YouandIagreetomeetatfour-thirty.Ishowupat4:33.Idon’tsayanythingbecausethat’scloseenoughtosatisfyoursocial36.Onlyafterfiveminutesdoyou37metosay“SorryI’mlate.”AttenminutesIoweyouan

　　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