Culture is everything in our surroundings that is made【1】human【2】. It consists【3】concrete items such as foods, furniture, buildi

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问题     Culture is everything in our surroundings that is made【1】human【2】. It consists【3】concrete items such as foods, furniture, buildings, clothing, and tools and【4】concepts such as education, welfare and laws. Culture also included the values and broad range of behaviors that are acceptable【5】a specific society. The concepts, values, and behavior that make up a culture are learned and are【6】on from one generation to the next.
    Cultural influences have broad effects on【7】behavior because they affect our daily lives in every way. Our culture determines【8】we wear and eat,  【9】we live and travel. It broadly affects【10】we buy and use products, and it influences our satisfaction from them. For example, in our culture, the problem of time scarcity is increasing because of the increase in the【11】of females who work and because of the current emphasis we【12】on physical and mental self-development. Many people do time-saving shopping and buy【13】products to cope【14】this scarcity.
    Since culture, to some【15】, determines how products are purchased and used, it in【16】affects the development, distribution, and pricing of products. Food marketers, for example, have had to make a lot of changes in their marketing efforts. Thirty years ago most families in our culture ate at least two meals a day together, and the mother devoted four to six hours a day to【17】those meals. Today, over 60 percent of the women in the 25-54 age group are employed【18】the home, and average family incomes have【19】considerably. These two changes have led to【20】in the national consumption of certain foods.
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答案preparing/cooking

解析 本题考查搭配。做饭可译成prepare meals或cook meals;另 外,devote…to…结构中,to是个介词,后面的动词应用动名词形式。
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