Unit7 RS A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks numbered from 41 to 50. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please fill in each blank with a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. Studying in a foreign country is certainly a new ( 1 ), but it also has some challenges for you. You will have difficulty in ( 2 ) to a new culture. There will be at least four essential stages of culture shock adjustment. The first stage is “the honeymoon”, when you will feel( 3 ) about the new place. You will find everything and everybody so wonderful. The second stage is the “hostility stage”. You feel ( 4 ) and distressed about everything that seemed to be so wonderful at first. At this stage you develop various( 5 ) mechanisms to protect you against the effect of culture shock. But these defense mechanisms can ( 6 ) you because they prevent you from making necessary adjustments to the new culture. The third stage of culture shock adjustment is called “ ( 7 ) ”. At this stage you recover from the ( 8 ) of the first two stages. The whole situation starts to become more ( 9 ) . You learn to accept the elements of the new culture. The last stage is called "adjustment". Now you feel ( 10 ) with the new culture and you have adjusted to it. A) recovery F) defense K) favorable B) harm G) symptoms L) trouble C) excited H) unfavorable M) adapting D) comfortable I) exhausted N) overcome E) experience J) help O) enjoy