15．Ideas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another．Some societies，such as America and Australia are mobile and very open，people here change jobs and move house quite often．As a result，they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time．So it's normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met，and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal．
On the other hand there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long-term relationships are more important．A Malaysian or Mexican business person will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business．But when you do get to know each other，the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society．
To Americans，both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first．On the other hand，as a passenger from a less mobile society put it，it's no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don't want to answer．
Cross-cultural differences aren't just a problem for travelers，but also for the flights that carry them．All flights want to provide the best service，but ideas about good service are different place to place．This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with．
Some societies have"universalist"cultures．These societies strongly respect rules，and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way．"Particularist"societies，on the other hand，also have rules，but they are less important than the society's unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person．So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person．
This difference can cause problems．A traveler from a particularist society，India，is checking in for a flight in Germany，a country which has a universalist culture．The Indian traveler has too much luggage，but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family．He expects that the check-in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him．The check-in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage，it wouldn't be fair to the other passengers．But the traveler thinks this is unfair，because the other passengers don't have his problem．
70．Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americans and AustraliansB．
A．like traveling better
B．easy to communicate with
C．difficult to make real friends
D．have a long-term relationship with their neighbors
71．A person from a less mobile society will feel itA when a stranger keeps talking to him or her，and asking him or her questions．
A．boring
B．friendly
C．normal
D．rough
72．In"particularist societies"，D．
A．they have no rules for people to obey
B．people obey the society's rules completely
C．no one obeys the society's rules though they have
D．the society's rules can be changed with different persons or situations
73．The writer of the passage thinks that the Indian and the German have different ideas about rules because of differentB．
A．interests
B．cultures
C．habits and customs
D．ways of life．
分析 文章主要講的是文化差異，不同的文化背景下，形成了不同的行為習(xí)慣，當(dāng)這些行為交織在一起時(shí)，就會(huì)出現(xiàn)矛盾．
解答 70．B細(xì)節(jié)理解題． 根據(jù)第一段"are mobile and very open，get to know people quickly，it's normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met"可知，美國(guó)人和澳大利亞人很開(kāi)放，容易交流．故選B．
71．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段"as a passenger from a less mobile society puts it，it's no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don't want to answer．"可知，生活沒(méi)有太多變動(dòng)的人，不喜歡聽(tīng)他人說(shuō)他們的事情．故選A．
72．D 推理判斷題． 對(duì)于particularist societies來(lái)說(shuō)，規(guī)定是可以改變的．根據(jù)最后一段"A traveler from a particularist society，India，is checking in…"可知，在禁止帶許多行李的情況下，印度游客希望規(guī)定能改變一下．故選D．
73．B 推理判斷題． 根據(jù)文章第一句"Ideas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another．"可知，作者主要講的是，不同文化背景下的行為習(xí)慣也不同．造成印度人和德國(guó)人的不同想法的原因是，不同的文化背景．故選B．
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