Question

While you are travelling abroad, cultural mistakes are more serious than linguistic mistakes, which can lead to serious misunderstanding and even ill—feeling between individuals. 1.

●Touching Someone

2. In Mediterranean countries, if you don’t touch someone’s arm when talking to them or if you don’t greet them with kisses or a warm hug, you’ll be considered cold. But backslap(拍背) someone who isn’t a family member or a good friend in Korea, and you’ll make them uncomfortable. In Thailand, the head is considered sacred—never even pat a child on the head.

●Talking Over Dinner

In some countries, like China, Japan and some African nations, the food’s the thing, so don’t start chatting about your day’s adventures while everyone else is digging into dinner. 3. It’s not because your group is unfriendly, but because meal times are for eating, not talking.

●Removing Your Shoes or Not

Take off your shoes when arriving at the door of a London dinner party and the hostess will find you uncivilized, but fail to remove your shoes before entering a home in Asia, Hawaii, or the Pacific Islands and you’11 be considered disrespectful. So, if you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing your laces. 4.

Once you are on the ground of a different country, remain highly sensitive to native behavior. 5.And don’t feel offended if something seems offensive—like queue jumping. After all, this is a global village, and we are all very different.

A. Personal space varies as you travel the globe.

B. Asians consider removing shoes impolite at home.

C. Never be completely surprised by anything.

D. The linguistic mistake means that someone is not fully expressing his idea.

E. Look out for the following cultural mistakes and try to avoid them.

F. If not, keep the shoes on.

G. You’ll likely be met with silence.

Answer

1.E

2.A

3.G

4.F

5.C

【解析】文章列举了人们在环球旅行的时候犯的几个文化错误，指出不要对任何事情都感到吃惊，毕竟每个人都是不同的。

1.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。下文列举了几个文化的错误，所以这里意思是留心下面的文化错误，并且尽量避免它们，故选E。

2.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据后文In Mediterranean countries，if you don’t touch someone’s arm when talking to them or if you don't greet them with kisses or a warm hug，you’11 be considered cold．But backslap(拍背)someone who isn’t a family member or a good friend in Korea，and you’ll make them uncomfortable．In Thailand，the head is considered sacred—never even pat a child on the head.以及本段主题Touching Someone可推知，空格处是讲在不同的地方个人空间也不同，故选A。

3.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据后文It’s not because your group is unfriendly, but because meal times are for eating, not talking.可知，这里意思是你可能会遇到沉默，故选G。

4.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据前文So, if you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing your laces.___4___可知，空格处是说如果不是，那么请保持穿上鞋，故选F。

5.考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据后文And don’t feel offended if something seems offensive—like queue jumping. After all, this is a global village, and we are all very different.可知，这里意思是不要对任何事情感觉吃惊，故选C。

【名师点睛】

七选五考查的是语篇的连贯性和一致性，因此就要使用到各种达到连贯目的的各种衔接手段，即：词汇衔接、逻辑衔接、结构衔接。上下文有很多种逻辑关系，有表示递进、因果、转折、条件等等。本文第四空，前一句So, if you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing your laces.讲述的是如果看到在门口一排鞋的时候要怎么做，所以接下来的一句推知是讲没有看到鞋的时候怎么做。故选E。