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  3. The Swedes are among the most charming peoples in Europe. And their charm comes from an apparent 【S1】______ in the national char

The Swedes are among the most charming peoples in Europe. And their charm comes from an apparent 【S1】______ in the national char

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问题     The Swedes are among the most charming peoples in Europe. And their charm comes from an apparent 【S1】______ in the national character. They are extremely 【S2】______ in social relationships: within the family and when meeting friends and business acquaintances, their conduct is governed by strict social patterns. At the same time, they are one of the most intellectually 【S3】______ people in the world. They are always open to new ideas.
    All social occasions in Sweden are 【S4】______ by rules and traditions. And these traditions are ex pressed in a 【S5】______ routine made up of formal bows, handshakes, and greetings. When a visitor enters a Swedish home, he is always received with a "Welcome"; when he leaves, his host will tell him "You will be welcome again." These 【S6】______ phrases are an indispensable part of Swedish social life and they give it an old-world flavor of good manners.
    The Swedes are an efficient and most capable people. Punctuality is more than a 【S7】______ to them—it is a rule of life originating from the most attractive charming characteristics of this northern people. This is their respect for their friends and acquaintances and 【S8】______ for the visitors to their country. At whatever cost to themselves, they take care not to give another person the slightest degree of 【S9】______.
    This 【S10】______ for human rights runs through the whole Swedish social system. Courtesy(有礼貌的举止或言词) had been developed into a social instinct in Sweden. It is part of the spirit of the life based on a national culture which is wholly Scandinavian(北欧的).

               Word Bank:
A. regulated              I. defined
B. general                J. progressive
C. discomfort             K. tempting
D. especially             L. contradiction
E. conflict               M. charming
F. specific               N. unusually
G. respect                O. virtue
H. conservative
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答案L
解析 空中应填入名词用于描述瑞典民族在性格方面的特征。空前的内容对答案没有提示作用，所以应综合空后的信息查找线索。文章后来提到在社会关系(social relationships)方面和在接纳新思想(new ideas)方面，瑞典人很开放(open)。At the same time使前后句构成并列关系，前后形成明显的反义对照，所以此空应填L. contradiction。本题的强干扰项E. conflict强调的是几个事物间的冲突、抵触，而不是同一事物内部的自相矛盾．此处讲的是瑞典人性格内部的矛盾，所以不选E.。
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