Question

    Travelling abroad is becoming increasingly popular these years. Some people are afraid of making linguistic mistakes while traveling. Actually, cultural mistakes may be more serious, which can lead to serious misunderstanding.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(神圣的)-never even pat a child on the head.

●Talking Over Dinner

In some countries, like China, Japan and some African nations, the food is 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’ll be considered disrespectful. So, if you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing your shoelaces.       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.If not, keep the shoes on.

B.As the saying goes: “Do as Romans do.”

C.Never be completely surprised by anything.

D.Personal spaces are different among countries.

E.You’ll be likely to meet with no response.

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

G.Watch out for the following cultural mistakes and try to avoid them.

Answer

1.G

2.D

3.E

4.A

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.

上文提到“文化错误会更严重，可能会导致严重的误解”，承接上文，下文列举了几个文化的错误，G选项表示“留心下面的文化错误，并且尽量避免它们”切题，选项中的mistakes对应前文，故选G项。

2.

根据标题“触碰某人”和选项“个人空间”切题，后文例举的西方国家,韩国和泰国的例子以及本段主题“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D项。

3.

上文提到“在别人吃饭的生活不要谈论事情”，承接上文，后文”It’s not because your group is unfriendly, ”可知，这里意思是“你的组员并不是不友好“和选项中“你可能会遇到沉默”对应，故选E项。

4.

根据前文”So, if you see a row of shoes at the door, start undoing your shoelaces.”可知如果门口有鞋子摆放，你就需要拖鞋，承接上文，空格处是说如果不是，那么请保持穿上鞋，和前文进行对比，故选A项。

5.

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.”，这里意思不要感觉到被侵犯，毕竟地球村每个人都不同，选项C是不要对任何事情感觉吃惊，承接上文。故选C项。