模拟练习三

A multicultural person is someone who is deeply

concerned that all culture are equally good,1.

enjoys learning the rich variety of cultures in the world,

or most likely has been exposed to more than one2.

culture in his or her lifetime. You cannot motivate

anyone, especially someone of the other culture,3.

until that person has accepted you. A multilingual

person can explain the advantages of a product with4.

other languages, but a multicultural salesperson can

motivate foreigners to buy it. Thats a critic difference.5.

No one likes foreigners who are arrogant about their

own culture. Customers are turned off by monocultural

salespeople. The trouble is, most people are arrogant6.

monocultural without being aware of it. And even those

who are aware of it cannot hide. Foreigners sense7.

monocultural arrogance at once and set up their culture8.

barriers, effectively block any attempt by the9.

monocultural person to motivate them. Multiculturalism

is a requirement that has neglected too often10.

in hiring managements for international positions.

And this neglect is affecting every industry.

【答案及解析】

1.【答案】culture改为cultures

【解析】本题考查词汇及语法。“文化”这一词很容易被当作抽象名词，从而使考生觉得应该把“are”改为“is”。其实本句中“culture”为可数名词，指的是不同国家的文化，这一点从首行“multicultural”也可推断出来。故本题需要改正的不是动词而应把“culture”变为复数形式。

2.【答案】or改为and

【解析】本句考查语义逻辑。连词的前后部分并非二选一的关系，故不能用“or”而应使用表示并列及顺承的“and”。此外，“most likely”也可作为得出答案的提示。

3.【答案】the other改为another

【解析】本题考查词汇用法及固定搭配。容易误用的词或词组是常考的考点，如“another”, “the other”, “others”。如果提到两方，应使用“one…the other…”来表示“一个……另一个……”,而本句并没有出现把文化分为两类的意思，因此不可使用“the other”,应选择不特指的“another”。

4.【答案】with改为in

【解析】本题考查介词的使用。用某种语言表达应使用介词“in”而非“with”,但由于“with”也有“用”的意思，此类情况下容易混淆。可回忆一个简单的句子，如 “How do you say this in English?”然后类推出答案。

5.【答案】critic改为critical

【解析】本题考查词汇用法。修饰名词“difference”的应为形容词“critical”。

6.【答案】arrogant改为arrogantly

【解析】本题同样考查词汇用法。须注意，“arrogant”并非在be动词之后作表语，“傲慢”之意应修饰其后的“monocultural”,故应改为副词形式“arrogantly”,用副词修饰形容词。

7.【答案】hide后加it

【解析】本句考查语法规则。本句包含定语从句，限定主语“those”。句意为“而那些觉察到的人也无法掩饰”。“掩饰”的宾语为上文提到的“being arrogantly monocultural”,本句中应用“it”指代，故应在句末加上“it”。

8.【答案】culture改为cultural

【解析】本题考查词汇用法。“文化壁垒”应为“cultural barrier”而非“culture barrier”,属形容词修饰名词。

9.【答案】block改为blocking

【解析】本题考查语法规则。通过分析句子成分可知，“block”并非句子的谓语，因此应该使用非谓语形式。外国人感觉到傲慢情绪并很快建立起文化壁垒，主语“foreigners”与“block”之间是主动的关系，故使用“block”的现在分词。

10.【答案】has后加been

【解析】本题考查语法规则。本句包含定语从句，从句先行词为“requirement”,其与“neglect”之间应为被动关系，意为“这一要求被忽视”，故应根据现在完成时被动语态的要求，在“neglected”之前加“been”。