6 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. experience B. unwillingness C. Typical D. Adapted E. appear
F. origin G. described H. normal I. prepare J. painful
K. lack |
Culture Shock is a term used to describe the anxiety produced when a person moves to an absolutely new environment. This term expresses the 1 of direction, the feeling of not knowing what to do or how to do things in a new environment, and not knowing what is appropriate or inappropriate.
The feeling of culture shock can usually set in after the first few weeks of arriving in a new country. It is a 2 part of adjusting to new foods, customs, language, people and activities. A person with culture shock may 3 some of these symptoms: irritability, headaches or stomach aches, overly concerned with health, easily tired, loneliness, hopelessness, distrust of hosts, withdrawal from people and activities, 4 homesickness, lowered work performance.
Culture shock can be 5 as the physical and emotional discomfort one suffers when living in another country or place different from his or her place of 6 . Usually, the way that we lived before is not accepted or considered normal in the new country. Everything is different, for example, not speaking the language, not knowing how to use simple everyday items such as getting a cell phone, using telephones, or knowing how to take a bus.
Learning the symptoms and knowing ahead of time of how to 7 yourself and how to deal with Chinese culture shock can make it a lot easier to overcome. The symptoms of cultural shock can 8 at different time and show in different ways. 9 symptoms are like insomnia, or a desire to sleep too much or too little; anger, irritability, resentment, and a(n) 10 to interact with other people; having a feeling of helplessness, and thinking you need help from people in your own country.
