lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult
adjustments in both business and daily life.

对时间的观念还会影响到我们对耐心的理解。在美国价值体系中，耐心并不是首要考虑的。

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我们中的很多人被称为脾气火爆。如果我们觉得时间在毫无意义的溜走，既没有娱乐价值，
工作价值，也不在休息，那就会开始不停地徘徊。那些来自时间观念不同的国家的人发现他们
在商业和日常生活中最困难的就是对时间节奏的适应。

Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a business call, for example, they will

miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee they may be traditional in their own
country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a café or coffeehouse. Normally, Americans do not assess their
visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talks. We seek out evidence of past performance rather
than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally
rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. (348 words)

许多刚到美国来的人都会想念他们在商业会谈中一些开场礼节。举个例子，他们会想念欢

迎你到来而泡的一杯茶或咖啡这样的社交礼仪，这在他们国家是常规礼仪。他们会想念在咖啡
屋悠闲的会谈。而通常，美国人不会与来访者在这么悠闲的环境中进行一些冗长的小会谈。对于
同事，我们总是看他过去的表现而不是与他的社交礼仪。因为我们一般都是更注重专业性的，
而不是社交性的，因此我们总是很快进入正题。
11. Which of the following statements is wrong? __________ 以下哪项陈述是错误的？

A. Americans seem to be always under pressure.
B. Americans attach less importance to patience.
C. Americans don’t care much about ritual socializing.
D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues. 美国人对他们的同事不礼貌。

12. In the fourth paragraph, “a high priority” means __________.

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第四段中的 a high priority”是什么意思？

A. a less important thing

B. a first concern 要首要考虑的。

C. a good business

D. an attractive gift

13. Americans evaluate a business colleague __________.美国人评价他们的同事是根据__________。

A. through social courtesy

B. through prolonged business talks

C. by establishing business relations

D. by learning about their past performance 他们过去的表现。

14. This passage mainly talks about __________. 本文主要讲了___________。

A. how Americans treasure their time 美国人是怎样珍惜时间的。
B. how busy Americans are every day
C. how Americans do business with foreigners
D. what American way of life is like

15. We can infer from the passage that the author’s tone in writing is ___________.
从本文我们可以看出作者写作的口吻是___________。

A. critical

B. ironical

C. appreciative 欣赏的。

D. objective

第三部分：词汇与结构（共 5 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 15 分）

此部分共有 5 个未完成的句子，针对每个句子中未完成的部分有 4 个选项，请从 A、B、C、D

四个选项中选出正确选项。

16-20 BAABC

16. Professor Smith promised to look ______ my paper, that is, to read it carefully before the defense.
史密斯教授已经答应帮我看一下我的论文，这就是说要在答辩前在仔细看一下。

A. after

B. over

C. on

D. into

17. Our house is about a mile from the railway station and there are not many houses ______.
我们家离火车站大概一英里左右，而且中间房子不多。

A. in between

B. far apart

C. among them

D. from each other