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Living in a second culture can be like riding in a roller coaster.Sometimes foreign visitors are elated; sometimes they are depressed.First there is the combination of enthusiasm and excitement that is felt while traveling.New foods and aromas,different faces,foreign languages,and interesting customs all fascinate the traveler.A foreign visitor usually has high expectations and is eager to become familiar with a new culture.
Of course,international travelers who may have difficulties in understanding the adjustment problems,feelings,and mood changes that are related to living in a second culture are not unique.It is common for international visitors or immigrants to vacillate between loving and hating a new country.The newness and strangeness of a foreign culture are bound to affect a traveler's emotions.
Culture shock occurs as a result of total immersion in a new culture.It happens to people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad.Newcomers may be anxious because they do not speak the language,know the customs,or understand people's behavior in daily life.The visitor finds that "yes" may not always mean "yes",or that statements that appear to be serious are really intended as jokes.The notion of "culture shock" helps explain feelings of bewilderment and disorientation.Language problems do not account for all the frustrations that people feel.When one is deprived of everything that was once familiar,such as understanding a transportation system,knowing how to register for university classes,or knowing how to make friends,difficulties arise.1
1 The word “elated” means_______
A .low-spirited B .curious C .high-spirited D .impressed
2Living in a second culture people unavoidably experience the following emotions except_______
A .easiness B .culture shock C .enthusiasm D .excitement
3“Culture shock” refers to a feeling of _______
A .high expectation and depression
B .stress and anxiety
C .strangeness and newness
D .excitement and enthusiasm
4According to the passage,culture shock most likely happens to _______
A .a one-year visiting scholar
B .a one-month visitor to a foreign country
C .parents who visit their daughter in the USA
D .a person who settles in a new country
5The passage mainly discusses_______
A .the problems of immigration
B .cultural adjustment
C .how to survive in a second culture
D .how to be familiar with a new culture