9.I travel a lot,and I find out different"styles"of directions every time I ask"How can I get to the post office?"
Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don't have names; in Japan,people use landmarks in their directions instead of street names.For example,the Japanese will say to travelers,"Go straight down to the corner.Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market.The post office is across from the bus stop."
In the countryside of the American Midwest,there are not usually many landmarks.There are no mountains,so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles.Instead of landmarks,people will tell you directions and distances.In Kansas or Iowa,for example,people will say,"Go north two miles.Turn east,and then go another mile."
People in Los Angeles,California,have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time,not miles."How far away is the post office?"you ask."Oh,"they answer,"it's about five minutes from here."You say,"Yes,but how many miles away is it?"They don't know.
It's true that a person doesn't know the answer to your question sometimes.What happens in such a situation?A New Yorker might say,‘Sorry,I have no idea."But in Yucatan,Mexico,no one answers"I don't know."People in Yucatan believe that"I don't know"is impolite.They usually give an answer,often a wrong one.A tourist can get very,very lost in Yucatan!
21.When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place they usuallyB.
A.describe the place carefully
B.refer to recognizable buildings and places
C.show him a map of the place
D.tell him the names of the streets
22.Which is the place where people measure distance in time?C
A.New York. B.Kansas.
C.Los Angeles. D.Iowa.
23.People in Yucatan may give a tourist a wrong answerD.
A.in order to save time B.a(chǎn)s a test
C.for fun D.so as to be polite
24.What can we infer from the text?C
A.It's useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.
B.People have similar understandings of politeness.
C.It's important for travelers to understand cultural differences.
D.New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.
分析 本文圍繞回答問路的風(fēng)格,介紹了不同國度的不同文化.
解答 BCDC
21.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二段第一句Foreign tourists are often confused in Japan because most streets there don't have names; in Japan,people use landmarks (地標(biāo)) in their directions instead of street names.很多外國游人在日本感到很迷惑因為很多街道沒有名字,在日本,人們在方向上用坐標(biāo)而不用街道名字.可知答案選B.
22.C 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第四段第一句People in Los Angeles,California,have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time,not miles.在洛杉磯人們對地圖上的距離沒有概念,他們用時間而不用英里來估量距離.可知答案選C.
23.D 細節(jié)理解題.從最后一段第四、五、六句But in Yucatan,Mexico,no one answers"I don't know."People in Yucatan believe that"I don't know"is impolite,They usually give an answer,often a wrong one.可知在尤卡坦州當(dāng)人們不知道地址的時候,為了表示禮貌,會給問路人一個錯誤的答案.故選D.
24.C 推理判斷題.全文圍繞回答問路的風(fēng)格,介紹了不同國度的不同文化.可以從中推斷出,對于旅行的人來說了解各國的文化差異是很重要的.故選C.
點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.