Question

    Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. 1. Here are some major cultural differences between China and the US to help promote mutual understanding.

Privacy

Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do. They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and intrusive(侵扰的).

Family

In China, elders are traditionally treated with enormous respect and dignity while the young are cherished and nurtured. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children. 2.

Friends

Chinese people have different meanings to define friends. 3. Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obligated to give each other whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.

Money

4. They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts.

5.

Basically, China values the community and the US values the individual. If you achieve something in the US, it's because you were great. While in China, if you achieve something in China it's because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets attributed to the greater whole, while in America individual merits are celebrated.

A.Collectivism vs. Individualism

B.Education and Career vs. Character and Faith

C.You're welcome to leave your comments.

D.As is known to all, the Chinese like to save.

E.Just hanging out together time to time is not friendship.

F.You have to learn different cultural practices and try to adapt to them.

G.Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.

Answer

1.F

2.G

3.E

4.D

5.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。生活在一个与你自己的文化不同的文化中，是一种既令人兴奋又具有挑战性的经历。你必须学习不同的文化习俗，并努力去适应它们。文章主要说明了中美之间的一些主要文化差异，以帮助促进相互理解。

1.结合后文Here are some major cultural differences between China and the US to help promote mutual understanding.可知以下是中美之间的一些主要文化差异，以帮助促进相互理解。由此可知，生活在一个与你自己的文化不同的文化中，要求你必须学习不同的文化习俗，并努力去适应它们。后文就中美之间的一些主要文化差异展开了说明，也证实了这一点。故F选项“你必须学习不同的文化习俗，并努力去适应它们”符合上下文语境，故选F。

2.根据上文In China, elders are traditionally treated with enormous respect and dignity while the young are cherished and nurtured. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children.可知在中国，老年人传统上受到极大的尊重和尊严，而年轻人则被珍惜和培养。在美国，家庭的目标是鼓励独立，尤其是孩子们的独立。由此可知，上文提到了美国人对孩子培养的态度，本句承接上文说明，美国的老年人的情况是很少和他们的孩子住在一起。故G选项“与中国人不同，美国老年人很少和他们的孩子住在一起”符合上下文语境，故选G。

3.根据后文Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obligated to give each other whatever help might seem required.可知友谊意味着终身的朋友，他们感到有义务给对方任何可能需要的帮助。由此可知，本句是在说明中国人对待友谊的一些看法——只是经常一起出去玩不是友谊。故E选项“只是经常一起出去玩不是友谊”符合上下文语境，故选E。

4.根据后文They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts.可知他们在花钱的时候总是很保守。但美国的情况不同，与中国家庭相比，很少有美国家庭为紧急情况和教育存钱。由此可知，本句是在说明中国人与美国人不同，中国人有储蓄的习惯。故D选项“众所周知，中国人喜欢储蓄”符合上下文语境，故选D。

5.本空为本段小标题，根据后文Basically, China values the community and the US values the individual.可知基本上，中国重视集体，而美国重视个人。由此可知，本段主要是在讨论中国的集体主义和美国的个人主义观念。故A选项“集体主义与个人主义”符合上下文语境，故选A。