经典中西文化习俗差异120例题

中西文化习俗差异120例题

中国人在学习英语中很有必要弄清中西文化习俗上的差异。这很有利于正确理解英语文化和正确运用英语进行交际。本文列举120例说明中西文化习俗上的差异。 例题（1） and are students. A. You, I, he B. I, you, he C. He, you I D. You, he, I

析：英语人称代词的排列语序与汉语的排列语序不同。英语人称代词的排列语序是You, he, I。把第一人称“I”放在最后，以示礼貌谦虚。故此题的正确选项是D。但英语人称代词的复数排序同汉语一样。它们是We→you→they。 例题（2） will attend our meeting. A. Wang Uncle B. Uncle Wang C. Mr Wang D. Wang comade

析：英语中的称呼、地点、时间等排列语序与汉语的排列语序相反。e.g.Mr Smith（史密斯先生），Teacher Zhang（张老师），Room 307（307房间）。并且英语中的地点、时间是由小到大排列。e.g. Changan An Street Beijing China（中国北京长安街）：At 8 o’clock on the morning of Oct, lst, 1998（1998年10月1日早上8点）。故此题的正确选项是B.C。

例题（3）A foreigner’s full name is John Henry Brown. We usually call him . A. Mr John B. Mr Henry C. Mr Brown D. Mr John Brown 析：英语中的姓名排列语序与汉语的排列语序不同。e.g.Zhou Xiaoyan（周晓艳）（Zhou→family name, Xiao→first name, yan→second name, Xiaoyan→given names）

John Henry Brown(John→first name, Henry→middle name, John Henry→given names， Brown→family name)故此题的正确选项是C，D。

例题（4）When you leave your friends home at midnight, you had better say . A. Good midnight B. good evening C. good night D. good-bye

析：外国人一般把晚上6点至10点称evening，10点以后称night。晚上10点以后与亲友告辞，均说good night, 表示晚安的意思。故此题的正确选项是C。

例题（5）When you write a letter to your father in English, you had better call,“ Father”. A. Respectable B. Beloved C. Dear D. Loving

析：用英语给长辈、同辈或晚辈写信均用Dear so and so。故此题的正确选项是C。（用英语写信，称呼之后用逗号“，”，不用冒号“：”，年、月、日写在信的右上角。） 例题（6）When you write an envelope to a foreigner in English, you had better write the address of the name first on corner.

A. receiver’s, left B. writer’s, right C. receiver’s, right D. writer’s, left

析：英文信封的写法同汉语信封的写法不一样。有以下两点注意：①收信人的姓名和地址应写在信封中央位置上。先写姓名，再写地址，通常用并列式。（每行左边开头）②写信人的姓名、地址写在信封的左上角或信封背面的口盖上，也是先写姓名，再写地址。姓名也可不写。故此题的正确选项是D。 例题（7） can have a kiss.

A. Sweet-hearts B. Friends

C. Colleagues（同事） D. Husband and wife

析：外国人与关系不同的人见面时吻的部位不同。只对夫妻恋人才能互相接吻，一般朋友的吻脸；长辈对晚辈吻脑门；对女士贵夫人吻手背。（中国人见面往往是握手。）故此题的正确选项是A，D。

例题（8）When you want to talk with a foreigner, you had better begin it wih . A. his name, age, salary, family B. his going C. weather D. current events(时事)

析：外国人与别人初次面谈，不喜欢别人问起姓名、年龄、工资及家事等。他们认为这些是个人私事（private things），不管你的事（It’s none of business.）以谈论天气或时事是对外国人开始谈话的最好话题。故此题的正确选项是C，D。 例题（9）When someone is in hospital, you had better . A. do nothing B. send him a bunch of flowers C. see him very often D. do something for him

析：外国人住院需要安静，不喜欢别人送礼或去看望。他们视这些是对他们病情的干扰，妨碍他们休息和早日康复。故此题的正确选项是A。

例题（10）When you are invited to dinner party at 6:00, you had better arrive at . A. 5:30 B. 6:00 C. 5:45 D. 6:10

析：外国人赴宴非常准点。早到晚到都是不礼貌。早到主妇要花时间招待。晚到或不能到均要事先电话通知主人。故此题的正确选项是B。

例题（11）When you have dinner at your friend’s home, you had better eat with . A. little politely, sticks B. much noisily, knives

C. best dishes happily, hands only

D. up all the dishes without noise，forks and knives

析：外国人待客很真诚。他们希望客人把桌上东西吃光，才高兴，主人才认为他们的菜做得可口。外国人无论喝汤，嚼食都不宜发出声音。碗盘不可端到嘴边。常用刀叉用餐。故此题的正确选项是D。 例题（12）When you have stayed at your guest’s home for several days and want to leave, you had better .

A. send hostess a bunch of flowers

B. say good-bye to all the family members C. ask them to visit your family D. say nothing and do nothing

析：外国人在客人家住上几天返程时，最重要的是要向女主人送上一束鲜花，以表谢意，然后再向其家人告辞。故此题的正确选项是A，B。

例题（13）When you want to call on somebody, you had better . A. go quickly B. prepare something C. go there earlier

D. call him up first and reach an agreement

析：外国人来访一定要事先电话联系，经得对方同意才行。因为他们每天都有计划或安排。故此题的正确选项是D。

例题（14）When you receive something from a foreigner, you had better______.

A. accept it B. refuse to accept it C. return it to him D. buy something in rerurn

析：外国人送给你的礼品，一定要收下。拒收是失礼的，会误以为送者无诚意。故此题的正确选项是A。

例题（15）When you see a friend of yours，you haven’t seen for years, you had better say you look________.

A. very old B. much older C. very young D. the same as ever

析：外国人最不愿别人说自己老了，不愿别人知道自己的真实年龄，喜欢听到别人讲自己年轻漂亮。故此题的正确选项是C。 例题（16）On the wedding day , people send all the presents to____ home and the bride(新娘) is in ______.

A. bridegroom’s (新郎) red B. bride’s white C. their parents’, green D. their new, yellow

析：外国人崇尚白色，新娘穿白衣，所送的礼也要用白纸包好，并系以白绸带。双方的礼品均送往新娘的家里去。故此题的正确选项是B。

例题（17）There are lots of dishes on the table. They are delicious. But you say to the foreigners.“Sorry, there aren’t many dishes. They are not nice.” When the foreigners hear this, they will feel________.

A. happy B. angry C. strange D. unhappy

析：中国人请别人吃饭，分明一桌子菜，硬说没有菜，而且说菜不好吃，在中国已成习惯，主客互相客气了事。而外国人听了会觉得奇怪，他们会认为是一种侮辱，因为既然是不好吃的菜，为什么要请他们来吃呢？还有，菜够多了，偏要说少，岂非虚伪？故此题的正确选项是C。

例题（18）When you come to your guest’s home, the hostess asks you to sit down, you had better________.

A、say “thanks” and sit down quickly B. say nothing and sit down quickly C. stand up for a while D. stand talking with the hostess

析：你到客人家后，主人要你坐下，你只稍答一声thank you，便可坐下。因外国做主人的总希望客人到家能够觉得舒服。你若受拘束，会使主人不安。故此题的正确选项是A。 例题（19）When you call on somebody, you had better stay at his home for_______. A. as long as you like B. one or two hours C. 20 or 30 minutes D. a short while

析：外国人正式的访问一般不超过二三十分钟。若主人拿茶点来吃，则可稍延长时间，但不得超过一小时，以免使主人感到讨厌。故此题的正确选项是C。

例题(20) When you want to go to W.C at your guest’s home, you had better stand up and say “______” or _______

A. where the W.C is …“I don’t know it” B. Excuse me, “where the W.C is” C.Excuse me, rub your hands(搓搓手) D. Excuse me, “something wrong with me” 析：外国人对厕所一词是决不启齿的，故往往用代名词。（Ladies , Gentlemens’ rest room, toilet,

Lavatory and so on.）遇到必要上厕所时，站起身来，说一声Excuse me，或搓搓手，表示想去厕所的样子。女主人会意，就会指示你的途径。从厕所出来，不需说sorry，悄悄地回原处做事就是了。故此题的正确选项是C。

例题(21)The foreigners usually ask the guests to have dinner at _______. A. home B. a shop

C. a restaurant D. a dinningroon

析：外国人除非家里有病人或其他重大原因，是不在馆子里请客的。他们均在自己家请客吃饭，以便大家畅谈。故此题的正确选项是A。

例题(22) The foreigners usually let _____do something first. A. the old B. the young C. the sick D. the ladies

析：外国有句名言，女士优先(Ladies first)。但下楼、下车、下船、下飞机时，Gentlemen first, 以保护女士的安全。故此题的正确选项是D。

例题（23）______is the happiest festival（节日）for the Westerners every year. A. Thanks Giving(感恩节) B. Easter（复活节） C. Christmas D. New Year’s Day

析：西方人一年中最热闹的节日是圣诞节，因在圣诞节他们可以在教堂领到奖品，举行圣诞晚会等。而元旦却很少有人庆祝。故此题的正确选项是C。

例题（24）Foreigners usually shake hands with each other for_____for_____. A. at most half a minute, the first time B. a long time, every time

C. at least one minute, the first two times D. a few seconds, several times

析：外国人通常是在第一次见面相互握手。在平辈中，先伸手为有礼。长辈、上级、女士握手应先伸手为有礼。握手太猛或时间过久均是不好的。一般在20秒或半分钟就足够了。故此题的正确选项是A。

例题（25）_______like to move from place to place very often. A. British people B. Americans

C. All the westerners D. All the white people

析：据报道，美国每三年在五户人家中就有一户要搬迁。美国人常出生在一个地方，上学在另一地方，工作又在别的地方。美国人常常搬迁主要是因工资收入，天气气候等原因。故此题的正确选项是B。

例题（26）Foreigners usually have______between 5 and 6 in the afternoon. A. last lunch B. early supper C. afternoon tea D. high tea

析：一些西方人没有吃中餐，习惯饮午茶。在正式茶点（high tea）中配有肉食冷盆。故此题的正确选项是C。 例题（27）________students usually find a ______job to do in order to get money for their college tuition.

A. All the foreign, full-time B. British, full-time

C. American, part-time D. All the foreign, part-time

析：绝大部分美国大学生在校期间均找一份临时工作做，他们边学习，边打工赚钱做学费，不愿向家里要钱。故此题的正确选项是C。