Question

【题目】 Living in a different culture can be a both exciting and challenging (挑战性的) experience. You have to lean different cultures and try to get used to them. Let’s share some cultural differences between China and the US to help understand each other.

Pay (隐私) — Chinese people talk about subjects such as ages and income (收入), which Americans think is not polite.

Families — In China, elders are traditionally treated with respect (尊重). In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence (独立), especially that of the children. Unlike the Chinese, few elder Americans live with their children.

Friends — Chinese people have different understanding of “friends”. In China, “friendship” means a lifelong relationship between friends who think it’s their duty to give each other any help. Americans always call people they meet friends.

Money — The Chinese like saving money. They are always careful when they are planning to spend money. It is different in America, where far fewer families are saving money.

Education — Chinese people value education and jobs more than Americans do, who pay more attention to good nature instead.

根据短文内容回答下列各题

【1】Who often talks about ages and income, Chinese people or Americans?

【2】In China, many elders live with their children, don’t they?

【3】Do Americans have the same understanding of “friends” as Chinese people?

【4】What do Chinese people value more than Americans do?

【5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Chinese people.

【2】Yes. /Yes, they do.

【3】No. /No, they don’t.

【4】(Chinese people value) education and jobs (more than Americans do).

【5】(It talks about) some cultural differences between China and the US/ America.

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述中美文化中的一些差别。包括隐私、家庭、朋友、钱以及教育等。

【1】细节理解题。根据Chinese people talk about subjects such as ages and income (收入), which Americans think is not polite可知，中国人谈论年龄或收入等主题，而美国人认为这是不礼貌的，所以中国人经常谈论年龄和收入，故填Chinese people。

【2】细节理解题。根据Unlike the Chinese, few elder Americans live with their children可知，不像中国人，几乎没有年长的美国人和他们的孩子住在一起，所以中国的许多老人和孩子住在一起，故填Yes. /Yes, they do。

【3】细节理解题。根据Chinese people have different understanding of “friends”. In China, “friendship” means a lifelong relationship between friends who think it’s their duty to give each other any help. Americans always call people they meet friends可知，中国人对朋友有不同的理解。在中国，友谊意味着朋友之间的终身关系，他们认为互相帮助是他们的责任。美国人总是把他们遇到的人称为朋友。所以中国人和美国人关于朋友的理解不一样。故填No. /No, they don’t。

【4】细节理解题。根据Chinese people value education and jobs more than Americans do, who pay more attention to good nature instead可知，中国人比美国人更重视教育和工作，而美国人更注重良好的天性。所以中国人更加注重教育和工作，故填(Chinese people value) education and jobs (more than Americans do)。

【5】主旨大意题。根据Let’s share some cultural differences between China and the US to help understand each other以及下文中的Pay，Families，Friends，Money以及Education可知，主要讲述中美两国文化差异，故填(It talks about) some cultural differences between China and the US/ America。

问答型阅读理解做题方法：

（1）快速通读课文，掌握文章大意。

浏览完题目后，带着问题快速通读全文，对文章的大意有一个初步的了解，同时找到文章中的关键句，并确定第二遍细读的重点部分，对于不影响理解和做题的部分可以一带而过，更不必在个别词上花时间。

（2）提取有效信息，根据题目要求进行改写。

在速度短文后，再回头看题后的问题。这时，能一锤定音的答案就先写好，不能马上确定的答案，根据第一遍速读时的印象到原文中找相关的信息，再进行推敲。尽管有相当的一部分题在原文中能找到答案，不需要推敲，但是大多数还是需要大家进行改写和重组的。

（3）仔细推敲，认真复查

做完题目后，要立足整体，将完成后的句子再通读一遍，看看所改写的句子是否流畅，语句是否通顺。同时还要照顾原文，看看答案是否与原文意义相符，时态一致。确保答案正确，大小写无误，语法正确，逻辑合理。