Most (0) foreigners who visit Britain are surprised to find that its inhabitants are more informal than they had imagined. It is (1) ………….common to use first names in most situations even without any personal (2) ………….. Handshaking is (3) ………….except for first meetings, or when people see each other again after a long (4) ………….. Also, surprising is the British attitude towards (5) ………….. Business meetings frequently start ten minutes late and, on social occasions, it is (6) ………….to arrive on time. If you receive a dinner (7) …………., you should arrive ten to twenty minutes after the stated time. In conversation, politeness is valued, so British people avoid strong (8) ………….of opinions. This sometimes gives the impression that they are (9) …………. but is in fact just their way of avoiding (10) ………….or confrontation. 0. foreign 1. increase 2. introduce 3. appropriate 4. absent 5. punctual 6. polite 7. invite 8. state 9. decide 10. argue
1. increasingly
2. introduction
3. inappropriate
4. absence
5. punctuality
6. impolite
7. invitation
8. statement
9. indecisive
10. argument
