Question

    For Chinese, we don’t like to talk about our private things with strangers.If you ask about someone's success, he might be willing to talk about something with you.If you ask about their failure, you can’t certainly get the answers that you hope to hear We like talking about success because we think success is something worth talking about.But failure is something that we want to hide.Of course, if a stranger asks you about your private matters, you will be angry So we also shouldn’t ask others about their private things to show our respect to them.One day, my colleague(同事)was asked if she had been married, she became very angry.she thought the fact that she didn’t marry made her very embarrassed because she was in her thirties.

But it is different in India.People like to talk about their wealth and share their achievements with everybody else.They will be willing to talk about their salary.And they also like to talk about how often they get the boss's praise.They like to show their different personalities.If they like something,they would express their own thoughts and try their best to get what they want.They wouldn’t hide something in their hearts.They like to talk about everything. They think expressing their own thoughts is the nature of human beings.All of these are different from Chinese.They are more active and outgoing than Chinese.

So when you meet Indians next time, if they ask about your private things, don’t be angry because they think it is normal.They really want to show their care.It is the difference between Chinese culture and Indian culture.

1.Chinese don’t like to talk about________with strangers.

A.political things B.economical things

C.common things D.private things

2.Chinese people like to talk about success because they think________.

A.everyone hopes to hear success B.success is not a private thing

C.success Is something we can easily get D.success is something worth talking about

3.What do Indian people like to share with others?

A.Their achievements. B.Their interests

C.Their books D.Their dreams

4.The underlined word “personalities” in the passage means “________”.

A.characters B.ideas C.purposes D.actions

5.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.To introduce the Chinese traditional cultures.

B.To introduce the Indian traditional cultures.

C.To introduce the cultural differences between China and India.

D.To introduce different cultures around the world.

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了中国和印度的文化差异。中国人不喜欢别人谈论自己的隐私和自己的失败；而印度人则不同,他们喜欢谈论自己的财富并喜欢与别人分享他们的成就。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“For Chinese, we don’t like to talk about our private things with strangers.”可知中国人不喜欢谈论私人问题，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据第一段第四句“because we think success is something worth talking about.”可知，他们认为成功值得谈论，故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句“People like to talk about their wealth and share their achieve ments with everybody else.”可知是分享他们的成就，故选A。

4.词句猜测题。根据后文中的“If they like something, they would express their own thoughts and try their best to get what they want.They wouldn’t hide something in their hearts...”可知此处指他们喜欢展示他们不同的性格，故选A。

5.主旨大意题。根据文章主旨大意可知本文讲述的是介绍中国和印度的文化差异，C项把这篇文章概括得最全，故选C。