In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”, small talk means little things we talk about at the ____41____of a conversation. In English-speaking countries, people often make small talk about the _____42_____: Nice day, isn’t it?” “Terrible weather, isn’t it?” But there is ______43_____special about small talk. It must be about something ______44_____ people have the same idea about. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. People usually agree about the weather, so it is a ______45_____ topic for small talk. The topics for small talk also depend on _____46____ the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are _____47_____. “Great game, isn’t it?” At bus stops, people may say: “The bus service is terrible, isn’t it?”
Greetings and small talk are _____48_____ important part of conversation in any language. The way people greet each other and the things they talk about, however, may be _____49_____from one language to another. This___50_____that there is much more to learn when we learn a language than just the vocabulary and the grammar of the language. We also have to learn the social behavior (社會行為) of the people who speak it.
小題1:A.front                   B. end              C. start
小題2:A. weather           B. dates             C. colors
小題3:A. nothing           B. anything          C. something
小題4:A. all               B. both              C. every
小題5:A. cheap               B. dangerous            C. safe
小題6:A. where               B. when             C. how
小題7:A. seeing              B. looking at           C. watching
小題8:A. the               B. an                   C. a
小題9:A. the same              B. difficult            C. different
小題10:A. sounds             B. shows                C. looks

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:C
小題6:A
小題7:C
小題8:B
小題9:C
小題10:B

試題分析：本文講述了在西方文化中，經常用small talk來開始一段對話，而且對話的內容的選擇也是有一定講究的。
小題1:考查名詞與語境理解。   A.front 前面；B. end結束； C. start開始，句意：閑聊時在對話開始之前談論的小事情。根據(jù)句意此題選C。
小題2:考查名詞與語境理解。A. weather 天氣； B. dates日期； C. colors 顏色，句意：人們經常閑聊天氣。根據(jù)句意及上下文此題選A。
小題3:考查不定代詞與語境理解。A.nothing沒什么；B.anything任何事情；C.something一些事情，句意：在閑聊中有些事情也很特別。根據(jù)句意及上下文此題選C。
小題4:考查代詞與語境理解。A. all所有； B. both兩者都；C. every每一，句意：它必須是一些雙方談話的人都有共同話題的事情。根據(jù)句意“兩者都”是both，故選B。
小題5:考查形容詞與語境理解。A. cheap 便宜的；B.dangerous危險的；C.safe安全的，句意：因此這是閑聊是一個安全的話題。根據(jù)句意此題選C。
小題6:考查疑問詞與語境理解。A. where 哪兒；B. when何時；C. how怎么，句意：閑聊的話題也已在哪兒談話而定。根據(jù)句意此題選A。
小題7:考查動詞與語境理解。A. seeing看，強調結果；B。looking at 看，強調動作；C.watching一般這看電視或看比賽，句意：在足球比賽時人們閑聊他們正在看的比賽。根據(jù)句意此題選C。
小題8:考查冠詞與語境理解。句意：在任何語言中打招呼和閑聊都是談話重要的一部分。根據(jù)句意此空是泛指，important又以元音開頭，所以用不定冠詞an，故選B。
小題9:考查形容詞詞與語境理解。A. the same相同的；  B. difficult困難的；C.different 不同的，句意：然而一種語言和另一種語言有所不同，根據(jù)句意及上下文此題選C。
小題10:考查動詞與語境理解。A. sounds聽起來；B. shows展示，說明；C.ooks看起來，句意：這說明在學習一門語言是比單純學習詞匯和語法有更多的東西要學，根據(jù)句意此題選B。
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