2000年2001年专四语法部分真题及答案
2000年
41. Acute hearing helps most animals sense the approach of thunderstorm s long before people___.
A. do
B. hear
C. do them
D. hearing it
42. This is an illness that can result in total blindness ___ left u ntreated.
A. after
B. if
C. since
D.unless
43. The central provinces have floods in some years, and ___.
A. drought in others
B. droughts are others
C. while other droughts
D. others in drought
44. Do help yourself to some fruit,___ you?
A. can’t
B. don’t
C. wouldn’t
D. won’t
45. There___ nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to an e nd half an hour earlier.
A. to be
B. to have been
C. being
D. be
46. My mother can’t get ___ because she has rheumatism (风湿病).
A. about
B.on
C. through
D. in
47. I was very much put ___ by Mark’s rude behavior; it really annoyed me.
A.over
B.off
C.up
D.by
48. You ___ Jim anything about it. It was none of his business.
A. needn’t have told
B. needn’t tell
C. mustn’t have told
D. mustn’t tell
49. All of us would have enjoyed the party much more if there___ quite such a crowd of people there.
A. weren’t
B. hasn’t been
C. hadn’t been
D. wouldn’t be
50. Firms that use computers have found that the number of staff ___ quality control can be substantially reduced
A. whose
B.as
C. what
D. that
51. ___ at in this way, the present economic situation doesn’t seem so gloomy.
A. Looking
B. Looked
C. Having looked
D. To look
52. Many people are ___ to insect bites, and some even have to go to hospital.
A. insensitive
B. allergic
C. sensible
D. infected
53. When you’re driving on a motorway, you must obey the signs telling you to get into the right ___.
A.way
B.track
C.road
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54. The motorist had to ___to avoid knocking the old woman down in the middle of the road.
A. swerve
B. twist
C. depart
D. swing
55. In winter drivers have trouble stopping their cars from ___ on icy roads.
A. skating
B. skidding
C. sliding
D. slipping
56. This project would ___ a huge increase in defense spending.
A. result
B. assure
C. entail
D. accomplish
57. The chances of a repetition of these unfortunate events are ___ indeed.
A. distant
B. slim
C. unlikely
D. narrow
58. We should make a clear ___ between “competent” and “proficient” for the purposes of our discussion.
A. separation
B. division
C. distinction
D. difference
59. In the present economic ___ we can make even greater progress than previously.
A. air
B. mood
C. area
D. climate
60. Rite of Passage is a good novel by any standards;___, it shoul d rank high on any list of science fiction.
A. consistently
B. consequently
C. invariably
D. fortunately
61. The diversity of tropical plants in the region represents a seeming ly___ source of raw materials, of which only a few have been utilized.
A. exploited
B. controversial
C. inexhaustible
D. remarkable
62. While he was in Beijing, he spent all his time ___ some import ant museums and buildings.
A. visiting
B. traveling
C. watching
D. touring
A. with
B. which
C. as
D. about
51.___ is not a serious disadvantage in life.
A. To be not tall
B. Not to be tall
C. Being not tall
D. Not being tall
52.During the famine, many people were ___ to going without food for days.
A. sunk
B. reduced
C. forced
D. declined
53.The computer can be programmed to ___a whole variety of tasks.
A. assign
B. tackle
C. realize
D. solve
54.The team’s efforts to score were ___by the opposing goalkeeper.
A. frustrated
B. prevented
C. discouraged
D. accomplished
55.I only know the man by___ but I have never spoken to him.
A. chance
B. heart
C. sight
D. experience
56. Being colour-blind, Sally can’t make a ___between red and green.
A. difference
B. distinction
C. comparison
D. division
57.You must insist that students give a truthful answer ___ with the reality of their world.
A. relevant
B. simultaneous
C. consistent
D. practical
58.In order to raise money, Aunt Nicola had to ___with some of her most treasured possessions.
A. divide
B. separate
C. part
D. abandon.
59.The car was in good working ___when I bought it a few months ago
A. order
B. form
C. state
D. circumstance 60.The customer expressed her ___for that broad hat.
A. disapproval
B. distaste
C. dissatisfaction
D. dismay
61.In order to repair barns, build fence, grow crops, and care for animals a farmer must indeed be___.
A. restless
B. skilled
C. strong
D. versatile
62. His expenditure on holidays and luxuries is rather high in___to his income.
A. comparison
B. proportion
C. association
D. calculation
63. Although he has become rich, he is still very ___ of his money.
A. economic
B. thrifty
C. frugal
D. careful
64. As the manager was away on a business trip, I was asked to ___the weekly staff meeting.
A. preside
B. introduce
C. chair
D. dominate
65. The ___ of the word is unknown, but it is certainly not from Greek.
A. origin
B. generation
C. descent
D. cause
2000年答案
41．答案：A
【参考译文】敏锐的听觉使多数动物能远在人之前感觉到雷雨的来临。
【试题分析】本题为语法题，考句子成份的省略与替代。
【详细解答】”Acute hearing helps”是主句和before引导的从句具有相同的主语和谓语，从句中省略了该相同部分，用助动词do代替了与主句重复的信息”sense the approach of thunderstorms．”故答案为选项A。
42．答案：B
【参考译文】这种病如果不加以治疗，患者会完全失明。
【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查连词的用法。
【详细解答】after和since都是引导时间状语从句，since还可作”因为”讲，引导原因状语从句。if”如果”和unless”除非”都可以引导条件状语从句。但if后接过去分词短语，省略的成分为主语+系动词，该主语只有与主句的主语相同才可省略。根据句意和句子结构，选项B为正确答案。
43．答案：A
【参考译文】中部省份在有些年份会遭水灾，在另一些年份会遭旱灾。
【试题分析】本题为语法结构题。
【详细解答】这是一个并列句，句中and是并列连词，它后面连接的内容与前面的“floods in some years”是并列成份，要求结构相同。drought in others中others指代years。故选项A为正确答案。
44．答案：D
【参考译文】吃点水果，好吗?
【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查对附加疑问句的掌握。
【详细解答】本句是一个由”祈使句+附加疑问”构成的附加疑问句，这种附加疑问部分通常用won’t you 表示一种征询意见的语气，因此答案选D。
45．答案：C
【参考译文】由于没有更多的东西可讨论，会议提前半小时结束了。
【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查对独立主格结构的掌握。
【详细解答】本句中的There being nothing more for discussion为独立主格结构，表示原因。
46．答案：A
【参考译文】我母亲因患有风湿病而不能走动。
【试题分析】本题为动词短语词义辨析题。
【详细解答】get about表示”(尤指病后)走动，往来各处，(消息、谣言等)传开”；get on表示”进展；相处；上车；继续干”等；set through表示”(使)了解；熬过；干完工作”；get in表示”到达；收获”。根据句意，选项A为正确答案。
47．答案：B
【参考译文】我对马克的粗鲁举止很反感，他太让我气恼了。
【试题分析】本题为动词短语词义辨析题。
【详细解答】put over表示”使被理解，传达……的意义，(尤指用欺骗手段)做成”等；putoff表示”推迟；关掉；消除使厌恶”等；put up表示”抬起，把……拿出来出售(拍卖等)，张贴，提出(请愿、建议、问题等)”；put by表示”继续，储存，抛弃，回避”等。根据句意，选项B为正确答案。
48．答案：A
【参考译文】你本来不必将这件事告诉杰姆的，这与他无关。
【试题分析】本题为为语法题，考查对情态动词及虚拟语气的掌握。
【详细解答】needn’t have+过去分词，表示对过去的否定性猜测，为虚拟语气，表示”本来没必要做某事却做了”。
49．答案：C
【参考译文】要不是那儿人太多，我们就会在聚会上玩得更尽兴。
【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查对虚拟语气的掌握。
【详细解答】由主句中的would have done可知，这里表示的是与过去相反的事实，那么从句中相应地使用had done。
50．答案：D
【参考译文】使用计算机的公司发现，可以大幅度裁减质量控制人员的数量。
【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查关系词的用法。
【详细解答】此处要求关系词引导定语从句，限定中心词”the number of stuff”，同时这个词还要在从句中作主语，用来指人，故只有选项D为正确答案。
51．答案：B
【参考译文】这样看来，目前的经济形势似乎并不暗淡。【试题分析】本题为语法题，考查分词的用法。【详细解答】本题是分词作状语，因为主语the present economic situation为look的逻辑宾语，所以要用过去分词表示被动。
52．答案：B
【参考译文】许多人对虫子叮咬过敏，有一些人甚至必须去医院就诊。
【试题分析】本题为形容词词义辨析题。
【详细解答】insensitive意为”反应迟钝的，不灵敏的”；B项allergic意为”过敏的”，常用于be allergic to结构，意为”对……过敏”；sensible意为”明智的；察觉的”，常用于be sensible of结构；infect意为”传染，感染”，不与介词to连用。根据句意和句子结构，选项B为正确答案。
53．答案：D
【参考译文】在高速公路上开车时必须遵循车道标志。
【试题分析】本题为名词词义辨析题。
【详细解答】way指的是为了到达某个地点而要经过的地方，比较笼统、抽象；track指”不平坦的小路”，还可以指铁轨，比赛的跑道等；road指”大道，公路”，通行的道路；lane指的是”公路上用黄线或白线划开的车道”。
54．答案:A
【参考译文】为了避免撞倒那位老太太，那个驾车者不得不在道路中央突然将车转向一边。
【试题分析】本题为动词词义辨析题。
【详细解答】swerve意为”(车突然地)转向一边”；twist意为”使转动；扭曲，曲折地走”；depart意为”离开；启程”；swing意为”摆动，挥动”。根据句意和句子结构，选项A为正确答案。
55．答案：B
【参考译文】在冬天，司机很难避免汽车在结了冰的路面上打滑。
【试题分析】本题为动词词义辨析题。
【详细解答】skate表示”(在冰面上)滑行”、”溜(冰)”‘一股指滑冰运动；skid表示”(人、车等行进时因路面滑而向一侧)打滑，滑倒”；slide表示”(在冰、滑梯、跑道等上)滑行，滑动；滑落”；slip表示”失脚，滑跤”，常指由于不小心、路滑等而滑倒。根据句意，此处指”车轮的打滑”。
56．答案：C
【参考译文】该计划需要大大增加防卫开支。
【试题分析】本题为动词词义及用法辨析题。
【详细解答】result为不及物动词，常与in连用表结果，result in意为”造成；导致”；assure意为”使确信，使放心”；entail意为”使成为必要；需要”；accomplish意为”完成；实现”。根据句意，选项C为正确答案。
57．答案：B
2017年英语专业四级真题及答案 III. 语言知识： 11. ___B_____ combination of techniques authors use, all stories---from the briefest anecdotes to the longest novels ----have a plot. A. Regarding B. Whatever. C. In so far as D. No matter 12. She followed the receptionist down a luxurious corridor to a closed door, ____B______ the women gave a quick knock before opening it.. A. wherein B. on which C. but when D. then 13. Ms Ennab is one of the first Palestinian ______C____ with seven years’ racing experience. A. woman drivers B. women driver C. women drivers D. woman driver 14. “I wondered if I could have a word with you.”The past tense in the sentence refers to a __B___. A. past event for exact time reference B. present event for tentativeness C. present event for uncertainty D. past event for politeness 15. “If I were you, I wouldn’t wait to propose to her.” The subjunctive mood in the sentence is used to ____D______. A. alleviate hostility B. express unfavorable feelings C. indicate uncertainty D. make a suggestion 16. “It’s a shame that the city official should have gone back on his word.” The modal auxiliary SHOULD express __B_____. A obligation B disappointment C future in the past D. tentativeness 17. Timothy Ray Brown, the first man cured of HIV, initially opted against the stem cell transplantation that _____D______ history. A. could have later made B. should have made later C. might make later D. would later make 18. Some Martian rock structures look strikingly like structures on Earth that are known ___C___by microbes. A. having been created B. being created C. to have been created D. to be created 19. At that moment, with the crowd watching me, I was not afraid in the ordinary sense, as ______ if I ____A_______alone. A. would have been …had been B. should be … had been C. could be … were D. might have been… were 20. You must fire __C____ incompetent assistant of yours A. the B. an C. that D. whichever 21. Some narratives seem more like plays, heavy with dialogue by which writers allow their
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2014年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试 英语（二）标准试题 (课程代码：00015) 第一部分：阅读判断题(每题1分，共10分) 下面的短文后列出了10个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择A;如果该句提供的是错误信息，选择B;如果该句的信息文中没有提及，选择C。 Running: Sport or Way of Life? You go through the channels several times and find that once again there's nothing on TV that interests you. Not a problem! Just put on some running shoes and comfortable clothes and go for a run. One of the best things about the sport of running is that you don't need expensive equipment. All you need is a good pair of running shoes and a safe environment. But don't be fooled into thinking the sport of running is easy, It requires discipline and concentration. Running is good for you both physically and mentally. It strengthens your heart, lungs, and muscles? It makes you more aware of your body. Running also improves your body so that you don't get sick as easily. It can even help you to stay more focused in school because exercise helps you to think more clearly. How do you get engaged in the sport if you don't know much about it? Most schools offer running programs. A simple internet search can help some in your find area. Then programs show you how
i 一、谓语动词63. In his plays Shakespeare _____ his characters live through their language. （2008）A. would make B. had made C. made D. makes 58.The committee has anticipated the problems that ____in the road construction project. （2007）A. arise B. will arise ?C. arose D. have arisen 59.The student said there were a few points in the essay he ____impossible to comprehend. (2006)A. had found B. finds C. has found D. would find （2007） 60.He would have finished his college education, but he______ to quit and find a job to support his family. （2007）A. had had B. has C. had D. would have 54. James has just arrived, but I didn’t know he _________ until yesterday.(2005) A. will come B. was coming C. had been coming D. came 55. _________ conscious of my moral obligations as a citizen. (2005) A. I was and always will be B. I have to be and always will be C. I had been and always will be D. I have been and always will be 56.Jack __ from home for two days now, and I am beginning to worry about his safety. 2003 A. has been missing B. has been missed C. had been missing D. was missed 2. For some time now, world leaders ___out the necessity for agreement on arms reduction. 2002a. had been pointing b. have been pointing c. were pointing d. pointed 二、非谓语动词： 非谓语动词 – 分词 逻辑主语与从句中动词的主动与被动的关系。 64. ______ at in his way, the situation doesn't seem so desperate. （2007） A. Looking B. Looked C. Being looked D. To look 55.If not ______ with the respect he feels due to him, Jack gets very ill-tempered and grumbles all the time. (2004)A. being treated B. treated C. be treated D. having been treated not counting = not including 不算 （视为固定用法） 63.There are only ten apples left in the baskets, ______ the spoilt ones. (2006)A. not counting B. not to count C. don't count D. having not counted 65. "The man preparing the documents is the firm’s lawyer" has all the following possible meanings EXCEPT(2009) A. the man who has prepared the documents... B. the man who has been preparing the documents... C. the man who is preparing the documents... D. the man who will prepare the documents... 非谓语动词 – 动名词
2014年专四真题 CLOZE The Victorians had become addicted to speed and they wanted to go ever faster. Time was money and efficiency became (31)____ important. Although divisions of labour had been (32)____ by Adam Smith and illustrated by a pin factory in The Wealth of Nations in 1776, (33)____ could now become fully realised. This specialization of labour was in (34)____ contrast to the rural means of production, in (35)____ the family was the means of production, consumption and socialization. (36)____ greater speed came a greater need for industries and businesses to make more and make it quicker. Steam made this (37)____ and changed working life forever (38)____ were the days when work was (39)____ by natural forces: steam engines were servant (40)____ neither season nor sunshine. Factories had foremen and life became correspondingly more (41)____. The clocking-on machine was (42)____ in 1885 and time and motion studies to increase efficiency would be introduced only (43)____ twenty years later. (44)____ it was not all bad news. Agricultural incomes depended on variable harvests and weather. Factories provided (45)____ and predictable income, but long hours. Working life was becoming increasingly regulated, and the working (46)____ was reorganised to promote ever-greater efficiency. The old (47)____ St. Monday - when no work was done - was (48)____, work stopped around midday on Saturday and did not resume (49)____ Monday morning. A new division between “work” and “leisure” emerged, and this new block of weekend leisure time coincided with the development of spectator sports like cricket and football, and the (50)____ of music hall entertainment for the new working classes. 31. A. increasingly B. surprisingly C. slowly D. obviously 32. A. contributed B. informed C. spread D. conceived 33. A. he B. it C. these D. those 34. A. clear B. marked C. apparent D. firm 35. A. that B. what C. where D. which 36. A. Upon B. Over C. With D. For 37. A. possible B. practical C. worthwhile D. useful 38. A. Passed B. Lost C. Gone D. Missed 39. A. defined B. controlled C. limited D. dictated 40. A. over B. on C. by D. to 41. A. standard B. controlled C. difficult D. dreadful 42. A. designed B. created C. invented D. bought 43. A. some B. certain C. these D. those 44. A. For B. But C. Consequently D. Accordingly 45. A. safe B. good C. continuous D. secure 46. A. week B. period C. pattern D. practice 47. A. culture B. behavior C. custom D. habit 48. A. repair B. compensate C. mend D. moderate 49. A. before B. until C. on D. after 50. A. raise B. increase C. trend D. present PART IV GRAMMARVOCABULARY [15 MIN] 51. It is essential that he ________ all the facts first. A. is examining B. will examine C. examines D. examine 52. Which of the following sentences expresses a future action? A. Lucy is continually finding fault with her sister. B. We are meeting the visitors after the performance. C. The coach is now crossing the Garden Bridge. D. I’m hoping that you’ll give us some advice. 53. Which of the following italicized parts is used as an object
2000 年 -2015 年专八短文改错试卷 2015 年 3 月 21 日专业八级考试改错 When I was in my early teens, I was taken to a spectacular show on ice by the mother of a friend. Looked round a the luxury of the rink, my friend ’s mother remarked on the “plush ”seats we had been given. I did not know what she meant, and being proud of my vocabulary, I tried to infer its meaning from the context.“Plush”was clearly intended as a complimentary, a positive evaluation 。 that much I could tell it from the tone of voice and the context. So I started to use the word. Yes, I replied, they certainly are plush, and so are the ice rink and the costumes of the skaters, aren’tthey? My friend ’s mother was very polite to correct me, but I could tell from her expression that I had not got the word quite right. Often we can indeed infer from the context what a word roughly means, and that is in fact the way which we usually acquire both new words and new meanings for familiar words, specially in our own first language. But sometimes we need to ask, as I should have asked for Plush, and this is particularly true in the aspect of a foreign language. If you are continually surrounded by speakers of the language you are learning, you can ask them directly, but often this opportunity does not exist for the learner of English. So dictionaries have been developed to mend the gap.1.______ 2. ______ 3.______ 4.______ 5.______ 6.______ 7.______ 8.______ 9.______ 10.______ 2014 改错 There is widespread consensus among scholars that second language acquisition (SLA) emerged as a distinct field of research from the late 1950s to early 1960s. There is a high level of agreement that the following questions (1) ______ have possessed the most attention of researchers in this area: (2) ______ l Is it possible to acquire an additional language in the same sense one acquires a first language? (3) ______ l What is the explanation for the fact adults have (4) ______ more difficulty in acquiring additional languages than children have? l What motivates people to acquire additional language? l What is the role of the language teaching in the (5) ______ acquisition of additional languages? l What social-cultural factors, if any, are relevant in studying the learning of additional languages? From a check of the literature of the field it is clear that all (6) ______ the approaches adopted to study the phenomena of SLA so far have one thing in common: The perspective adopted to view the acquiring of an additional language is that of an individual attempts to do (7) ______ so. Whether one labels it “learning ” or “acquiritionalg ” an addi language, it is an individual accomplishment or what is under (8) ______ focus is the cognitive, psychological, and institutional status of an individual. That is, the spotlight is on what mental capabilities are
2014年12月 Part I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) New York City. B) An evening party. C) An air trip. D) The man’s job. From the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New York. Therefore,C) An air trip is the correct answer. You should mark C) on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Now the test will begin. 1. A) Production planning. C) Public relations. B) Financial affairs. D)Import and Export. 2. A) More workers are needed. C) Raw materials are more expensive. B) Advertising costs more. D) Workers' salaries are higher. 3. A) To look for a dream job. C) To continue his study. B) To visit his friends. D) To find a chance to do business. 4. A) He is good at programming. C) He is nice and kind. B) He is suitable for the job. D) He finds the job difficult. 5. A) Interviewer and interviewee. C) Doctor and nurse. B) Buyer and seller. D) Shop assistant and customer. Section B Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Now the test will begin. Conversation l 6. A) He was too busy. C) His company has moved away. B) He got a new offer. D) His company has closed down.
TEXT A After breakfast the boys wandered out into the play-ground. Here the day-boys were gradually assembling. They were sons of the local clergy, of the officers at the Depot, and of such manufacturers or men of business as the old town possessed. Presently a bell rang, and they all trooped into school. This consisted of a large, long room at opposite ends of which two under-masters conducted the second and third forms, and of a smaller one, leading out of it, used by Mr. Watson, who taught the first form. To attach the preparatory to the senior school these three classes were known officially, on speech days and in reports, as upper, middle, and lower second. Philip was put in the last. The master, a red-faced man with a pleasant voice, was called Rice; he had a jolly manner with boys, and the time passed quickly. Philip was surprised when it was a quarter to eleven and they were let out for ten minutes' rest. The whole school rushed noisily into the play-ground. The new boys were told to go into the middle, while the others stationed themselves along opposite walls. They began to play Pig in the Middle. The old boys ran from wall to wall while the new boys tried to catch them: when one was seized and the mystic words said - one, two, three, and a pig for me - he became a prisoner and, turning sides, helped to catch those who were still free. Philip saw a boy running past and tried to catch him, but his limp gave him no chance; and the runners, taking their opportunity, made straight for the ground he covered. Then one of them had the brilliant idea of imitating Philip's clumsy run. Other boys saw it and began to laugh; then they all copied the first; and they ran round Philip, limping grotesquely, screaming in their treble voices with shrill laughter. They lost their heads with the delight of their new amusement, and choked with helpless merriment. One of them tripped Philip up and he fell, heavily as he always fell, and cut his knee. They laughed all the louder when he got up. A boy pushed him from behind, and he would have fallen again if another had not caught him. The game was forgotten in the entertainment of Philip's deformity. One of them invented an odd, rolling limp that struck the rest as supremely ridiculous, and several of the boys lay down on the ground and rolled about in laughter: Philip
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2011) GRADE EIGHT TIME LIMIT: 195 MIN PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A MINI-LECTURE In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONL Y. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Some of the gaps may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes while completing the task. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. Now, listen to the mini-lecture. Classifications of Cultures According to Edward Hall, different cultures result in different ideas about the world. Hall is an anthropologist. He is interested in relations between cultures. I. High-context culture A. feature - context: more important than the message - meaning: (1)__________ i.e. more attention paid to (2) ___________ than to the message itself B. examples - personal space - preference for (3)__________ - less respect for privacy / personal space - attention to (4)___________ - concept of time - belief in (5)____________ interpretation of time - no concern for punctuality - no control over time II. Low-context culture A. feature - message: separate from context - meaning: (6)___________ B. examples - personal space - desire / respect for individuality / privacy - less attention to body language