Question

The English, as a race, are very different in many ways from all other nationalities, including their closest neighbors, the French, the Belgians and the Dutch. It is claimed that living on an island separated from the rest of Europe has much to do with it. Whatever the reasons are, it may be fairly stated that the Englishman has developed many attitudes and habits which distinguish him from other nationalities.
Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully relaxed only among people he knows well. In the presence of strangers or foreigners he often seems restrained, even embarrassed. You have only to witness a city train any morning or evening to see the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or having a light sleep in a corner, and no one speaks. In fact, to do so would seem most unusual. An Englishman, pretending to be giving advice to overseas visitors, once suggested, “On entering a railway carriage, shake hands with all the passengers.” Needless to say, he was not being serious. There is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which, if broken, makes the person immediately suspected.
In many parts of the world it is quite normal to show openly extremes of enthusiasm, emotion, excitement, etc, often accompanied by appropriate gesture. The Englishman is somewhat different. Of course, an Englishman feels no less deeply than anyone of a different nationality, but he tends to display his feelings far less. This is reflected in his use of language. Imagine a man commenting on the great beauty of a young girl. A more emotional man might describe her state “Oh, she is a goddess”, whereas an Englishman might just say “Oh, she’s all right.” An Englishman who has seen a highly successful and enjoyable film recommends it to a friend by commenting, “It’s not bad you know”, or on seeing some very unusual scenery he might convey (表達) his pleasure by saying, “Nice, yes, very nice.” The overseas visitor must not be disappointed by this apparent lack of interest and involvement. Instead, he must realize that “all right,” “not bad,” and “nice,” very often have the sense of “first-class,” “excellent,” “beautiful”. This unique style of language use is particularly common in England, and is known as restrained statement.
【小題1】According to the passage, the English are different from other nationalities in _______.

A．habits

B．a(chǎn)ttitudes

C．character

D．a(chǎn)ll of the above

【小題2】The underlined word “restrained” in the second paragraph probably means “_______”. 

A．calm and controlled	B．polite and friendly
C．nervous and quiet	D．silent and kind

【小題3】In Britain, if you don’t want other people to think you are strange, you’d better _______.

A．talk with others as much as possible

B．behave just like the English do

C．say nothing about yourself

D．shake hands with everyone you meet

【小題4】If an Englishman says “all right”, it may mean “_______”.  

A．not bad

B．correct

C．quite right

D．wonderful

【小題5】From the passage, we can infer that an Englishman _______.

A．doesn’t like to show his feelings so much

B．has less emotion than people of other nationalities

C．finds it easy to express his emotion

D．likes to have a joke with strangers

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】D
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：文章介紹了英國人的興趣，，愛好，行為等各方面的特征。
【小題1】D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段第5行developed many attitudes and habits which distinguish him from other nationalities.說明AB兩項包括在內(nèi)。根據(jù)文章第二段說明英國人的性格也一其它國家的人不一樣，C也包括在內(nèi)。故D正確。
【小題2】A 推理題。根據(jù)上一句Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully relaxed only among people he knows well.說明英國人一直都很安靜，害羞，保守，只有熟悉的人在一起的時候，英國人才會比較放松，在陌生人在場的時候，那么就會比較平靜和內(nèi)斂，故A正確。
【小題3】B 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后部分，可知所謂入鄉(xiāng)隨俗，要被英國人接受就要像英國人那樣去做。
【小題4】D 推理題。根據(jù)第二段imagine a man commenting on the great beauty of a young girl. A more emotional man might describe her state “Oh, she is a goddess”, whereas an Englishman might just say “Oh, she’s all right.”說明英國人很少用特別夸張的詞去形容人,all right就相當于wonderful，故D正確。
【小題5】A 推理題。根據(jù)第二段第四行but he tends to display his feelings far less.說明英國人不喜歡過的的表現(xiàn)出自己的感覺，故A正確。
考點：考查西方文化類短文
點評：本文是關(guān)于英國人的性格特點的短文，特別注意文章的第一段，閱讀時要注意細節(jié)，把重要的點做好標志，可以提高效率。