What is the author’s attitude towards culture shock？

Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once.

Word Bank

A. complain B. adjust C. adaptD. range E. negative

F. positive G. mature H. hostilityI. moralityJ.ease

K. frustrations L. depressed M. neglected N. temporary O. contemporary

Foreigners experience different degrees of culture shock. The symptoms 1_____ from great to small. Some people are only ill at ease and some others are seriously 2_____. Feeling homesick, unhappy, and very sensitive are other signs of culture shock. It is easy to understand that the endless 3_____ of the early days in a new country would produce dissatisfaction. It is also easy to understand why 4_____ might grow in a person. People are always at 5_____ in a familiar environment. It is natural for an average person to experience mild, 6_____ symptoms; however, the insecure newcomer suffers more seriously from culture shock.

During the unavoidable period of adjustment, the international student tends to 7_____ about everything in the new environment. In fact, the student is likely to exaggerate the problems. When the student meets another person from the same country, he will pour out his unhappy feelings. Together they can complain in their native language. Although this complaining provides temporary satisfaction, it certainly does not help him 8_____to a new society. Being 9_____ will never get rid of the feelings of frustrations. The 10_____ person understands that a positive attitude is important in making the change successful. A sense of humor is a big help.

A、honeymoon

B、adjustment

C、crisis

D、biculturation

听力原文： Is it true that you will feel very excited and happy when you go to live in a new country? And will your life in this new country always be wonderful and exciting? Some specialists say that it is not easy to adjust to life in a new culture.

They call the feelings which people experience when they come to a new environment "culture shock". Then, when the freshness wears off, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, the apartment, and everything else in the new culture. In the final stage of culture shock, the newcomers begin to adjust to their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more.

Who experiences culture shock? Everyone does in some form. or another. But culture shock comes as a surprise to most people. A lot of times, people with the worst culture shock are the people who never had any difficulties in their own countries. They were active and successful in their community. They had hobbies that they enjoyed. When they come to a new country, they do not have the same established positions or hobbies. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity. They have to build a new self-image.

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A．He feels funny.

B．He feels angry.

C．He feels excited.

D．He feels sad.

听力原文： (29)Is it true that you will feel very excited and happy when you go to live in a new country? And will your life in this new country always be wonderful and exalting? Some specialists say that it is not easy to adjust to life in a new culture.

They call the feelings which people experience when they come to a new environment "culture shock". Then, when the freshness wears off, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, the apartment, and everything else in the new culture. (30)In the final stage of culture shock, the newcomers begin to adjust to their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more.

Who experiences culture shock? Everyone does in some form. or another. But culture shock comes as a surprise to most people. A tot of times, (31)people with the worst culture shock are the people who never had any difficulties in their own countries. They were active and successful in their community. They had hobbies that they enjoyed. When they come to a new country, they do not have the same established positions or hobbies. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity. They have to build a new self-image.

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A．He feels funny.

B．He feels angry.

C．He feels excited.

D．He feels sad.

You asked me to tell you about culture shock for an Iranian in Britain.There is culture shock in a sense.One of the things was that when you talk to people in Iran, you can comfortably ask how much people earn and which religion they are.I found this very difficult with English people.They don' t tell you, they look away or they somehow get around the question.I didn' t understand why.I mean, I still don' t understand why people are uncomfortable answering that sort of question.In Iran, it's no problem, there' s no problem in asking anybody It’ s not rude at all.

I had that confirmed to me when in one of my English classes my teacher told me not to talk to English people about three things politics, religion and money.(判断正误)

26.People in Iran are not happy to talk about their salary or their religion.()

27.People in England try to avoid personal questions.()

28.In Iran, it's rude to ask questions about salary and religion()

29.The writer was advised to avoid talking to English people about politics, religion and money.()

30.The main idea of the passage is culture shock.()

阅读文章，回答下列各题： Americans and Arabs ale different in theirspace habits．Arabsprefer close contact．Dr．Hallhas explained that the Arabs belong to a touch Culture and in conversation；they alwaysenvelop the other person．Theyhold his hand，look into his eyes，and bathe him in theirbreath． Dr．Hall’S interest in man’suse of space developed in the early nineteen fifties when hewas Director of thePoint Four training program at the Foreign Service Institute．In talking withAmericans who had lived overseas，he found that many of them had been highly uncomfortablebecause ofculture differences．Such discomfort is usually referredto as culture shock． The problem is that，relatively speakin9；Americans live in a no contact．Partly，this is aproduct of our puritan heritage(清教徒文化遗产)．Dr．Hall points outthat we spend yearsteaching our children not to crowd in and lean on us．And in situations where we ourselves areforced to stand close toanother person on crowded subways，for example，we turn our eyes a—way，and if actual bodycontact is involved，tense the muscles on the contactside．Most of USfeel very stronsty that this is the onlyproper way to behave． When the Arabs talk to you，they_________．

A.try to be as close to youas possible

B.keep a certain space fromyou

C.hold you tightly

D.do not allow you to feeltheir breath

阅读文章，回答下列各题： Americans and Arabs ale different in theirspace habits．Arabsprefer close contact．Dr．Hallhas explained that the Arabs belong to a touch Culture and in conversation；they alwaysenvelop the other person．Theyhold his hand，look into his eyes，and bathe him in theirbreath． Dr．Hall’S interest in man’suse of space developed in the early nineteen fifties when hewas Director of thePoint Four training program at the Foreign Service Institute．In talking withAmericans who had lived overseas，he found that many of them had been highly uncomfortablebecause ofculture differences．Such discomfort is usually referredto as culture shock． The problem is that，relatively speakin9；Americans live in a no contact．Partly，this is aproduct of our puritan heritage(清教徒文化遗产)．Dr．Hall points outthat we spend yearsteaching our children not to crowd in and lean on us．And in situations where we ourselves areforced to stand close toanother person on crowded subways，for example，we turn our eyes a—way，and if actual bodycontact is involved，tense the muscles on the contactside．Most of USfeel very stronsty that this is the onlyproper way to behave． When the Arabs talk to you，they_________．

A.try to be as close to youas possible

B.keep a certain space fromyou

C.hold you tightly

D.do not allow you to feeltheir breath

Americans and Arabs are different in their space habits. Arabs prefer close contact. Dr. Hall has explained that the Arabs belong to a touch culture and in conversation, they always envelop the other person. They hold his hand, look into his eyes, and bathe him in their breath.

Dr. Hall’s interest in man’s use of space developed in the early nineteen fifties when he was Director of the Point Four training program at the Foreign Service Institute. In talking with Americans who had lived overseas, he found that many of them had been highly uncomfortable because of culture differences. Such discomfort is usually referred to as culture shock.

The problem is that, relatively speaking, Americans live in a noncontact culture. Partly, this is a product of our puritan heritage ( 清教徒文化遗产). Dr. Hall points out that we spend years teaching our children not to crowd in and lean on us. And in situations where we ourselves are forced to stand close to another person on crowded subways, for example, we turn our eyes away, and if actual body contact is involved, tense the muscles on the contact side. Most of us feel very strongly that this is the only proper way to behave.

When the Arabs talk to you, they ______.

A．try to be as close to you as possible

B．keep a certain space from you

C．hold you tightly

D．do not allow you to feel their breath