Question

【題目】 根據(jù)首字母提示或括號內(nèi)所給漢語意思，寫出空白處各單詞的正確形式（每空一詞）。

When my family moved to America in 2010 from a small village in Guangdong, China, we brought not only our luggage, but also our rules and culture. One of the rules is that young people are always s 【1】 to respect elders. Unluckily, this rule led to my very first embarrassment in the United States.

In my village in China, people are p 【2】 of being old. Not so many people live to be seventy or eighty, and people who reach such an age have the most 【3】 (知識) and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, 【4】 (當?shù)氐? people think “growing old” is a problem since “old” shows that a person is going to retire or that the body is not working well. Here many people try to keep t【5】 away from growing old by 【6】 (做) exercise, and women put on makeup, hoping to look young. When I told the couple in the restaurant that I respect the elderly, they got m【7】 because this caused them to feel they had 【8】 (失敗)to stay young. I had told them something they didn’t want to hear. It taught me a lesson. Learning what you should and shouldn’t do in s【9】 situations may be difficult, but it is 【10】 (值得) the trouble if you want to understand another culture.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】supposed

【2】proud

【3】knowledge

【4】local

【5】themselves

【6】doing

【7】mad

【8】failed

【9】social

【10】worth

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述的是作者一家人從中國的廣東移居到美國，卻因為文化差異而產(chǎn)生了誤解。在一次兼職經(jīng)歷中，作者出于中國傳統(tǒng)尊重年長者，卻引起美國人的不高興。在老板的解釋下，作者理解了文化差異和沖突的不同，所以更加小心，入鄉(xiāng)隨俗，尊重文化差異。

【1】根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是年輕人應該尊敬長者。結合所給首字母提示可知應填：supposed，be supposed to do sth是固定短語，表示“應該做某事”。

【2】根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是人們以長壽而自豪。結合所給首字母提示可知應填：proud，be proud of是固定短語，表示“以---而自豪”。

【3】根據(jù)語境可知句意為：達到這樣一個年齡的人最有知識和經(jīng)驗。這里應用與名詞experience一樣的詞性。結合所給漢語提示可知應填：knowledge。

【4】根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是美國當?shù)厝苏J為“變老”是一個問題。這里應用形容詞。結合所給漢語提示可知應填：local。

【5】根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是美國很多人都設法使自己不變老。結合所給首字母提示可知應填：themselves，keep oneself away from sth：使自己遠離某事。

【6】根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是通過做運動使自己不變老。結合所給漢語提示可知應填：doing，do exercise：做運動，因為介詞by后接動詞ing形式。

【7】根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是當我告訴在餐館一對夫婦說我尊敬老人時，他們生氣了。結合所給首字母提示可知應填：mad，get mad：生氣 。

【8】根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是說別人老了，會讓他們覺得他們不能保持年輕了。結合所給漢語提示可知應填：failed，fail to do sth：失敗做某事、不能做某事。

【9】根據(jù)語境可知句意為：在社會場合學習該做什么不該做什么也許很難。結合所給首字母提示可知應填：social，social situations：社會場合。

【10】根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的是如果你想了解另一種文化，在社會場合學習該做什么不該做什么這個麻煩是值得的。結合所給漢語提示可知應填：worth。