新视野大学英语 二Unit 1 Questions.doc

Part I 1. What attitude results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting and exploring? 2. What are the two elements that Americans save carefully? 3. How is time treated in America? And why? Part II 1. What is likely to be a foreigner’s first impression of the US? And how does the writer describe city people? 2. What is the writer’s advice if you “miss smiles, brief conversations, small exchanges with strangers”? And why? 3. What will new arrivals in America miss about business calls? 4. How do Americans assess their visitors? 5. What examples does the writer give to show that Americans work hard at the task of saving time? 6. What do Americans save most personal visiting for? 7. How do Americans view the impersonality of electronic communication? 8. In which way are people meeting increasingly in the US? 9. Why do Americans use telephones so often? Part III 1. How can assignments be given added weight in some countries? 2. What is it taken as solving a problem successfully with speed in the US?