A taboo(忌讳，禁忌) is a social action that is not allowed. Every culture in the worl

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A taboo(忌讳，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 emed 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 emed 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 ideaThe taboos in every country are ____小题1:_____. People sometimes feel     ____小题2:____  if one breaks a taboo.FactsIn IndiaIndians don’ t eat ____ 小题3:___becau they think oxen are sacred.It’ s   小题4:    to shake one’ s left hand.In the USAAlthough it’ s not a taboo, Americans  小题5:  eat chickens’ clawsAmericans don’ t usually get into each other’ s personal space. For example, they usually don’t ask someone el’s  小题6:  , job or   小题7:    .ConclusionIf you pay    小题8:  to taboos, you can get on  小题9:  with the people with different   小题10:   .  

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

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这篇短文主要介绍了世界上各个国家不同的文化禁忌。小题1:根据第一段Every culture in the world has its own taboos.描述，可知每个国家的禁忌是各不相同的。故填different，不同的。小题2:根据第一段The breaking of a taboo sometimes makes people feel uncomfortable. 描述，可知填uncomfortable，不舒服的。小题3:根据最后一段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。小题4:根据最后一段we didn’t know it was a taboo in India to shake one’s left hand.描述，可知填rude/impolite，粗鲁的，不礼貌的。小题5:根据最后一段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/ldom，从来不/很少。小题6:根据最后一段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。小题7:根据最后一段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，年龄。小题8:根据本文描述，可知如果你能注意这些禁忌，你就能和不同文化的人和睦相处，故填attention，注意力。小题9:根据本文描述，可知如果你能注意这些禁忌，你就能和不同文化的人和睦相处，故填副词well，很好地，作状语。小题10:根据本文描述，可知如果你能注意这些禁忌，你就能和不同文化的人和睦相处。故填复数名词cultures，文化。点评：本题中个别小题不能直接从文中找到答案，需要自己根据相关内容分析总结。一定要弄懂全文后再动手解答问题。书写答案时，注意首字母大写。为避免不必要的错误，只要能使用原文的就尽量使用原文回答问题，自己总结的答案注意人称和数的变化，要符合语法规则。

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