题目内容：
根据以下材料回答题 "Howfarisittothenextvillage?"theAmericanasksamansittingbythesideoftheroad．Insomecountries,becausethemanrealizesthatthetraveleristiredandeagertogettohisdestination(目的地),hewillpolitelysay"Justdowntheroad"．Hethinksthisismoreencouraging,gent-ler,andthereforethewantedanswer．SotheAmericandrivesthroughthenight,gettingmoreandmoreangry,feeling"tricked"．Hethinksthemanpurposelycheatedhim,forobviouslyhemusthaveknownthedistancequitewell．
Hadconditionsbeenturnedover,theAmericanwouldhavefelthewas"cheating"thedriverifhehadsaidthenexttownwasclosewhenheknewitwasreally15milesfurtheron．Though,he,too,wouldbesympathetic(同情的)tothewearydriver,hewouldsay"Youhaveagoodwaytogoyet;itisatleast15miles"．Thedrivermightbedisappointed,buthewouldknowwhattoexpect．
Whethertobecorrectorpoliteleadstomanymisunderstandingsbetweenpeopleofdifferentcul-tures．Ifyouareawareofthesituationinadvance,itissometimeseasiertorecognizetheproblem．
ThemanattheroadsidetellstheAmericanitisclosetothenextvillagebecause__________． A．heisplayingatrickonhim
B．theAmericanexpectstheanswer
C．hedoesn'tknowtheexactdistanceatall
D．hewantstoencouragehimtogofurther
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