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1、高考真题周周练（20）阅读理解AThewaywedothingsroundhereSomeyearsago,IwashiredbyanAmericanbank.IreceivedaletterfromtheheadofthePersonnelDepartmentthatstarted,“DearJohn,Iamquitepleasedthatyouhavedecidedtojoinus.”That“quite”saddenedme.Ithoughthewassaying“we'rekindofpleasedyoudecidedtojoinusaltho
2、ughIwishwehadhiredsomeoneelse.”ThenIdiscoveredthatinAmericanEnglish“quite”sometimesmeans“very”,whileinBritishEnglishitmeans“fairly”.SothefirstlessonaboutworkinginothercountriesistolearnthelanguageandbythatIdon'tjustmeanthewordspeoplespeak.Itisbodylanguage,dress,manners,ideasands
3、oon.Thewaypeopledothingshighlightsmanyofthedifferencesweseebetweencultures(文化).Someofthesedifferencesmaybeonlyonthesurface—dress,foodandhoursofwork—whileothersmaybedeeperandtakelongertodealwith.Mostly,itisjustaquestionofgettingusedtothedifferencesandacceptingthem,liketheclimate(
4、气候),whilegettingonwithbusiness.Someofthedifferencesmaybeanimprovement.Peoplearemorepolite;theserviceisbetter;youaskforsomethingtobedoneandithappenswithouthavingtoaskagain.However,otherdifferencescanbetroubling,likepunctuality(准时).Ifyouinvitepeopletoapartyat7o'clockyourguestswill
5、consideritpolitetoturnupexactlyontimeinGermany,fiveminutesearlyintheAmericanMidwest,anhourearlyinJapan,15minutesafterwardsintheUK,uptoanhourafterwardsinItalyandsometimeintheeveninginGreece.Iprefernottousetheword“late”becausethereisnothingwrongwiththetimespeoplearrive.Itissimplyt
6、heacceptedthingtodointheirowncountry.21.TheauthorwasunhappyasmentionedinParagraph1becausehethought______.A.theAmericanbankdidn'tthinkmuchofhimB.theAmericanbankmighthireanotherpersonC.it'sdifficulttogetusedtoAmericancultureD.it'seasytomisunderstandAmericans22.Theword“highlights”i
7、nParagraph2probablymeans______.A.encouragesB.helpstonarrowC.increasesD.drawsattentionto23.Accordingtotheauthor,whatshouldwedowithmostculturaldifferences?A.Askthenativepeopleforhelp.B.Understandandacceptthem.C.Dothingsinourownway.D.Doin-depthresearch.24.Wheninvitedtoapartythepeop
8、lewhoareusuallypunctualare______.A.ItaliansB.Ge
