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When I came to Cincinnati as an au pair (家庭打工留学生),a lot of things there were
different from what I knew.My host family lived in a huge house I could only describe as a
"castle"．In Germany I had lived in a small apartment together with my mom.Soon I found
out that the "castle" was actually rather small in our neighborhood.
Everybody there was very friendly and polite.They greeted youwhen they were walking
by at least 3 feet away from you.They must not have seen a German au pair before,for most
people I met asked me all kinds of questions about Germany.I enjoyed answering their various
strange questions.I made a lot of friends and I started to hang out with them.
Of course,there were a numbor of new things,and it took me the whole year to find them
all out.I never got homesick.Perhaps it was because I did not have too many negative
(负面的) experiences and felt loved and welcomed there.
However,I had undergone some painful experience back in Germany.I was frustrated
by the way people would run me over and not even say "Sorry." Taking up my studies at
the TUDresden I felt lonely.Everybody here seemed to be withdrawn(离群的)and I missed
ewerything I had in Cincinnati.Germany was so "cold"．I found it so much harder to make
new friends.After six months I got a roommate and only two good friends.I also flew back to
Cincinnati several times for long periods.I felt that without those visits I was not able to make it.
Now I am over this German culture shock.It almost took me an entire year.I am still going
back and forward between Dresden and Cincinnati four times a year.
1．When the author lived in Cincinnati,________.
A．she lived in a real castle
B．some people were not very kind to her
C．many people were curious about her motherland
D．she lived in the biggest house in the neighborhood
2．In the opinion of the author,life in Cincinnati was________.
A．wonderful
B．hard
C．painful
D．strange
3．The underlined word "undergone" in Paragraph 4 probably means________
A．welcomed
B．accepted
C．expected
D．suffered
4．Which of the following statements is TRUE about the author?
A．She lived with her mother in a big house in Germany.
B．She never went back to Cincinnati after she came back to Germany.
C．She seldom hung out with her American friends as she was too busy.
D．She did miss her friends in Cincinnati when she was at the TUDresden.
5．What is the best title for this passage?
A．University life in Germany
B．My culture shock experience
C．Advantages of living in USA
D．How to be an au pair in USA
