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第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共21分）

第四部分：写作（共两节。满分21分）

第一节　任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的词。

注意：表格中的空格里只填入一个词。请将答案写在答题卷相应题号的横线上。

Culture means the pattern of human activity and the symbols that give importance to these activities. Culture expresses itself in terms of the art, literature, costumes, customs, language and religion. The word 'culture' comes from the Latin word which means “to teach”.

     Culture is shared, by which we mean that every culture is shared by a group of people. Depending on the areas they live in, the climatic conditions they grow up in and their history, people form a set of values and beliefs. This set of rules of life shapes their culture. No culture belongs to a single person. It is rather shared among many people of a certain part of the world.

Culture is learned. Cultural values are imparted(传授) from one generation to another, thus leading to continual traditions that are a part of culture. The language, the literature and the art forms pass across generations. No single person is born with a sense of his/her culture. He/she has to learn it.

     Gradual change is a feature(特点) of almost every culture. Culture loses some of its features and gains new ones. With the passage of time, new technologies appear, new kinds of work come up, social thinking changes and so does culture. Every culture changes in time although the rate of change of every culture differs.

     Studies have brought out a fact that no culture can remain in isolation(孤立). There is hardly any social group that is completely isolated from the rest of the world. Every culture, thus, is mostly affected by cultures of the surrounding areas. Cultural values are easy to be influenced by the values of nearby societies. The cultures, which appear during the same periods of time, often show certain similarities. Modern times have witnessed a mix of cultures. Cultures are combined together giving rise to shared cultures.

Title: Characteristics(特点) of 68. _________

A brief 69. ________ to culture	70. __________	The pattern of human activity and the symbols giving importance to these activities
	Forms	Art, literature, costumes, customs, language and religion
	Origin	The Latin word which means “to 71. _______ ”.
Features of culture	Being shared	No culture belongs to a 72. _______ person.
	Being 73. _________	●Cultural values are imparted across 74. _______. ●No one is born with a sense of his culture.
	75. _______ gradually	Culture loses some of its features and gains new ones with the passage of 76.______ .
	Not being isolated	●No society is completely isolated from the rest of the world. ●Cultural values are easily 77.________ .

Answer 1

68. Culture       69. introduction         70. Meaning/Definition/Implication  

71. teach            72. single                 73.learned       74.generations  

75.Changing         76. time                  77.influenced/affected