Question

Close contacts between Japan and the rest of the world were created in the twentieth century. In the last forty years, business contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. Many foreign companies now have offices in Japan and Japanese businessmen do business around the world. Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder foreign businessmen and make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.

　　The American businessman, for example, wants to start talking business immediately. He does not want to wait. The Japanese businessman， on the other hand， likes to arrive at decisions after giving them serious thought. Another thing foreign businessmen have difficulty in understanding is when a Japanese means “Yes” or “No”. This is because of cultural differences between Japanese and Western society(社會)， Which make it difficult for a Japanese to say “No” directly.

In the USA， it is easy to say “No” to something one does not want to do. But in Japan， it is very difficult to say “No”. To refuse an invitation or a request(請求) with “No” is felt to be impolite. It is thought to be selfish and unfriendly. So instead of saying “No” directly， the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid(避免) saying “No”. These can help them avoid hurting other people’s feelings. However， this often makes their ways of doing business rather difficult for foreigners to understand and follow.

1.What often makes foreigners feel difficult to do business in Japan?

A. Their different ways of doing business.

B. Their different lifestyles.

C. The fact that the Japanese never say “No”.

D. The fact that the Japanese are slow to take action.

2. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined expression “bewilder foreign businessmen” in Paragraph One?

A. cause foreign businessmen to change their minds.

B. give a feeling of surprise to foreign businessmen.

C. attract foreign businessmen’s attention.

D. make foreign businessmen think wrongly.

3.What fact does the passage lead you to believe?

A. American businessmen do things more slowly than Japanese ones.

B. American businessmen like to say “Yes” and “No”.

C. Americans usually say what they are thinking.

D. Americans do not say what they think or feel clearly.

4.From the passage we can infer(推斷) that __________.

A. Japanese businessmen are good at business

B. foreign businessmen should try to know Japanese ways of doing business

C. foreign businessmen must be more polite

D. you must learn from Japanese businessmen if you want to succeed

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：日本和世界其他國家之間的密切接觸者在第二十世紀創建。在過去的四十年中，日本和西方之間的業務往來，已成為非常重要的。許多外國公司和日本商人在世界上做生意，現在在日本設立辦事處。然而，日本和西方做生意的方式是有差異的。這往往使外國商人，在日本做生意困難。

1.細節理解題。根據Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder foreign businessmen and make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.可知外國商人感到在日本做生意難是因為日本和西方國家做生意的方式不同，所以選A。

2.詞義匹配題。bewilder foreign businessmen的意思是使外國商人迷惑，也就是說常常使外國商人產生錯誤的想法，所以選 D。

3.根據第三段首句In the USA， it is easy to say “No” to something one does not want to do. But in Japan， it is very difficult to say “No”可知該文是引導人們認識一個事實：美國人提出直截了當說出他們的想法，所以選C。

4.推理判斷題。從本文我們可以推知外國商人應該努力了解日本人做生意的方式，所以選B。

考點：政治文化經濟類閱讀。