第三节 阅读理解

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 A、B、C、D 中选出最佳选项。

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“How far is the next village?”the American asks a man standing by the edge of the road. In some countries, because the man realizes that the traveler is tried and eager to teach 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, felling “tricked”. He thinks the man deliberately(故意地)lied to him, for obviously he must have known the distance quite well.

Had conditions been revered (颠倒过来), the American would have felt he was“cheating” the driver if he had said the next town was 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 last fifteen miles. ”The driver might be disappointed, but he would know what to expect.

Whether to be accurate or polite leads to many misunderstandings between people of different cultures. If you are aware of (知道) the situation in advance, it is sometimes easier to recognize the problem.

1. The man at the roadside tells the American it is not far from the next village because he ______.

A. wants to encourage him to go further

B. doesn't know the exact distance at all

C. wants to help the man to decide whether to stop and have a rest

D. tries play a trick on him

2. We can learn from this passage that Americans ______.

A. are polite to anybody

B. like to be honest and accurate

C. often lie to others

D. have no sympathy to others

3. If you ask an American how far it is from the next village, he will ______.

A. give you an accurate answer if he knows the distance

B. say that he doesn't know but he will encourage you to go on

C. decide whether you are tired or not, and then tell you

D. tell you politely it is close though he knows it isn't

4. The short passage advises us to ______.

A. learn some customs of America

B. tell the truth to Americans more than to the people from other countries

C. be polite to those who understand you well

D. decide whether to be polite or accurate according to the customs