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English 12
unit 2: Cultural diversity
Reading
Vocabulary:
Precede (v) : happen before something:
Confide (v) : Tell somebody personal secret
Partnership (n): a partner in business
Determine (v);
Sacrifice (v)
Oblige (v)
Gap fill:
1. Parents are .......... by law to send their children to school.
2. An Indian woman has to ..............more marriage than a man.
3.They greed that it was unwise to.............. in their wife.
4.Love is supposed to follow marriage, not...................it.
5.An inquiry was set up to...................... the cause of accident.
6. He developed his own program in.................. with an American expert.
Answer:
1. Obliged 2. sacrifice 3. confide
4. precede 5. determine 6. partnership.

Questions:
1.What is the survey about?
The survey is about the traditional attitudes of American and Asian toward love and marriage.
2. What are the four key values in the survey?
They are: Trust build on love , Physical attractiveness, confiding, Partnership of equals
Multiple choice:
1. Americans believe in .......... marriage – a boy and a girl are attract to each other, fall in love and decided to marry each other.
A. contractual B. romantic C. lucky
2. Asians believe in ……....... marriage – the parents of the bride and the groom decide on the marriage.
A traditional B. romantic C. contractual
3.The Americans agree that a wife should maintain the beauty and ……..... after marriage.
A characteristic B. personality C appearance
4. The majority of Asian students reject the American view that marriage is ..................
A partnership of equals B. based on love C. to sacrifice
5.More Asians students agree that a husband is oblige to tell his wife....................
A.Where he has been B. about his work C. about his secret
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