二、閱讀測驗（共15題，每題2分，共30分）
Western-style conversations develop quite differently from Japanese-style conversations. A Western-style conversation between two people is like a game of tennis. If I introduce a topic，a conversational ball，I expect you to hit it back. If you agree with me，I expect you to add somdhing such as a reason, another example，or an elaboration to carry the idea further. Whether you agree or disagree, your response will return the ball to me. However, a Japanese-style conversation is like bowling. You wait for your turn and you always know your place in line. It depends on your age, familiarity, and social status relative to the previous speaker. When your turn comes, you step up to the starting line with your bowling ball and carefully bowl it. Everyone else stands back and watches politely. Then，after everyone is sure that you have completely finished your turn, the next person in line steps up to the same starting line，with a different ball. He does not return your ball, and he does not begin from where your ball stopped. There is no rush for the ball. No wonder everyone looked startled when I first took part in a Japanese conversation. I paid no attention to whose turn it was and kept snatching the ball halfway down the alley and throwing it back at the bowler. Of course the conversation died. I was playing the wrong game.
【題組】20. The passage is mainly about_____ .
(A) biology (B) sports (C) communication (D) religion
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