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The typical conversation between Americans takes a form that is quick and witty. No one speaks for very long. Speakers take turn

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问题     The typical conversation between Americans takes a form that is quick and witty. No one speaks for very long. Speakers take turns frequently, often after only a few sentences have been spoken. "Watching a conversation between two Americans is like watching a table tennis game," a German observer said. "Your head goes back and forth and back and forth so fast it almost makes your neck hurt."
    Americans tend to be impatient with people who take long turns. Such people are said to "talk too much." Many Americans have difficulty paying attention to someone who speaks more than a few sentences at a time, as Nigerians, Arabs, and some others do. Americans value conciseness, or what they call "getting to the point."
    Americans engage in little ritual interaction (礼节式的互致问候). Only a few ritual greetings are common: "How are you?" "I’m fine, thank you," "Nice to meet you," and "Hope to see you again."
    These things are said in certain situations and are concerned with form rather than with substance. That is, similar questions are supposed to be asked and statements are supposed to be made in particular situations, no matter what the people involved are feeling or what they really have in mind. To many Americans, people who rely heavily on ritual greetings are "too shy" or "too polite," unwilling to show their true natures and ideas.
    Americans are generally impatient with long ritual greetings about family members’ health — common among Latin Americans — considering them a waste of time.
What is the feature of a typical conversation between Americans?
选项 A、Concise and direct.
B、Long but polite.
C、Friendly and quick.
D、Slow but witty.
答案A
解析 本题为主旨题。本题的问题是“典型的美式对话的特点是什么?”文章开始就明确指出典型的美式对话“quick and witty”而且“Speakers take turns frequently”；第二段最后一句指出“Americans value conciseness，or what thev call“getting to the point．””；同时文中还简单说明了其他一些国家人们的对话特点。据此分析选项A．Concise and direct．符合美式对话的特点，为正确答案。选项B．Long but polite的两个特点与美式对话特点均不相符；选项C．Friendly and quick，中的后者与文意相符，但前者并没有涉及；选项D．Slow but witty．的后者与文意相同，但前者与文意不对。
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