I travel a lot, and I find out different "styles" (風(fēng)格) of directions every time 1 ask "How can I get to the post office?"

Foreign tourists are often confused (困惑) in Japan because most streets there don't have names in Japan. People use landmarks (地標(biāo)) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, "Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop."

In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, "Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile."

People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. "How far away is the post office?" you ask. "Oh," they answer, "it's about five minutes from here." You say, "Yes, but how many miles away is it?" They don't know.

It's true that a person doesn't know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, 'Sorry, I have no idea." But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers "I don't know." People in Yucatan believe that "I don't know" is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!

1.When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place they usually _________

A.describe the place carefully

B.show him a map of the place

C.tell him the names of the streets

D.refer to recognizable buildings and places

2.What is the place where people measure distance in time?

A.New York.         B.Los Angeles.       C.Kansas.           D.Iowa.

3.People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ________

A.in order to save time                     B.a(chǎn)s a test

C.so as to be polite                        D.for fun

4.Which sentence is true according to the text?

A.There is no street names in Japan.

B.There is no landmarks in the countryside of American.

C.People in Yucatan always give wrong answers when asked the way.

D.People in Los Angeles measure distance in time, not miles when asked the way.

5.What can we infer from the text?

A.It's important for travelers to understand cultural differences.

B.It's useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.

C.People have similar (相似的) understandings of politeness.

D.New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.

 

【答案】

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

5.A

【解析】

試題分析:作者圍繞回答問路的風(fēng)格,介紹了不同國度的不同文化。文中提到了日本用地標(biāo)來指路;在美國的中西部用走多少英的里路程來指路;在洛杉磯不用距離而用人們?nèi)ツ车赜玫臅r間來指路。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Foreign tourists are often confused (困惑) in Japan because most streets there don't have names in Japan. People use landmarks (地標(biāo)) in their directions instead of street names.用地標(biāo)指路,故選D。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. 用走一段路用多少時間來指路,故選B。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers "I don't know." People in Yucatan believe that "I don't know" is impolite.為了禮貌,故選C。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. 故選D。

5.推理判斷題。根據(jù)旅行者了解不同國家的文化是非常重要的,故選A。

考點(diǎn):文化類短文閱讀。

點(diǎn)評:細(xì)節(jié)理解題可以分為集中型細(xì)節(jié)理解題和分散型細(xì)節(jié)理解題。集中型:就文章的單個細(xì)節(jié)提問,答案在原文中出現(xiàn)的位置一般也位于單句話或幾句話中。因為具體細(xì)節(jié)不同,出題形式千變?nèi)f化,因題而異。分散型:題目涉及到文章某一段或幾段,甚至貫穿全文的各個位置,需要考生尋找文章中的多個細(xì)節(jié)。請注意,分散型細(xì)節(jié)理解題并不意味著題目的正確答案出現(xiàn)在文章的不同位置,正確答案往往也是關(guān)于文章的某一個句子或細(xì)節(jié)。只是說文章的干擾選項是關(guān)于不同的細(xì)節(jié),需要我們在定位的時候閱讀某一個區(qū)域。

 

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