题目内容：

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

I’ve been taking Chinese language lessons for the past three years of high school in America. Yet nothing truly prepared me for the 1. (real) of breathing the Chinese culture that I had the opportunity 2. (discover) this summer. Lots of things have shocked me over the course of this trip as an exchange student to China.

The biggest problem I have experienced in China is 3. very fact that I am a foreigner. I have never before had the experience of 4. (be) a complete outsider. On the way to my host family, my blonde hair and fair skin attracted quite a few curious 5. (look). When we went out as a group, we American students 6. (treat) as the subject of many Chinese tourist photos. This has been a culture shock to me 7. (main) because I’m from a country 8. seeing people of different races is quite common. No one told me the city I was to study in was much 9. (little) diverse than I’d been accustomed to.

While 10. took me some time to get used to the attention, I’ve learned from it. It has put me on my best behavior, as I am an ambitious girl who dreams big.