Question

【題目】Two small words can bring a smile to someone's face: thank you. But ______ do you say these two words? Perhaps when someone holds the door open for you. Or when a friend does you a big favor.

In Britain, people say “thank you” quite often, even at times when there is no ______. Sometimes we say it sarcastically(諷刺地). ______， if a friend throws my food away, thinking I was finished, I may say, “Oh, thank you！” Then my friend would reply, “Sorry. ” This can make a situation______ confusing(困惑的) to foreign people.

However, anyone working in the service sector(行業(yè))—waiters, taxi drivers, shop assistants, bus drivers and so on will ______ a “thank you” from British customers. If you're happy with the driver who got you to school on time, or the waiter who served you food, say “thank you” to them. You're really saying “good______”.

I was first ______that people don't often say “thank you” here in China. But I know people can replace these words with a smile or nod.

Yet I can't change my British ______of saying “thank you”. Even here in China, I know I use these two words too much. But saying “thank you” is ______， and I believe the more, the ______.

【1】A. how B. where C. when D. why

【2】A. need B. use C. good D. time

【3】A. By the way B. For example C. Above all D. After all

【4】A. look B. sound C. taste D. smell

【5】A. say B. write C. send D. get

【6】A. job B. man C. friend D. team

【7】A. excited B. bored C. surprised D. interested

【8】A. way B. habit C. standard D. spirit

【9】A. free B. expensive C. interesting D. difficult

【10】A. better B. well C. good D. best

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】B

【5】D

【6】A

【7】C

【8】B

【9】A

【10】A

【解析】

短文大意：本文是一篇文化說明文，對西方人和中國人使用禮貌用語“謝謝你”的情況進行了對比，指出說“謝謝”是免費的，相信越多越好。

【1】句意：但是你什么時候說這兩個詞?考查疑問詞辨析題。根據(jù)下文Perhaps when someone holds the door open for you. Or when a friend does you a big favor.，可知when符合句意，故選C。

【2】句意：在英國，人們經(jīng)常說“謝謝”，即使在沒有必要的時候�？疾槊�詞辨析題。A. need需要；B. use用處；C. good好處；D. time時間。even甚至，表強調(diào)；根據(jù)句意語境，結合下文的例子，可知是說不需要道謝的場合，故選A。

【3】句意：例如，如果一個朋友把我的食物扔掉，以為我吃完了，我會說：“哦，謝謝！”考查介詞短語辨析題。A. By the way順便說一下；B. For example例如；C. Above all總之；D. After all畢竟。根據(jù)句意語境，可知是上文不需說感謝的舉例，故選B。

【4】句意：這讓外國人聽起來很困惑。考查系動詞辨析題。根據(jù)句意語境，可知聽到這種“謝謝你”感到困惑，sound聽起來，故選B。

【5】句意：然而，任何在服務部門工作的人——服務員、出租車司機、售貨員、公共汽車司機等等——都會得到英國顧客的“感謝”�？疾閯釉~辨析題。A. say說；B. write寫；C. send送；D. get得到。get from從…處得到；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選D。

【6】句意：你其實是在說“干得好”�？疾槊�詞辨析題。根據(jù)句意語境可知，我們對讓你按時上學的司機，或者給你上菜的服務員說“謝謝”，那是對他們工作的肯定，job工作，故選A。

【7】句意：我起初感到驚訝的是，在中國人們不常說“謝謝”�？疾樾稳菰~辨析題。A. excited興奮的；B. bored無聊的；C. surprised驚奇的；D. interested有趣的。根據(jù)句意和下文But I know people can replace these words with a smile or nod.，可知“我”剛開始對中國有不同的習俗而感到驚訝，故選C。

【8】句意：然而，我無法改變英國人說“謝謝”的習慣�？疾槊�詞辨析題。英國人說“謝謝”是一種文化，也是一種習慣。habit習慣，根據(jù)句意語境，可知選B。

【9】句意：但是說“謝謝”是免費的,我相信越多越好。考查形容詞辨析題。A. free免費的；B. expensive昂貴的；C. interesting有趣的；D. difficult困難的。根據(jù)句意語境，可知free符合句意，故選A。

【10】句意：但是說“謝謝”是免費的,我相信越多越好�？疾樾稳菰~比較級辨析題。“the+比較級，the+比較級”表示“越……越……”。根據(jù)句意語境，可知是說“thank you”越多越好，better更好的，故選A。

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