I was brought up in the British, stiff upper lip style. Strong feelings aren’t something you display in public. So, you can imagine that I was unprepared for the outpouring of public grief(悲傷) at a Chinese funeral.
My editorial team leader died recently after a short illness. He was 31. The news was so unexpected that it left us all shocked and upset. A female colleague burst into tears and cried piteously at her desk. Somehow we got through the day's work. The next day was the funeral.
Our big boss stepped forward to deliver a eulogy(悼詞) and was soon in tears. She carried on, in Chinese of course, but at the end said in English: "There will be no more deadlines for you in heaven." Next came a long-term colleague who also dissolved in tears but carried on with her speech despite being almost overcome by emotion. Then a close friend of the dead man paid tribute(哀悼), weeping openly as he spoke. Sorrow is spreading. Me and women were now sobbing uncontrollably. Finally, the man's mother, supported between two women, addressed her son in his coffin. At one point, the mother almost collapsed and had to be held up. We were invited to step forward to each lay a white rose on the casket. Our dead colleague looked as if he was taking a nap. At the end of the service I walked away from the funeral parlor stunned at the outpouring of emotion.
In the UK, families grieve privately and then try to hold it together and not break down at a funeral. Here in China it would seem that grieving is a public affair. It strikes me that it is more cathartic to cry your eyes out than try to keep it bottled up for fear of embarrassment, which is what many of us do in the West.
Afterwards, a Chinese colleague told me that the lamenting at the funeral had been restrained(克制) by Chinese standards. In some rural areas, she said, people used to be paid to mourn noisily. This struck me like something out of novel by Charles Dickens. But we have all seen on TV scenes of grief-stricken people in Gaza and the West Bank, in Afghanistan, Iraq and the relatives of victims of terrorist bombings around the world. Chinese grief is no different. I realized that it's the reserved British way of mourning that is out of step with the rest of the world.
It was our newspaper's production day. We were bussed back to the office to resume work. No more deadlines for our former colleague, but we had to pull together to put the newspaper to print. The boss invited the team to go out for dinner after work. We relaxed, smiled, joked. There was no mention of the funeral or our poor colleague. Enough sorrow had been shed already. We needed a break.
【小題1】The underlined words “stiff upper lip style” in Paragraph 1 mean “________”.

A．cold-blooded B．warm-hearted C．light-hearted D．self-controlled
【小題2】At the funeral, ________.      
A．five individuals made speeches
B．the boss’s speech was best thought of
C．the writer was astonished by the scene
D．everyone was crying out loudly
【小題3】According to the writer, people in the West ________.     
A．a(chǎn)re not willing to be sad for the dead
B．cry their eyes out at the public funeral
C．prefer to control their sadness in public
D．have better way to express sadness
【小題4】It is implied that ________.  
A．Chinese express their sadness quite unlike other peoples
B．the English might cry noisily for the dead in Dickens’ time
C．victims of terrorist bombings should be greatly honored
D．English funeral culture is more civilized than the others
【小題5】This passage talks mainly about________.       
A．a(chǎn)n editor’s death B．bad funeral customs
C．cultural differences D．western ways of grief


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：文章大意為：本文主要敘述了作者通過舉了同事去世，中國人和亞洲一些國家一樣總是為死去的人哭得很悲傷，而英國人不很會(huì)為死者哭得很悲傷，他們更喜歡控制他們的情緒，隱藏悲傷。
【小題1】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題：根據(jù)第一段最后一句I was unprepared for the outpouring of public grief(悲傷) at a Chinese funeral.作者說她在中國的葬禮上的悲傷傾瀉而出，連她自己都沒有準(zhǔn)備。說明作者是善良的。故C正確。
【小題2】D 推理判斷題：根據(jù)第三段“Our big boss stepped forward to deliver a eulogy”“ came a long-term colleague”“ Then a close friend of the dead man paid tribute(哀悼)”共有三個(gè)人made a speech 所以A排除；B項(xiàng)沒提到；C項(xiàng)第三段第五行“Me and women were now sobbing uncontrollably.”可知并不是所有人都大哭；D項(xiàng)從第三段最后一句“At the end of the service I walked away from the funeral parlor stunned at the outpouring of emotion. ”可知作者被那場景震驚；故D正確。
【小題3】B 推理判斷題根據(jù)第四段可知：西方人不是不為死者悲傷，他們會(huì)在公共場合控制自己的悲傷，因此A錯(cuò)；C也錯(cuò)；本文也沒有說西方人有更好的辦法去表達(dá)悲傷，說到他們會(huì) 把悲傷藏在心底。故D錯(cuò)；根據(jù)第四段第一句“In the UK, families grieve privately and then try to hold it together and not break down at a funeral.”可知B項(xiàng)正確。
【小題4】A 推斷題 根據(jù)第五段“people used to be paid to mourn noisily. This struck me like something out of novel by Charles Dickens.”可知A項(xiàng)正確。
【小題5】D 主旨大意題 本文主要敘述了作者通過舉了同事去世，中國人和亞洲一些國家一樣總是為死去的人哭得很悲傷，而英國人不很會(huì)為死者哭得很悲傷，他們更喜歡控制他們的情緒，隱藏悲傷。旨在強(qiáng)調(diào)文化差異。故D正確。
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C．rude topics
D．topics that can never be talked about
【小題2】Which is typically a friendly topic in most places according to the author？
A．Sports． B．Children．
C．Personal feelings． D．Families．
【小題3】Why are people from Asia more private in their conversation with others？
A．They don’t want to talk much with others．
B．They don’t want to have their good relationship with others harmed by informal conversation。
C．They are afraid to argue with their colleagues．
D．They want to keep their feelings to themselves．
【小題4】What shouldn’t you do when talking about sports with colleagues from another country？
A．Praising your own country’s sports．
B．Criticizing your own country’s sports．
C．Praising the sports of your colleagues’ country．
D．Criticizing the sports of your colleagues’ country．

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Janice is an American engineer working in Nanjing. She and her husband George, who is teaching English at a university, have been eager to get to know Chinese people better, so they were pleased when Liu, Janice’s young co-worker, invited them to her home for dinner.
When they arrived, Liu introduced them to her husband Yang and asked them to sit down at a table containing eight plates of various cold dishes. Half an hour later she came back and sat down and the three began to eat. Yang came in from time to time, putting hot dishes on the table. Most of the food was wonderful, though neither George nor Janice could eat the fatty pork, and there was much more than they could eat. They kept wishing Yang would sit down so they could talk to him. Finally he did sit down to eat a bit, but soon it was time to go home.
Janice and George felt slightly depressed by this experience, but returned the invitation two weeks later. They decided to make a nice American meal and felt lucky to find olives, crackers(脆餅), tomato juice, and even some cheese in the shop. They put these out as appetizers（開胃品）. For the main course they prepared spaghetti and a salad.
When Liu and Yang arrived and began to have dinner, they took small tastes of the appetizers and seemed surprised when both George and Janice sat down with them. They ate only a little spaghetti and didn’t finish the salad on their plates. After a while, George cleared the table and served coffee and pastries(糕點(diǎn)). Yang and Liu each put four spoons of sugar into their coffee but didn’t drink much of it and ate only a bite or two of pastry.
After they left, George and Janice were upset. “ We left their place so full but they’re going to have to eat again when they get home. What went wrong?
【小題1】What do we know about the dinner at Liu’s home?

A．It lasted about half an hour.
B．There were eight dishes in all.
C．the hot dishes were mainly cooked by Yang.
D．Many dishes were cooked in American style.
【小題2】Why did the American couple feel a bit depressed after dinner at Liu’s home?
A．They received a cold welcome.
B．The fatty pork was not delicious.
C．The dinner was not well prepared.
D．Yang spent little time talking with them.
【小題3】During the dinner at Janice’s home, Liu and Yang _______.
A．found little food to enjoy.
B．a(chǎn)te much salad and pastry.
C．drank a lot of coffee with much sugar.
D．showed much interest in American food.
【小題4】The text is most likely to be found in a book about _______.
A．cooking skills B．cultural differences
C．language learning D．business management

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