thinks the man purposely cheated him, for obviously he must have known the distance quite well.

　　Had conditions been turned over, the American would have felt he was "cheating" the driver if he had said the next town was close when he knew it was really 15 miles further on. Though, he, too, would be sympathetic( 同情的 )to the weary driver, he would say "You have a good way to go yet; it is at least 15 miles". The driver might be disappointed, but he would know what to expect.Whether to be correct or polite leads to many misunderstandings between people of different cultures. If you are aware of the situation in advance, it is sometimes easier to recognize the problem.

　　{TS} The man at the roadside tells the American it is close to the next village because________

　　A.he is playing a trick on him

　　B.the American expects the answer

　　C.he doesn' t know the exact distance at all

　　D.he wants to encourage him to go further

　　參考答案：D

　　參考解析：參考譯文

　　“這兒離下個村莊還有多遠(yuǎn)?”一個美國人向一個坐在路邊的人詢問道。在一些國家，人們因為意識到旅行者不僅疲倦而且急切地想要到達目的地，會禮貌地回答說“就在前頭”。他們認(rèn)為這樣回答更鼓舞人心、更溫和，而且也是期望中的答案。而當(dāng)那個美國人行駛了一個晚上仍沒到達時，他就會越來越生氣，覺得自己被“愚弄”了。他認(rèn)為那個人是有意欺騙他。因為他確切地想知道這段距離。

　　如果情況顛倒過來。這個美國人一定覺得明知道距離下個村莊還有15英里卻對司機說就在前面是一種“欺騙”。盡管他也很同情那個疲倦的司機，他仍會說：“你還有好一段路要走，至少還要l5英里才到呢�！彼緳C也許會很沮喪，但他起碼知道該期望些什么。

　　到底應(yīng)該準(zhǔn)確作答還是禮貌回答在不同文化背景的人們之間引發(fā)了許多誤解。如果你事先對情況有所了解，有時會更容易意識到這個問題。

　　答案及解析

　　D【解析】事實細(xì)節(jié)題。從文章第一段第三句，He thinks this is moreencouragin9，gentler，and therefore the wanted answer可知，他這樣說是因為他想鼓勵那個疲勞的美國人。所以正確的答案為D。

　　第26題單選修改

　　If you ask an American how far it is from the next village, he will________

　　A. tell you the exact distance if he knows it

　　B.tell you it is close although he knows it isn't

　　C.say that he doesn' t know and encourage you to go on

　　D.decide whether you are tired or not, and then give you an answer

　　參考答案：A

　　參考解析：A【解析】推理判斷題。從文章第二段...he would say“You have a good way to go yet;it is at least l5 miles”…可知，美國人會實事求是地告訴你到底還有多遠(yuǎn)。所以正確的答案為A。

　　第27題單選修改

　　The short passage advises us to ________

　　A.be polite but honest to foreigners

　　B.learn customs of different countries

　　C.decide whether to be polite according to different cultures

　　D.tell more truths to Americans than to people from other countries

　　參考答案：C

　　參考解析：C【解析】主旨大意題。本文主要通過介紹不同國家的人對于指路的不同回答，以此說明在對待不同國家的人時要考慮到不同的思維方式。不能用自己的方式去對待任何人，這樣的話，有時你認(rèn)為是很禮貌、很適宜的事情在他人的眼里往往會成為很不好的事情。