D
We all know that the British people love their manners (礼仪). They are part of their national identity (特性), as well as having fish and chips and complaining about the weather. Recently I read online that they said “sorry” up to eight times a day.
After some research I have not been able to find any specific reasons why they are like this. I suppose, for centuries, manners, including how they behave at table and talk to other people have been one of the differences between the lower and upper classes and those manners show their social classes. Britain has traditionally been a quite conservative (保守的) country. There are many articles suggesting that their seemingly polite attitude of always saying “please” and “thank you” is quite false (错误的) because it is impossible for a person to always feel that he or she wants to thank someone or say “please”.
Maybe it is for this reason that people are going one of two ways: they are too polite and hold back their feelings or they are not polite at all and express their true feelings directly. Some British people are tired of pretending that they are always happy and having to please others. But sometimes because they feel they have to be polite, they are prevented from saying what they truly think.
( )32. What don’t the British people often do?
A. Eat fish and chips.
B. Have no quite good manners.
C. Be polite to others.
D. Talk about the weather.
( )33. What do the British people say up to eight times every day?
A. Hello. B. Thank you.
C. I don’t know. D. Sorry.
( )34. What does the writer think are the reasons why the British people are so polite?
① The upper classes should have good manners.
② They have learned much about politeness at school.
③ They like to hold back their true feelings.
④ They are not honest at all.
A. ①② B. ③④ C. ①③ D. ②④
( )35. What does the underlined word “pretending” mean in Chinese?
A. 打算 B. 假装 C. 想象 D. 体验
四. 完成句子 (共5小题，计10分)
根据汉语意思，用单词或短语完成句子。
36. 我不知道她新家的地址。
I don’t know the of her new place.
37. 大家都不喜欢麦克，因为他是个不懂礼貌的孩子。
None of us love Mike, because he is .
38. 路过书店时能帮我买些邮票吗?
Could you please buy me some stamps when you the bookstore?
39. 他想知道火车站是否在广场的东面。
He wants to know if the train station is to the of the square.
40. 他们请求再给三天时间。
They for another three days.
五. 短文填空 (共10小题，计10分)
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确(每个单词限用一次)。
be, care, either, quiet, move,
obey, suppose, they, use, wear
There is a big library in my school. It is very (41) to us students because we can read many kinds of books there. There (42) many rules in the school library. Firstly, we must keep (43) in the library and we can’t talk loudly. Secondly, we have to wear clean clothes and we are not allowed (44) slippers (拖鞋) there. Thirdly, we have to keep the library clean and we aren’t (45) to spit or litter everywhere. And we can’t smoke, (46) .
Fourthly, we must take (47) of the books and magazines there and we aren’t allowed to writer or draw on (48) . Finally, it’s necessary to care for public facilities (公共设施) in the library. We can’t (49) the desks and the chairs there.
I think it’s the duty of everybody (50) the rules in the school library. And if we break the rules, the library will be in a mess. Don’t you think so?
，我们将会及时处理。
