Close contacts between Japan and the rest of the world were created in the twentieth century. In the last forty years, business contacts between Japan and the West have become very important. Many foreign companies now have offices in Japan and Japanese businessmen do business around the world. Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder foreign businessmen and make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.
The American businessman, for example, wants to start talking business immediately. He does not want to wait. The Japanese businessman, on the other hand, likes to arrive at decisions after giving them serious thought. Another thing foreign businessmen have difficulty in understanding is when a Japanese means “Yes” or “No”. This is because of cultural differences between Japanese and Western society(社會), Which make it difficult for a Japanese to say “No” directly.
In the USA, it is easy to say “No” to something one does not want to do. But in Japan, it is very difficult to say “No”. To refuse an invitation or a request(請求) with “No” is felt to be impolite. It is thought to be selfish and unfriendly. So instead of saying “No” directly, the Japanese have developed many ways to avoid(避免) saying “No”. These can help them avoid hurting other people’s feelings. However, this often makes their ways of doing business rather difficult for foreigners to understand and follow.
【小題1】What often makes foreigners feel difficult to do business in Japan?
A.Their different ways of doing business. |
B.Their different lifestyles. |
C.The fact that the Japanese never say “No”. |
D.The fact that the Japanese are slow to take action. |
A.cause foreign businessmen to change their minds. |
B.give a feeling of surprise to foreign businessmen. |
C.a(chǎn)ttract foreign businessmen’s attention. |
D.make foreign businessmen think wrongly. |
A.American businessmen do things more slowly than Japanese ones. |
B.American businessmen like to say “Yes” and “No”. |
C.Americans usually say what they are thinking. |
D.Americans do not say what they think or feel clearly. |
A.Japanese businessmen are good at business |
B.foreign businessmen should try to know Japanese ways of doing business |
C.foreign businessmen must be more polite |
D.you must learn from Japanese businessmen if you want to succeed |
【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
解析試題分析:短文大意:日本和世界其他國家之間的密切接觸者在第二十世紀創(chuàng)建。在過去的四十年中,日本和西方之間的業(yè)務(wù)往來,已成為非常重要的。許多外國公司和日本商人在世界上做生意,現(xiàn)在在日本設(shè)立辦事處。然而,日本和西方做生意的方式是有差異的。這往往使外國商人,在日本做生意困難。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Differences between Japanese and Western ways of doing business, however, often bewilder foreign businessmen and make doing business in Japan difficult for foreigners.可知外國商人感到在日本做生意難是因為日本和西方國家做生意的方式不同,所以選A。
【小題2】詞義匹配題。bewilder foreign businessmen的意思是使外國商人迷惑,也就是說常常使外國商人產(chǎn)生錯誤的想法,所以選 D。
【小題3】根據(jù)第三段首句In the USA, it is easy to say “No” to something one does not want to do. But in Japan, it is very difficult to say “No”可知該文是引導(dǎo)人們認識一個事實:美國人提出直截了當說出他們的想法,所以選C。
【小題4】推理判斷題。從本文我們可以推知外國商人應(yīng)該努力了解日本人做生意的方式,所以選B。
考點:政治文化經(jīng)濟類閱讀。
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