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1、全国英语等级考试四级阅读精粹试题全国英语等级考试四级阅读精粹试题Take control of your own desting.以下是我为大家搜寻整理 的全国英语等级考试四级阅读精粹试题，期望能给大家带来帮忙!更 多精彩内容请准时关注我们应届毕业生考试网！A report consistently brought back by visitors to the US is how friendly, courteous and helpful most Americans were to them. To be fair, this observation is also frequentl
2、y made of Canada and Canadians, and should best be considered North American. There are, of course, exceptions. Small-minded officials, rude waiters, and ill-mannered taxi drivers are hardly unknown in the US. Yet it is an observation made so frequently that it deserves comment. For a long period of
3、 time and in many parts of the country, a traveler was a welcome break in an otherwise dull existence. Dullness and loneliness were common problems of the families who generally lived distant from one another. Strangers and travelers were welcome sources of diversion, and brought news of the outside
4、 world. The harsh realities of the frontier also shaped this tradition of hospitality. Someone traveling alone, if hungry, injured, or ill, often had nowhere to turn except to the nearest cabin or settlement. It was not a matter of choice for the traveler or merely a charitable impulse on the part o
5、f the settlers. It reflected the harshness of daily life: if you didnt take in the stranger and take care of him, there was no one else who would. And someday, remember, you might be in the same situation. Today there are many charitable organizations which specialize in helping the weary traveler.
6、Yet, the old tradition of hospitality to strangers is still very strong in the US, especially in the smaller cities and towns away from the busy tourist trails. I was just traveling through, got talking with this American, and pretty soon he invited me home for dinner-amazing. Such observations repo
7、rted by visitors to the US are not uncommon, but are not always understood properly. The casual friendliness of many Americans should be interpreted neither as superficial nor as artificial, but as the result of a historically developed cultural tradition. As is true of any developed society, in Ame
8、rica a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions, and conventions underlies all social interrelationships. And, of course, speaking a language does not necessarily mean that someone understands social and cultural patterns. Visitors who fail to translate cultural meanings properly often draw wron
9、g conclusions. For example, when an American uses the word friend, the cultural implications of the word may be quite different from those it has in the visitors language and culture. It takes more than a brief encounter on a bus to distinguish between courteous convention and individual interest. Y
10、et, being friendly is a virtue that many Americans value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers.1、 In the eyes of visitors from the outside world,A. rude taxi drivers are rarely seen in the USB. small-minded officials deserve a serious commentC. Canadians are not so friendly as their ne
11、ighborsD. most Americans are ready to offer help(D2、 It could be inferred from the last paragraph that *A. culture exercises an influence over social interrelationshipB. courteous convention and individual interest are interrelatedC. various virtues manifest themselves exclusively among friendsD. so
12、cial interrelationships equal the complex set of cultural conventions(A3、 Families in frontier settlements used to entertain strangers .A. to improve their hard lifeB. in view of their long-distance travelC. to add some flavor to their own daily lifeD. out of a charitable impulse(c4、The tradition of
13、 hospitality to strangersA. tends to be superficial and artificialB. is generally well kept up in the united StatesC. is always understood properlyD. has something to do with the busy tourist trails(BS. Whats the authors attitudes toward the Americans friendliness?A. Favorable.B. Unfavorable.C. Indifferent.D. Neutral.文档内容到此结束，欢迎大家下载、修改、丰富并分享给更多有 需要的人。