同等学力英语一日一练（六）

hen we go abroad，we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants where English is spoken. The attitudes and information we pick up are conditioned by those natives一usually the richer一who speak English. Our business dealings，as well as the nation’s diplomacy，are conducted through interpreters．

 For many years，America and Americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance. After all，America was the most powerful country of the free world，the distributor of needed funds and goods.

 But all that is past. American dollars no longer buy all good things，and we are slowly beginning to realize that our proper role in the world is changing. A 1979 Harris poll reported that 55 percent of Americans want this country to play a more significant role in world affairs；we want to have a hand in the important decisions of the next century，even though it may not always be the upper hand．

1. It can be inferred that Americans being approached too closely by Middle Easterners would most probably＿．
 
A. stand still   B. jump aside   C. step forward   D. draw back
 
2. The author gives many examples to criticize Americans for their＿．
 
A. cultural self-centerednessB. casual manners
 
C. indifference towards foreign visitorD. arrogance towards other cultures
 
3. In countries other than their own most Americans___.
 
A. are isolated by the local peopleB. are not well informed due to the langua