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1、第二部分：阅读理解Passage1Beforeyougotoanothercountryitisagreathelpifyouknowthelanguageandsomeofthecustomsofthecountry.WhenpeoplemeeteachotherforthefirsttimeinBritain,theysay“Howdoyoudo?”andshakehands.Usuallytheydonotshakehandswhentheyjustmeetorsaygoodbye.Buttheyshakehandsafterth

2、eyhaven’tmetforalongtimeorwhentheywillbeawayfromeachotherforalongtime.LastyearagroupofGermanstudentswenttoEnglandforaholiday.TheirteachertoldthemthattheEnglishpeoplehardlyshakehands.SowhentheymettheirEnglishfriendsatthestation,theykepttheirhandsbehindtheirbacks,theEnglis

3、hstudentshadlearnedthattheGermansshakehandsasoftenaspossible,sotheyputtheirhandsinfrontandgotreadytoshakehandswiththem.Itmakebothofthemlaugh.1.Itisveryhelpfulifyouknowthelanguageandsomeofthecustomsofthecountry.A.TB.F2.Englishpeopleusuallyshakehandswhentheymeeteverytime.A

4、.TB.F3.UsuallyEnglishpeopledon’tshakehandswhentheyjustmeetorsaygoodbye.A.TB.F4.Englishpeoplelikeshakinghandsverymuch.A.TB.F5.Thisstoryisaboutlanguagesandcustoms.A.TB.FPassage2IntheUnitedStates,itisnotcustomarytotelephonesomeoneveryearlyinthemorning.Ifyoutelephonehimearly

5、intheday,whileheisshavingorhavingbreakfast,thetimeofthecallshowsthatthematterisveryimportantandrequiresimmediateattention.Thesamemeaningisattached（附予)totelephonecallsmadeafter11:00pm.Ifsomeonereceivesacallduringsleepinghours,heassumesit’samatteroflifeordeath.Thetimechose

6、nforthecallcommunicatesitsimportance.Insociallife,timeplaysaveryimportantpart.IntheU.S.A.gueststendtofeeltheyarenothighlyregardediftheinvitationtoadinnerpartyisextendedonlythreeorfourdaysbeforethepartydate.Butitisnottrueinallcountries.Inotherareasoftheworld,itmaybeconsid

7、eredfoolishtomakeanappointmenttoofarinadvancebecauseplanswhicharemadeforadatemorethanaweekawaytendtobeforgotten.Themeaningoftimediffersindifferentpartsoftheworld.Thus,misunderstandingsarisebetweenpeoplefromdifferentculturesthattreattimedifferently.Promptnessisvaluedhighl

8、yinAmericanlife,forexample.Ifpeoplearenotprompt,theymayberegardedasimpoliteornotfullyresponsible.IntheU