Write a composition on the ANSWER SHEET in about 150 words, basing yourself on one of the texts you have learned.
TOPIC: What is your understanding of “culture shock”? Use the outline given below.
• Define culture shock.
• Explain the causes and symptoms.
• Give your advice.
【正确答案】：
     CULTURAL SHOCK IS A FEELING OF CONFUSION THAT PEOPLE EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. IT IS CAUSED BY NOT FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH THE NEW COUNTRY’S SOCIAL CUSTOMS, VALUES AND WAYS OF THINKING, SUCH AS HOW TO GREET PEOPLE, WHEN AND HOW TO GIVE TIPS, HOW TO GO SHOPPING, WHEN TO ACCEPT OR REFUSE INVITATIONS, WHEN TO TAKE STATEMENTS SERIOUSLY AND WHEN NOT, ETC.
     ONE MAJOR SYMPTOM OF CULTURE SHOCK IS REJECTING THE WAYS OF LIVING IN THE NEW PLACE. PEOPLE COMING FROM THE SAME COUNTRY OFTEN GET TOGETHER AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE HOST COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE. ANOTHER SYMPTOM IS REGRESSION. THEY BEGIN TO GLORIFY THEIR HOME COUNTRY. ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYTHING AT HOME IS PERFECT TO THEM. THEY FORGET THE PROBLEMS BACK THERE.
     INDIVIDUALS DIFFER GREATLY IN THE DEGREE IN WHICH CULTURE SHOCK AFFECTS THEM, BUT MY GENERAL ADVICE IS “WHEN IN ROME, DO AS THE ROMANS DO.”
【题目解析】：
建议从文化冲击的定义、原因、现象、你的建议这四个方面展开进行论述。
文化冲击是人们刚到另一个国家时所经历的一种困惑感。它是由于对新国家的社会习俗、价值观和思维方式感到不舒服而引起的，比如如何打招呼、何时以及如何给小费、如何购物、何时接受或拒绝邀请、何时认真对待陈述以及何时不认真等等。
文化冲击的一个主要症状是拒绝在新地方的生活方式，来自同一个国家的人经常聚在一起抱怨东道国及其人民。另一个症状是退化，他们开始颂扬他们的祖国。突然，家里的一切对他们来说都是完美的。他们将那些问题抛在了脑后。
文化冲击对个体的影响程度各不相同，但我的总体建议是“入乡随俗”。