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With their visas（签*）in hand and their bags packed, students may feel prepared for their study abroad experiences. __8_ once they set foot in foreign lands, some students realize that they don’t have the skills to communicate their thoughts and feelings in their __9_ culture.

Guo Yichen, a student at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles, observed a(an) __10 of poor communication during her time abroad.

When Guo first got to the US, she stayed in the house of a 63-year-old lady, with another Chinese girl. Guo and her housemate were __11 to take turns tidying up the bathroom. But the housemate never __12__, because she didn’t know how. Her mother had always cleaned the bathroom for her back home. And when the landlord asked about it, the housemate __13__ replied, “I never needed to do housework back home, and I won’t do it here __14__.”

“I was shocked by how __15__ her answer was,” said Guo. “She could have explained it in a better way.” It was __16__ surprise that the girl was asked to move out almost immediately.

In fact, “difficulty in __17__” is among the three major psychological problems that ZMN Education, an agency on overseas education, __18__ among Chinese students studying abroad, the other two being “fear of class discussion” and “fear of homework based on critical thinking”.

A professor at the University of California, Berkeley, once told the agency that many of his Chinese students only came to see him when they got __19__ scores. They should have talked to him after each class to get a better grade __20__, he said.

According to the agency, studying abroad itself may trigger(引发) certain mental problems because it is a “__21__ and stressful shift to new environments and __22__”. It has been found that students are 23 times more likely to __23__ a mental health condition than business travelers headed abroad.

And during this period of major life transitions(过渡), __24__ better communication skills is particularly vital. It helps you get assistance and solve problems.

Students need to understand the value of empathy – the effective awareness of the emotions of others–as well as __25__ themselves clearly, especially in cross-cultural communications. It would be better if students participate in a(an) __26__ abroad program during vacations before trying year-long overseas study. That way, they could have __27__ coping with a strange world independently. 8.  A. And               B. Therefore              C. But                          D. Otherwise

9. A. unique                B. host                         C. national                    D. superb

10.   A. conflict                   B. trial                          C. debate                      D. case

11.   A. appreciated         B. represented               C. fueled                      D. supposed

12.   A. bought her story        B. did her part          C. kept her word          D. followed her heart

13.   A. actually              B. eventually                 C. pleasantly                 D. simply

14.   A. either               B. rather                       C. too                          D. neither

15.   A. sensitive             B. serious                     C. straightforward         D. stubborn

16.   A. great                B. no                            C. major                       D. exact

17.   A. communication B. explanation               C. opposition                D. indication

18.   A. impressed           B. ignored                     C. identified                  D. inspired

19.   A. unfortunate       B. unsatisfactory           C. unwelcome               D. unequal

20.   A. in the first place  B. in other words          C. in this case               D. in the end

21.   A. similar                B. superb                      C. sudden                     D. sensitive

22.   A. influences           B. routines                    C. manners                   D. policies

23.   A. result from         B. benefit from              C. suffer from                     D. flee from

24.   A. tolerating            B. simplifying                C. requesting                D. developing

25.   A. expressing          B. blaming                    C. committing               D. advancing

26.   A. affordable          B. long-distance            C. short-term                D. trustworthy

27.   A. difficulty          B. experience                C. leadership                 D. survival

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