2011年英语四级、英语六级、英语三级考试短文改错

Culture refers to the social heritage of a people --- the learned

patterns for thinking， feeling and acting that characterize a

population or society， include the expression of these pattems in ___1____

material things. Culture is compose of nonmaterial culture --- ____2____

abstract creations like values， beliefs， customs and institutional

arrangements - and material culture - physical object like ____3____

cooking pots， computers and bathtubs. In sum， culture reflects

both the ideas we share or everything we make. In ordinary ____4____

speech， a person of culture is the individual can speak another ____5____

language - the person who is unfamiliar with the arts， music， ____6____

literature， philosophy， or history. But to sociologists， to be

human is to be cultured， because of culture is the common world ___7____

of experience we share with other members of our group.

Culture is essentially to our humanness. It provides a kind ____8____

of map for relating to others. Consider how you fred your way

about social life. How do you know how to act in a classroom，

or a department store， or toward a person who smiles or laugh ____9____

at you？ Your culture supplies you by broad， standardized， ____10____

ready-made answers for dealing with each of these situations.

Therefore， if we know a person‘s culture， we can understand

and even predict a good deal of his behavior.