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AmericansandArabsaredifferent  33  itcomestotheirspaceh...

Americans and Arabs are different   33   it comes to their space habits. Arabs would rather have close contact. Dr. Hall has explained that   34   (belong) to a touch culture and in conversation, the Arabs always envelop(包裹)the other person. They hold his hand, look into his eyes, and bathe him in their breath.

Dr. Hall’s interest in man’s use of space developed in the early nineteen fifties when he was Director of the Point Four training program at the Foreign Service Institute. In talking with Americans who had lived overseas, he found that many of   35   had been highly uncomfortable

  36   ______ culture differences. Such discomfort is usually referred to as culture shock.

The problem is that, relatively speaking, Americans live in   37   noncontact culture. Partly, this is a product of our puritan heritage (清教徒文化遗产). Dr. Hall points out that we spend years

  38   (teach) our children not to crowd in and lean on us. And in situations   39   we ourselves are forced to stand close to another person on crowded subways, for example, we turn our eyes away, and if actual body contact   40   (involve), tense the muscles on the contact side. Most of us feel very strongly that this is the only proper way to behave.

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33. when                             34. belonging             35. them                       use of/due to  37. A                              38. teaching                39. where                            40. is involved

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