- 阅读理解A
题干：AnAsianengineerisassignedtoaU.S.laboratoryandalmostsuffersanervousbreakdown.AU.S.executivetellshisstaffhe’sgoingtotreatthemfairly—andcreatesdissension.AJapanesemanagerispromotedbyhisAmericanpresident,butwithinsixmonthsasksforatransfer.Eachofthesereal-lifecasesinvolvedpeoplewhowereregardedassuperioremployees,butwereill-equippedtocopewiththecomplexitiesanddangersofinterculturalmanagement.“Multinationalcompanieshavestudiedeverythingelse,nowthey’refinallylookingatculture”,saysCliffordClarke,founderandpresidentoftheCalifornia-basedIRIInternationalInc.“NevershowtheshoetoanArab,neverarriveintimeforapartyinBrazil,andinJapan,don’tthink‘yes’means‘yes’,”adviseU.S.consultantsLennieCoplandandLewisBrownGriggs,whohaveproducedaseriesoffilmsandabooktohelpmanagersimprovetheirinternationalbusinessskills.Butsimplylearningthesocial“dos”and“don’ts”isnottheanswer,accordingtothenewculturespecialists.Thepenaltiesforignoringdifferentthinkingpatterns,theypointout,canbedisastrous.Forexample,theAmericanmanagerwhopromisedtobefairthoughthewastellinghisJapanesestaffthattheirhardworkwouldberewarded,butwhensomeworkersreceivedhighersalaryincreasesthanothers,therewerecomplaints.“Youtoldusyou’dbefair,andyouliedtous,”accusedonesalesman.“Ittookmeayearandahalf”,sighedtheAmerican,“torealizethat‘fair’,tomystaff,meantbeingtreatedequally.”TheAsianengineerwhosufferedinAmericawasthevictimofanothermistakenexpectation.“HewasaccustomedtothewarmgroupenvironmentsotypicalinJapan,”saidhisU.S.manager.“Butinourcompany,we’reallexpectedtobeself-starters,whothriveonworkingalone.Forhim,itwasemotionalstarvation.He’smadetheadjustmentnow,buthe’dbehumiliatedifItoldyouhisname,that’sanotherculturaldifference.”TheJapanesemanagerwhofailedtorespondtohispromotioncouldn’tbringhimselftousethemoredirectlanguageneededtocommunicatewithhisBoston-basedsuperiors.“Iusedtothinkallthistalkaboutculturalcommunicationwasalogofbaloney,”saysEugeneJ.Flath,presidentofIntelJapanLtd.,asubsidiaryoftheAmericansemiconductormaker.“Now,Icanseeit’sarealproblem.Miscommunicationhasslowedourabilitytocoordinateactionwithourhomeoffice.”That’swhyIntel,withthehelpofconsultantClarke,begananinterculturaltrainingprogramthisspringwhichFlathexpectswilldramaticallyreducedecision-makingtimenowlostinmakingsuretheAmericansandtheJapaneseunderstandeachother.
题目： From the context, the word “baloney” ( Line 3, Paragraph 6) is close in meaning to（）. - A 、balcony
- B 、nonsense
- C 、feat
- D 、simplicity
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参考答案【正确答案：B】
本词出现在原文第六段“I used to think all this talk about cultural communication was a log of baloney”，这里英特尔日本公司总裁所说的话显然是在比较他过去和现在对跨文化交际的不同看法，从他现在已认识到这个问题的严重性来看，过去他的态度肯定是不以为然，所以B.nonsense（废话）最符合上下文语义逻辑关系。
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