【第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AScholarsandresearchershavetriedtodiscoverwhatpersonality】

　　第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）.

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　A

　　Scholarsandresearchershavetriedtodiscoverwhatpersonalitycharacteristicsgoalongwithsuccessininterculturalexperiences.Theirfindingshaveoftenbeenunclearorincomplete.Butthreecharacteristicsstandoutintheirreports:patience,asenseofhumor,andtheawarenessofbeingunclear.

　　Patience,ofcourse,istheabilitytokeepcalmevenwhenthingsdonotgoasonewantsthemto,orhopestheywill,orhasevenbeensuretheywill.Impatiencesometimesbringsimprovementsinrelationswithotherpeople,butusuallyitdoesnot.

　　Apersonwithasenseofhumorislesslikelytotakethingstooseriouslyandmorereadytoseethehumorinhisownreactionsthanahumorlessperson.Thevalueofasenseofhumorreallyneedstobepaidmoreattentionto. “Theawarenessofbeingunclear”isamoredifficultconceptthanpatienceorasenseofhumor.Foreignersoftenfindthemselvesinsituationsthatareuncleartothenewcomers.Thatis,theydonotknowwhatishappeninginthesituation.Perhapstheydonotunderstandthelocallanguagewellenough,ortheydonotknowhowsomesystemororganizationworks,ortheycan’tbesureofdifferentpeople’srolesinwhatisgoingon.“It’slikeIjustgotherefromthemoon,”aChinesegraduatestudentwhonewlyarrivedintheUnitedStatessaid,“thingsarejustsodifferenthere.”

　　56.Thepassagemainlytellsus_____.

　　A.someproblemsaboutcommunication.

　　B.humor-animportantthingincommunication.

　　C.somecharacteristicsincommunicatingwithforeigners.

　　D.threeusefulwaysofcommunicatingwithforeigners.

　　57.Fromthethirdparagraph,wecaninferthatahumorousperson_____.

　　A.tendstotreateverythingcarelessly B.isoptimisticaboutthings.

　　C.likesmakingfunofothers. D.isanimpatientone.