Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.

Many people who first (0)___C____ to the USA say that Americans are open, friendly and easy-(1)________, but after living in the country for a (2)________, they change their (3)________. One foreign student explained that when he first came, people helped him get settled, took him shopping, (4)________ him for dinner and called to see how he was. After two or three weeks, however, they stopped doing these things, and he was (5)________ and disappointed.

Visitors who fail to “translate” cultural (6)________ properly often draw wrong conclusions. The (7)________ is Americans try to do what is necessary to help people when they first arrive. They do many things to help these people get settled and often make the new arrivals feel like a (8)________ of the family. Newcomers (9)________ this warm hospitality to continue in the form of a (10)________ friendship. However, Americans expect that once people are settled and have been there for (11)________ weeks, they will begin to do things by themselves and become (12)________.