Fill in each blank with a correct word or number:
I. In Russia
1 It’s important (1)_____________ to give an even number of (2)_________________ as a present because Russians only give an even numbers of flowers when people die.
2 (3)______________ in Red Square, Moscow, is (4)________________ and you can get a large fine which you have to pay immediately.
3 Russians think it’s very bad manners to put your (5)______________ on the back of your chair in a restaurant or a (6)_________________.
4 When it snows, Russians always take off their outdoor shoes when they go indoors. They offer (7)________________ shoes to wear indoors, but you give a very good (8)____________ if you take your own indoor shoes with you.
II. In Japan
1 The Japanese consider talking (9)______________ or showing anger a very (10)_____________ way to behave. In their culture it’s important to be calm and to control (11)_______________.
2 If you pour your own (12)______________, they may think you are an alcoholic.
3 (13)________________ normally stand closer to each other than Japanese people do. Japanese people feel (14)________________ if a foreigner stands close to them.
4 A Japanese communal bath is not for washing but for (15)__________________, so you should wash (16)________________ getting into a bath in Japan. Despite of his age, he works very hard. Despite of his age, he works very hard.
