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奥鹏远程教育中心福师《大学英语（2）》课程练习题解析阅读：Americansgenerallyconsiderthemselvestobefrank,open,anddirectintheirdealingswithotherpeople.“Let’slayourcardsonthetable.”Theysay.Or,“Let’sstopplayinggamesandgettothepoint.”TheseandmanyotherphrasesshowtheAmericans’ideathatpeopleshouldclearlystatewhattheythinkandwhattheywant.Americanstendtobelievethatdisagreementsarebestsettledbymeansoflongdiscussionsamongthepeopleinvolved.IfIdislikesomethingyouaredoing,Ishouldtellyouaboutitdirectlysoyouwillknow,clearlyandfrommepersonally,howIfeelaboutit.Bringinginotherpeopletosolvetheproblemisregardedassomewhatstrange.Andtheformerwillbelookeduponasonewhoisnotbraveenoughtospeakdirectlytosomeoneelse.Americanswilloftenspeakopenlyanddirectlytoothersaboutthingstheydislike.Theywilltrytodosoinamannertheycall“constructive”,thatis,amannerwhichtheotherpersonwillnotfindoffensiveorunacceptable.Iftheydonotspeakopenlyaboutwhatisintheirminds,theywilloftenexpresstheirmeaningsinnonverbal(非语言的)ways(withoutwords,butthroughfacialexpressions,bodypositionsandgestures).AmericansarenottaughtthattheyshouldmasktheirfeelingsaspeopleinmanyAsiancountriesare.Theirwords,thetoneoftheirvoicesortheirfacialexpressionswillusuallyrevealwhentheyarefeelingangry,unhappy,confused,orhappyandsatisfied.1.Accordingtothepassage,_____D_______.A.Americansdon’tstateclearlywhattheythinkandwantB.AmericansusebodylanguagetodefendotherpeopleC.AmericansseldomspeakopenlyD.Americansstateclearlywhattheywant解析：考察对文章细节把握，答案为D。2.Thestatement“Let’slayourcardsonthetable,”(Para.1)istoshowthat____B_.A.AmericanslikeplayingcardsB.AmericansaredirectinexpressingthemselvesC.AmericanslaythecardsdownonthetableandplayD.playingcardsisawaytoshowthatAmericansarefrank解析：考察对文章细节理解，答案为B。3.Thephrase“constructivemanner”(Para.3)isclosestinmeaningto___A____.A.anacceptablewaytodealwithothersB.anunacceptablewaytodealwithothers心系天下求学人Page1of10专业专注周到细致奥鹏远程教育中心C.anoffensivewaytodealwithothersD.awaythattheotherswillfinditstrange解析：考察对文章细节把握，答案为A。4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTa“nonverbalway”?’sface.C.Thegesture“V”.B.Thebestmindsinthecountry.D.Bodylanguage.解析：考察对词汇理解，答案为B。5.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?A.AmericansAreVeryDirectinDealingwithOthers.B.AmericansAreFreePeople.C.AmericansAreEasy-going.D.AmericansWelcomePeoplefromOtherLands.解析：考察对文章整体理解，可知答案为A。Paperisoneofthemostimportantproductseverinventedbyman.Widespreaduseofwrittenlanguagewouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutsomecheapandpracticalmaterialtowriteon.Theinventionofpapermeantthatmorepeoplecouldbeeducatedbecausemorebookscouldbeprintedanddistributed.Togetherwiththeprintingpress,paperprovidedanextremelyimportantwaytocommunicateknowledge.Howmuchpaperdoyouuseeveryyear?Probablyyoucannotanswerthatquestionquickly.In1900theworld'suseofpaperwasaboutonekilogramforeachpersonayear.Nowsomecountriesuseasmuchas50kilogramsofpaperforeachpersonayear.CountriesliketheUnitedStates,EnglandandSwedenusemorepaperthanothercountries.Paper,likemanyotherthingsthatweusetoday,wasfirstmadeinChina.InEgyptandtheWest,paperwasnotverycommonlyusedbeforetheyear1400.TheEgyptianswroteonakindofmaterialmadeofawaterplant.Europeansusedparchmentformanyhundredsofyears.Parchmentwasverystrong;itwasmadefromtheskinofcertainyounganimals.WehavelearntofthemostimportantfactsofEuropeanhistoryfromrecordsthatwerekeptonparchment.1.What'sthemeaningoftheunderlinedword'parchment'?BA.Theskinofyounganimals.B.Akindofpapermadefromtheskinofcertainyounganimals.C.ThepaperusedbyEuropeancountries.D.ThepaperofEgypt.解析：考察对词汇理解，答案为B。2.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedabouttheinventionofpaper?AA.Morejobscouldbeprovidedthanbefore.心系天下求学人Page2of10专业专注周到细致奥鹏远程教育中心B.Morepeoplecouldbeeducatedthanbefore.C.Morebookscouldbeprintedanddistributed.D.Morewayscouldbeusedtoexchangeknowledge.解析：考察对文章细节把握，答案为A。3.WhendidtheEgyptiansbegintousepaperwidely?___________A解析：考察对词汇理解，答案为A。4.Whichofthefollowingcountriesusesmorepaperforeachpersonayear?BA.China.B.Sweden.C.Egypt.D.Japan.解析：考察对词汇理解，答案为B。5.Whatisthemainideaofthisshorttalk?____C_____A.Moreandmorepaperisbeingconsumednowadays.B.Paperenablespeopletoreceiveeducationmoreeasily.C.Theinventionofpaperisofgreatsignificancetoman.D.Papercontributesalottothekeepingofhistoricalrecords.解析：考察对文章整理把握，答案为C。WeddingsceremoniesintheUnitedStatesvaryasmuchasthepeopledo.Butmanyweddings,nomatterwhereorhowtheyareperformed,includecertaintraditionalcustoms.Forinstance,thebrideandgroomoftenexchangeringsattheceremony.Theringsareusuallywornonthefourthfingerofthelefthand,andareexchangedinthemiddleoftheceremony.Today,theringshowsthecouple’sloveforoneanother.Aftertheceremony,thecoupleisoftenshoweredwithhandfulsofuncookedricebyfriendsandfamily.Rice,asweknow,showsproductivityandharvest.Andthen,thereisoftenaparty,wherethefoodissoplentifulthatitalmosttakestheattentionawayfromthepeople.Soonthebridestandsinthecenteroftheroom,oftenonachair,andthrowsherflowerstotheunmarriedwomenattheparty.Traditionsaysthatwhoevercatchestheflowerswillbeth