Question

根据首字母提示或括号内所给汉语意思，写出空白处各单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

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. (知识) and experience. Young people always respect older people because they know they can learn from their rich experience.

However, in the United States, 4. (当地的) 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 t5. 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 m7. because this caused them to feel they had 8. (失败)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 s9. situations may be difficult, but it is 10. (值得) the trouble if you want to understand another culture.

Answer 1

1.supposed

2.proud

3.knowledge

4.local

5.themselves

6.doing

7.mad

8.failed

9.social

10.worth

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述的是作者一家人从中国的广东移居到美国，却因为文化差异而产生了误解。在一次兼职经历中，作者出于中国传统尊重年长者，却引起美国人的不高兴。在老板的解释下，作者理解了文化差异和冲突的不同，所以更加小心，入乡随俗，尊重文化差异。

1.根据语境可知，这里指的是年轻人应该尊敬长者。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：supposed，be supposed to do sth是固定短语，表示“应该做某事”。

2.根据语境可知，这里指的是人们以长寿而自豪。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：proud，be proud of是固定短语，表示“以---而自豪”。

3.根据语境可知句意为：达到这样一个年龄的人最有知识和经验。这里应用与名词experience一样的词性。结合所给汉语提示可知应填：knowledge。

4.根据语境可知，这里指的是美国当地人认为“变老”是一个问题。这里应用形容词。结合所给汉语提示可知应填：local。

5.根据语境可知，这里指的是美国很多人都设法使自己不变老。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：themselves，keep oneself away from sth：使自己远离某事。

6.根据语境可知，这里指的是通过做运动使自己不变老。结合所给汉语提示可知应填：doing，do exercise：做运动，因为介词by后接动词ing形式。

7.根据语境可知，这里指的是当我告诉在餐馆一对夫妇说我尊敬老人时，他们生气了。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：mad，get mad：生气 。

8.根据语境可知，这里指的是说别人老了，会让他们觉得他们不能保持年轻了。结合所给汉语提示可知应填：failed，fail to do sth：失败做某事、不能做某事。

9.根据语境可知句意为：在社会场合学习该做什么不该做什么也许很难。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：social，social situations：社会场合。

10.根据语境可知，这里指的是如果你想了解另一种文化，在社会场合学习该做什么不该做什么这个麻烦是值得的。结合所给汉语提示可知应填：worth。

考点：文化类短文阅读。