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Culture shock might be called an occupational disease of people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad. Like most ailments, it has its own (1) and cure.
Culture shock is (2) by the anxiety that results from losing all our familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. Those signs or cues include the thousand and one (3) in which we orient ourselves to the (4) of daily life: when to shake hands and what to say when we meet people, when and how to give tips, how to (5) purchases, when to accept and when to refuse invitations, when to take statement seriously and when not. These cues, (6) may be words, gestures, facial (7) customs, or norms, are (8) by all of us in the course of growing up and are as much a (9) of our culture as the language we speak or the beliefs we accept. All of us (10) for our peace of mind and our efficiency on hundreds of these cues, (11) of which we do not carry on the (12) of conscious awareness.
Now when an individual (13) a strange culture, all or most of these familiar cues are removed. He or she is like a fish out of water. No matter how broad-minded or (14) of goodwill you may be, a series of props have been (15) under you, followed by a feeling of frustration and (16) . People react to the frustration in much the (17) way. First they reject the environment which causes the (18) . "The ways of the host country are bad because they make us feel bad." When foreigners in a strange land get together to (19) about the host country and its people, you can be sure they are (20) from culture shock.

Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C, and D on ANSWER SHEET 1.1()

A.significance
B.symptoms
C.diseases
D.symbols

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As can be seen from the above graph, nearly all the top ten mobile phone brands in-put more budgets into the TV ads during the first six months in B00D, compared to those in the same period in B00C. Although there are several domestic producers among these ten, the foreign brand is still in a leading position with a budget input of almost AF0 million yuan in contrast to about E0 million yuan of the tenth. To make a conclusion, the TV advertisement has become an efficient means of information dissemination in our market economy and played a more important role in our daily life.Generally, there are two main reasons leading to the producers’ prevalent use of commercials on TV. With the rapid development of economy, many manufacturers have realized the important role of advertisement in that they can stimulate sales and win the market. In our competitive society, consumers usually have the choice of several brands of the same product. Therefore, manufacturers are confronted with such a problem: how to make their products known to customers. They solve it by advertising on TV, which provides people with information about their new products and in return absorbs a lot of money by selling much more. What’s more, most consumers are interested in advertisements because they wish to get from TV ads the first-hand information about new products, which enables them to make a decision quickly and to choose the one that they like best.As far as I am concerned, I am in favor of TV ads because some of them are interesting and informative. However, I think the manufacturers should not only pay attention to their products’ advertisement, but attach more importance to the improvement of their products’ quality and performance, thus establishing themselves in an unassailable position in the market.