Englishman and Weather

Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully relaxed only among people he knows well. In the presence of (1)or foreigners he often seems inhibited(抑制), (2)embarrassed. You have only to take a commuter train any morning or evening to see the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a corner; no one speaks. In fact, to do so would seem most unusual. Practically, there is here an (3)but clearly understood code of behavior which, if broken, makes the person immediately the object of (4)It is a well-known fact that the English have a (5)for the discussion of their weather and that, given half a chance; they will talk about it (6).Some people argue that it is because English weather defies forecast and hence is a source of interest (7)everyone. This may be so. Fundamentally Englishmen cannot have much (8)in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong (9)cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The man in the street seems to be as accurate — or as inaccurate — as the (10)in his predictions.

The overseas visitors may be excused for showing surprise at the number of references (11) weather that English make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are conducted by comments on the weather. “Nice day, isn’t it?” “Beautiful!” may well be heard instead of “Good morning, how are you?” (12)the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage. If he wants to (13) a conversation with an Englishman but is (14) to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the (15). It is a safe subject which will stimulate an answer from even the most reserved of Englishmen.

1.A.friends B.strangers C.workmates D.schoolmate

正確答案:B

解析:這句話是說, 當英國人面對什么人和外國人時, 會感到壓抑。根據句意，應該填B陌生人

2.A.yet B.otherwise C.even D.though

正確答案:C

解析:逗號后面的短語和前半句的關系應該是遞進的，所以選C even 甚至。全句的意思是：當英國人面對陌生人和外國人時, 會感到壓抑，甚至尷尬

3.A.unwritten B.written C.unknown D.apparent

正確答案:A

解析:空后面是but，所以這里應該填一個與but后相反意思的詞，所以選A：unwritten沒有寫出來.沒有說明

4.A.suspicion B.opposition C.attack D.attention

正確答案:D

解析:object of attention 注意的目標。這句話的意思是：如果這種行為準則被打破，那么，這個人就會成為別人注意的目標了

5.A.passion B.interest C.will D.ability

正確答案:A

解析:這句話說得是：眾所周知，英國人有談論天氣的激情

6.A.at length B.to a great extent C.from their heart D.by all means

正確答案:A

解析:at length 是詳盡的.詳細的意思。這句話是說，英國人只要給半點機會就會詳細地談論天氣。to a great extent 很大程度.非常，from their heart 從心里，by all means 盡一切辦法，都不是很符合句意

7.A.for B.to C.in D.with

正確答案:B

解析:to在這里的意思是對于，to everyone 對于每一個人的意思

8.A.faith B.reliance C.honor D.credit

正確答案:A

解析:have faith in 是相信.信任的意思。這句話是說：從根本上說：英國人不信任他們的天氣預報員

9.A.if B.once C.when D.whereas

正確答案:C

解析:在這里when 引導時間狀語從句

10.A.spokesmen B.addressors C.weathermen D.announcers

正確答案:C

解析:這段主要講的是人們對天氣預報員的不信任，所以很明顯根據上下文，應該選weathermen

11.A.about B.on C.as to D.to

正確答案:D

解析:reference to 是一個固定搭配的詞組，意思是提及.涉及

12.A.Since B.Although C.However D.Before

正確答案:B

解析:although 盡管，這句說得是：盡管外國人認為這有些夸張或滑稽

13.A.end B.start C.skip D.stop

正確答案:B

解析:這句話是說：如果他想和一位英國人開始談話，又不知道從哪兒開始，從上下文可以看出是開始談話，而不是停止.中斷或跳過談話，所以選B

14.A.at a loss B.at last C.in fact D.on the occasion

正確答案:A

解析:at a loss 困惑，at last 最后，in fact 事實上，on the occasion 有時

15.A.weather B.climate C.football D.basketball

正確答案:A

解析:整篇文章都在講英國人和天氣的關系，所以很容易判斷選A

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