"Cultureshock"occursasaresultoftotalimmersion(浸没)inanewculture.Ithappensto"peoplewhohavebeensuddenlytransplantedabroad."Newcomersmaybeanxiousbecausetheydonotspeakthelanguage,knowthecustoms,orunderstandpeople'sbehaviorindailylife.Thevisitorfindsthat"yes"maynotalwaysmean"yes",thatfriendlinessdoesnotnecessarilymeanfriendship,orthatstatementsthatappeartobeseriousarereallyintendedasjokes.Theforeignermaybeunsureastowhentoshakehands,whentostartconversations,orhowtoapproachastranger.Thenotionof"cultureshock"helpsexplainfeelingsofbewildermentanddisorientation.Languageproblemsdonotaccountforallthefrustrationsthatpeoplefeel.Whenoneisdeprivedofeverythingthatwasoncesofamiliar,suchasunderstandingatransportationsystem,knowinghowtoregisterforuniversityclasses,orknowinghowtomakefriends,difficultiesincopingwiththenewsocietymayarise.
"...whenanindividualentersastrangeculture,heorsheislikefishoutofwater,"Newcomersfeelattimesthattheydonotbelongtoandfeelalienatedfromthenativemembersoftheculture.Whenthishappensvisitorsmaywanttorejecteverythingaboutthenewenvironmentandmayglorifyandexaggeratethepositiveaspectsoftheirownculture.Converselyvisitorsmayscorntheirnativecountrybyrejectingitsvaluesandinsteadchoosingtoidentifywith(ifonlytemporarily)thevalueofthenewcountry.Thismayoccurasanattempttoover-identifywiththenewcultureinordertobeacceptedbythepeopleinit.
26.Theexpression"heorsheislikefishoutofwater"suggests_______.
A.peopleawayfromtheirculturescanhardlysurviveinanewculture
B.afishcannotsurvivewithoutwater
C.peopleawayfromtheircultureexperiencementalisolation
D.peopleawayfromtheirculturehavedifficultiesintheirstudies
27.Inordertoidentifywiththenewenvironment,somepeoplemay_______.
A.giveanexaggeratedpictureoftheirowncountry
B.criticizethepositiveaspectsoftheirowncountry
C.abandontheiroriginalbeliefs
D.acceptatemporarysetofvalues
28.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtotheauthor?
A.Homesicknessresultsincultureshock.
B.Atypicalsymptomofcultureshockisconfusion.
C.Cultureshockistheexplanationofanxiety.
D.Cultureshockhappenstoforeignstudentsonly.
29.Newcomersmayworryabout_________.
A.theirignoranceofthealiencustoms
B.theirknowledgeof"yes"inthenativelanguage
C.theirunderstandingoffriendship
D.theircontroloftheirbehavior
30.Whentheforeignvisitorisimmersedinnewproblemshefindshardtocopewith,heismostlikelytofeel_______.
C.alienatedD.disappointed