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But "How are you?" is also a very unusual question. It"s a question that often doesn"t need an answer. The
person who asks "How are you?" hopes to hear the answer "Fine", even if the person"s friend isn"t fine.
The reason is that "How are you?" isn"t really a question and"Fine" isn"t really an answer. They are simply
other ways of saying "Hello" or "Hi".
Sometimes, people also don"t say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks "Do you
agree?" the other person might think, "No, I disagree. I think you"re wrong…" But it isn"t very polite to
disagree so strongly, so the other person might say "I"m not sure." It"s a nicer way to say that you don"t
agree with someone.
People also don"t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For
example, many talks over the phone finish when one person says"I have to go now." Often, the person
who wants to hang up gives an excuse:"Someone"s at the door." "Something is burning on the stove."
The excuses might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn"t want to talk
any more, but it isn"t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn"t hurt the other person.
Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people don"t say exactly
what they are thinking. It"s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it"s part of the
game of language.
B. Hello.
C. I don"t know.
D. Fine.
B. I"m not sure.
C. I"m sure I disagree.
D. No, I disagree.
B. I want to hang up.
C. I have to go now.
D. I don"t want to talk any more.
B. hurting someone"s feeling
C. ill in bed
D. asking you a question
B. Don"t disagree with people.
C. Always say what you mean.
D. Never say exactly what you are thinking.
答案
核心考点
试题【阅读理解。 "How are you?" is a nice question. It"s a friendly way that people in 】；主要考察你对社会历史类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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difficult. Do you know the history of the special letters?
Long ago, Korean people 2. (not own) their letters. At that time, they used Chinese
characters (文字). Because Chinese is hard to learn, only rich people had the money and time to ask
teachers 3. (teach) them. One of their kings was called Sejong. He decided to invent Korean
letters. He 4. (think) hard. One day, on October 9, 1446, he looked at a window frame (窗框)
and shouted, "I know what our letters should be!" He got the idea from the frame and invented letters
of all the same size. It seemed that they 5. (put) in a window frame. The earliest Korean letters
were born. King Sejong said, "Chinese characters can"t express (表达) Korean meanings. Now I
6. (invent) our own letters. These letters are very easy to learn. I hope that they 7.
(help) all people learn to read."
When King Sejong first invented the Korean letters, they had 28 letters, but only 24 are used today.
All the Korean people enjoy 8. (use) their own letters.
Do you have such kind of 2 ? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long And if he 3
that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same is in daily life. If you are looked at for more
than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is 4 wrong with you. If nothing
goes wrong, you will feel 5 towards the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks
at a woman for over 10 seconds, it may mean he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that
he 6 her. When two people are in a conversation, the speakers will only look at the listener from time to
time, 7 make sure that the listener does pay attention 8 what he or she is speaking. Lovers will enjoy
looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that 9 cannot express.
Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place 10
you stay.
| ( )1. A. spoken ( )2. A. experience ( )3. A. found ( )4. A. anything ( )5. A. happy ( )6. A. loves ( )7. A. in order that ( )8. A. for ( )9. A. eyes ( )10. A. which | B. said B. eyes B. knew B. something B. angry B. hates B. so that B. of B. words B. that | C. told C. mind C. knows C. everything C. sad C. thanks C. in order to C. with C. minds C. where | D. talked D. news D. saw D. nothing D. thankful D. looks at D. for D. to D. body D. there |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Before you go to another country, it"s great helpful if you know the language and some of the customs of that country. When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say "Hello" or "Nice to meet you" and shake hands. Usually they don"t shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven"t met for a long time or when they"ll be away from each other for a long time. Last year a group of German students went to English for a holiday. Their teacher told them the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them.It made both of them laugh. | |||
| 1. If you want to travel, it"s for you to know the language and some of the customs of the country you"re going to visit. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. not useful B. not helpful C. very helpful | |||
| 2. English people usually shake hands when they . | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. meet every time B. meet for the first time C. say goodbye to each other | |||
| 3. Usually English people don"t shake hands . | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. when they"ll be away for a long time B. when they just meet or say goodbye C. after they haven"t met for a long time | |||
| 4. Which of the following is not true? | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. The Germans shake hands as often as possible B. The English people hardly shake hands C. The Germans hardly shake hands | |||
| 5. This story is about . | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. languages B. customs C. bowing | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Do as the Romans Do The customs in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plates as soon as I have emptied it. That often discomforts me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I don"t want to, because it is considered bad manners in the West to leave one"s food on the plate. I have already noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American"s dinner party, he very often refuses the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners in China, but it is not in the West at all. In the United States, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something. Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, "No, thanks." When an American is fed with beer by the host, for example, he might say, "No, thanks. I"ll take some diet, Pepsi-Cola (百事可乐) if you have it. "That is what an American will do. So when you go to the United States, you had better remember the famous saying: When in Rome, do as the Romans do. | |||
| 1. From the passage, we can know that the Chinese are usually ______ to the guests. | |||
[ ] | |||
| A. very hot B. rude C. impolite D. cold | |||
| 2. When a foreigner has dinner with a Chinese host, he often feels ______. | |||
[ ] | |||
| A. pleasant B. uncomfortable C. satisfied D. happy | |||
| 3. Why does a Chinese often refuse the offer of food or drink at a dinner party? | |||
[ ] | |||
| A. He has had enough. B. He is shy. C. He is afraid that others will laugh at him. D. He thinks it"s polite to do that. | |||
| 4. When an American wants something to eat or drink at a dinner, he will ______. | |||
[ ] | |||
| A. ask for it boldly B. refuse the offer C. ask for it directly D. express himself indirectly | |||
| 5. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do "means "______". | |||
[ ] | |||
| A. When you got to Rome, you should act as the Romans do B. When you stay in Rome, you should do as the Romans do C. When you are in a new country, you should do as the locals do D. Romans can be an example for you | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| Mother"s day is a holiday for mothers. It is celebrated in the United States, England, Sweden, India, Mexico and any other 1 . Little by little, it 2 widely celebrated. Mother"s day falls on the second Sunday in May. 3 , many people send 4 of love to their mothers. Those whose mothers are still living 5 a pink or red rose, while those whose mothers are 6 wear a white one. The 7 of a day for mothers was first given by Miss Ana Jarvis of Philadelphia. As a result of her hard work, the celebration for the first American Mother"s Day 8 in Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. Soon the 9 became popular all over the 10 and around the world. |