《2025年练习部分高中英语必修第一册上外版》

Section C Read and complete the tasks.
Task 2. Read the following passage about cross-cultural communication and complete it by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once.
agreement caused confusion fluency ironically likely obvious response torn
Cross-cultural communication is about the way people from different cultures communicate with each other. It's not surprising that cross-cultural communication can cause (1) ______. Sometimes, even if the speaker has clearly expressed himself and the listener has also understood the meaning, the listener may still give a confusing (2) ______, which, increasingly, makes the speaker feel confused. For example, the Chinese word "dui" can mean "correct," but it can also mean "yes," indicating "I agree." Actually, Chinese are usually so friendly and polite that "dui" is often used to show (3) ______, and it's part of Chinese culture.
Once, a foreigner, called Jason, was going to go out with Stella, his Chinese co-worker, who achieved great (4) ______ in English. Jason looked up at the sky, and said, "It looks like it's not going to rain." Stella said, "Yes," and he was totally puzzled. Did she mean it would rain? So Jason then said, "Well, I hope it won't rain." Stella responded "yes" again! Finally, Jason felt (5) ______ and said, "Should I take my umbrella?" and Stella said "Yes!" Jason took an umbrella and they went out. What made Jason embarrassed was that it became sunny. But (6) ______, Stella put up her umbrella. Jason was totally confused, trying to find out what was wrong with the conversation between Stella and him.

答案： 1. confusion
2. response
3. agreement
4. fluency
5. torn
6. ironically
解析：
(1) 跨文化交流易引发“困惑”，用confusion；
(2) 听众给出“回应”，用response；
(3) “对”表示“同意”，用agreement；
(4) “英语流利度”，用fluency；
(5) Jason感到“犹豫”，用torn；
(6) 晴天撑伞“讽刺地”，用ironically。