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根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及首字母提示，填寫所缺單詞，使短文意思完整。

??? Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier, but how well do we know and u___1______each other? Here is a simple test. Imagine you will hold a m??? 2 ???? at four o’clock, what time should you e___3__your foreign business friends to come? If they are German, they will a__4__on time. If they are American, they’ll probably be fifteen minutes early. If they are British, they’ll be fifteen minutes late. The British seemed to think since the English l ?????? 5 ?????? was widely used in the world, what they did was certain to be widely understood. Very soon they f ?? 6 ????? they were completely (完全地) wrong. For e??? 7 ?????? , the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters with a drink during the meal; the Japanese p???? 8 ??? not to work while eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know e???? 9 ?? other, and they don’t drink at lunch. The Germans like to talk business b__10____ dinner; the French like to eat first and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.

[答案]（反白可見）:

1. understand
2. meeting
3. expect
4. arrive
5. language
6. found
7. example
8. prefer
9. each
10. before

[解析]本文介紹世界各國不同的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣，應(yīng)了解并尊重各國的習(xí)俗。

1. 文章句首提出“現(xiàn)在到全世界每個地區(qū)變得越來越容易，但怎樣才能更深入更好的相互了解呢？”所以填understand，依據(jù)do you know and understand, know與understand是兩個并列的動詞。

2. 這兒有一個簡單的實驗，假設(shè)你在四點鐘舉行一個會議。

3. 你期望你的外國朋友何時來開會？

4. 如果他們是德國人，他們會準(zhǔn)時到達(dá)。

5. 應(yīng)填名詞language，英語被廣泛地運用。

6. 應(yīng)填動詞，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)they found用過去時，因為這一段講述英國人的看法，是過去的事，而且所給的句子都是用的一般過去時。

7. for example舉例，依據(jù)文章后邊的幾種情況，說明是舉例說明英國人的看法是錯的，即“不能因為英語在全世界廣泛運用，英國人的習(xí)慣做法也被廣泛運用?！?/p>

8. 依據(jù)上句的意思“英國人喜歡中午飯時談生意和討論生意上的問題，在吃飯時，邊喝邊談”。推斷出日本人卻不喜歡邊吃邊談，他們認(rèn)為午飯對他們來說是放松一下自己，并且互相了解，在午飯時，他們是不喝酒的。

9. to know each other互相了解的意思。

10. before dinner在吃飯前，與下一句eat first and talk afterwards先吃后談話相對應(yīng)。