СОР № 1 Английский язык 11ОГН класс Making contact

Making contact

Задание:

Read the text about culture shock. Choose the best option for each question below the text.
The Honeymoon Stage
Everything is exciting and new. You might think that the new culture is ideal, and you might think
that it is much better than your own. If you are sometimes frustrated or have problems, you quickly
recover. Everything is quite positive, the people in the new culture are very nice. This stage can last
for months, or maybe only a couple of days. It is called the tourist stage because tourists generally
do not stay in a different place long enough to have culture shock.
Shock
In this stage, all the little problems and frustrations appear much bigger! You may be very
preoccupied with cleanliness (you think everything is dirty and unhealthy); you may be worried that
other people want to rob you or cheat you; you feel confused and lonely. During this stage, if you
find someone from your own country who has lived in the new culture for a long time, you may
become dependent on him/her. You may find other expatriates and complain together about the new
culture, making stereotypes of the people from that culture. You miss your own country and culture
a lot. If it is possible, you might try to go home.
The adjustment stage
If the shock was very hard, you will not get to this stage. If you do decide to stay, you eventually
learn to deal with the differences. You may try to integrate the new culture with your own beliefs.
You begin to learn the language and make more friends. You have the occasional crisis, but you
develop a positive attitude towards it. Maybe you can even laugh about your difficulties! This
period of adjustment can be slow, and it is always possible to go back a stage into shock again.
Acceptance or Acculturation
You can now live with the new culture. Although it is difficult to be completely assimilated, you go
through important personal changes and growth as you become integrated into the new culture. You
develop a bicultural identity.
Re-entry shock
This is the shock of coming back home. You return from your time in another country and
everybody is happy to see you again. The only problem is that you have changed a lot in ways that
they haven’t and they don’t understand that you have changed. Nobody wants to relive those
fascinating, cultural memories. You almost feel like a stranger in your own culture.
1. The author’s main purpose in this passage is:
a. To explain culture shock feelings
b. To identify culture shock stages
c. To clarify bicultural identity
2. The passage is mainly concerning:
a. Cultural differences of other countries
b. Expressing feelings of culture shock
c. Stages of culture shock
3. What statement expresses the main idea of “Shock” stage?
a. In this stage, all the little problems and frustrations appear much bigger!
b. During this stage, you may find other expatriatesand complain about the new culture.
c. You miss your own country and culture a lot; you might try to go home.
4. Which text is about making oneself to deal with challenges?
a. “Honeymoon stage”
b. “Shock”
c. “Adjustment stage”
5. Which statement provides the main idea of the text “Re-entry shock”?
a. You return from your time in another country
b. People do not understand your changes.
c. You feel like a stranger in own culture.

Решение:

1A 2C 3A 4C 5C