1 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. confusion   B. delivered     C. reflection        D. offer   E. context    F. set       G. signaled       H. fluent     I. torn       J. culture     K. genuine

This is a story about how a foreigner got confused about a Mexican word even though she could speak     1     Spanish. It happened when she     2     foot on Mexican soil for the first time. She asked an ice-cream seller for an ice-cream, and he said “ahorita.” She thought it would be     3     immediately because the word can be directly translated to “right now.” But she waited for half an hour and still no ice-cream came. When she asked the seller about it, he said “ahorita” again, with his face showing     4    . She felt     5     between waiting and walking away. Finally, she had to go home, so she     6     to the seller that she could not wait any longer. Years later back in Mexico, she came to realise that the meaning of “ahorita” changes according to its     7    . It could mean “tomorrow,” “within five years,” “never,” or even “no, thanks” when one wants to refuse an     8    . “Ahorita Time” is a     9     of different cultural understandings of time. That is, understanding “ahorita” takes not a fluency in the language, but a fluency in the    10    .

2 . Directions: Choose the best word which is suitable for each blank, and each word can be used only once.

A. luxury       B. amazed     C. tear     D. expectation   E. confusion     F. vast G. disgusted     H. genuine   I. decoration

1. To avoid________，please write the children's names clearly on all their school clothes.
2. In the________ majority of cases, cultural differences should not be a very big problem.
3. My grandpa told me that it was really a ________ if you had a washing machine in those days.
4. As a peace-loving lady, the level of violence in the film really________her.
5. It________her that he could be so calm in such a dangerous situation.
6. Unfortunately the new software has failed to meet the ________of the researchers.
7. Although he is just a clerk in the company, he made a ________attempt to improve the difficult conditions.
8. At first sight, he was unable to ________his eyes away from the well-dressed film star.