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Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing. A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as "yes" and "no".

On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren’t paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, "Do you have cold drinks" The woman there didn’t say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows, which in Micronesia means "yes".

Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, "Do you have cabbage today" He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means no.

Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean "yes" or "no".

People in Micronesia show "yes" by ()

A.nodding heads

B.raising eyebrows

C.shaking heads

D.saying "no"

答案

参考答案:B

解析:

细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句话可知Micronesia的人们通过向上挑眉毛来表示“yes”。故选B。

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【案例一】城市公共管理:两种做法两种结果某市政府在城市公共管理方面所采用的两种不同做法,导致了两种不同的结果。一种做法是,该市政府实行市场化取向的改革,将城市废物和垃圾处理的事务交由企业承担。市政府将城市废物和垃圾处理的需求和具体事项,面向社会招标,并详细公告了招标要求与时间,最后通过专家评标,从投标的20 多家企业中选取了 7 家,市政府与 7 家企业签定了合同。这样,就将城市废物和垃圾处理的事务通过招标这种公平竞争的方式由企业具体承担了。实行城市废物和垃圾处理的事务由企业承担之后,政府制定了这类企业在从事废物和垃圾处理业务方面的行为规范、具体规则,并对企业处理废物和垃圾的行为进行监督。通过一年来的实践,城市卫生明显得到了改善,政府在这方面的机构规模因此得到了缩减,财政开支也减少了。另一种做法是,市政府为了招商引资、实现经济效益与生态效益双丰收,决定利用位于市中心的城市公园兴建一个国际标准的高尔夫球场。这个城市公园,地域广大,湖光山色,是市民们散步、休闲活动的场所,深得市民的青睐。但高尔夫球场建成后,整个公园被铁丝网围起来,只有少数人可以在里面活动;喷洒大量的化学除草剂以抑制杂草,造成了土地和水体的严重污染。高尔夫球场虽然带来了一定经济效益,但引起了市民的强烈不满。

将城市废物和垃圾处理的事务交由企业承担的社会效果是( )。

A.有利于保持城市整洁

B.有利于强化政府管理

C.有利于扩大社会就业

D.有利于促进政府职能转变

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