首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
We often feel blindly proud of our great achievements in economy, and even of our culture. As a matter of fact, our culture has
We often feel blindly proud of our great achievements in economy, and even of our culture. As a matter of fact, our culture has
admin
2010-06-30
29
问题
We often feel blindly proud of our great achievements in economy, and even of our culture. As a matter of fact, our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but also that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell.
Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World WarⅡ and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm’s length away from others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable.
Our linguistic and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us friends, business and respect in the world.
Even here in the United States, we make few concessions to the needs of foreign visitors.
There are no information signs in four languages on our public buildings or monuments; we do not have multilingual guided tours. Very few restaurant menus have translations, and multilingual waiters, bank clerks and policemen are rare. Our transportation systems have maps in English only and often we ourselves have difficulty understanding them.
When we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants where English is spoken. The attitudes and information we pick up are conditioned by those natives--usually the richer--who speak English. Our business dealings, as well as the nation’s diplomacy, are conducted through interpreters.
For many years, America and Americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance. After all, America was the most powerful country Of the free world, the distributor of needed funds and goods.
But all that is past. American dollars no longer buy all good things, and we are slowly be ginning to realize that our proper role in the world is changing. A 1979 Harris poll reported that 55 percent of Americans want this country to play a more significant role in world affairs; we want to have a hand in the important decisions of the next century, even though it may not al ways be the upper hand.
According to the author, Americans’ cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance will______.
选项
A、affect their image in the new era
B、cut themselves off from the outside world
C、limit their role in world affairs
D、weaken the position of the US dollar
答案
C
解析
推理判断题。根据最后一个自然段的第二句:我们正慢慢地认识到我们在世界上应该起到的作用正发生着变化。以及再根据后面提到的“55%的美国人想要这个国家在国际事务中发挥更有意义的作用”来推,选项C是正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/LeJd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
A、TheStudentUnion.B、TheStudentEmploymentOffice.C、TheWorkers’Union.D、TheStudentPart-timeJobOffice.B
Formanyuniversitystudentstherearetwoalternatives:oneistofindajob,theotheristopursuefurtherstudy.Bothhavea
A、Onlyamonghunters.B、Amongprimaryschoolpupils.C、Amongbeautifulladies.D、Amongpeoplewhoarediscussingpolitics.D
IfyouarebuyingapropertyinFrance,whetherforapermanentoraholidayhome,itisimportanttoopenaFrenchbankaccount
IfyouarebuyingapropertyinFrance,whetherforapermanentoraholidayhome,itisimportanttoopenaFrenchbankaccount
What’stheaverageincreaseperyearofforeignstudentpopulationintheperiodbetween1985and1990intermsofpercentage?
WhatdoesGeorgeOrwelldo?
Thereisonekindofpainforwhichnobodyhasyetdevisedacure—thepainthatcomesfromtheendingofarelationship.Therel
YouwillhearaconversationbetweenMissGreen,aneducationaljournalist,andProfessorWilson,anexpertineducationalstudi
Whywastheoldladyonherhandsandkneesinthemiddleoftheroad?
随机试题
相对压强可能为()。
目前我国慢性肾衰竭最常见的病因是
A.肌钙蛋白B.肌球蛋白C.肌动蛋白D.原肌球蛋白阻止肌动蛋白与横桥结合,调节肌肉收缩过程的是
免疫监视功能低下时机体易发生
商业汇票的提示付款期限为自汇票到期日起()。
能够代表第五代创新过程模型的是()。
某国家先后四次调高化肥产品出口关税拟控制化肥产品出口。但是,该国化肥产品的出口仍在增加,在国际市场上仍具有很强的竞争力。以下不能解释这一情况的是()。
社会存在决定社会意识,社会意识是社会存在的反映。社会意识具有相对独立性.即它在反映社会存在的同时,还有自己特有的发展形式和规律。社会意识相对独立性最突出的表现是
WaterparticlescarriedtoaAgreatheightwillfreezeintoBiceparticlesandbesweptupwardandrefrozenCrepeatedlyuntilth
Parentsandgrandparentswithmoneytosparearenolongerwaitinguntildeathtopassontheirwealth.Instead,they’reincreas
最新回复
(
0
)