The international flavor of many people’s jobs naturally means that there is greater interaction(交往)between people from different cultures. Within the business environment, understanding and coping with intercultural differences between people is critical(重要的)to ensuring(保证)that interpersonal communication is successful.

Intercultural awareness(跨文化意识)is necessary for two reasons. Firstly, it minimizes(减少)the possibility of misunderstandings (误解)and/or causing offense (冒犯)through intercultural mishaps(意外). Secondly, it is a means to maximizing (使……最大化)the potential of business relationships through the utilization(利用)of intercultural differences productively.

One area within the business environment in which intercultural awareness is a necessity is in business presentation. Directors(主管), managers, salespeople, consultants (顾问)and business personnel are regularly required to deliver presentations. However, when one is asked to give a presentation to an audience from a different culture there are intercultural factors that can hinder(阻碍)the success of a presentation.

1. What is very important in interpersonal communication according to the text?()

A.Understanding and coping with intercultural differences between people.

B.Greater interaction between people from different cultures.

C.Offense through intercultural mishaps.

D.Misunderstanding through intercultural mishaps.

2.What can we infer(推理)from the text about intercultural communication?()

A.There are many differences among people from different cultures.

B.Misunderstandings seldom occur(发生)in intercultural communication.

C.Intercultural mishaps do not exist within the business environment.

D.Business presentation is an easy job in intercultural communication.

3.How can intercultural awareness help in strengthening business relationship?()

A.It minimizes the possibility of misunderstandings in intercultural communication.

B.It can help people find the intercultural factors that can hinder the success of a business presentation.

C.It can help people use intercultural differences productively.

D.All of the above.

4.What does intercultural awareness mean?()

A.Intercultural differences in intercultural communication.

B.Understanding and coping with intercultural differences between people.

C.Giving a business presentation.

D.Misunderstandings through intercultural mishaps.

5.If this text goes on, what do you think the author is going to talk about next?()

A.The intercultural factors that can hinder the success of a business presentation.

B.Misunderstandings in intercultural communication.

C.Intercultural mishaps.

D.How to use intercultural differences productively.