開學課堂英語四級考試閱讀練習（34）

　　When an individual enters a strange culture,he or she is like fish out of water.Newcomers feel at times that they do not belong to and feel alienated from the native members of the culture.When this happens visitors may want to reject everything about the new environment and may glorify and exaggerate the positive aspects of their own culture.Conversely visitors may scorn their native country by rejecting its values and instead choosing to identify withthe value of the new country.This may occur as an attempt to over-identify with the new culture in order to be accepted by the people in it.

　　1.The expression he or she is like fish out of watersuggests ______.

　　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 isolation

　　d.people away from their culture have difficulties in new environment

　　2.In order to identify with the new environment,some people may ______.

　　a.give an exaggerated picture of their own country

　　b.criticize the positive aspects of their own county

　　c.abandon their original beliefs

　　d.accept a temporary set of values

　　3.Which of the following statements is true according to the author?

　　a.Perplexity results in culture shock.

　　b.A typical symptom of cultur shock is confusion.

　　c.Culture shock is the explanation of anxiety.

　　d.Culture shock happens to foreign students only.

　　4.Newcomer may worry about ______.

　　a.their ignorance of the alien customs

　　b.their knowledge of Yes in the native language

　　c.their understanding of friendship

　　d.their control of their behavior

　　5.When the foreign visitor is immersed in new problems he finds hard to cope whith,he is most likely to feel ______.

　　a.uninsured

　　b.deprived

　　c.alienated

　　d.baffled

　　答案：cdadbc

　　When an individual enters a strange culture,he or she is like fish out of water.Newcomers feel at times that they do not belong to and feel alienated from the native members of the culture.When this happens visitors may want to reject everything about the new environment and may glorify and exaggerate the positive aspects of their own culture.Conversely visitors may scorn their native country by rejecting its values and instead choosing to identify withthe value of the new country.This may occur as an attempt to over-identify with the new culture in order to be accepted by the people in it.

　　1.The expression he or she is like fish out of watersuggests ______.

　　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 isolation

　　d.people away from their culture have difficulties in new environment

　　2.In order to identify with the new environment,some people may ______.

　　a.give an exaggerated picture of their own country

　　b.criticize the positive aspects of their own county

　　c.abandon their original beliefs

　　d.accept a temporary set of values

　　3.Which of the following statements is true according to the author?

　　a.Perplexity results in culture shock.

　　b.A typical symptom of cultur shock is confusion.

　　c.Culture shock is the explanation of anxiety.

　　d.Culture shock happens to foreign students only.

　　4.Newcomer may worry about ______.

　　a.their ignorance of the alien customs

　　b.their knowledge of Yes in the native language

　　c.their understanding of friendship

　　d.their control of their behavior

　　5.When the foreign visitor is immersed in new problems he finds hard to cope whith,he is most likely to feel ______.

　　a.uninsured

　　b.deprived

　　c.alienated

　　d.baffled

　　答案：cdadbc