YouandIagreetomeetatfour-thirty.Ishowupat4:33.Idon’tsayanythingbecausethat’scloseenoughtosatisfyoursocial 36 .Onlyafterfiveminutesdoyou 37 metosay“SorryI’mlate.”AttenminutesIoweyouan 38 :“Thefreewayexitwasclosed.Ihadtogofourmilesoutofmyway.”AftertwentyminutesIhavetomakeafullandserious 39 .AfterfortyminutesI’dbetternot 40 atall.

Thatsortofthing—soformally 41 andneverexplicitlystated—drivespeoplefromothercultures 42 .Anthropologists(人类学家）listthe 43 thingstocopewithinaforeignland.Secondonlytothelanguagebarrieristhewaywedealwith 44 .

Nowpsychologistslookatour 45 oftimeanotherway.Theygointoseveralcountriesandmeasurethe 46 oflife.Theymeasuretheaccuracyofbankclocksandhowfastcityresidentswalk.Theytimetransactions(交易)inbanksandpostoffices.Theysee 47 peopletaketoanswerquestions.

Japanesekeepa 48 ofthefastestpace.Americansarea 49 second.ItaliansandIndonesiansareatthebottomofthe 50.Italiansgivelonganswerstoyourquestions.Indonesiansdon’t 51 settingtheirbankclocks.

__52 AmericancitiesBostonandKansasCityarefastest.NewYorkisupthereofcoursebutwekeepafasterpacehereinHouston.California’s“slow-pace”reputationis 53 astheslowestpaceofalliskeptinLosAngeles.

Inatechnology-denseworldthetensionoflifehaschangedourviewoftime. 54 ifwearesmartenoughweshouldnotlivebytheclockonlywhenwehaveto.

Nowit’s4:55.I’mwalking 55 towardsour4:30meeting.

36.A.contract B.connection C.construction D.confidence

37. A.order B.intend C.require D.expect

38. A.action B.announcement C.explanation D.eruption

39. A.apology B.excuse C.option D.opinion

40. A.lookup B.stayup C.keepup D.showup

41. A.observed B.introduced C.impressed D.imitated

42. A.immoral B.unaware C.crazy D