第25题单选修改

　　阅读下列短文,回答{TSE}题目.

　　"How far is it to the next village?" the American asks a man sitting by the side of the road. In some countries, because the man realizes that the traveler is tired and eager to get to his destination( 目的地 ), he will politely say "Just down the road". He thinks this is more encouraging, gentler, and therefore the wanted answer. So the American drives through the night, getting more and more angry, feeling "tricked". He thinks the man purposely cheated him, for obviously he must have known the distance quite well.

　　Had conditions been turned over, the American would have felt he was "cheating" the driver if he had said the next town was close when he knew it was really 15 miles further on. Though, he, too, would be sympathetic( 同情的 )to the weary driver, he would say "You have a good way to go yet; it is at least 15 miles". The driver might be disappointed, but he would know what to expect.Whether to be correct or polite leads to many misunderstandings between people of different cultures. If you are aware of the situation in advance, it is sometimes easier to recognize the problem.

　　{TS} The man at the roadside tells the American it is close to the next village because________

　　A.he is playing a trick on him

　　B.the American expects the answer

　　C.he doesn' t know the exact distance at all

　　D.he wants to encourage him to go further

　　参考答案：D

　　参考解析：参考译文

　　“这儿离下个村庄还有多远?”一个美国人向一个坐在路边的人询问道。在一些国家，人们因为意识到旅行者不仅疲倦而且急切地想要到达目的地，会礼貌地回答说“就在前头”。他们认为这样回答更鼓舞人心、更温和，而且也是期望中的答案。而当那个美国人行驶了一个晚上仍没到达时，他就会越来越生气，觉得自己被“愚弄”了。他认为那个人是有意欺骗他。因为他确切地想知道这段距离。

　　如果情况颠倒过来。这个美国人一定觉得明知道距离下个村庄还有15英里却对司机说就在前面是一种“欺骗”。尽管他也很同情那个疲倦的司机，他仍会说：“你还有好一段路要走，至少还要l5英里才到呢。”司机也许会很沮丧，但他起码知道该期望些什么。

　　到底应该准确作答还是礼貌回答在不同文化背景的人们之间引发了许多误解。如果你事先对情况有所了解，有时会更容易意识到这个问题。

　　答案及解析

　　D【解析】事实细节题。从文章第一段第三句，He thinks this is moreencouragin9，gentler，and therefore the wanted answer可知，他这样说是因为他想鼓励那个疲劳的美国人。所以正确的答案为D。

　　第26题单选修改

　　If you ask an American how far it is from the next village, he will________

　　A. tell you the exact distance if he knows it

　　B.tell you it is close although he knows it isn't

　　C.say that he doesn' t know and encourage you to go on

　　D.decide whether you are tired or not, and then give you an answer

　　参考答案：A

　　参考解析：A【解析】推理判断题。从文章第二段...he would say“You have a good way to go yet;it is at least l5 miles”…可知，美国人会实事求是地告诉你到底还有多远。所以正确的答案为A。

　　第27题单选修改

　　The short passage advises us to ________

　　A.be polite but honest to foreigners

　　B.learn customs of different countries

　　C.decide whether to be polite according to different cultures

　　D.tell more truths to Americans than to people from other countries

　　参考答案：C

　　参考解析：C【解析】主旨大意题。本文主要通过介绍不同国家的人对于指路的不同回答，以此说明在对待不同国家的人时要考虑到不同的思维方式。不能用自己的方式去对待任何人，这样的话，有时你认为是很礼貌、很适宜的事情在他人的眼里往往会成为很不好的事情。