“Have a nice day” may be a pleasant gesture or a meaningless expression. When my friend Maxie says “Have a nice day” with a smile, I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me. I feel loved and secure since another person cares about me and wishes me well. 
“Have a nice day. Next!” The version of the expression is spoken by a salesgirl at supermarket who is rushing me and my groceries out the door. The words came out in the same tone ( 腔調(diào) ) with a fixed procedure. They are spoken at me, not to me. Obviously, the concern for my day and everyone else’s is the management’s attempt to increase business.
The expression is one of those behaviors that help people get along with each other. Sometimes it indicates the end of a meeting. As soon as you hear it, you know the meeting at an end. Sometimes the expression saves us when we don’t know what to say. “Oh, you just had a tooth out? I’m terribly sorry, but have a nice day”.
The expression can be pleasant. If a stranger says “Have a nice day” to you, you may find it heart-warming because someone you don’t know has tried to be nice to you.
Although the use of the expression is insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting. The salesgirl, the waitress, the teacher, and the countless others who speak it without thinking may not really care about my day. But in a strange and comfortable way, it’s nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when they really don’t care all that much. While the expression may not often be sincere, it is always spoken. The point is that people say it all the time when they like.
小題1:How does the author understand Maxie’s words?  
A．Maxie shows her anxiety to the author.
B．Maxie really wishes the author a good day.
C．Maxie encourages the author to stay happy.
D．Maxie really worries about the author’s security.
小題2:What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．The salesgirl is rude.
B．The salesgirl is bored.
C．The salesgirl cares about me.
D．The salesgirl says the words as nothing special.
小題3:According to the last paragraph, people say“Have a nice day”_______.
A．sincerely
B．a(chǎn)s thanks
C．a(chǎn)s a habit
D．encouragingly
小題4:What is the best title of the passage?
A．Have a Nice Day—a Social Custom
B．Have a Nice Day—a Pleasant Gesture
C．Have a Nice Day—a Heart-warming Greeting
D．Have a Nice Day—a Polite Ending of a Conversation

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:A

試題分析：本文就平時(shí)常說(shuō)的Have a Nice Day的含義進(jìn)行探討，第一題問(wèn)朋友，第二題問(wèn)超市服務(wù)員，第三題問(wèn)陌生人，說(shuō)明不同的人說(shuō)have a nice day有不同的含義。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：第一段的這句話：When my friend Maxie says "Have a nice day" with a smile， I know she sincerely cares about what happens to me. 這句話既包含了關(guān)鍵詞Maxie，也包含她說(shuō)的話以及作者自己的理解，通過(guò)這句話可知，作者從Maxie的一句簡(jiǎn)單寒暄中讀出的是Maxie真誠(chéng)的關(guān)心（sincerely cares），傳達(dá)的是積極的意義。故B為正確答案。
小題2:句意理解題：從第二段的句子：The words came out in the same tone ( 腔調(diào) ) with a fixed procedure.說(shuō)明女營(yíng)業(yè)員這么說(shuō)只是固定程序，沒(méi)有特定含義。選D。
小題3:推理題，從最后一段的句子：Although the use of the expression is insincere, meaningless social custom at times, there is nothing wrong with the sentence except that it is a little uninteresting.說(shuō)明人們說(shuō)Have a Nice Day，只是一種習(xí)慣。選C。
小題4:主旨題。本文討論的是have a nice day在不同人群口中的具體功能。現(xiàn)在一一分析選項(xiàng)。B項(xiàng)把have a nice day定義為pleasant gesture。文章開(kāi)頭第一句雖然提到了這一點(diǎn)，但同時(shí)也提到這句問(wèn)候語(yǔ)還可能是a meaningless expression。而C、D兩項(xiàng)也分別只指出了這句問(wèn)候語(yǔ)的其中一種功能，因此都屬于以偏概全。從廣義上看來(lái)，B、C、D三項(xiàng)都是A項(xiàng)的子選項(xiàng)，因此，social custom是最具有概括性的一個(gè)標(biāo)題。故選A。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：這篇文章考查較全面：細(xì)節(jié)，推理，句意和主旨都考查了，特別是主旨題要注意最適合做文章題目的選項(xiàng)應(yīng)該是最能概括文章主旨大意的選項(xiàng)，不能以偏概全。考生頭腦中要對(duì)文章有了大概的印象：
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