【第三部分:阅读理解(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分).阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。AScholarsandresearchershavetriedtodiscoverwhatpersonality】
第三部分:阅读理解(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分).
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
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Scholarsandresearchershavetriedtodiscoverwhatpersonalitycharacteristicsgoalongwithsuccessininterculturalexperiences.Theirfindingshaveoftenbeenunclearorincomplete.Butthreecharacteristicsstandoutintheirreports:patience,asenseofhumor,andtheawarenessofbeingunclear.
Patience,ofcourse,istheabilitytokeepcalmevenwhenthingsdonotgoasonewantsthemto,orhopestheywill,orhasevenbeensuretheywill.Impatiencesometimesbringsimprovementsinrelationswithotherpeople,butusuallyitdoesnot.
Apersonwithasenseofhumorislesslikelytotakethingstooseriouslyandmorereadytoseethehumorinhisownreactionsthanahumorlessperson.Thevalueofasenseofhumorreallyneedstobepaidmoreattentionto. “Theawarenessofbeingunclear”isamoredifficultconceptthanpatienceorasenseofhumor.Foreignersoftenfindthemselvesinsituationsthatareuncleartothenewcomers.Thatis,theydonotknowwhatishappeninginthesituation.Perhapstheydonotunderstandthelocallanguagewellenough,ortheydonotknowhowsomesystemororganizationworks,ortheycan’tbesureofdifferentpeople’srolesinwhatisgoingon.“It’slikeIjustgotherefromthemoon,”aChinesegraduatestudentwhonewlyarrivedintheUnitedStatessaid,“thingsarejustsodifferenthere.”
56.Thepassagemainlytellsus_____.
A.someproblemsaboutcommunication.
B.humor-animportantthingincommunication.
C.somecharacteristicsincommunicatingwithforeigners.
D.threeusefulwaysofcommunicatingwithforeigners.
57.Fromthethirdparagraph,wecaninferthatahumorousperson_____.
A.tendstotreateverythingcarelessly B.isoptimisticaboutthings.
C.likesmakingfunofothers. D.isanimpatientone.