The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation: at a lunch with a friend and in a university class. He found that if they had a lunch appointment with a friend, the average American student defined lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. However, the average Brazilian student felt the friend was late after 33 minutes.
In an American university, classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States, but also end at the scheduled time. In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12: 00; many remained past 12: 30 to discuss the class and ask more questions. While arriving late may not be very important in Brazil, neither is staying late.
The word "punctual' most probably means______.
A.leaving soon after class
B.coming early
C.arriving a few minutes late
D.being on time
His government insisted that he ______until he finished his degree.
A.would stay
B.stay
C.stayed
D.shall stay
He was______ that he should devote his life to his motherland.
A.decided
B.determined
C.discussed
D.figured
He never wrote to his father______ he was in need of money.
A.except
B.except when
C.except for
D.except that
It was not until he had arrived home______ he remembered his appointment with the lawyer.
A.that
B.where
C.when
D.which
He was fully ______ of his own shortcomings.
A.sensitive
B.sensible
C.serious
D.sincere
I suggested he should______himself to his new conditions.
A.adapt
B.adopt
C.regulate
D.suit
A.with
B.to
C.for
D.behind
We all ______ the achievements he has made in his experiments.
A.admire
B.adopt
C.advise
D.adjust
He looked quite healthy though he was ______.
A.in seventy
B.in his seventy
C.at seventies
D.at the age of seventy
He was, ______of his political rights because of the bribery.
A.deprived
B.acquired
C.acquainted
D.accused