1 . Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. disapproved B. negative C. national D. appreciation E. socially
F. tendency G. approach H. fitted I. enhanced J. unpopular
K. namely |
What are the things that first come to your mind when you think of the UK? Are they nonstop rain, polite manners, boring food and tea drinking?
Some of the UK’s 1 stereotypes are true, a new survey has found. For example, British people do have a (n) 2 to drink lots of tea.
The research polled 1, 402 foreigners living in the UK on their opinions about the British way of life. Unsurprisingly, the majority of them, almost 70 percent, said they enjoyed living in the country—good manners, especially UK people’s extraordinary ability to queue, are the main reasons for foreigners’ 3 . More than one-third said they liked British people’s restrained 4 to emotion.
However, there are aspects of British culture that are 5 of. The heavy alcohol drinking culture ranked as the least favorite trait, followed by the British sense of humor and the country’s bad weather.
It may not be too hard to understand why heavy drinking and bad weather are 6 , but what’s wrong with the British sense of humor?
British humor is known for being dry and satirical (讽刺的), so it is generally more 7 . When it comes to making the British laugh, there is nothing more effective than a 8 inappropriate joke, noted the BBC. “Britons are more comfortable with life’s losers,” wrote English actor Ricky Gervais in an article published in Time magazine.
“The majority of nationalities have stereotypes 9 around them and Britons don’t escape this,” said Liam Clifford, the founder of Global Visas, the website that conducted the research. “People probably come here with a stereotype-based preconception of what to expect. It’s good to see from our survey, though, that, in the majority of cases, this reputation is actually 10 upon living here.”
