D

Themeaningofsilencecarriesamongculturegroups.Silencemaybethoughtful,ortheymaybeemptywhenapersonhasnothingtosay.Asilenceinaconversationmayalsoshowstubbornness,uneasiness,or,worry.Silencemaybeviewedbysomeculturalgroupsasextremelyuncomfortable;thereforeattemptsmaybemadetofilleverygap(間隙)withconversation.Personsinotherculturalgroupsvaluesilenceandviewitasnecessaryforunderstandingaperson’sneeds.

ManyNativeAmericansvaluesilenceandfeelitisabasicpartofcommunicatingamongpeople,justassometraditionalChineseandThaipersonsdo.Therefore,whenapersonfromoneoftheseculturesisspeakingandsuddenlystops,whatmaybeimplied(暗示)isthatthepersonwantsthelistenertoconsiderwhathasbeensaidbeforecontinuing.Inthesecultures,silenceisacallforreflection.

Otherculturesmayusesilenceinotherways,particularlywhendealingwithconflictsamongpeopleorinrelationshipsofpeoplewithdifferentamountsofpower.Forexample,Russian,French,andSpanishpersonsmayusesilencetoshowagreementbetweenpartiesaboutthetopicunderdiscussion.However,Mexicansmayusesilencewheninstructionsaregivenbyapersoninauthorityratherthanberudetothatpersonbyarguingwithhimorher.Instillanotheruse,personsinAsianculturesmayviewsilenceasasignofrespect,particularlytoanelderorapersoninauthority,personsinAsianculturemayviewsilenceasasignofrespect,particularlytoanelderorapersoninauthority.

Nursesandothercare-giversneedtobeawareofthepossiblemeaningsofsilencewhentheycomeacrossthepersonalanxietytheirpatientsmaybeexperiencing.Nursesshouldrecognizetheirownpersonalandculturalconstructionofsilencesothatapatient’ssilenceisnotinterruptedtooearlyorallowedtogoonunnecessarily.Anursewhounderstandsthehealing(治愈)valueofsilencecanusethisunderstandingtoassistinthecareofpatientsfromtheirownandfromothercultures.

32.Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutsilenceinconversations?

A.Itimpliesanger.

B.Itpromotesfriendship.

C.Itisculture-specific

D.Itiscontent-based

33.Whichofthefollowingpeoplemightconsidersilenceasacallforcarefulthought?

A.TheChinese.B.TheFrench.

C.TheMexicans.D.TheRussians.

34.Whatdoestheauthoradvisenursestodoaboutsilence?

A.Letitcontinueasthepatientpleases.

B.Breakitwhiletreatingpatients.

C.eva luateitsharmtopatients.

D.Makeuseofitshealingeffects.

35.Whatmaybethebesttitleforthetext?

A.SoundandSilence

B.Whatitmeanstobesilent

C.SilencetoNativeAmericans

D.SpeechIsSilver;SilenceIsGold

【分析】

32.C推理判斷題。由第一段,可以得知A選項不全面，沉默不只代表一個意思；同理，可排除B選項；此段反復強調“Silencemaybeviewedbysomeculturalgroups…”，“Personsinotherculturalgroupsvalue…”可得知，沉默在不同文化中的意義是不同的，而不是根據對話內容變化的，由此可以排除D，得出正確答案C。

33.A細節理解題。題干的意思是“在哪國人的文化中，沉默代表要求對方仔細考慮？”定位第二段“Therefore…personwantsthelistenertoconsiderwhathasbeensaidbeforecontinuing.”中文意思為，在中國和泰國文化中，silence代表說話人想在繼續會話之前讓傾聽者考慮他說過的話。所以可以得出答案A。

34.D細節理解題。對應文章最后一段。答案可以在段落主題句中可以分析出來?第一句和最后一句。尤其是最后一句“Anursewhounderstandsthehealing(治愈)valueofsilencecanusethisunderstandingtoassistinthecareofpatients…”作者認為，了解沉默的治愈價值有助于更好地照顧病人。所以，是建議護士利用沉默的治愈價值的。而A，B選項出現在第2句sothat后面的部分。用了否定詞not，是作者所不建議的。C選項在文中并未提及。

35.B主旨大意題。文章為總分的結構，可從第一段入手。定位文章第一句“Themeaningofsilencecariesamongculturegroups.”即可得知全篇都在講沉默代表的意義，不同的文化意義不同。文中并沒提到聲音與沉默的關系，所以不選A；文章講了不同國家沉默代表的意義，不局限于NativeAmericans，排除C；而D選項是一句諺語，“說話是銀，沉默是金”，文章并沒有對比兩者的重要性。因此只能選B。

2第二節

根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。