【高考复习方案】2015届高三英语一轮复习（北师大版 河南省专用）：模块4　Unit 12 Culture Shock.docVIP

【高考复习方案】2015届高三英语一轮复习（北师大版 河南省专用）：[模块4　Unit 12 Culture Shock](限时：40分钟)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Ⅰ.阅读理解A The way we do things round here Some years ago，I was hired by an American bank.I received a ，“Dear John，I am quite pleased that you have decided to join us.” That “quite” saddened me.I thought he was saying “Were kind of pleased you decided to join us although I wish we had hired someone else.” Then I discovered that in American English “quite” sometimes means “very”，while in British English it means “fairly，dress，manners，ideas and so on.The way people do things highlights many of the differences we see between cultures.，food and hours of work—while others may be deeper and take longer to deal with.Mostly，it is just a question of getting used to the differences and accepting them，like the climate(气候)，while getting on with business.；the service is better；you ask for something to be done and it happens without having to ask again.However，other differences can be troubling，like punctuality(准时)．If you invite people to a party at 7 oclock，your guests will consider it polite to turn up exactly on time in Germany，five minutes early in the American Midwest，an hour early in Japan，15 minutes afterwards in the UK，up to an hour afterwards in Italy and some time in the evening in Greece.I prefer not to use the word “late” because there is nothing wrong with the time people arrive.It is simply the accepted thing to do in their own country. 1．The author was unhappy as mentioned in Paragraph 1 because he thought ________．the American bank didnt think much of him B．the American bank might hire another person C．its difficult to get used to American culture D．its easy to misunderstand Americans 2．The underlined word “highlights” in Paragraph 2 probably means “________”．encourages B．helps to narrow to 3．According to the author，what should we do with most cultural differences?Ask the native people for help. B．Understand and accept them. C．Do things in our own way. D．Do in-depth research. 4．