Question

    Working or learning in a foreign country can be a difficult experience. The hardest part of working abroad isn't finding a place to stay or learning the language. It's learning to overcome the culture shock.

These things are part of everyday life, and include many signs, gestures, facial expressions ,and customs. When we enter a new culture, these cues (提示)are usually not present or so different that they’re no longer understandable to us.

“When a person enters a foreign culture, ” wrote Oberg, “all or most of these familiar cues are eliminated. He or she is like a fish out of water. No matter how broad-minded he or she may be, lots of props(支柱) have been knocked out from the environment.”

This is what happened to Lara, a young IT consultant (顾问) from America moved last year to their company in southern Europe. Three weeks after she arrived in Europe. Lara sent a desperate e-mail begging to return home. “The people are so unfriendly, ”Lara wrote ,"They eat at strange hours and I'm starting to get allergic (过敏的)to the local food. I can't get anything done because their way of doing business is so disorganized and so inefficient and I have a terrible skin itch because of the water. I want to come home! ”

What Lara and other IT consultants meet on their first assignment abroad is a culture shock. While you can’t prevent the culture shock from happening, you can take some measures to cut down its effects.

1.What is the most difficult part for a foreign student?

A.Entering a famous school.

B.Finding a right place to live.

C.Adapting to the local culture.

D.Learning the foreign language.

2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “eliminated”in Paragraph 4?

A.solved B.measured

C.observed D.removed.

3.What happened to Lara when she arrived in Europe?

A.Her life got into a mess.

B.She worked more efficient than at home.

C.She couldn’t get on well with her colleagues.

D.She was out of condition because of the weather

4.Why does the author describe Lara’s experience?

A.To tell us how she manages to work well.

B.To explain to us what the culture shock is.

C.To show us how to adapt to the culture shock.

D.To show us where we'll meet with the culture shock.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。介绍了在国外工作或学习所面临的“文化冲突”，它是当我们进入一种新的文化时，我们原先所熟悉的日常生活的部分，比如符号，手势，面部表情和习俗就不存在或大不相同了，我们无法理解它们，从而产生的像鱼儿离开了水的一种感觉。

1.细节理解题。第一段中的The hardest part of working abroad isn't finding a place to stay or learning the language. It's learning to overcome the culture shock. 在国外工作最困难的部分不是找到地方住下来或学习语言。而是学习克服文化冲击。可知，对一个外国学生而言，最困难的不是住宿，不是进入某所有名的学校或是学习语言，而是应对文化冲击。选项C适应当地的文化。切题，故选C。

2.词义猜测题。画线词后的lots of props(支柱) have been knocked out from the environment许多支柱一下子从你的生活环境里被抽掉。画线词所在句子的主语all or most of these familiar cues对应主语lots of props，画线词对应knocked out from从……抽掉，选项D（移开，拿走）可以替换画线词，切题，故选D。

3.推理判断题。第四段中的“The people are so unfriendly, ”Lara wrote ,"They eat at strange hours and I'm starting to get allergic (过敏的)to the local food. I can't get anything done because their way of doing business is so disorganized and so inefficient and I have a terrible skin itch because of the water. … ” “人们太不友好了，” Lara写道，“他们在奇怪的时间吃东西，我开始对当地食物过敏。我不能做任何事情，因为他们做事情的方式是如此混乱，如此低效。因为当地的水我皮肤痒的可怕。”可知，Lara从生活到工作各方面都遇到了很多不适应，无法正常生活和工作。选项A她的生活一团糟。切题，故选A。

4.推理判断题。最后一段中的What Lara and other IT consultants meet on their first assignment abroad is a culture shock. Lara 和其他 IT 顾问在首次出国工作时遇到的种种就是文化冲突。可知，作者之所以描述Lara的经历是为了具体解释他所介绍的文化冲突是什么。选项B为了向我们解释文化冲突是什么。选项B，切题，故选B。