Vocabulary
1.All __________(contribute), however small, will be greatly appreciated.
2.His ability carried him to the top of his ___________(professional).
3.Would you do me a ___________(favorable)?
4.He keeps his office ___________(neatness) and tidy.
5.I looked at the map to __________(refreshment) my memory of road.
6. His collection of paintings is most __________(impression).
7.The ___________(interview) cornered the politician with a particularly tricky question.
8.The simplest kind of advertisement is the __________(clarify) ad.
9.Plain,simple clothes are __________(appropriate)for school wear.
10.Now we have to ___________(tight) our belts.
Cloze
Handshaking is the _____1_____greeting. Chinese usually shake hands very _____2_____ instead of taking the hand firmly and forcefully pumping it. And in China a hand shake may last as long as ten _____3_____. _____4_____ meeting someone, Chinese _____5_____their eyes slightly as a _____6_____ of respect. Staring into the eyes of a Chinese might make him uncomfortable. Face-being respected _____7_____one’s peer’s -----is very important to the Chinese. They are enormously sensitive to _____8_____face in everything they do. Saying or doing anything _____9_____ causes someone to _____10______face can instantly destroy a relationship and any business that might result _____11_____ it. Never insult or openly criticize someone in front of others. Don’t _____12_____fun of a Chinese, even if only as a joke. Do not treat someone as a person of lowly rank_____13 _____their position in the company is high. A person’s face is also their company’s face. The relationship you develop with a person represents your _____14_____ with his entire company. Gifts are important, expressing friendship and symbolizing hopes for success. But expensive gifts can cause personal embarrassment and political _____15_____ social awkwardness. For wrapped gift, gold or red are appropriate colors. White and black are colors of mourning.
1. A. accepted B. received C. receiving D. accepting
2. A. heavy B. lightly C. light D. heavily
3. A. hours B. seconds C. minutes D periods
4. A. In B. Of C. Upon D. Up
5. A. lower B. close C. catch D. open
6. A. sign B. notice C. signal D. mark
7. A. for B. to C. by D. like
8. A. be maintained B. maintain C. have maintained D. maintaining
9. A. Why B. What C. Which D. That
10. A. pull B. hide C. show D. lose
11. A. from B. in C. with D. for
12. A. do B. have C. make D. take
13. A. because B. unless C. if D. even if
14. A. relate B. relationship C. relative D. relation