A taboo(忌諱，禁忌) is a social action that is not allowed. Every culture in the world has its own taboos. The breaking of a taboo sometimes makes people feel uncomfortable. I learned this through my own experience.
Last weekend, Wang Lin and I showed two foreigners around our city. Mr Singh was from India and Mr. White from USA. When I held out my left hand to shake hands with him, Mr. Singh seemed to be unhappy. Mr. White, however, was quite casual. He said hello to me with a big smile and a wave of his hand.
In the evening, we stopped at a restaurant for dinner. I noticed that Mr. Singh didn’t touch the beef and Mr. White seemed not to like chickens’ claws. During the meal, Wang Lin said sorry to Mr. Singh and continued to explain that we didn’t know it was a taboo in India to shake one’s left hand. Mr. Singh explained that since oxen are sacred(神圣的) in India, people don’t eat beef there. Mr. White joined in and said that it was not usual in the states for people to eat chickens’ claws. He went on to say that Americans don’ t usually get into each other’ s personal space. Marriage, job and age are their taboos. Isn’ t it a good lesson to remember?
Main idea
The taboos in every country are ____小題1:_____. People sometimes feel     ____小題2:____  if one breaks a taboo.
Facts
In India
Indians don’ t eat ____ 小題3:___because they think oxen are sacred.
It’ s   小題4:    to shake one’ s left hand.
In the USA
Although it’ s not a taboo, Americans  小題5:  eat chickens’ claws
Americans don’ t usually get into each other’ s personal space. For example, they usually don’t ask someone else’s  小題6:  , job or   小題7:    .
Conclusion
If you pay    小題8:  to taboos, you can get on  小題9:  with the people with different   小題10:   .
 

小題1:different
小題2:uncomfortable
小題3:beef
小題4:rude/impolite
小題5:never/seldom
小題6:marriage
小題7:age
小題8:attention
小題9:well
小題10:cultures

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了世界上各個國家不同的文化禁忌。
小題1:根據(jù)第一段Every culture in the world has its own taboos.描述，可知每個國家的禁忌是各不相同的。故填different，不同的。
小題2:根據(jù)第一段The breaking of a taboo sometimes makes people feel uncomfortable. 描述，可知填uncomfortable，不舒服的。
小題3:根據(jù)最后一段Mr. Singh explained that since oxen are sacred(神圣的) in India, people don’t eat beef there.描述，可知填beef，牛肉。
小題4:根據(jù)最后一段we didn’t know it was a taboo in India to shake one’s left hand.描述，可知填rude/impolite，粗魯?shù)�，不禮貌的。
小題5:根據(jù)最后一段Mr. White joined in and said that it was not usual in the states for people to eat chickens’ claws.描述，可知填never/seldom，從來不/很少。
小題6:根據(jù)最后一段He went on to say that Americans don’ t usually get into each other’ s personal space. Marriage, job and age are their taboos.描述，可知填marriage，婚姻。
小題7:根據(jù)最后一段He went on to say that Americans don’ t usually get into each other’ s personal space. Marriage, job and age are their taboos.描述，可知填age，年齡。
小題8:根據(jù)本文描述，可知如果你能注意這些禁忌，你就能和不同文化的人和睦相處，故填attention，注意力。
小題9:根據(jù)本文描述，可知如果你能注意這些禁忌，你就能和不同文化的人和睦相處，故填副詞well，很好地，作狀語。
小題10:根據(jù)本文描述，可知如果你能注意這些禁忌，你就能和不同文化的人和睦相處。故填復(fù)數(shù)名詞cultures，文化。
點(diǎn)評：本題中個別小題不能直接從文中找到答案，需要自己根據(jù)相關(guān)內(nèi)容分析總結(jié)。一定要弄懂全文后再動手解答問題。書寫答案時，注意首字母大寫。為避免不必要的錯誤，只要能使用原文的就盡量使用原文回答問題，自己總結(jié)的答案注意人稱和數(shù)的變化，要符合語法規(guī)則。
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