Listen to a short passage concerning American’s Work Ethic and fill in the missing information. [音频] For four hundred years or more, one thing has been a characteristic of Americans. It is called their “work ethic”. Its    1    were in the teaching of the Christian Puritans who first settled in what is now the northeastern state of Massachusetts. They believed that is was their 2        duty to work as every task to please God by their diligence, honesty, 3_____, skill, and attitude.