单选题 Culture shock is an occupational disease for people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad.
Culture shock is caused by the anxiety that results from losing all familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. Those signs are as following: when to shake hands and what to say when we meet people, when and how to give tips, how to make purchases, when to accept and refuse invitations, when to take statements seriously and when not. These signs, which may be words, gestures, facial expressions, or customs, are acquired by all of us in the course of growing up and as much a part of our culture as the language we speak or the beliefs we accept. All of us depend on hundreds of these signs for our peace of mind and day-to-day efficiency, but we do not carry most at the level of conscious awareness.
Now when an individual enters a strange culture, all or most of these familiar signs are removed. No matter how broadminded or full of good will you may be, a series of supports have been knocked from under you, followed by a feeling of frustration when suffering from culture shock people first reject the environment which causes discomfort. The ways of the host country are bad because they make us feel bad. When foreigners in a strange land get together to complain about the host country and its people, you can be sure that they are suffering from culture shock.

单选题 According to the passage, culture shock is ______.

单选题 According to the passage, culture shock results from ______.

单选题 Which one of the following may not be a symptom of culture shock?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 根据第二段第二句“Those signs are as following: when to shake hands and what to say when we meet people, when and how to give tips, how to make purchases, when to accept and refuse invitations, when to take statements seriously and、when not.”可知文化冲突会使我们不知所措，而C项“你突然忘记一个词的含义”却不是文化冲突所造成。

单选题 According to the passage, how would a person who stays abroad most probably react when he is frustrated by the culture shock?

A、 He is most likely to refuse to absorb the strange environment at first.
B、 He is ready to accept the change and adapt himself to the new environment.
C、 Although he takes the culture difference for granted, he still doesn"t know how to do with it.
D、 He may begin to hate the people or things around him.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 根据最后一段第二句“No matter how broadminded or full of good will you may be, a series of supports have been knocked from under you, followed by a feeling of frustration when suffering from culture shock people first reject the environment which causes discomfort.”我们可知，人们在陌生的文化中常常有一种挫折感。