Question

A The custom of giftgiving 

You know giftgiving plays a very important role nowadays.   Let's see what's happened in some countries.

Australia 

Australia is known for its friendliness and frankness (坦誠(chéng)) .At a business show,T-shirts,ties,baseball caps,or a pin may be good gifts. Anything more than these types of gifts could cause embarrassment.

Greece 

The most common form of showing thanks inGreeceis probably an evening's entertainment. If you do want to give a gift,dont give personal things,such as ties and shirts. If you are invited to a Greek home,flowers or a cake for the hostess are good gifts.

Germany

A West Virginia manager who was visitingGermanyfor the first time was invited to the home of his largest customer. He decided to bring his hostess a bouquet of flowers. He bought a dozen red roses.

Oops!Terrible mistake!Flowers are often taken to a hostess of a dinner party at her home,but there are three taboos (禁忌) to remember; (1) Red roses stands for (象征) a romantic interest. (2) An even number (偶數(shù)) of flowers stand for bad luck,so does the number thirteen. (3) always unwrap (不要包扎) the flowers before giving them away. What this manager did made others think he fell in love with his customer's wife.

Italy

When you are invited to a person's home for dinner,it might be nice to bring flowers or a box of chocolates for your hostess. And inItalynever give chrysanthemums (菊花) as presents,because they suggest death.

(   ) 26. Australiais known for it's         .

   A. friendliness and frankness   B. beautiful roses and ties

   C. friendliness and pins   D. business shows

(   ) 27. The most common form of showing thanks inGreeceis         .

   A. T-shirts and ties   B. an evening's entertainment

   C. a dozen of flowers   D. some flowers and a cake

(   ) 28. What does an even number of flowers mean inGermany?

   A. Good luck. B. Bad luck.

   C. A romantic interest. D. Death.

(   ) 29. InItaly,chrysanthemums stand for         .

   A. love   B. death   C. happiness   D. illness

(   ) 30. From the passage,we can learn that         .

   A. different countries have different culture

   B. red roses stand for love inItaly

   C. the number "13” is a luck number inGermany

   D. chrysanthemums are good gift for the hostess in the whole world

Answer 1

26〜30ABBBA