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Scholars and researchers have tried to discover what personality characteristics go along with success in
intercultural experiences. Their findings have often been unclear or incomplete. But three characteristics stand
out in their reports: patience, a sense of humor, and the awareness of being unclear.
Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm even when things do not go as one wants them to, or hopes
they will, or has even been sure they will. Impatience sometimes brings improvements in relations with other
people, but usually it does not.
A person with a sense of humor is less likely to take things too seriously and more ready to see the humor
in her own reactions than a humorless person. The value of a sense of humor really needs to be paid more
attention to.
"The awareness of being unclear" is a more difficult concept than patience or a sense of humor. Foreigners
often find themselves in situations that are unclear to the newcomers. That is, they do not know what is
happening in the situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well enough, or they do not know
how some system or organization works, or they can't be sure of different people's roles in what is going on.
"It's like I just got here from the moon," a Chinese graduate student who newly arrived in the United States said,
"things are just so different here."
1. The passage mainly tells us _____. [ ]
A. that it's not easy to travel abroad
B. that humor is very important in communication
C. about some characteristics in dealing with foreigners
D. about three main ways useful for communicating with foreigners
2. According to the passage, what characteristic should be most focused on? [ ]
A. Patience
B. The awareness of being unclear
C. The sense of humor
D. Understanding each other.
3. "The awareness of being unclear" refers to _____.[ ]
A. knowing the meaning of an exact situation
B. not stating clearly what happens
C. realizing the possible misunderstanding in a situation
D. being aware of the unclear situation
4. According to the writer, the Chinese students is _____.
A. a hard-working student
B. recently back from the moon
C. interested in the study of moon
D. not used to the culture in America
