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1、2012届高考英语专题总复习精选荟萃阅读理解系列（二）Passage1ThewaywedothingsroundhereSomeyearsago,IwashiredbyanAmericanbank.IreceivedaletterfromtheheadofthePersonnelDepartmentthatstarted,“DearJohn,Iamquitepleasedthatyouhavedecidedtojoinus.”That“quite”saddenedme.Ithoughthewassaying“w
2、e'rekindofpleasedyoudecidedtojoinusalthoughIwishwehadhiredsomeoneelse”.ThenIdiscoveredthatinAmericanEnglish“quite”sometimesmeans“very”，whileinBritishEnglishitmeans“fairly”.SothefirstlessonaboutworkinginothercountriesistolearnthelanguageandbythatIdon'tjustmea
3、nthewordspeoplespeak.Itisbodylanguage,dress,manners,ideasandsoon.Thewaypeopledothingshighlightsmanyofthedifferencesweseebetweencultures(文化).Someofthesedifferencesmaybeonlyonthesurface—dress,foodandhoursofwork—whileothersmaybedeeperandtakelongertodealwith.Mos
4、tly,itisjustaquestionofgettingusedtothedifferencesandacceptingthem,liketheclimate(气候),whilegettingonwithbusiness.Someofthedifferencesmaybeanimprovement.Peoplearemorepolite;theserviceisbetter;youaskforsomethingtobedoneandithappenswithouthavingtoaskagain.Howev
5、er,otherdifferencescanbetroubling,likepunctuality(准时).Ifyouinvitepeopletoapartyat7o'clockyourguestswillconsideritpolitetoturnupexactlyontimeinGermany,fiveminutesearlyintheAmericanMidwest,anhourearlyinJapan,15minutesafterwardsintheUK,uptoanhourafterwardsinIta
6、lyandsometimeintheeveninginGreece.Iprefernottousetheword“late”becausethereisnothingwrongwiththetimespeoplearrive.Itissimplytheacceptedthingtodointheirowncountry.1.TheauthorwasunhappyasmentionedinParagraph1becausehethought________.A．theAmericanbankdidn'tthink
7、muchofhimB．theAmericanbankmighthireanotherpersonC．it'sdifficulttogetusedtoAmericancultureD．it'seasytomisunderstandAmericans2.Theword“highlights”inParagraph2probablymeans________.A．encouragesB．helpstonarrowC．increasesD．drawsattentionto3.Accordingtotheauthor,w
8、hatshouldwedowithmostculturaldifferences?A．Askthenativepeopleforhelp.B．Understandandacceptthem.C．Dothingsinourownway.D．Doindepthresearch.4.Wheninvitedtoapartythepeoplewhoareusuallypunctualare___
