Small talk is a good way to kill time and make friends. If you travel to other countries, do you know what to say to        small talk with local people?
In Britain the best topic is the weather. British        changes quite often. It’s a safe topic. You can start small talk simply by saying “It’s a lovely day today, isn’t it?”      the weather, it’s good to talk about gardens with English people. For example, you could say, “Those roses look really beautiful,       ?” English people love their pets. So it’s also nice to begin with “What a lovely        ! What’s its name?”
In America, people like to talk about sports,        Amecican football and basketball. They also talk about clothes by saying “It’s a nice shirt! Where did you get it?” The weather is a        topic there, too.
Of course, you should avoid a lot of topics during small talk in western countries. Don’t ask people “How old are you?”. Age is usually secret ,        for women.        ask “How much money do you make?” It makes people uncomfortable. Don’t ask strangers whether they have a girlfriend         boyfriend. Politics(政治) and religion(宗教) is not a good topic for two people who have just met, either.
小題1:A. end                    B. start                        C. speak
小題2:A. weather                    B. people                      C. food
小題3:A. Besides                 B. Except                      C. But
小題4:A. isn’t it                   B. aren’t they                 C. don’t they
小題5:A. picture                 B. dog                     C. boy
小題6:A. the same as             B. so that                    C. such as
小題7:A. safe                        B. dangerous                    C. hard
小題8:A. extremely                  B. especially                  C. exactly
小題9:A. Never                   B. Usually                  C. Please
小題10:A. with                  B. and                     C. or

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

試題分析： 閑聊是一種消磨時間的好方法，但是在不同的國家閑聊要選好正確的話題。文中作者介紹給我們幾種話題。比如在英國我們可以以天氣，花園等開始聊天，在美國我們可以以服裝，運動等開始聊天�？傊灰獑柲昙o，收入等隱私問題。
小題1:考查動詞及語境的理解。A. end結束，B. start開始，C. speak說，講。句意：如果你去了另一個國家，你知道怎么跟當?shù)厝碎_始聊天嗎？故選B。
小題2:考查名詞及語境的理解。A. weather天氣，B. people人們，C. food食物，根據(jù)In Britain the best topic is the weather.可知英國的天氣變化非�？臁９蔬xA。
小題3:考查連詞及語境的理解。A. Besides除了(包含在內)，B. Except 除了（不包含在內），C. But但是，句意：除了談論天氣，還可以談論花園。故選A。
小題4:考查反意疑問句及語境的理解。反意疑問句遵循前肯后否，前否后肯，句意：這些玫瑰看起來真漂亮，不是嗎？故選C。
小題5:考查名詞及語境的理解。A. picture照片，B. dog狗，C. boy男孩兒，根據(jù)English people love their pets英國人也非常喜歡他們的寵物，故選B。
小題6:考查短語及語境的理解。A. the same as和……一樣，B. so that因此，C. such as像，例如。句意：比如美國足球，美國籃球。故選C。
小題7:考查形容詞及語境的理解。 A. safe安全的，B. dangerous危險的，C. hard困難的，根據(jù)too，可知在美國談論天氣也是安全的話題，故選A。
小題8:考查副詞短語及語境的理解。A. extremely非常，及其，極端地，B. especially特別地，C. exactly精確地，正確地，句意：年齡是一個秘密，特別是對女士來說。故選B。
小題9:考查副詞及語境的理解。A. Never永遠不，從不，B. Usually通常地，C. Please請，根據(jù)It makes people uncomfortable.那使人不舒服，可知永遠不要問你賺多少錢？故選A。
小題10:考查連詞及語境的理解。選擇疑問句，or或者。句意：不要問別人是否有女朋友或者是男朋友。故選C。
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