题目
题型:不详难度:来源:
Discussing the weather with people who you don’t really know is an example of small talk that many of us are very familiar with on a daily basis.We may chat about the weather with the cashier at the supermarket or with the attendant at the gas station.Small talk may also be related to the situation such as waiting in line.People in the line may comment to others about how slow it is in the post office or bank that day,for instance.We also engage in small talk with people we may see every day but don’t really know such as those we share the elevator with in our office building.
Small talk is common at parties when guests may know the host but not each other.It is considered rude not to mingle and speak with other guests at social functions,so small talk can break the ice and get guests chatting.Compliments(赞美)may be a type of small talk such as one woman at party complimenting another on her dress.
Some people like small talk because they find silence uncomfortable and/or they enjoy communicating verbally.Others enjoy meeting new people and use small talk to start conversations. When making small talk,especially with strangers or those you don’t know very well,it’s important to observe certain socially acceptable conventions.First,small talk should be general and not personal or about controversial topics. Second,while compliments are acceptable,they shouldn"t refer to the person’s body or sound like a pick-up line.
小题1:What do people usually talk about in small talk?
A.Light topics. | B.Personal topics. |
C. Meaningless things. | D.Controversial affairs. |
A.Close friends. | B.People we don’t really know. |
C.Family members. | D.Our seniors. |
A.speak to one guest only and not speak with other guests |
B.speak to several guests at the same time |
C.compliment a woman on her dress |
D.have small talk with the host |
A.compliments are the most acceptable in small talk |
B.we should refer to a person’s body when complimenting in order to sound sincere |
C.there are some rules in making small talk |
D.some people use small talk to make new friends |
答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
试题分析:文章介绍了闲聊的话题,场合,社会习俗等。
小题1:推理题;从第二段提到的天气的话题,可知闲聊的话题是:轻松的话题,选A
小题2:细节题:从那个第二段的句子:Discussing the weather with people who you don’t really know is an example of small talk that many of us are very familiar with on a daily basis.可知我们经常和不熟悉的人闲聊。选B
小题3:细节题:从第三段的句子:It is considered rude not to mingle and speak with other guests at social functions,可知不和其他客人闲聊是不礼貌的。选A
小题4:推理题:从最后一段的句子:it’s important to observe certain socially acceptable conventions.可知闲聊是有规定的。选C
点评:本文对细节题和推理题考查较多,要求考生仔细阅读文章,抓文章的中心思想和段落大意。细节题重点抓住关键句的理解。
核心考点
试题【Small talk is meaningless conversation in terms of content,but is often seen as 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
“Pop" stands for “popular" and a pop singer has to work very hard to become popular .He must either give the public what they already want, or he must find a new way of singing that will attract their attention. Even when he has succeeded, and his records are sold everywhere, he can not relax. Then he must work harder than ever because there are always younger singers trying to become famous and to steal some of the popularity.The life of a successful pop singer is not at all easy. He can only relax when he is alone, because everything he does is watched and reported in the special newspaper written for the “fans”. The fans are the most important people in the world for the singers. They buy his records, they go to his concerts and they make him rich and famous. But they can be very annoying, too. Sometimes their enthusiasm get so hysterical that they do anything to get a “souvenir"(纪念品). They steal handkerchiefs, they tear off buttons, and they even cut off pieces of the unfortunate singer"s hair. Many singers have been forced to hide. A pop singer has to spend a lot of money on clothes, because he must always look smart or at any rate different. He must have a luxurious car. And — most important — he must always keep smiling for the benefit of his public.
小题1:Why must a pop singer have a good manager?___________.
A.To protect him from his fans | B.To look after his business interests |
C.To help him to change his “act" | D.So that he can relax |
A.Because he wants to attract the attention of the public |
B.Because he wants to sell more records |
C.Because he wants to become popular |
D.Because he wants to stay popular |
A.they buy his CDs or VCDs. They go to his concerts, and watch his MTV |
B.they watch him and report everything he does |
C.they shout and cry very loudly during the performance |
D.they make him rich and famous |
I am a mother of three children and have recently completed my college degree. The last class I had to take was social study. The last project of the term was called “Smile”. The last class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions.
Soon after we were given the project, my husband, my youngest son, and I went out to McDonald’s one cold March morning. It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son.
We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back way. I turned around and found there standing behind me were two poor homeless men with a horrible “dirty body” smell. The short gentleman, close to me, was “smiling”. His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of light as he searched for acceptance. The second man played with his hands uneasily as he stood behind his friend. I realized the second man was mentally challenged and the blue-eyed gentleman was his salvation (救赎). The short man just asked for a coffee because that was all they could afford.
I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray. I then walked around the corner to the men’s table. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman’s cold hand. He looked up at me with tears in his eyes and said “Thank you”.
I started to cry as I walked away to join my husband and son. When I sat down my husband smiled at me and said, “That’s why God gave you to me, Honey. To give me hope.”
On the last evening of class, I turned in “my project” and the instructor read it. Then she looked up at me and said, “Can I share this?” I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class. She began to read and we all knew that we need to heal people and to be healed.
I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. “LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS---NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE.”
小题1: Why did the people around the author back away?
A.Because both men were poorly dressed and mentally ill. |
B.Because the short gentleman was smiling to everyone around. |
C.Because two homeless men were also waiting in line, with a bad smell. |
D.Because the second man stood playing with his hands. |
A.talked with them for a while. | B.went back to her husband and son |
C.turned in her project | D.regretted and cried |
A.Over-curious | B.Caring | C.Mature | D.Lovely |
A.Giving is a gesture of love, which people will understand and appreciate. |
B.If you need help from others, you’d better present them with gifts. |
C.If you want to get something from somebody, you should please him with gifts. |
D.Don’t be greedy with money or ask people to do things for you. |
A.The author’s husband was very proud of her. |
B.What the author did to the men touched many people. |
C.Poor as the homeless men were, they had their dignity. |
D.The author felt we should know how to heal people. |
That’s a good idea. Yet, the fact is, some people do nothing but break the whole program.
Some people know little about the topic under discussion. Sometimes they do not even know what the host is talking about. So the host has to tell the caller what the show is about. Usually the caller will ask a few questions which express his hope and show his ignorance (无知). Then the host has to answer and explain—how silly this is! It wastes a lot of time.
It seems that some people phone the hotlines for fun. They just want to let the listeners hear them. They don’t care what the topic is, whether they themselves are interested or how silly they appear to be.
I’m totally bored by those people. It’s necessary for radio stations to improve the hotline programmers. In my opinion, if a caller does not know what is going on, the operator should not let the caller take part in it.
小题1:The sentence “some people do nothing but break the whole program” may tell us that _____.
A.radio stations use hotlines in a wrong way |
B.it is a fact |
C.it is a good idea |
D.some people have unclear thoughts |
A.because the host works hard |
B.because of the caller’s ignorance |
C.because the host likes talking to the caller |
D.because of a lot of questions raised by the caller |
American women first moved into the paid labour force during the World War II, when men left their jobs to fight. In the last fifty years, more and more women have worked outside the home. And over these years of developing, Americans have changed their social values as a result. In 1975, women aged 35 and above made up half of all working women. And by 1980, 60 per cent were women at the age of 45 and above.
Now in Japan, women’s work group is M-shaped with middle-aged women and those aged 20-25 at the two peaks. According to statistics(统计), 37.7 per cent of Japanese women at childbearing age(25-29) still engaged themselves in work in 1980. and the number reached 50 per cent the next year.
Being a housewife has always been regarded as a “graceful occupation” in Japan. Some young Japanese women believe it is good to be a “ professional housewife”. However, old attitudes have been changing everywhere, and sometimes just out of economic necessary. In recent years, a great number of city housewives have poured out of homes to take part time jobs. Even the UN has given its support.. The 34th Congress of the United Nations in 1979 put forward the decision for formal agreement on the getting rid of discrimination(歧视) against women.
So far, most UN members have agreed on it, but some still haven’t, including the United States.
小题1:From the first passage, we can learn that ________________.
A.experts encourage women to take paying jobs. |
B.men encourage women to take paying jobs |
C.government encourage women to take paying jobs. |
D.more and more people begin to care about women’s life |
A.married women are lazier than their husbands. |
B.Husbands are lazier than their wives |
C.Few married women used to work outside |
D.More married women used to work outside |
A, all work outside their homes
B. seldom work outside their homes
C. have different opinions on their working outside
D. all do housework at their homes
小题4:More and more women have taken jobs outside for the reason that ____________.
A.they have no children to take care of |
B.they have no housework to do |
C.they want to make more friends |
D.they want to improve their living conditions |
Because we think the government should be held to at least the same standards as a publicly traded company, and because as taxpayers, we"re America"s shareholders, we performed an audit (财务检查)of sorts of the federal books. We"re not economists, but we do have common sense. We tried to get help from Congressional staffers from both parties, as well as various watchdog groups and agencies. In the end, we found that the federal government wastes nearly $1 trillion every year.
That"s roughly equal to the amount collected annually by the Internal Revenue Service in personal income taxes. Put another way, it"s also equal to about one-third of the country"s $2.9 trillion total annual budget. And reclaiming that lost trillion could help wipe out the country"s annual budget deficit(赤字), improve education, and provide health insurance for those who don"t have it.
So how do you define "waste"? David Walker of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a federal watchdog agency, calls it "the government"s failure to give taxpayers the most for their money." For our part, we used the kind of household test you would use on a piece of meat sitting in your refrigerator: If it smells rotten, it"s waste. Our government regularly pays for products and services it never gets, wildly overpays companies to do things it could do more cheaply itself, loses money outright due to lax(不严格的)accounting and oversight, and spends money randomly on unnecessary programs.
How exactly does the federal government waste your hard-earned tax dollars? We"ve identified what we consider ten of the worst ways.
小题1:The underlined sentence in Paragraph1 really means .
A.there are many other closets | B.there are some other satellites |
C.there is something else in the closets | D.the waste may be quite amazing |
A.Annoyed. | B.Calm. | C.Surprised. | D.Not concerned. |
A.The country’s annual budget is usually decided by the public. |
B.The government failed in launching the satellite. |
C.The government is only wasting money in space experiments. |
D.The amount collected annually in personal income taxes is equal to the country’s budget. |
A.Protecting Our Rights! |
B.Our Country Is In Danger! |
C.The Government Is Wasting Our Tax Dollars! |
D.How to Prevent Government from Wasting Money! |
A.The government’s taking some steps to stop wasting taxes. |
B.Presenting people’s feelings against the government’s wasting taxes. |
C.Giving suggestion to help the government solve the financial problem. |
D.Listing how the government is wasting taxes. |
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