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“I am not at home.”7. In submarine works, the workman, clad in an【 impervious】 dress, with his head in a metal helmet, receives air from above by means of forcing pumps and regulators.8. Large 【valances 】of silk, embroidered with flowers of gay colors, which were rather faded, fell from the wide windows。U 1Vocabulary Check AChoose the appropriate word or phrase from the list to plete the following sentences.ambiguity recuperation preconception prone connotation preferential ethnocentrically scrutiny deterrent stumbling block1. We have a certain stereotypical 【preconception】 of a person from a culture and we interpret his/her behaviour according to this preconception, whether or not the reason for the behaviour is what we think it. 2. According to Dr. Helfand, Pakistan built nuclear weapons as a 【deterrent】 against India. India wanted them as a 【deterrent 】against China. 3. The European 【Scrutiny 】Committee assesses the legal and/or political importance of each EU document, decides which EU documents are debated, monitors the activities of UK Ministers in the Council, and keeps legal, procedural and institutional developments in the EU under review. 4. A major 【stumbling block】in handling criticism is that we believe the criticism to be unfair and untrue and that we should defend ourselves against such criticism. 5. Many Americans who are learning Chinese think that the term “Lao Wai” is somehow an insult, and in fact the term “Lao Wai” doesn’t have a negative 【connotation】 in Chinese. 6. China has no plan to change its 【preferential】 treatment policies for foreign investment in the near future in order to reassure foreign investors who have been worried that China might cancel its 【preferential】 policies and give foreign investors the same national treatment as their domestic counterparts now that the country is in the WTO. 7. Restorative yoga is especially helpful for anxiety【prone 】people because it allows the nervous system to rest and heal. 8. Students should develop the ability to weigh evidence without bias, tolerate 【ambiguity】, and use ethical principles in their academic and personal lives. 9. Members slated for peacekeeping duties over 180 days are eligible for up to 15 days of rest and 【recuperation】. 10. The norms of our own culture are not necessarily wrong-often they are very good-but we should learn not to judge other culture’s ways of acting and thinking 【ethnocentrically】 only because they differ from our own. Vocabulary Check BFill in the blanks with the best choice.1. Tenacity implies an active choice to cling to something, not passively being carried along out of inability to imagine anything else.A. Tenancy B. Tenacity C. Tendency D. Tenure2. In Egypt, I saw the pyramids and the damaged face of the Sphinx, smiling a (an) inscrutable smile. An amazing journey!A. inscrutable B. sweet C. incredulous D. incurious 3. The elimination of stereotypes was believed to be a prerequisite for any successful intercultural exchange. A. generalizations B. judgments C. doubts D. stereotypes4. The Pentagon was planning to launch a 24hour satellite television channel based in Baghdad to make it easier to circumvent the news media “filter” that Bush Administration officials believe is misleading the public by emphasizing bad news about the occupation of Iraq. A. circumnavigate C. circumvent D. curriculum 5. This class will provide you as a parent with age appropriate songs and activities to enjoy music at home with toddler that will develop coordination, balance and spatial relationship skills as well as munication and cooperation. A. scrutiny B. spacious C. stereotype D. spatial6. It is a truism to say that the women who teach in India must know the language, the religion, superstitions and customs of the women to be taught in India. It ought to be the very same case for England.A. truism B. genuine C. tenacity D. similarity7. The connotation of “white”