2012年PETS2阅读理解全真模拟试题（5）
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2012年PETS2阅读理解全真模拟试题（5） Culture A I think the phrase "culture shock" is not proper. When you think of a shock, it’s something that strikes your mind in a second. In most cases, culture shock is more like something that eats slowly your defenses until you find yourself crying on the floor. This is happening to me in France! It really has nothing to do with France or the French. It has everything to do with being outside of my own culture for a long time. It has to do with doing things and communicating with people. Sometimes I say the wrong word or I don’t remember to greet the store owner as I walk through the door. I feel like crying just thinking about the life we left back home. I don’t know how to fill out our tax forms according to French law, and I certainly don’t like to look it up on some website in French. Again, it really has nothing to do with France or the French. We have made some wonderful French friends. Fortunately, my husband is not going through culture shock right now, so he’s able to pick me up off the floor if I need it. This afternoon I did some research, largely looking for an estimation1 of how long culture shock lasts. What I found was comforting. It seems that the cycles of culture shock are a normal process when introduced into a new environment. One website even offered some tips and advice on pulling yourself out of the culture shock depression2. While I wasn’t particularly encouraged by the idea that time heals the dislikes of foreign culture, I was happy to see that there were no cases of culture shock being deadly. Now I’m determined to fight back. Then I’ll celebrate with a cup of coffee, made in the way only French people can. Notes: 1. estimation n.估计 2. depression n.消沉 1. The writer wrote about this experience to ________. A. show her determination to fight the culture shock B. show her disappointment with the lifestyle of the French C. attract more tourists to France D. tell people about culture shock 2. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE? A. The writer found it hard for her to live comfortably in her own country. B. The writer likes the idea that as time goes by the culture shock disappears. C. The writer always greets the store owner with a smile when she walks into a store. D. The writer doesn’t know how to fill out the tax forms based on French law.来自 3. Compared with the author, her husband _________. A. feels more strongly about culture shock in France B. is doing better in the new environment C. is good at making friends D. can speak French better 相关资料 |
