Question

In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”. Small talk means the little things we talk about at the start of a conversation. In English-speaking countries people often make small talk about the weather. “Nice day, isn’t it?” “Terrible weather, isn’t it?” But there is something special about small talk. It must be about something which both people have the same opinion about. The purpose of small talk is to let both people agree on something. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. People usually agree about the weather, so it is a safe topic for small talk. But people often disagree about religion(宗教) or politics(政治) so these are not suitable topics for small talk. The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are watching. “Great game, isn’t it?” At bus-stops, people may comment on the transport system. “The bus service is terrible, isn’t it?”

1. 1.
   Small talk is _______________
   1. A.
      a kind of conversation with short words
   2. B.
      a greeting used when people meet each other
   3. C.
      to let people disagree about something
   4. D.
      something we talk about to start a conversation
2. 2.
   The favorite topic of small talk for English people is _________
   1. A.
      the weather
   2. B.
      politics
   3. C.
      games
   4. D.
      languages
3. 3.
   The passage suggests that when we learn a language _________
   1. A.
      we should learn about the transport system of the country
   2. B.
      we should only master the grammar and the vocabulary
   3. C.
      we should learn the culture of the country
   4. D.
      we should understand the importance of the language
4. 4.
   When we say “Great game, isn’t it?”, we are in fact __________
   1. A.
      asking a question
   2. B.
      having a conversation
   3. C.
      greeting each other
   4. D.
      making small talk
5. 5.
   What we learn from the passage is that __________
   1. A.
      different languages have different grammar
   2. B.
      small talk is an important part of a language
   3. C.
      small talk depends on the purpose of the conversation
   4. D.
      in English-speaking countries we should talk about the weather

Answer 1

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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。
1.D 細節(jié)題。根據第一段第二句Small talk means the little things we talk about at the start of a conversation.說明D項正確。
2.A 細節(jié)題。根據第一段3,4行In English-speaking countries people often make small talk about the weather. “Nice day, isn’t it?” “Terrible weather, isn’t it?”說明天氣是談論較多的話題，故A正確。
3.C 推理題。本題較難，文章中以small talk為題，主要就是告訴我們西方的文化，我們要學習一門語言，很重要的就是學習他們的文化。故C正確。
4.D 推理題。根據文章倒數3,4行The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are watching. “Great game, isn’t it?”說明這樣說的目的就是為了引起一些small talk。故D正確。
5.B 細節(jié)題。根據文章第一行In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”說明在很多文化中都是以small talk來開始對話的，說明small talk很重要。故B正確。
考點：考查文化類短文閱讀
點評：本文討論了small talk的話題。本文細節(jié)題居多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。