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1、书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。祝愿天下莘莘学子：学业有成，金榜题名！语言类考试复习资料大全中级分类模拟题face to face中级分类模拟题face to faceAround the world问题:1.答案:Go along and get along Read this article and then answer the questions that follow: Go along and get along THE Japan Societys crash course on how to bridge the chasm between Japanese and Ameri

2、can managers forces participants to exam- ine their own cultural assumptions, as well as to learn about the other side. Behaviour which Americans consider trustworthy is often precisely that which Japanese associate with shifty characters - and vice versa. To Americans, people who pause before reply

3、ing to a question are probably dissembling. They expect a trustworthy person to respond directly. The Japanese distrust such fluency. They are impressed by snme- body who gives careful thought to a question before making a reply. Most Japanese are comfortable with periods of silence. Americans find

4、silence awkward and like to plug any conversational gaps. The cherished American character- istics of frankness and openness are also misunderstood. The Japanese think it is sensible, as well as polite, for a person to be discreet until he is sure that a business acquaintance will keep sensitive inf

5、ormation confidential. An American who boasts Im my own man can expect to find his Japanese hosts anxiously counting the chopsticks after a business lunch. As the Japanese see it, individualists are anti-social. Team players are sound. 1. American managers learn about the cultural assumptions.of the

6、 Japanese.答案:B2. In the eyes of Americans people who hesitate have something to hide.答案:A3. The Japanese are impressed by careful replies.答案:A4. Periods of silence bother the Japanese.答案:B5. Americans are embarrassed by conversations that stop.答案:A6. The Japanese are in favour of working in teams.答案

7、:BHave you met .?问题:1. The customer services manager, Mrs Hanson, doesnt know Linda Morris, the new export clerk. _ 答案:Mrs Hanson,Id like you to meet Linda Morris, Shes our new export clerk.问题:2. Your boss says to you, This is Tony Watson. Hes visiting us from Canada. _ 答案:Hello, Tony. Nice to meet

8、you.问题:3. Tony Watson says, Hi. I think you know one of my colleagues: Ann Scott. _ 答案:Thats right, yes, we once worked together in .问题:4. Youve been introduced to someone by name, but later in the conversation you cant remember the persons name. _ 答案:Im terribly sorry, Ive forgotten your name.问题:5.

9、 You enter an office full of strangers one morning. Someone asks if they can help you. _ 答案:Yes, good morning, my names _. Ive got an appointment with .问题:6. A visitor arrives after travelling a long distance to see you. _ 答案:Did you have a good journey? Its very nice of you to come all this way.问题:

10、7. Your visitor looks thirsty. _ 答案:Would you like a coffee? or Would you like something to drink?问题:8. Its time for you to leave. You look at your watch and realize that its later than you thought. _ 答案:Good heavens, is that the time? I didnt realize it was so late. I really must be going now.Askin

11、g questionsWrite down the QUESTIONS that led to each of these answers. The first is done for you as an example.问题:1. _Thats right. Pleased to meet you.答案:Are you Mrs Meier?问题:2. _? Yes, thanks, I had a very good flight.答案:Did you have a good flight?问题:3. _? Id like to see Mr Perez, if hes in the off

12、ice.答案:Who would you like to see?问题:4. _? On my last visit I spoke to Ms Wong.答案:Who did you speak to last time you came?问题:5. _? It was Mr Grn who recommended the hotel to me.答案:Who recommended this particular hotel to you?问题:6. _? No, my husband is travelling with me. Im meeting him later.答案:Are y

13、ou travelling alone?问题:7. _? Well probably be staying till Friday morning.答案:How long are you planning to stay?问题:8. _? No, this is his first visit - hes never been here before.答案:Has your husband been here before?Imagine that youre talking to someone who talks rather unclearly, and that you cant ca

14、tch some of the information he or she gives you. Write down the questions youd ask this person to find out the missing (_) information. 问题:1. I work for _. Who答案:do you work for?问题:2. I live in _. Where答案:do you live?问题:3. Ive been working here for _ years. How答案:How long have you been working here?

15、问题:4. We keep our sales files in the _ room. Which答案:Which room do you keep your sales files in?问题:5. We never phone in the morning because _ . Why答案:Why do you never phone in the morning?问题:6. I started working for the firm in 19 _ . When答案:When did you start working for the firm?问题:7. Td like a _

16、room for two nights, please. What kind of答案:What kind of room would you like?问题:8. I heard about this product from Mr _ . Who答案:Who did you hear about this product from?问题:9. The complete package costs only $ _ How much答案:How much does the complete package cost?问题:10. They printed _ thousand copies

17、of the report. How many答案:10 How many copies of the report did they print?问题:11. They asked me to _ as soon as possible. What答案:What did they ask you to do?问题:12. Mrs _ told me I should get in touch with you. Who答案:Who told you that you should get in touch with us/me?In these sentences the question

18、tags are missing, arent they? Complete each sentence with a suitable question tag. The first two are done for you as examples.问题:1. They dont normally pay their account late, _?答案:.,do they?问题:2. The phone number is 518361, _?答案:.,isnt it?问题:3. Theyll let us know before the end of the month,_ ?答案:.,

19、 wont they?问题:4. We can send the catalogues by surface mail,_?答案:., cant we?问题:5. They cant provide us with the information we need,_?答案:., can they?问题:6. She isnt in the office today,_?答案:., is she?问题:7. This machine doesnt operate automatically, _?答案:., does it?问题:8. You know a great deal about ec

20、onomics,_?答案:., dont you?问题:9. Youve studied this subject for some time,_ ?答案:., havent you?问题:10. 10 We shouldnt interrupt the meeting,_?答案:., should we?问题:11. 11 We must confirm this by sending them a fax,_ ?答案:., mustnt we?问题:12. 12 He hasnt heard that the firm has been taken over,_?答案:.,has he?D

21、o it my way Management in America Do it my way NEW YORK Cultural differences between Japanese and American managers have presented the biggest obstacles to Japanese companies investing in America. A seminar for Japanese executives working in America was attended by 25 men, nearly all of them in iden

22、tical dark suits. Despite the rooms stifling heating system, they resolutely refused to remove their jackets. Their coffee break lasted exactly the scheduled ten minutes. They did not ask any questions until after they had got to know one another a bit better at lunch. They were usually deferential

23、and always polite. A similar seminar for 25 Americans working for Japanese subsidiaries in America included eight women. Several of the men removed their jackets on entering the room. A ten- minute coffee break stretched beyond 20 minutes. Participants asked questions and several aggressively contra

24、dicted what the speakers had to say. According to Mr Thomas Lifson of Harvard and Mr Yoshihiro Tsurumi of New Yorks Baruch College - the two main speakers at both seminars - misunderstandings between Japanese and American managers are possible at nearly every encounter. They can begin at the first r

25、ecruiting interview. A big American company typically hires people to fill particular slots. Its bosses know that Americans are mobile people, who have a limited commitment to any particular employer or part of the country. As a result, jobs are clearly defined and so are the skills needed to fill t

26、hem. American firms hire and fire almost at will. The assumptions (and the expecta- tions) of the Japanese managers of Japanese subsidiaries in America could hardly be more different. They hire people more for the skills they will acquire after joining the company than for their existing skills. Ame

27、rican managers rely heavily on number-packed memoranda and the like. The Japanese colleagues prefer informal consultations which lead eventually to a consensus. According to Mr Tsurumi, they find comical the sight of American managers in adjacent offices exchanging memos. Confronted with a dispute between middle managers, most Japanese superiors refuse to become involved, expecting the managers themselves to resolve the issue. The Americans con- clude, wrongly, that their J