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Passage1
OnestudyshowsthatAmericansprefertoanswerwithabrief“Yes”,“No”,“Sure”,ortheverypopular“Yeah”ratherthanwithalongerreply.
ButbriefrepliesdonotmeanAmericansareimpoliteorunfriendlytosomeextent.Veryoften,Americansarcinahurryandmaygreetyouwithasingleword“Hi”,indeed;
thisisagreetingyouwillhearagainandagainduringyourstayintheUnitedStates・Itisusedbyeveryone,regardlessofrankandoccupation・
However,thosewhoareaccustomedtolongergreetingsmayrequirealittlemoretimebeforetheyfeelcomfortablewithAmericansimpletalk・Americanssometimesuseplaintalkwhentheyarcuncomfortable.Ifpeoplepraisethemorthanktheminanespeciallypoliteway,theymaybecomeuncomfortableandnotknowwhattosayinrcply・Theydon,twanttobeimpoliteorrude,youcanbesurethattheylikedwhatwassaidaboutthem.Exceptforcertainholidays,suchasChristmas,Americansdontusuallygivegifts.Thus,youwi11findAmericansembarrassedastheyacceptgifts,especiallyiftheyhavenothingtogiveinreturn.Theyaregenerallyawarmbutinformalpeople.
1.ThefactthatAmericanslikeshorteranswerstellsus.
A・theyreplyveryquicklyinahurryB・theychoosewordstoocarefully
C・theylikereplyingbrieflyD.theywanttobeaspoliteastheycan
2・Thosewholikeusingbeautifulorformalwords
A.needmoretimetogetusedtoAmericansimplegreeting
B・neednotimetogetfamiliarwithAmericangreeting
C.donotverymuchlikeAmericanwayofgreeting
D・thinkAmericansarenotpolitewhatever
3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.Americansoftenanswerwiththewordslike“sure”,“yeah”.
B.Theyarenotimpolitewithbriefreplies・
C.Americansinhighranksmustuseformalwordsingreeting.
D・AmericansareawarmbutinfoniKilpeople-
4・TheAmericanslikeothers'
praisebutifinapoliteway.
A.theydon'
tknowwhattosayinreplyB・theyfeelsomewhatuneasy
C.theydon"
twanttoreplyD.bothAandB5.Thepassageindicatesthat
A.Americansexchangegiftsthefirsttimetheymeet.
B・Americansseldomgivegiftsexceptforsomeholidays.
C・Americansoftenbringsomegiftstotheirfriends・
D・Americansonlywanttogetgiftsfromothers.
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Passage2
Astudyofarthistorymightbeagoodwaytolearnmoreaboutaculturethanispossibletolearningeneralhistoryclasses.Mosttypicalhistorycoursesconcentrateonpolitics,economicsandwar・Butarthistoryfocusesonmuchmorethanthisbecauseartreflectsnotonlythepoliticalvaluesofapeople,butalsoreligiousbeliefs,emotionsandpsychology.Inaddition,informationaboutthedailyactivitiesofourancestorscanbeprovidedbyart・Inshort,artexpressestheessentialqualitiesofatimeandaplace,andastudyofitclearlyoffersusadeeperunderstandingthancanbefoundinmosthistorybooks.
Inhistorybooks,objectiveinformationaboutthepoliticallifeofacountryispresented;
thatis,factsaboutpoliticsaregiven,butopinionsarenotexpressed・Art,ontheotherhand,issubjective(主观的):
itreflectsemotionsandopinions・ThegreatSpanishpainterFranciscoGoyawasperhapsthefirsttruly"
political"
artist.Inhiswel1-knownpointingTheThirdofMay,1808,hecriticizedtheSpanishgovernmentforitsabuse(滥用)ofpoweroverpeople.
Inthesameway,artcanreflectaculture'
sreligiousbeliefs.ForhundredsofyearsinEurope,religiousarthadbeenalmosttheonlytypeofartthatexisted・ChurchesandotherreligiousbuildingswerefilledwithpaintingsthatdescribedpeopleandstoriesfromtheBible.Althoughmostpeoplecouldn'
tread,theycouldstillunderstandtheBiblestoriesinthepicturesonchurchwalls-Bycontrast,oneofthemaincharacteristicsofartintheMiddleEastwas(andstillis)itsabsenceofhumanandanimalimages・ThisreflectstheIslamicbeliefthatstatues(Andgreenisassociatedwithpassivedefenseandself-protection.
Experimentshaveshownthatcolors,partlybecauseoftheirpsychologicalassociations,alsohaveadirectpsychologicaleffect・Peopleexposedtobrightredshowanincreaseinbreath,inheartbeatandinbloodpressure;
redisexciting・Similarexposuretopurebluehasexactlytheoppositeeffect;
itisacalmingcolonBecauseofitsexcitingmeaning,redischosenasthesignalfordanger,butcloseranalysisshowsthatavividyellowcanproduceamorebasicstateofalarm.Sofireenginesandambulancesinsomeadvancedcommunitiesarenowrushingaroundinbrightyellowcolorsthatstopthetrafficdead.
LMorecanbelearnedaboutaculturefromastudyofarthistorythangeneralhistorybecause.
A.arthistoryshowsusnothingbutthepoliticalvalues
B.g