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[单项选择]This passage contrasts a folk culture and a popular along all the following lines EXCEPT ______.
A. transportation
B. social relationship
C. identity
D. religion
[单项选择]According to the passage, culture shock results from ______.
A. the sudden change of social atmosphere and customs
B. the sudden change of our daily habits
C. the sudden loss of our own signs and symbols
D. the discomfort that we feel when faced with a foreigner
[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that culture shock may be overcome by ______.
A. adjustment to its phases
B. learning the language of the culture
C. social intercourse
D. broad-mindedness and good will
[单项选择]The passage suggests that comic strips were popular for which of the following reasons
A. Readers enjoyed the unusual drawings.
B. Readers could identify with the characters.
C. They were about real-life situations.
D. They provided a break from serious news stories.
[单项选择]According to the passage, culture shock most likely happens to ______.
A. a one-month visitor to a foreign country.
B. a person who settles in a new country
C. a one-year visiting scholar
D. parents who visit their daughter in the USA
[单项选择]According to the passage, culture shock ______.
A. is an occupational disease of foreign people
B. may lead to very serious symptoms
C. is actually not a disease
D. is incurable
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Passage Four
Every culture and every country in the world celebrates New Year, but not everyone does it the same way. The countries in North America and Europe welcome New Year on January the first. This practice began with the Romans in the Middle East, New Year is when spring begins. People in China and Vietnam celebrate it on the first day of the Spring Festival, which is the first day of their calendar based on the moon. Rosh Hashana, which is the Jewish (犹太人的) New Year, comes at the end of summer. The Hindus (印度教教徒 ) in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years.
In all these cultures, there is a practice of making noise. People made noise in ancient times to drive away the evil spirits (妖精) from their homes. Today making noise is more of a custom than a religious rim
In the United States, many people stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve to watch the clock pass from one year to the next. Friends often ga
A. made to begin a new year
B. a promise to make a joke
C. a decision to improve oneself and make one a better person
D. to be kept for the New Year's Day only
[单项选择]According to the passage, consumerist culture ______.
A. cannot thrive on a fragile economy
B. will not aggravate environmental problems
C. cannot satisfy human spiritual needs
D. will not alleviate poverty in wealthy countries
[单项选择]According to the passage, a new protest culture ______.
A. is cultivated by the reviving strategies of the direct action
B. has made people forget the past furious opposition and danger
C. stimulates the young people to resist the common arbitary arrests
D. is a result of present chaotic situation throughout the world