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題干：AnAsianengineerisassignedtoaU.S.laboratoryandalmostsuffersanervousbreakdown.AU.S.executivetellshisstaffhe’sgoingtotreatthemfairly—andcreatesdissension.AJapanesemanagerispromotedbyhisAmericanpresident,butwithinsixmonthsasksforatransfer.Eachofthesereal-lifecasesinvolvedpeoplewhowereregardedassuperioremployees,butwereill-equippedtocopewiththecomplexitiesanddangersofinterculturalmanagement.“Multinationalcompanieshavestudiedeverythingelse,nowthey’refinallylookingatculture”,saysCliffordClarke,founderandpresidentoftheCalifornia-basedIRIInternationalInc.“NevershowtheshoetoanArab,neverarriveintimeforapartyinBrazil,andinJapan,don’tthink‘yes’means‘yes’,”adviseU.S.consultantsLennieCoplandandLewisBrownGriggs,whohaveproducedaseriesoffilmsandabooktohelpmanagersimprovetheirinternationalbusinessskills.Butsimplylearningthesocial“dos”and“don’ts”isnottheanswer,accordingtothenewculturespecialists.Thepenaltiesforignoringdifferentthinkingpatterns,theypointout,canbedisastrous.Forexample,theAmericanmanagerwhopromisedtobefairthoughthewastellinghisJapanesestaffthattheirhardworkwouldberewarded,butwhensomeworkersreceivedhighersalaryincreasesthanothers,therewerecomplaints.“Youtoldusyou’dbefair,andyouliedtous,”accusedonesalesman.“Ittookmeayearandahalf”,sighedtheAmerican,“torealizethat‘fair’,tomystaff,meantbeingtreatedequally.”TheAsianengineerwhosufferedinAmericawasthevictimofanothermistakenexpectation.“HewasaccustomedtothewarmgroupenvironmentsotypicalinJapan,”saidhisU.S.manager.“Butinourcompany,we’reallexpectedtobeself-starters,whothriveonworkingalone.Forhim,itwasemotionalstarvation.He’smadetheadjustmentnow,buthe’dbehumiliatedifItoldyouhisname,that’sanotherculturaldifference.”TheJapanesemanagerwhofailedtorespondtohispromotioncouldn’tbringhimselftousethemoredirectlanguageneededtocommunicatewithhisBoston-basedsuperiors.“Iusedtothinkallthistalkaboutculturalcommunicationwasalogofbaloney,”saysEugeneJ.Flath,presidentofIntelJapanLtd.,asubsidiaryoftheAmericansemiconductormaker.“Now,Icanseeit’sarealproblem.Miscommunicationhasslowedourabilitytocoordinateactionwithourhomeoffice.”That’swhyIntel,withthehelpofconsultantClarke,begananinterculturaltrainingprogramthisspringwhichFlathexpectswilldramaticallyreducedecision-makingtimenowlostinmakingsuretheAmericansandtheJapaneseunderstandeachother.
題目： From the context, the word “baloney” ( Line 3, Paragraph 6) is close in meaning to（）. - A 、balcony
- B 、nonsense
- C 、feat
- D 、simplicity
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參考答案【正確答案：B】
本詞出現(xiàn)在原文第六段“I used to think all this talk about cultural communication was a log of baloney”，這里英特爾日本公司總裁所說的話顯然是在比較他過去和現(xiàn)在對跨文化交際的不同看法，從他現(xiàn)在已認(rèn)識到這個問題的嚴(yán)重性來看，過去他的態(tài)度肯定是不以為然，所以B.nonsense（廢話）最符合上下文語義邏輯關(guān)系。
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