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专业英语八级（听力）模拟试卷181(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1.LISTENINGCOMPREHENSION

PARTILISTENINGCOMPREHENSION

SECTIONAMINI-LECTUREInthissectionyouwillhearamini-lecture.You

willhearthemini-lectureONCEONLY.Whilelisteningtothemini-lecture,please

completethegap-fillingtaskonANSWERSHEETONEandwriteNOMORE

THANTHREEWORDSforeachgap.Makesuretheword(s)youfillinis(are)both

grammaticallyandsemanticallyacceptable.Youmayusetheblanksheetfor

note-taking.YouhaveTHIRTYsecondstopreviewthegap-fillingtask.

听力原文：Cross-CulturalCommunicationTipsforAmericansGoodmorning

everyone.Todaywearegoingtotalkaboutthepracticaltipsincross-cultural

communication.TherearemillionsofpeoplelivingintheUnitedStateswhowere

bornabroadandchosetomakeanewlifeinAmerica.Therearealsoplentyofpeople

whowerebornhere,butarepartofaculturethatdiffersfrommainstreamAmerican

culture.It’snowonderthatwetakeprideinbeingasocietyinwhichpeoplefromall

nationsandculturescanlive.Buttoooften,Americansonlyconsidertheirownsideof

interactionsbetweencultures.[1]InsteadoftheoldexpressionthatdescribedAmerican

societyasameltingpot,“”it’smoreaccuratetodaytocompareittoa“saladbowl,”in

whichdifferentpeoplearemixedtogether,butmaintaintheiruniquecultural

identities.Membersofallculturesneedtotakecaretounderstandandaccommodate

eachother.[2]Theworstthingyoucandowhenspeakingwithsomeonefromanother

cultureistobaseyouractionsonassumptions.Ouradviceforcross-cultural

communicationcanbeboileddowntoonerule:Don’tassumeanything!Instead,you

shouldlearnhowtoaskaroundasensitivetopicand[3]watchforyour