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Unit2Cloning

阅读理解组块专练——练速度

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Ⅰ.阅读理解

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Atyournextmeeting,waitforapauseinconversationandtrytomeasurehowlongitlasts.

AmongEnglishspeakers,chancesarethatitwillbeasecondortwoatmost.Butwhilethispatternmaybeuniversal,ourawarenessofsilencediffersdramaticallyacrosscultures.

Whatonecultureconsidersaconfusingorawkwardpausemaybeseenbyothersasavaluablemomentofreflectionandasignofrespectforwhatthelastspeakerhassaid.ResearchinDutch(荷兰语)andalsoinEnglishfoundthatwhenasilenceinconversationstretchestofourseconds,peoplestarttofeeluneasy.Incontrast,aseparatestudyofbusinessmeetingsfoundthatJapanesepeoplearehappywithsilencesof8.2seconds—nearlytwiceaslongasinAmericansmeetings.

InJapan,itisrecognisedthatthebestcommunicationiswhenyoudontspeakatall.Itsalreadyafailuretounderstandeachotherbyspeakingbecauseyourerepairingthatfailurebyusingwords.

IntheUS,itmayoriginatefromthehistoryofcolonial(殖民地的)Americaasacrossroadsofmanydifferentraces.Whenyouhaveacomplexofdifference,itshardtoestablishcommonunderstandingunlessyoutalkandtheresunderstandablyakindofanxietyunlesspeopleareverballyengagedtoestablishacommonlife.ThisappliesalsotosomeextenttoLondon.

Incontrast,whentheresmorehomogeneity,_perhapsitseasierforsomekindsofsilencetoappear.Forexample,amongyourclosestfriendsandfamilyitseasiertositinsilencethanwithpeopleyourelesswellacquaintedwith.

语篇解读：本文主要讲解并描述了谈话中的缄默文化。尽管交谈中出现停顿是普遍存在的，但我们对缄默的相识在不同的文化中有着巨大的差异。不同的文化中缄默时间不同，对于缄默的看法也不同。

1．Whichofthefollowingpeoplemighthavethelongestsilenceinconversation?

A．TheDutch.B．Americans.

C．TheEnglish. D．TheJapanese.

解析：选D细微环节理解题。依据其次、三段内容可知，日本人在谈话中缄默时间最长。故选D。

2．WhatmighttheJapaneseagreewithinconversation?

A．Speakingmoregivestheupperhand.

B．Speakoutwhatyouhave