Ⅰ. 阅读理解
Culture shock or thinking differences can depress even the most experienced traveller. Remember that unlucky accidents with service providers may take place because of cultural or linguistic misunderstandings, and that getting angry will make communication more difficult and cause bad feelings. A taste of humour can make hard situations more meaningful and enjoyable to you, your fellow travellers and the local friends you’ve made.
Keep a journal or carry a small tape recorder and make regular entries or recordings. Taking a step back and telling an experience after some time will open the door to humour. Write a letter or e-mail to a friend when you find your humour reducing. Challenge yourself to tell at least one good story in this message and you’ll be surprised how funny things can look when told to someone outside the situation.
Keep a list of funny things that you observe during your first few days in a new culture, and an explanation of what you think these things are all about. Look back on these lists later in the trip; what seemed strange before is probably familiar now, and your explanations may be funnier than the things themselves! Imagine writing an entry in a guidebook about a frustrating experience. How would you describe your experience to the later travellers? What travel advice would you offer?
Try to see yourself through the eyes of locals. What might they find strange, funny about what you are doing at this moment? When you find it difficult to overcome cultural differences, taking a new look at yourself can be very funny. Be careful not to sacrifice (牺牲) respect for local culture in order to lighten things up for yourself and fellow travellers.
【语篇概述】幽默可以使由于文化差异而给旅行者造成的不良情形得以改观, 本文给那些要旅游而且希望变得幽默的人提出了3条建议。
1. Why will the travellers often get depressed according to the text?
A. Because of being short of money.
B. Because of the different attitudes to the same thing.
C. Because of having not enough clothes.
D. Because of the unlucky fellow travellers’ trouble.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句“Culture shock or thinking differences can depress even the most experienced traveller. ”可知文化冲击和思维的差异会使旅行者不快乐。所以选B。
2. When you try to keep your sense of humour in foreign countries, you should ________.
A. tell anything that you find entertaining
B. learn to respect the local customs
C. know how to overcome cultural differences
D. try to tell anything particularly funny
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中的“Be careful not to sacrifice respect for local culture in order to lighten things up for yourself and fellow travellers. ”可知, 要尊重当地的传统文化。
3. What can you infer from the passage?
A. The funny things will be always interesting and never change.
B. The funny things would always make people happy.
C. If the people didn’t experience the things, they would find them funny.
D. The things seemed strange before they are surely becoming the familiar things.
【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文章第二段最后一句中“. . . you’ll be surprised how funny things can look when told to someone outside the situation. ”可知, 没有经历过那些事情的人会发现它们很有趣。
4. Who is the text intended for?
A. The performers who act in the music hall.
B. The actors who often act in the theatre.
C. The travellers who are experienced.
D. The travellers who want to be humorous.
【解析】选D。推理判断题。文章就是为那些要旅游而且希望变得幽默的人写的。
