题目内容
Scholars and researchers have tried to discover what personality characteristics go along with success in intercultural experiences. Their findings have often been unclear or incomplete. 1. _____ three characteristics stand out in their reports: patience, a sense of humor, and the awareness of being unclear.
Patience, of course, is the ability to keep calm even 2.______ things do not go as one wants them to, or hopes they will, 3. _______ has even been sure they will. A person with a sense of humor is 4. ________ than a humorless person. “The awareness of being unclear" is 5. _______ more difficult concept than patience or a sense of humor. Foreigners often find themselves in situations that are unclear to the newcomers. That is, 6. _______ do not know what is happening in the situation. Perhaps they do not understand the local language well enough, or they do not know 7. ______ some system or organization works, or they can't be sure of different people's roles in what is going 8. _______.
1. But 2. when/if 3. or 4. less 5. a 6. they 7. how 8. on
11. The graduate never expected that his graduation essay would ______ such a heated discussion among scholars.
| A.set off | B.set about | C.set out | D.set up |