[判断题]Read this article and then answer the questions that follow:

Go along and get along

THE Japan Society’s crash course on how to bridge the chasm between Japanese and American managers forces participants to exam- ine their own cultural assumptions, as well as to learn about the other side. Behaviour which Americans consider trustworthy is often precisely that which Japanese associate with shifty characters - and vice versa.
To Americans, people who pause before replying to a question are probably dissembling. They expect a trustworthy person to respond directly. The Japanese distrust such fluency. They are impressed by snme- body who gives careful thought to a question before making a reply. Most Japanese are comfortable with periods of silence. Americans find silence awkward and like to plug any conversational gaps.
The cherished American character- istics of frankness and openness are also misunderstood. The Japane

[判断题]Read this article and then answer the questions that follow:

Go along and get along

THE Japan Society’s crash course on how to bridge the chasm between Japanese and American managers forces participants to exam- ine their own cultural assumptions, as well as to learn about the other side. Behaviour which Americans consider trustworthy is often precisely that which Japanese associate with shifty characters - and vice versa.
To Americans, people who pause before replying to a question are probably dissembling. They expect a trustworthy person to respond directly. The Japanese distrust such fluency. They are impressed by snme- body who gives careful thought to a question before making a reply. Most Japanese are comfortable with periods of silence. Americans find silence awkward and like to plug any conversational gaps.
The cherished American character- istics of frankness and openness are also misunderstood. The Japane

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Read the questions and answer YES or No, then you will find out how good you are.
1. When you don’t understand something, you ask questions.
2. You like listening to older people talk about the past.
3. You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you.
4. You are brave enough when you have to talk to people you don’t know.
5. You enjoy reading books about famous people.
6. You always see and talk to different people.
7. You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.
8. You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages.
9. You talk a lot about yourself.
10. Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions.
11. You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever.
12. Your parents don’t understand you, so you don’t talk to them m
A. 12
B. 16
C. 20
D. 24

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Only hours after HIV vaccine researchers announced the achievement of a milestone that has eluded them for a quarter of a century, they began plotting their next steps—and coming back to reality. Their ultimate goal, halting the spread of AIDS, remains far in the future. A Thai and American team had announced early Thursday in Bangkok that they had found a combination of vaccines that provided modest protection against infection with HIV, offering the first proof of principle that the deadly disease could be tamed by teaching the immune system to recognize the virus and defeat it. Scientists around the world hailed the achievement.
But by Thursday afternoon, the initial wave of joy had given way to the recognition that many questions will have to be answered before researchers can produce a vaccine that will reliably shield people from HIV. For starters, it could take years to f
A. it causes a number of questions to answer
B. it can’t effectively protect people from HIV
C. it can’t be recognized by the people
D. it is proved ineffective in treating HIV