Vocabulary development Scan the following passage and find the words or phrases that have roughly the same meanings as those given.People who grow up in a particular culture share certain values and assumptions. That doesn‘t mean they all share exactly the same values to exactly the same extent; it does mean that most of them, most of the time, mostly agree with each other's ideas about what is right and wrong,desirable and undesirable, and so on. They also agree, mostly, with each other’s assumptions about human nature, social relationships, and so on.One of the most important things to understand about Americans is how devoted they are to “individualism”. They have been trained since very early in their lives to consider themselves as separate individuals who are responsible for their own situations in life and their own destinies. They have not been trained to see themselves as members of a close-knit, tightly interdependent family, religious group, tribe or nation.Americans are trained to see themselves as separate individuals, and they assume everyone else in the world is too. When they encounter a person from abroad who seems to them excessively concerned with the opinions of parents, with following traditions, or with fulfilling obligations to others, they assume that the person feels trapped. or is weak and “too dependent”.2. the width or limits of application; scope______
【正确答案】： extent
【题目解析】：P29
