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  3. It is clear that we are rapidly becoming a global culture. New forms of information technology, intercontinental travel, and the

It is clear that we are rapidly becoming a global culture. New forms of information technology, intercontinental travel, and the

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问题     It is clear that we are rapidly becoming a global culture. New forms of information technology, intercontinental travel, and the complex nature of economics are all elements in such a change. Japan, an ancient (1) culture, now dominates the West economically while its own traditional (2) is rapidly becoming (3) in the process.
    It does not take a great deal of analysis to see the vast interchanges of cultural influences in the world today. The thirst for (4) fashions, popular music, and the other elements of consumer culture (5) great inroads in non-Western lands while the West seeks out everything from the religious traditions of the Ease (6) the art and music these countries produce. In the field of (7) , to cite one conspicuous example, contemporary readers seek books (8) those of the West. Latin American authors, as well as those from Africa, Asia, and India, now find appreciative audiences.
    A (9) culture does not mean a unitary or "one world" culture. It does mean that people are increasingly aware of the diversity of culture. World events enter our living rooms so that things that may once have been (10) of as distant (11) now greet us immediately and in color. We may watch those events on a television made in Japan while wearing clothes sewn in Thailand and shoes made in Hungary while snacking (12) food grown in Mexico. Such an economic interdependence reflects the reality of a global banking system, the globalization of the economy, and the increasing (13) of information and information technologies.
(14) has this shrinking of distances (and attitudes) become more clear than in the academic debates over what constitutes a liberal (15) education today. Is it possible (or desirable) to have the Western core of humanities (16) the center-piece of a curriculum? The place of non-Western and non-traditional cultures as part of the general (17) of a student is hotly argued in educational circles. The very fact of that discussion (18) to the emergence of a global consciousness with a continued shrinking of parochial attitudes. The (19) that such  globalization  is  hotly  debated  only  emphasizes  the  profound  nature  of  the (20) taking place in our culture.
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答案Eastern
解析 语境搭配根据结构判断此处应填形容词；又根据语境得知：日本，一个古老 (1) 文化，现在经济上支配着西方，而它自己的传统 (2) 在这一过程中正迅速地成为 (3) 第一个空格处应填形容词，且能与“古老文化”及“在经济上支配西方”搭配；众所周知，日本是个东方古国，因此应填Eastern，表示日本是东方文明古国。
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