单选题
单选题 According to Janet, what would most affect negotiations?
A. English language proficiency.
B. Different cultural practices.
C. Different negotiation tasks.
D. The international Americanized style
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析]
M: Now,Janet, you've experienced the negotiation strategies.So what is the most significant?
W: I'm iust going to focus on the situations where people are speaking English in international business situations.
M: I see.Now, not everyone speaks English to the same degree of proficiency.
W: Yes, perhaps.Besides, we have negotiations between individuals who belong to distinct cultural traditions.
M: Now some people say this Americanized style has acted as a model for local patterns.
W: Maybe it has;maybe it hasn't.
M: What is particular about the American style?
W: Well, for example, when Americans negotiate with people from Brazil, the American negotiators make their points in a direct, self-explanatory way.
M: I see.
W: While Brazilians make their points in a more indirect way.
M: How?
W: Brazilians look straight in the eyes a lot during talking.They spend time on background information.The Americans like making points:first point, second point, third point, and so on.
M:Right.Americans seem to have a different style, say, even from the British, don'tthey?
w: In British eyes.Americans are too direct—even blunt.
M: Fascinating! So people from different European countries use different styles. don'tthey?
W: That's right.
M: OK.So what about the Japanese then?
W: Well.Many Europeans note the extreme politeness of their Japanese counterpart, the way they avoid giving the slightest offence,you know.

[解析] 对话开始部分男士问道“So what is the most significant(谈判中最重 要的是什么)?”女士回答:“I'm just going to focus on the situations where eople are speaking English in international business situations”女士认为在 国际商业场合人们她会注意人们讲的英语,即,人们讲英语的水平怎样。 因此,[A] 选项正确。
单选题 W hich of the following can NOT be seen as a difference between Brazilian and American negotiators?
A. Americans prepare more points before negouations.
B. Americans are more straightforward during negotiations.
C. Brazilians prefer more eye contact during negotiations.
D. Brazilians seek more background information.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 在对话中女士提到“The Americans like making point:first point, second point, third point, and so on.”美国人在谈判中会条理清晰的 表达第一点,第二点…,并不是说美国人在谈判前做的准备多,[A] 选项与 对话不符,凶此应选择[A] 选项。由对话中“the American negotiators make their points in a direct, self-explanatory way.”可知,美国人在谈判中很直 接,[B] 选项与对话内容一致;对活中“Brazilians look straight in the eyes a lot during talking.They spend time on background information.”可排除[C] 和[D] 选项。
单选题 Which group of people seems to be the most straight forward?
A. The British. B. Brazilians.
C. Americans. D. Not mentioned.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 对话中女士提到“when Americans negotiate with people from Brazil, the American negotiators make their points in a direct, self-explanatory way.”和“In British eyes,Americans are too direct”女士把美国人 和巴西人和英国人做了比较,美国人最直接,故[C] 选项正确。
单选题 Which of the following is the characteristic ofJapanese negotiators?
A. Polite. B. Blunt.
C. Straight. D. Self-explanatory.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 对活结尾部分女士说“Many Europeans note the extreme politeness of their Japanese counterpart”“extreme politeness”说明日本人非 常礼貌。因此选项[A] 正确。[B] 选项中的“blunt”表示“生硬的;钝的”。