Question

Culture Shock

Moving to a new country can be an exciting experience. In a new environment, you somehow feel more alive. Soon, however, the new and delightful feeling turns into stress and discomfort.1. Although not everyone experiences culture shock in exactly the same way, many experts agree that it has roughly five stages.

In the first stage, you are excited by your new environment. Your feelings about the new culture are positive, so you are eager to make contact with people and to try new foods.

2.This is the second stage of culture shock. Because you do not know the social customs of the new culture, you may find it difficult to make friends. For instance, you do not understand how to make “small talk,” so it is hard to carry on a casual, get-acquainted conversation. These are not minor challenges; they are major frustrations.

In the third stage, you no longer have positive feelings about the new culture. You feel that you have made a mistake in coming here. Making friends hasn’t been easy, so you begin to feel lonely and isolated. 3. You begin to spend most of your free time with students from your home country, and you eat in restaurants that serve your native food.

You know that you are in the fourth stage of culture shock when you have negative feelings about almost everything. 4. You become critical, suspicious, and irritable. You believe that people are unfriendly, that your teachers do not like you, and that the food is making you sick.

Finally, you reach the fifth stage. As your language skills improve, you begin to have some success in meeting people and in negotiating situations. 5. After realizing that you cannot change your surroundings, you begin to accept the differences and tolerate them.

A.Your self-confidence grows.

B.You’ll regret making the decision.

C.These are the causes of culture shock.

D.In this stage, you actively reject the new culture.

E.This is the phenomenon known as culture shock.

F.Now you want to be with familiar people and eat familiar food.

G.Sooner or later, differences in behavior and customs become noticeable to you.

Answer

1.E

2.G

3.F

4.D

5.A

【解析】

这是一篇选句填空。文章主要介绍了到一个新的国家后，每个人所经历的文化冲击大致有五个阶段。

1.根据前句“Soon, however, the new and delightful feeling turns into stress and discomfort.( 然而，这种新的愉快的感觉很快就变成了压力和不适。)”和后句“Although not everyone experiences culture shock in exactly the same way(虽然不是每个人经历文化冲击的方式都完全相同)”提示可知，这种压力和不适就是所谓的文化冲击现象。E. This is the phenomenon known as culture shock“ 这就是所谓的文化冲击现象”，符合语境，故选E。

2.根据后句“This is the second stage of culture shock.( 这是文化冲击的第二阶段。)”和“the social customs of the new culture(新文化的社会习俗)”及后文的举例可知，迟早你会注意到行为和习俗上的差异。G. Sooner or later, differences in behavior and customs become noticeable to you“ 迟早你会注意到行为和习俗上的差异” 符合语境，故选G。

3.根据前句“Making friends hasn’t been easy, so you begin to feel lonely and isolated.( 交朋友并不容易，所以你开始感到孤独和孤立。)”和后句“You begin to spend most of your free time with students from your home country, and you eat in restaurants that serve your native food.(你开始把大部分空闲时间花在和来自你祖国的学生在一起，并在提供你本国食物的餐馆吃饭。)”可知，现在你想和熟悉的人在一起，吃熟悉的食物。F. Now you want to be with familiar people and eat familiar food“现在你想和熟悉的人在一起，吃熟悉的食物 ”，符合语境，故选F。

4.根据前句“when you have negative feelings about almost everything.( 那时你对几乎所有的事情都有消极的感觉。)”和后文“You become critical, suspicious, and irritable. You believe that people are unfriendly, that your teachers do not like you, and that the food is making you sick.(你变得挑剔、多疑、易怒。你认为人们不友好，你的老师不喜欢你，食物让你生病。)”可知，在第四阶段，你会积极地拒绝新的文化。D. In this stage, you actively reject the new culture“在第这个阶段，你会积极地拒绝新的文化 ” ，符合语境，故选D。

5.根据前句“As your language skills improve, you begin to have some success in meeting people and in negotiating situations. (随着你的语言技能的提高，你开始在与人交往和谈判中取得一些成功。)” 可知，取得成功必然自信心会增强。A. Your self-confidence grows“ 你的自信心会增强”，符合语境，故选A。