問題詳情
請依下文回答第 11 題至第 15 題： Posture offers insight into a culture’s deep structure. We can see the bond between culture and 11 bysimply looking at the Japanese, Thai, and Indian cultures. In Japan and other Asian countries, the bow is muchmore than a greeting. It signifies that culture’s concern with status and rank. In Japan, for example, low posture isan12 of respect. Although it appears simple to outsiders, the bowing ritual is actually rather complicated.The person who occupies the lower station begins the bow, and his or her bow must be deeper than the otherperson’s. The superior, 13 , determines when the bowing is to end. When the participants are of equal rank,they begin the bow in the same manner and end at the same time. The Thai people use a similar movement calledthe “wai.” The “wai” movement, 14 pressing both hands close together in front of one’s body, with thefingertips reaching to about neck level, is used to show respect. The lower the head comes to the hands, the morerespect is shown. We can see yet another greeting pattern in India. The “namaste” (Indian greeting) is 15 bya slight bow with the palms of both hands together, the fingertips at the chin. Here the posture when greetingsomeone is directly linked with the idea that the Hindus see God in everything – including other people.
【題組】11
(A)efficacy
(B)prizes
(C)strengths
(D)values
參考答案
答案：D
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)