Most Americans have great vigor and enthusiasm. They prefer to discipline themselves rather than be disciplined by others. They pride themselves on their independence, their right to make up their own minds. They are prepared too take the initiative, even when there is a risk in doing so. They have courage and do not give in easily. They will take any sort of job anywhere rather than be unemployed. They do not care to be looked after by the government. The average American changes his or her job nine or ten times during his or her working life.
The first paragraph tells us that African Americans ______.
Americans are geographically mobile, and many learn to develop
friendships easily and quickly. Approximately one of every five (1)____
Americans families moves every year. People relocated because they
change jobs, to attend distant colleges, get married, have children, (2)____
and simply want a change in their lives. Perhaps (3)____
as consequence, people sometimes form and end friendships quickly. (4)____
Students who attend two or three universities for their undergraduate and (5)____
graduate years may change their “circle of friends” several times. Likely, (6)____
people who change their jobs, while keep one or two friends from (7)____
the original place of employment, may also change their circle of friends.
Relationships based on a common activity may fade or end
when the activity end. Mothers may meet while dropping their children (8)____
off at nursery school and remain friends as their kids go to different (9)____
schools. The same holds true for neighbors who are closest of (10)____
friends until one moves away.
When do Americans prefer to use their family names?
What kind of problem do African Americans face in society?
The British queue up and the Americans wait in line, except for New Yorkers, who wait on line. No one seems to know the reason for this social idiom. It is something to ponder while waiting in/on line. Queues are a grim reality of city life. While there seems to be no consensus on the city’s worst line, the ones mentioned most often in talks here and there were lunchtime lines at banks and post offices and, among younger people, movie lines and college-registration lines. “Bank lines.” said Mark Sloan, an investor.” No matter what time of day you bank, the number of tellers is inadequate to the number of patrons. Even when the bank is open you see long lines in front of the money machine outside.” “Supermarkets,” said Ed Frantz, a graphic artist, who once abandoned a full shopping cart in the middle of a long checkout line. It was not a political act.” The line was filled with coupon clippers and check writers,” he recalled. “And suddenly I had to walk away. Food no longer mattered.”
The music that Americans are used to()to might sound strange to someone from another culture.
Throughout their history, Americans have been people()the move.
Americans are geographically mobile, and many learn to develop
friendships easily and quickly. Approximately one of every five 1.______
Americans families moves every year. People relocated because they
change jobs, to attend distant colleges, get married, have children, 2.______
and simply want a change in their lives. Perhaps 3.______
as consequence, people sometimes form and end friendships quickly. 4.______
Students who attend two or three universities for their undergraduate and 5.______
graduate years may change their “circle of friends” several times. Likewise, 6.______
people who change their jobs, while keep one or two friends from 7.______
the original place of employment, may also change their circle of friends.
Relationships based on a common activity may fade or end
when the activity end. Mothers may meet while dropping their children 8.______
off at nursery school and remain friends as their kids go to different 9.______
schools. The same hold true for neighbors who are closest of 10.______
friends until one moves away.
The author concludes that only shared myths can help Americans ______.