Living in two different cultures is not an ea...

Living in two different cultures is not an easy thing. When I was ten years old, my parents 1.(move) to the US from Sri Lanka, which is 2. island off the coast of India.

3. we now live in the US, we follow the customs and traditions of Sri Lanka. I have learned to speak 3 languages, including English. I eat a 4. (various) of foods and celebrate different holidays 5. have to do with my culture.

However, there are many disadvantages of being part of two cultures. Sometimes, speaking a language at home and speaking another language in school can be 6. (confuse); sometimes I have trouble 7. (express) my thoughts in English because they can’t understand me well; sometimes my culture does make me 8. (separate) from others because I feel too different. I am 9. (close) to my culture of Sri Lanka than that of the US. I don’t listen to English music as much as I listen to Indian music. Therefore, I feel10.(extreme) lonely when I don’t know what song they are talking about.

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Living in two different cultures is not an easy thing. When I was ten years old, my parents 1.　　 (move) to the US from Sri Lanka, which is 2.　　 island off the coast of India.

3.　 we now live in the US, we follow the customs and traditions of Sri Lanka. I have learned 　 4.　 (speak) 3 languages，including English. I eat a variety of foods and celebrate different holidays that have little to do with my culture.

However，there are many 　 5. (advantage) of being part of two cultures. Sometimes，speaking a language at home and speaking another language in school can be confusing; sometimes I have trouble　 　 6.　 (express) my thoughts in English because they 　 7.　 understand me well；sometimes my culture does make me feel far away from others because I feel too different. I am 　 8.　 (close) to my culture of Sri Lanka than that of the US. I don’t listen to English music as much as I listen to Indian music. 　　 9. , I feel very separated from my friends when I don’t know what song 　 10.　 are talking about.

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Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. You have to learn different cultural practices and try to adapt to them.

1.. They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think are annoying.

In China, elders are traditionally treated with enormous respect and dignity while the young are cherished and nurtured. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children. 2.

Chinese people have different meanings to define friends.3.. Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obligated to give each other whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.

As is well known, Chinese like to save.4.. It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than Chinese people.

5. If you achieve something in the US, it's because you are great. While in China, if you achieve something it's because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets attributed to the greater whole, while in America individual virtues are celebrated.

A.Just hanging out together from time to time is not friendship

B.American people put more emphasis on business and virtues

C.Chinese people value education and career more than Americans

D.Unlike Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children

E.They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money

F.Basically China values the community and the US values the individual

G.Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do

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The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, _________ is often the case in other countries.

A. what　　 B. as　　 C. so　　 D. that

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Specialists say it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. “Culture shock” is the term these specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. There are three stages of culture shock, say the specialists. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers begin to adjust to their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more.

There are some obvious factors（因素）in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systems—the telephones, post office, or transportation—may be difficult to work out. The simplest things seem to be big problems. The language may be difficult.

Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their own community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same established positions. They find themselves without any identity. They have to build a new self-image.

Culture shock gives rise to a feeling of disorientation（迷失方向）. This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick, people feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the strange environment, and create an escape inside their room for a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and gaining experience — these are the long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock.

76. When people move to a new country, they _______.

A. will get used to their new surroundings with difficulty

B. have well prepared for the new surroundings

C. will get used to the culture of the country quickly

D. will never be familiar with the culture of the country

77. According to the passage, factors that give rise to culture shock include all of the following except __________.

A. language communication                                    B. weather conditions and customs

C. public service systems                                              D. homesickness

78. According to the passage, the more successful you are at home, _______.

A. the fewer difficulties you may have abroad

B. the more difficulties you may have abroad

C. the more money you will earn abroad

D. the less homesick you may feel abroad

79. When people are homesick, they tend to ______.

A. find some people to talk to                                      B. go outside to have a walk

C. visit their friends far away                                       D. stay indoors all the time

80. The writer tells us that the best way to overcome culture shock is to ______.

A. protect ourselves from unfamiliar environment

B. develop a strange sense of self-protection

C. get familiar with new culture

D. return to our own country

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Experts say that it is not easy to get used to life in a new culture. “Culture shock” is the term specialists use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment. “There are three stages of culture shock,” say the specialists. In the first stage, the newcomers like their new environment. Then, when the fresh experience dies, they begin to hate the city, the country, the people, and everything else. In the last stage, the newcomers begin to adjust to their surroundings and, as a result, enjoy their life more.

　There are some obvious factors in culture shock. The weather may be unpleasant. The customs may be different. The public service systems---the telephone, post office, or transportation---may be difficult to work out. The simplest things seem to be big problems. The language may be difficult.

　Who feels culture shock? Everyone does in this way or that. But culture shock surprises most people. Very often the people having the worst culture shock are those who never had any difficulties in their home countries and were successful in their community. Coming to a new country, these people find they do not have the same established positions. They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity.

　They have to build a new self-image.

　Culture shock gives rises to a feeling of disorientation (迷惘). This feeling may be homesickness. When homesick, people feel like staying inside all the time. They want to protect themselves from the strange environment, and create and escape inside their room for a sense of security. This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to make the person familiar with the culture. Getting to know the new environment and gaining experience are the long-term solutions to the problem of culture shock.

1. When people move to a new country, they _________.

A. will get used to their new surroundings with difficulty

B. have well prepared for the new surroundings

C. will get used to the culture of the country quickly

D. will never be familiar with culture of the country

2.According to the passage, factors that give rise to culture shock include all of the following except __________.

A. language communication              B. weather conditions and customs

C. public service systems                D. homesickness

3.When people are homesick, they tend to ________.

A. find some people to talk to             B. go outside to have a walk

C. visit their friends far away             D. stay indoors all the time

4.The writer tells us that the best way to overcome culture shock is to _______.

A. protect ourselves from unfamiliar environment    B. develop a strange sense of self-protection

C. get familiar with new culture                  D. return to our own country

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We are living in an age _______ many things are done on computers.

A．which            B．that              C．whose            D．when

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An earthquake happens when two plates rub (碰撞) together. The earth plates travel in different directions and at different speeds. If one plate is slowly forced underneath the other,  pressure builds up until the plates break apart. This process causes the ground to move. It is an earthquake. In other words, earth-quakes are the shaking of the earth’s surface caused by the earth’s rocky outer layer as a result of the energy stored within the earth. The strain within the rocks is suddenly released (释放).

The damage an earthquake causes depends on where it is and the time it is happening. If an unpopulated region is struck, there will be low loss of life or property. If it hits a large city, there may be many in-juries and much destruction. Many of the areas at risk are largely populated now. Major earthquakes hitting those areas today could produce terrible damage.

Actually, there are several million small earth-quakes every year.  Large earthquakes such as the 1964 Alaskan quake that measured 9.2 on the Richter scale, cause millions of dollars in damage. In the last 500 years, millions of people have been killed by earth-quakes around the world — including 240,000 in the 1976 Tangshan earthquake in China.

A 60-second or less earthquake can cause devastation that continues for years after the first tremor (小震). In 1972, a series of severe earthquakes struck Managua, Nicaragua. Fifteen years later, the city still looked the way it had a week after the earthquake hit, because the country did not have the necessary money to rebuild it.

The shaking of the earth is sometimes not the greatest disaster. It is in the ensuing fires and floods that often the greatest damage occurs. In the 1906 earthquake, it was the fires caused after it that did the majority of the damage. An earthquake can also destroy dams high above a city or valleys, causing floods to sweep down and sweep away everything in their path.

1.Which of the following is the main idea of the first paragraph?

2.How many examples are used in the passage to show the damage and destruction earthquakes cause?

3.Which of the following is mentioned to show that an earthquake can kill too many people?

4.The underlined word “ensuing” in the last paragraph probably means ______.

5.By giving the example in Paragraph 4, the author wants to show that ______.

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Bathed in two cultures from childhood, moving around the world and experiencing different cultures has always been my thing. When I was in high school, I heard about students in my class wanting to take the SAT test and study abroad in the USA. 1.. Actually, what I wanted to experience most was the European lifestyle and cultural mix.

I used to travel a lot around Europe with my parents as a little kid, and also not forgetting that the French Language is one of my mother tongues, France seemed therefore like a top choice for me. French universities have a good reputation and the French capital is internationally well known for its cultural history. 2.. My university was one of those small cities and I also got the chance to obtain a scholarship which made it easier for me to start my studies.

3.. Opportunities are offered to develop our network and explore the business world. The university participated as a partner in international networking courses leading to a European Master’s degree, a double degree, or training abroad.

4.. So, if you are an international student who came to France for studies, you can take the chance to explore another country for a term and study in English. I remember wanting to take this opportunity in my first year of my college life and try the program which back then offered students the chance to go on an exchange with Linnaeus University in Sweden. 5..

A. I applied and was lucky to get accepted

B. But I was not that attracted to studying there

C. You can find a lot of student-friendly cities as well

D. Besides, all these universities have their own unique advantages

E. The university I chose was small but used to invite business chiefs and directors

F. Because there are many universities with good reputation which attracts students

G. Plus, all French universities work with several countries to offer an exchange program

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It seems that living green is _______ easy and affordable. A small step makes a big difference.

A. generally　 B. fortunately

C. hardly 　　 D. surprisingly

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