题目内容
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Billions of business dollars are lost each year because managers don't understand the customs and traditions of their guest country. international manager who has done more than 1, 000 deals in 51 countries, I have observed many cultural differences and how they have effect .on business and personal lives. While you cannot know the customs of every country you visit, you can be sensitive (敏感) to basic cultural preferences and taboos.
One of the most common dilemmas (窘境) of international etiquette (礼节) is what to bring as a gift when you're invited to someone's home for dinner. In France, if you first thought is a bottle of wine-think again. You may hurt your French host by insinuating(暗示) he hasn't enough wine.
Well then, how about a bouquet of flowers? That selection may show poor judgment as well. First, your host doesn't want to search for the right size vase in the midst of all his or her other duties. Second, you must remember to bring an uneven number(except that 12 is acceptable, but never the unlucky 13 ) , avoid chrysanthemums (菊花) (funerals(葬礼)only), red roses(which imply you are having an affair with your hostess), and yellow flowers (they imply your host is having an affair with someone else).
My suggestion? Take a box of the very best chocolates you can find.
1.The writer suggests you ________ .
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A.send your friends some gifts
B.pay attention to the cultural difference
C.buy some wine for your French friends.
D.buy different flowers
2.The word taboos is used in the text to refer ________.
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3.If you visit your American English teacher, you had better choose ________ for him or her.
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