1、国家公共英语二级（阅读理解）练习试卷 5及答案与解析 1 Contacts (交往 ) between Japan and the rest of the world have grown a great deal in the twentieth century. In the last thirty years, business contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. Many foreign companies now have offices in Japan and Japanese busin
2、essmen do business around the world. Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder the foreign businessman and make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners. The American businessman, for example, wants to start talking business immediately. He want
3、s quick decisions. He does not wait. The Japanese, on the other hand, likes to arrive at decisions gradually after giving them a great deal of thought. Another thing foreign businessmen have difficulty in understanding is when a Japanese means “Yes“ or “No“. This is because of cultural difference fo
4、r a Japanese to say “No“ directly. In English, it is easy to say “No“ to something we do not want to do. But in Japan it is very difficult to say “No“. To refuse an invitation or a request with “No“, or a similar phrase, is felt to be impolite. It is thought to be selfish (自私 ) and unfriendly. So in
5、stead of saying “No“ directly, the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid saying “No“. These enable them to avoid hurting other peoples feeling. However, this often makes communication with the Japanese difficult for foreigners to understand and follow. 1 Paragraph One tells us that_. （ A） it is
6、 not always easy for foreigners to do business in Japan （ B） Japan is a very important country for businessmen （ C） business contacts between Japan and the West are important （ D） Japanese businessmen do business all around the world 2 The word “bewilder“ in Paragraph 2 probably means “_“ （ A） tire
7、（ B） interest （ C） puzzle （ D） surprise 3 From the passage we can know that_. （ A） American businessmen do things more quickly than Japanese ones （ B） American businessmen like to say “Yes“ and “No“ （ C） Americans usually say what they are thinking （ D） Americans do not express themselves clearly 4
8、The passage tells us that_. （ A） Japanese businessmen are good at business （ B） foreign businessmen should first try to understand Japanese （ C） foreign businessmen must be more polite （ D） if you want to succeed you must learn from Japan 5 Millions of stars are travelling about in space. A few form
9、 groups which journey together, but most of them travel alone. And they travel through a universe so large that one star seldom comes near to another. For the most part each star makes its journey in complete loneliness, like a ship on an empty ocean. The ship will be well over a million miles from
10、its nearest neighbor. From this it is easy to understand why a star seldom finds another anywhere near it. We believe, however, that some two thousand million years ago, another star wandering (漫游 ) through space, happened to come near our sun. Just as the sun and the moon raise tides (潮汐 ) on the e
11、arth, so this star must have raised tides on the surface of the sun. But they were very. different from the small tides that are raised in our oceans; a large tidal wave must have travelled over the surface of the sun, at last forming a mountain so high that we cannot imagine it. As the cause of the
12、 disturbance (动荡 ) came nearer, so the mountain rose higher and higher. And before the star began to move away again, its tidal pull had become so powerful that this mountain was tom to pieces and threw off small parts of itself into space. These small pieces have been going round the sun ever since
13、. They are the planets (行星 ). 5 Millions of stars are_. （ A） following a regular path in space （ B） moving about without a fixed course （ C） seldom wandering about in the universe （ D） always travelling together 6 Some two thousand million years ago, the mountain on the sun was raised probably becau
14、se_. （ A） a large tidal wave of a star travelled over the surface of the sun （ B） another star happened to come near the sun （ C） the sun and the moon raised the tides on the earth （ D） the star moved away from the sun 7 The article suggests that_. （ A） our earth exists before the sun （ B） how space
15、 is formed （ C） no one knows where the earth comes from （ D） our earth used to be a high mountain on the sun 8 The expression “the cause of the disturbance“ refers to_. （ A） the large tidal wave （ B） the powerful tidal pull （ C） the star coming near the sun （ D） one of the suns planets 9 In this art
16、icle, the writer mainly wants to tell the readers_. （ A） that the universe is so large that we cannot imagine it （ B） how the high mountains were formed on the sun （ C） why the tides over the surface of the sun were so powerful （ D） where the planets in the universe came from 国家公共英语二级（阅读理解）练习试卷 5答案与解析 1 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读理解 2 【正确答案】 C 【 知识模块】 阅读理解 3 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读理解 4 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读理解 5 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读理解 6 【正确答案】 B 【知识模块】 阅读理解 7 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读理解 8 【正确答案】 C 【知识模块】 阅读理解 9 【正确答案】 D 【知识模块】 阅读理解
