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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(身份).They have to build a new self image.

Culture shock gives rise 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 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.

(   ) 4. The main purpose of the text is        .

A.  to take pity on the culture shock sufferers

B.  to share his feeling about staying abroad

C.   to introduce the knowledge of culture shock

D.  to encourage and cheer up the culture shock sufferers

(   ) 5. What does the expression "adjust to" in the first paragraph probably mean?

A. Get used to. B. Get tired of. C. Protect. D. Appreciate.

(   ) 6. If one feels homesick,he should        .

A.  stay inside all the time for safety

B.  phone his parents or friends in his home country for comfort

C.  work hard to build a new self image

D.  get to know the new surroundings and gain experience

(   ) 7. Which of the following facts about culture shock is true?

A.  The successful ones in their community have less difficulty in a foreign environment.

B.  Culture shock doesn、t include such factors as customs，one, s native language and so on.

C.  Culture shock gives rise to the feeling of being lost.

D.  The specialists going abroad won't experience the stages of culture shock.

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4. C主旨大意題..本文圍繞culture shock談論了其定義、原因、感受最深的人群及所造成的問題。因此，總的來說，本文的寫作目的是向讀者介紹culture shock的知識。

5. A詞義猜測題。由后文"enjoy their life more"可知該句的意思是新來者開始習慣新環境，從而更喜歡生活。因此，adjustto應是"習慣"的意思。

6. D細節理解題。從最后一段最后一句可知，當一個人想家時長期的解決方法應是"Getting to know the new environment and gaining experience"。

7. C事實判斷題。由第三段最后兩句可知C項是正確的。由第三段第四句可知A項是錯誤的；由第二段內容可知B項是錯誤的；D項的陳述并未在文中提到。