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At a country house in Belgium, there once lived a young elephant which was a pet to the people．It used to come into the dining room after dinner and asked for 1 from the visitors．One day, when a large party of visitors were sitting at the table, the elephant came round and put its 2 between the visitors, begging for fruit or bread．One gentleman, however, 3 of putting any food into the trunk, took his fork and sent the little elephant away with a stab．The animal left him quietly and went to other visitors, one after another, who 4 it kindly, because they thought a gentleman should not treat an animal in such a rude way．
5 it had finished its round of the table, it went out into the garden, 6 (break)a large branch off a tree and returned to the room again．The animal went 7 to the gentleman who had stabbed its trunk with a fork and shook the branch over his head．In a moment he was 8 with ants which came down from the branch．The ants filled his hair, ran down his neck．Hard 9 he tried, he couldn’t get rid of the ants．All the other visitors laughed heartedly when they saw the gentleman in such a difficult situation because they thought he had treated the animal so rudely and should be 10 in this way．
Although American informality is well known, many new visitors think that it indicates a lack of respect. This is especially true in the business world. Americans often use first names upon meeting a stranger and do not always shake hands. They often just smile and say “Hi” or “Hello” rather than using more formal hand shake. It is good to remember that to an American such an informal greeting really means the same thing as a more formal hand shake some place else.
Similarly, Americans do not usually give special farewell or hand shake to each person who they leave a party or business meeting. They will often just wave goodbye to the whole group or perhaps say, “Well, so long everybody, I will see you tomorrow.” They then will leave. No hand shakes.
Americans seem either totally hurried and hard-working or totally informal and at ease. Often you will see men working at office desks without their suit coats and ties. They may lean far back in their chairs and even put their feet up on the desk while they talk on the telephone. This is not meant to be rude. Once Americans leave the busy streets, they are easy and informal.
1. According to the author, Americans are __________.
A. impolite B. too informal
C. rude to others D. none of the above
2. On meeting a stranger in the business world, Americans __________.
A. often use a more formal hand shake
B. often give a smile and say “Hi”
C. do not use the stranger’s first name
D. shake hands with the strangers
3. Which of the statements is Not True?
A. Americans usually say “Good-bye” at the end of a party.
B. Americans do not seem to use “Good- bye” when they leave a business meeting.
C. As they are used to informality, Americans leave a party by waving to the whole group.
D. To Americans, “well, so long” is the same as “good-bye”.
4. In the third paragraph, the author gives some examples to suggest that__________.
A. Americans are hurried and hard-working, but they are easy and informal
B. Americans are not hard-working
C. Americans are too hurried to be polite
D. Americans are at ease either in the busy streets or in their office
5. The best title for the passage may be__________.
A. Be Polite
B. Manners in Different Countries
C. How to Greet People
D. American Informality
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It's 7 am Kyoto (东京), Japan, and the taxi company has just called a second time to say they can't find my house. 1 I tell him directions. even a blind person can 2 , look impatiently at my watch, and wait. Only two hours remain until my 3 leaves
and it's an hour-and-a-half trip to Osaka airport.
The telephone rings 4 .“Terribly sorry,”begins the clerk. Then I 5 what's happened: flooded with 6 , the company is too busy. I've heard this happens when the weather gets 7 . I shout into the 8 that I have a plane to catchI must be in Seoul 9 and I'll meet the 10 a few hundred meters away on a bridge over the Kamo River.
Standing in the heavy 11 , I look up and down. No 12 From the other direction a white car comes up, then stops. A young man opens the door, signing to me to 13 . Shaking with cold and 14 , I climb inside.
In the most 15 Japanese, the man explains to me that he is the person with whom I have spoken 16 this morning. He apologizes again and again, but does not explain why a taxi could 17 except to say they are“very, very busy”this morning.
A few hours later, seated into my seat as the storm-delayed 727 18 , I open the 19 . My eyes wander to the headline (标题) of a short article:“Taxi Strike Begins this Morning in 20 .”
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