Whatdothosecountrieshaveincommon?Peoplearekillingeachotherordriveothersoutoftheirhomes.Whyisthishappening?Verysimpleineachoftheseonegroupofpeoplebelievesanothergroupisdifferentfromthemanddangeroustothem.Ithasbeenthusthroughhistory.Howdifferentarehumansfromeachother?
Wecomeindifferentcolors:redblackwhiteyellowandbrown;wehaveavarietyofpoliticalsystemssocialsystemsreligiousviewsornoneatall;Wearedifferentinmindhavedifferenteducationalsystemsdifferenteconomicclasses.Wespeakdifferentlanguagesandhavedifferentcustomsanddresses.
Ifweweretobreakeachofthesefurtherwewouldhavequitealonglistofqualitiesandcharacteristicsthatmakehumansappearstobedifferentfromeachother.Isaytheyappeartobedifferentbecausemostofwhathavebeenlistedstandforwhatweseeorhearnotwhatistrueofhuman.Manismaneverywhere.Itisonlywhereheliveswhenhelivestherewithwhomhelivesthereandaltheothersthathaveeffectonhowhelivesthatiswhathebelieveswhathewearshiscustomshislanguageandsoon.Theseareman-madefactsthateachgroupdevelopsovertomelivingtogetherfacingthesameproblemsneedinganddesiringthesamethings.Theyarehisculture.Thetruthisthatwearemuchmoresamethandifferent.IfyouwearonetypeofclothingandIwearanotherwebothwearsomekindofclothing.Ourculturedemandsit.IfyouspeakonelanguageandIanotherwebothspeaksothatotherswillunderstandus;wemustcommunicatewitheachother.Nothingisgainedbygivingtoomanydifferencesbutmuchislost.Ifweunderstoodourdifferencesastheonesofculturethenwecouldmakeourworldmorepeaceful.
Differencesdoesnotmeanbetterorworserightorwrong.Itmeansonlythatdifferenceshavebeenmadebysociety.Differencesproducevarietyofthoughtsworkouthumanproblemspeacefully.
1.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttileforthispassage?
A.Differences. B.Humans C.Cultures. D.Customs.
2.Peopleinthosecountriesfighteachotherbecause______
A.Theyhavedifferentcolors.
B.Theyhavedifferentcustomsanddresses.
C.Theyhavedifferenteducationsystems.
D.Theythinkthatothersaredifferentandharm