Question

Gift giving is different from culture to culture and person to person.

When giving gifts, sometimes color is important. For example, for many Chinese people around the world, red is a lucky color, and people often like to pack gifts in this color. However, did you know that in Korea ，red is a color of death. That is why you should not pack gifts in this color if you are giving a gift to a Korean person.

What about western countries? In western countries, the color of packing paper is not really important. But color does matter when giving flowers，especially roses．You should not give red roses to a western person you don't know very well because they are a symbol (象征) of love．You could give yellow roses instead as these are a symbol of friendship．You could also send pink roses as gifts to say thank you．

What other things should you remember when giving gifts to someone from a different culture? Well，one thing you should keep in mind is the person’s religion (宗教)．When choosing a gift for a Muslim (回教徒的)or Jewish (犹太族的)friend，you should never get food including pork or things made from pigskin．Another thing that you should not get for a Muslim person is alcohol(酒)．

根据短文内容简要回答下列问题

1.In which country do people think red is the color of death?

2.How could we show our friendship to the western friends?

3. Can we give a Muslim friend a bottle of alcohol as a gift ?

4. How many colors are mentioned (提到) in this passage?

5.What’s the main idea of this passage?

 

Answer 1

1.Korea

2.Send yellow roses

3.No, we can't

4.Three

5.Gift giving is different from culture to culture and person to person.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了在不同的人和文化之间赠送礼物也是不同的。同时我们还要注意这个人的宗教。

1.根据第二段However, did you know that in Korea ，red is a color of death. 故填Korea

2.根据You could give yellow roses instead as these are a symbol of friendship．故填Send yellow roses

3.根据Another thing that you should not get for a Muslim person is alcohol(酒)．故填No, we can't

4.根据短文描述可知有红色，黄色和粉色，共三种颜色，故填Three

5.根据短文描述及开头的总述，故填Gift giving is different from culture to culture and person to person.

考点：文化差异类短文阅读。