Culture Shock

Which of these statements is not true according to Tamara Blackmore?

• Boston is very crowded.

• Americans are always in a hurry.

• Americans spend a lot of time talking to friends.

• There are a lot of traffic jams in Boston.

The word congestion in sentence "We don't have the kind of congestion you have in Boston." is closest in meaning to ________?

• Problems

• Entertainment

• Overcrowding

• Relationships

The word they in sentence "..like they were moving at warp speed."

• Cars

• Traffic jams

• People

• Places

According to Blackmore, in Australia ________.

• Teachers and students can occasionally become friends

• Professors typically know their students' names

• Universities are better

• Academic and social lives are clearly separate from one another.

Blackmore would probably agree that _______.

• Australian drivers are not as skilled as Americans.

• Americans believe that being active is important

• Americans are more laid-back than Australians

• Americans women eat more than Australian women

The purpose of the reading is to ________.

• Show how Americans study a lot and work out a lot

• Point out some ways in which foreigners experience culture shock in the United States

• Argue that everyone should spend a year as a foreign exchange student

• Compare education systems in the United States and Australia.