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2017年12月英语六级阅读练习:鞠躬的艺术(精炼)

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      距离英语六级考试还有两个月的时间,不知道考生们已经准备的怎么样了?英语六级阅读是考试的重点与难点,也是考生的得分点,需要我们花费很多的时间复习。以下是小编为大家整理的英语六级阅读精炼,考生可以每日一篇,逐步提升英语阅读水平。

      4. The Ar t Of Bowing

      The degree to which a bowing or lowering of thebody is emphasized varies from one culture toanother . In many cultures today the full bow orother dramatic lowering of the body is generallyreserved for formal occasions such as greeting ahead of state or monarch. For example, Britishcommoners standing before the queen or beinghonored by royalty in a ceremony of knighthood would be expected to bow, curtsey, or kneel.As part of their religious practices some Christians kneel, Catholics genuflect, and Muslimskowtow3 , an extreme form of body lowering in which the forehead is brought to the ground.Although bowing, as a worldwide phenomenon, has been on the decrease in recent decades, ithas survived in German culture and exists to an even greater degree in modern Japan, wherebows are an integral part of everyday social interaction . In the United States, however,bowing or any type of submissive body posture is particularly irritating, for it tends toconnote undue formality, aristocracy, and a nonverbal denial of egalitarianism. Nowhere isbowing more important to the process of communication today than in Japanese society. Asan indication of how pervasive bowing is in present-day Japan, some experts point out that“some female department store employees have the sole function of bowing to customers atdepartment store escalators and that many Japanese bow repeatedly to invisible partners atthe other end of a telephone line”. Bowing initiates interaction between two Japanese , itenhances and embellishes many parts of the ensuing conversation, and it is used to signalthe end of a conversation. Although Westerners, in a very general

      sense, understand the meaning attached to bowing, appropriate bowing in Japan is anintricate and complex process. Reciprocal bowing is determined largely by rank. In fact, it ispossible to tell the relative social status of the two communicators by the depth of their bows (the deeper the bow, the lower the status) . When bowing deeply, it is conventional to leanslightly to the right to avoid bumping heads. The person of lower status is expected toinitiate the bow, and the person of higher status determines when the bow is completed.People of equivalent status are expected to bow at the same depth while starting andfinishing at the same time.

      阅读自测

      Ⅰ. Are these statements True or False a ccording to the article ?

      1. Nowadays the full bow or other dramatic lowering of the body is still widely acceptedaroundthe world.

      2. Bowing is prevalent in Japan while the situation is quite different in America.

      3. It is customary to lean slightly to the left to avoid bumping heads when bowing deeply.

      Ⅱ. Complete the sentence s with the proper forms of the words given in parentheses :

      1. There is a __________( tend) that more and more people will move from cities to thecountryside.

      2. He __________( repeat) fails to pass the exam.

      3. A spirit of hopelessness__________ ( pervasive ) the country.

      4. He is such a chauvinist that he expects his wife to be meek and __________( submit).

      5. The government has__________ ( initial) a new house-building program.

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