单选题 Americans and Arabs are different in their space habits. Arabs prefer close contact.Dr. Hall has explained that the Arabs belong to a touch culture and in conversation, they always envelop the other person. They hold his hand, look into his eyes, and bathe him in their breath.
Dr. Hall's interest in man's use of space developed in the early nineteen fifties when he was Director of the Point Four training program at the Foreign Service Institute. In talking with Americans who had lived overseas, he found that many of them had been highly uncomfortable because of cultural differences. Such discomfort is usually referred to as culture shock.
The problem is that, relatively speaking, Americans live in a non-contact culture. Partly, this is a product of our puritan heritage (清教徒文化遗产). Dr. Hall points out that we spend years teaching our children not to crowd in and lean on us. (34) And in situations where we ourselves are forced to stand close to another person on crowded subways, for example, we turn our eyes away, and if actual body contact is involved, tense the muscles on the contact side. Most of us feel very strongly that this is the only proper way to behave.

单选题 When the Arabs talk to you, they______.
A. try to be as close to you as possible
B. keep a certain space from you
C. hold you tightly
D. do not allow you to feel their breath

单选题 From the information in paragraph 3, it is obvious that______.
A. the American way is the only right way to behave
B. the puritan heritage stresses non-contact culture
C. American children are more polite than those in other countries
D. American people usually cannot make themselves understood

单选题 When you line up to wait for your turn in the United States, you should______your front neighbor.
A. stick to B. lean on
C. keep a certain distance from D. stay far away from

单选题 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. People from different cultures handle space in different ways.
B. Many of the Americans who had lived overseas were bothered by cultural differ-ences.
C. Misunderstanding often develop between Americans and Arabs in social con-tacts.
D. Dr. Hall is interested in cultural differences, especially man's use of space.

单选题 It is true that______.
A. a non-contact culture is usually referred to as culture shock B. there is evidence that Americans belong to a touch culture
C. there is evidence that Arabs share a non-contact culture
D. our use of space is influenced by our cultures