Question

【題目】 "How are you?" is a nice question. It's a friendly way that people in the U.S.A. greet each other.【1】. 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 though the speaker isn't fine at all. The reason is that "How are you?" isn't really a question, and "Fine" isn't really an answer. They are simply the ways of saying "Hello" or "Hi".

【2】. 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 speak out one's real thoughts so directly, so the person might say "I'm not sure", which is a nicer way to say that you don't agree.

People won't tell the truth when they want to 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 like "Someone's at the door. "or" Something is burning on the stove."【3】. They want to hang up simply because they don't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to tell the truth. The excuse is more polite and it doesn't hurt the other person's feelings.

Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people don't always say exactly what they are thinking. 【4】. and it's part of the game of a language.

A.What they say might not be true

B.Sometimes people don't say exactly what they mean

C.But it is also a very unusual question

D.It doesn't sound good to lie to others

E.It's an important way to get along well with each other

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】E

【解析】

文章介紹了美國的一些禮貌用語背后隱含的真正意思，文章旨在讓讀者對其有所了解，從而避免尷尬。

【1】

根據(jù)空后“It's a question that often doesn't need an answer. 這個問題通常不需要答案�！焙涂涨啊�It is a friendly way that people in the USA greet each other. 美國人互相問候是一個友好的方式�！狈謩e為"How are you?”的兩種不同用法，可知空處應(yīng)填一個承上啟下的過渡句。分析所給備選項可知C項“But it is also a very unusual question但這也是一個非常不尋常的問題”最符合語境，故選C。

【2】

根據(jù)空后“For example, when someone asks …which is a nicer way to say that you don't agree.”，可知此段講述了為了出于禮貌有時候人們并不確切地說出他們的意思，選項B“Sometimes people don't say exactly what they mean.”最符合語境，故選B。

【3】

根據(jù)第三段第一句“People won't tell the truth when they want to finish talking with other people. 當(dāng)人們想結(jié)束與他人的談話時，他們不會說出真相�！�，以及空后“They want to hang up simply because they don't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to tell the truth. 他們想掛斷電話僅僅是因為他們不想再說話了，但說實話是不禮貌的。”，可知此空應(yīng)表達(dá)“他們說的可能不是真的”，選項A最符合語境，故選A。

【4】

根據(jù)空后“and it's part of the game of a language這是語言游戲的一部分”，可知選項E“It's an important way to get along well with each other這是彼此和睦相處的重要方式”最符合語境，故選E。