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2014高考英语考前46天“招牌”题集训40 Culture has been described in many ways.We see culture 1.________having a more specific meaning that deals with the 2.________(pattern) ways of behaviors for a particular group of people. Culture is day-to-day living pattern.The ways in which you eat，dress，use the computer and so on all allow you 3.________(have) routines (常规) that make sense to people around you.To people of other cultures，these behaviors could be hard to understand or even wrong，4.________they do some of these things in ways that are not logical and natural for them. Culture sets the boundary between groups.Culture varies from group to group，5.______gives people varies identities.Generally speaking，people are culturally determined.They seldom accept or adapt themselves 6.________other patterns of behaviors.As is known to us all，drinking a cup of tea can be very ceremonial (讲究礼仪的) in Japan，7.________it is only a break in Britain，or a cup of refreshment in the United States. Culture has many 8.________(universe) features，which are learned behavior patterns 9.________(share) by all human beings.For example，people like to use age and gender to group people like teenagers，senior citizens，women and men；people have 10.________concept of privacy，etc. In a word，culture is the full range of human behavior patterns and no person can live without culture. 答案： 1．as　see...as把……看作……。 2．patterned　形容词修饰名词。 3．to have　allow sb. to do sth.是固定表达。 4．because　表示原因，填because。 5．which　which引导非限制性定语从句。 6．to　adapt...to...“适应于……”。 7．while　表示对比，用while。 8．universal　此处填形容词，修饰后面的名词。 9．shared　过去分词作后置定语，表被动。 10．a　表泛指，填不定冠词a。 Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life.Relationships with family，friends，neighbours，even pets，will all do the trick，but the biggest longevity(长寿)boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship.The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr，who wrote that widows and widowers(鳏夫)were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers.Studies