Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to
indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
What is
cultural diversity? Diversity is nothing more than a difference from the
majority. In any culture, there is a majority and many minorities. Culture is a
set of norms that set standards for
a society of what is acceptable behavior.
In every
culture, there are basic standards for social interaction such as personal
space distance, eye contact, amount of body language displayed in public,
negotiating style, etc. In America, we stand about eighteen inches apart when
engaged in normal conversation; prefer very direct eye contact; are pretty
demonstrative with body language and negotiate very directly, always asking the
other party for their "bottom line”. In other cultures, they
may stand closer or farther than we are comfortable, may view direct eye
contact as rude, be more or less open to displaying body language and negotiate
more indirectly.
In America,
many of us have a peculiar habit of assuming
that those who differ from our norms are wrong. We tend to view the world from
a rather myopic view leading to those outside this country calling us
"Ugly Americans".
Cultural
diversity makes our country richer by making it a more interesting place in which to live. Just think how boring
a meal would be without Chinese, Mexican, Japanese, Italian, German, French or
Indian food!
Cultural
diversity also makes our country stronger and better able to compete in the new
global economy. People from diverse cultures bring language skills, new ways of
thinking, creative solutions to difficult problems and negotiating skills.
In the past,
ethnographers in the United States used to refer to our country as a melting pot where new immigrants would
eventually be fully integrated into the American culture. This has obviously
not happened so modern researchers have not begun to talk about America as a
garden salad where different cultural diversity mixes with the European
American culture to form a meal where all of the various ingredients are still
readily identifiable.
Cultural
diversity makes the United States a much more interesting place in which to
live for all of its inhabitants. If we all thought alike imagine how boring the
world would be! Thank God for diversity!
1. The best title of the passage
could be ____.
A. American Cultural Diversity
B. American
Ethical Minorities
C. American
Standards
D. America as
a Melting Pot
Suy ra từ toàn
văn bản, đặc biệt là đoạn mở đầu và đoạn kết thúc của văn bản (What is cultural
diversity?; in America; Cultural diversity makes our country; In the past,
ethnographers in the United States used to refer to our country as a melting
pot where new immigrants would eventually be fully integrated into the
American culture.; Cultural diversity makes the United States a much more
interesting
place in which to live for all of its inhabitants.)
2. The word "norms" in the passage is closest
in meaning to ____.
A. examples
B. rules
C. data
D. models
Suy từ ngữ
cảnh, đặc biệt là cụm 'set standards': đặt ra chuẩn mực quy chuẩn (Culture is a
set of norms that set standards
for a society of what is acceptable behavior.)
3. As discussed in the passage,
which of the following may NOT be considered polite in American culture?
A. Maintaining
direct eye contacts while talking with others
B. Negotiating
in a very direct manner
C. Keeping
about half a meter away from others in normal conversation
D. Touching others during the
conversation with them
Suy ra từ đoạn
2 (In America, we stand about eighteen inches apart when engaged in normal conversation;
prefer very direct eye contact; are pretty demonstrative with body language and
negotiate very directly)
4. The word "party" in the passage almost means
____.
A. staff
B. presenter
C. host
D. negotiator
Suy ra từ ngữ cảnh và đặc biệt là động từ negotiate (prefer very direct eye contact; are pretty
demonstrative with body language and negotiate
very directly, always asking the
other party for their "bottom line".)
5. The phrase "bottom line" in the passage mostly
means ____.
A. the
required minimum
B. the most
important concern
C. the key
point to their success
D. the minimum acceptable
benefit
Suy ra từ ngữ cảnh và đặc biệt là động từ negotiate (prefer very direct eye contact; are pretty
demonstrative with body language and negotiate
very directly, always asking the
other party for their "bottom line".)
6. The word "assuming" in the passage is
closest in meaning to ____.
A. thinking
B. saying
C. arguing
D. describing
Suy ra từ ngữ cảnh và đặc biệt là tính từ wrong (In America, many of us have a
peculiar habit of assuming that those who differ from our norms are wrong. We tend to view the world)
7. The word "it" in the passage refers to ____.
A. cultural
diversity
B. our country
C. global
economy
D. this
country
Hồi chỉ (Cultural diversity makes our country richer by making it a
more interesting place)
8. Which of the following is not
stated as a benefit of having cultural diversity for America?
A. New ways of
thinking
B. Negotiating
skills
C. Language
skills
D. New styles of arts
Thông tin cả bài (không được dẫn)
9. The author mentions the phrase
"melting pot" to ____.
A. describe a misassumption
about American culture
B. to explain
why Americans prefer to serve garden salad
C. to change
Americans' viewpoints on their own culture
D. to advise
Americans on how to look at their culture
Thông tin suy từ ngữ cảnh đoạn 6, đặc biệt
cụm từ fully integrated into (hoàn
toàn hội nhập, hoà tan: In the past, ethnographers in the United States used to
refer to our country as a melting pot where new immigrants would eventually be fully integrated into
the American culture.)
10. Which of the following best
describes the author's attitude throughout the passage?
A. Supportive of cultural
diversity
B. Reluctant
to accept cultural diversity
C.
Underestimating the values of cultural diversity
D. Taking
pride in living in a diverse culture
Suy ra từ toàn bài, đặc biệt là hai câu cảm
thán cuối văn bản. (If we all thought alike imagine how boring the world would
be! Thank God for diversity!)
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