Question

    Culture shock occurs when people have been suddenly thrown into a new culture. Newcomers may be anxious because they don’t speak the language. Neither do they know the customs or understand the people’s behavior in daily life.

Quite often the visitor find that “yes” may not always mean “yes”, that friendliness does not necessarily mean friendship, or that statements that appear to be serious are really intended as jokes. The foreigners may be unsure as when to shake hands, when to start conversations, or how to approach a stranger. The idea of culture shock helps explain feeling of puzzlement and confusion.

Language problems do not lead to all the setbacks that people feel. When one has lost everything that was once familiar, such as understanding a transportation system, knowing how to register(注册，登记) for university classes, or knowing how to make friends, difficulties in coping with the new society may arise.

When an individual enters a strange culture, he or she feels like a fish out of water. Newcomers feel at times that they do not belong to the culture and feel deserted by the native members of the culture. When this happens, visitors may want to refuse everything about the new environment and may glorify and sing their own praises of the positive aspects of their own culture. On the other side, more visitors may sneeze at their native country by rejecting its value and instead choosing to approve of the value of the new country. This may occur as an attempt to accept the new culture in order to be taken in by the people in it.

1.What do people feel when they are suddenly in a new culture?

A.Excited. B.Delighted. C.Upset. D.Hopeless.

2.We can infer from the second paragraph that _______.

A.it’s impossible to get used to a new culture

B.people feel confused due to culture shock

C.foreigners often don’t mean what they say

D.most foreigners are usually quite humorous

3.The underlined expression “he or she feels like a fish out of water” in the last paragraph suggests ______.

A.people away from their cultures can hardly survive in a new culture

B.a fish can not survive without water

C.people away from their culture experience mental loneliness.

D.people away from their culture have many difficulties in new environment

4.The biggest barrier(障碍) people often meet with in a new country is _____.

A.the language B.the transportation C.the environment D.the puzzlement

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

【解析】

本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了什么是文化冲击。文化冲击体现在语言、习俗、行为等方面

1.推理判断题。根据第一段中的Newcomers may be anxious because they don’t speak the language. Neither do they know the customs or understand the people’s behavior in daily life.（新来的人可能会担心，因为他们不会说这种语言。他们也不知道习俗或了解人们在日常生活中的行为）可推知，由于语言不通、不了解当地的风俗、不理解当地人日常生活中的行为习惯，新来者会感到焦虑、担心。故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段最后两句The foreigners may be unsure as when to shake hands, when to start conversations, or how to approach a stranger. The idea of culture shock helps explain feeling of puzzlement and confusion.（外国人可能不确定什么时候握手，什么时候开始对话，或者如何接近陌生人。文化冲击的概念有助于解释困惑和困惑的感觉）可推知，由于文化冲击，人们常常会感到困惑。故选B。

3.词义猜测题。根据最后一段中的When an individual enters a strange culture, he or she feels like a fish out of water. Newcomers feel at times that they do not belong to the culture and feel deserted by the native members of the culture.（当一个人进入一种陌生的文化时，他或她会感到十分不自在。新来的人有时觉得自己不属于这里的文化，觉得被当地的文化成员抛弃了）可知，作者引用a fish out of water（十分不自在）想要表明远离他们的文化的人会经历精神上的孤独。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据第一段中的Newcomers may be anxious because they don't speak the language.（新来的人可能会担心，因为他们不会说这种语言）并结合常识可知，在一个新的国家，人们遇到的最大问题就是语言不通。故选A。