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【題目】"How are you?" is a nice question. It's a friendly way that people in the USA greet each other. 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 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 don't say exactly what they are thinking when they want to finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person says "I've 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.

【1】When a person in America asks "How are you?", he or she wants to hear" ________ "

A．How are you? B．Hello.

C．I don't know. D．Fine.

【2】When a person disagrees with someone, it is polite to say"_________ "

A．You are wrong. I disagree. B．I'm not sure.

C．I'm sure I disagree. D．I don’t agree with you.

【3】A polite way to finish a talk is to say"__________"

A．You have to go now.

B．I want to hang up.

C．I have to go now.

D．I don't want to talk any more.

【4】 When a person says "I've got to go now. Someone's at the door.", the person may be_______.

A．giving an excuse

B．hurting someone's feelings

C．talking to a person at the door

D．going to another place

【5】The rule of the game of language is probably____________ .

A．"Always say what you mean"

B．"Don't disagree with people."

C．"Never say exactly what you're thinking."

D．"Be polite."

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講述了日常生活中人們在溝通時(shí)要有禮貌，例如朋友見面時(shí)的“你好嗎？”是一種禮貌的問候；在不同意別人的觀點(diǎn)時(shí)要盡量委婉；在想掛電話時(shí)通常會(huì)找一個(gè)理由，而不是直接表達(dá)出自己的想法。

【1】D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章描述The person who asks "How are you?" hopes to hear the answer "Fine", even if the person's friend isn't fine.當(dāng)一個(gè)人問“你好嗎？”，他希望聽到的答案是“很好”，甚至可能他的朋友并不怎么好。故此題選D。

【2】B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章描述But it isn't very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say "I'm not sure."但是堅(jiān)決地不同意別人是不禮貌的，所以另外一個(gè)人可能會(huì)說“我不確定”。故此題選B。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章描述 People don't say exactly what they are thinking when they want to finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person says "I've to go now."當(dāng)人們想結(jié)束一段對話時(shí)通常不直接表達(dá)出他們的想法。例如，很多人在結(jié)束電話時(shí)通常會(huì)說“我必須得走了。從而得知這種表達(dá)方式是禮貌的，故選C。

【4】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章描述 Often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse: "Someone's at the door."通常來說，如果一個(gè)人想掛電話了通常會(huì)給出一個(gè)借口，例如“有人在敲門“，故此題選A。

【5】D判斷推理題。根據(jù)文章描述 It's an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it's part of the game of language.對別人友善是一個(gè)重要的方式，而且這也是語言策略的一部分。從而可判斷語言的一條規(guī)則是對別人友善，故此題選D。