The English, as a race, are very different from all other nationalities, including their closest neighbors, the French, Belgians and Dutch. It is claimed (聲言) that living on an island  36  from the rest of Europe has much to do with it. Whatever the  37  are, it may be fairly stated that the Englishman has  38  many attitudes and habits which make them  39 from other nationalities.
Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a  40  , shy and reserved person who is fully relaxed only among people he  41  well. In the  42  of strangers or foreigners he often seems embarrassed. You have only to walk around a city any morning or evening to  43  the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit  44  their newspapers or have a light sleep in a corner with no one speaking.  45 , to do so would seem most unusual to many foreigners. An Englishman pretending to be giving 46  to overseas visitors, once suggested, “On entering a railway carriage, shake hands with all the passengers”. Obviously , he was not being  47  . There is an unwritten  48 clearly understood code (規(guī)則) of behaviour which, if  49  , makes the person immediately suspect(懷疑).
In many parts of the world it is quite  50  to show openly their enthusiasm, emotion, excitement, etc. The Englishman is somewhat  51  . Of course, an Englishman lacks no deep feelings, in fact , no less deeply than any other nationality, but he tends to display his 52  far less. This is reflected in his use of  53 . Imagine a man making a comment on the great  54  of a young girl. A more emotional man might  55  her as “extremely beautiful,” “precious”, however, an Englishman might just say, “Um, she is all right.” The girl who heard this should not be angry because "not bad" and " all right" very often have the same meaning as "first class" " excellent" and this unique style of language use is common in England.
小題1:
A．divided B．separatedC．partedD．broke
小題2:
A．problemsB．a(chǎn)rrangements C．reasonsD．differences
小題3:
A．developedB．gotC．createdD．made
小題4:
A．differB．separateC．sufferD．vary
小題5:
A．noisyB．rude C．nobleD．quiet
小題6:
A．recognizesB．knowsC．sees D．likes
小題7:
A．frontB．a(chǎn)bsenceC．lackD．presence
小題8:
A．look at B．find out C．tell D．keep
小題9:
A．publishingB．sellingC．readingD．showing
小題10:
A．In other words B．On the contrary
C．On the wholeD．In fact
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)dvice B．performances C．speeches D．way
小題12:
A．funnyB．greatC．seriousD．careful
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)s well as B．orC．a(chǎn)ndD．but
小題14:
A．brokenB．madeC．explainedD．followed
小題15:
A．enough B．rightC．normalD．impossible
小題16:
A．proudB．kind C．hard D．different
小題17:
A．feelingsB．talentsC．giftsD．behaviors
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)ction B．language C．time D．life
小題19:
A．speech B．mark C．beautyD．intelligence
小題20:
A．speakB．describe C．take D．treat

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:A
小題5:D
小題6:B
小題7:D
小題8:B
小題9:C
小題10:D
小題11:A
小題12:C
小題13:D
小題14:A
小題15:C
小題16:D
小題17:A
小題18:B
小題19:C
小題20:B

試題分析： 文章介紹了英國人的與眾不同，分析了原因和不同的地方有平時的行為舉止，有語言的運用。
小題1:考查動詞：A. divided分成B. separated分離和from搭配parted分手    D. broke打破，有人說這和他們與歐洲的其他部分分開有關(guān)。選B。
小題2:考查名詞： A. problems問題    B. arrangements安排 C. reasons原因  D. differences不同，無論原因是什么。選C
小題3:考查動詞： A. developed發(fā)展養(yǎng)成B. got得到C. created 創(chuàng)造D. made制作，英國人已經(jīng)養(yǎng)成了態(tài)度和習慣，選A。
小題4:考查動詞： A. differ不同 B. separate 分離C. suffer遭受D. vary 不同，英國人已經(jīng)養(yǎng)成了和其他國家不一樣的態(tài)度和習慣。選A。
小題5:考查形容詞： A. noisy 嘈雜的 rude粗魯?shù)?nbsp;  C. noble高貴的  D. quiet安靜的，shy and reserved person和quiet一致，選D。
小題6:考查動詞： A. recognizes認識  B. knows知道    C. sees 看見    D. likes喜歡，只有在非常了解的人中間才很放松。選B。
小題7:考查名詞： A. front前面          B. absence缺席        C. lack 缺乏         D. presence在場，詞組;in the presence of在…在場的時候，選D。
小題8:考查動詞： A. look at 看  B. find out 弄清C. tell 辨別    D. keep保存，你只有在早晚在城市散步，才能了解這些。選B。
小題9:考查動詞： A. publishing出版  B. selling銷售  C. reading 讀書D. showing展示，和newspaper搭配用read。選D。
小題10:考查詞組： A. In other words換句話說 On the contrary 相反 On the whole總的來說In fact事實上， 事實上，這么做對外國人來說是最不尋常的。選D
小題11:考查名詞： A. advice建議 B. performances表現(xiàn)C. speeches 演講D. way方法，從后面的suggested,可知是advice。選A。
小題12:考查形容詞： A. funny滑稽的  B. great偉大的  C. serious嚴肅的 careful仔細的，很顯然，他不是認真的。選C。
小題13:考查詞組： A. as well as并且 B. or或者，否則. And并且       D. but但是，這是不成文的但大家都懂的行為規(guī)則。選D。
小題14:考查動詞： A broken 打破     B. made 制作       C. explained解釋   D. followed跟蹤，這個規(guī)則一旦打破，就會使這個人被懷疑。選A。
小題15:考查形容詞： A. enough足夠的B. right 正確的C. normal正常的D. impossible不可能的，在時間的很多的地方，公開的展示自己的熱情，興奮這很正常。選C。
小題16:考查形容詞： A. proud 驕傲的B. kind好心的    C. hard 困難的D. different 不同的，英國人有點不同。選D。
小題17:考查名詞： A. feelings感覺       B. talents才能  C. gifts禮物        D. behaviors行為，英國人很少展示自己的情感。選A。
小題18:考查名詞： A. action 行為    B. language 語言C. time 時間    D. life生活，從后面提到的extremely beautiful,，可知是語言。選B。
小題19:考查名詞： A. speech演講 B. mark標志     C. beauty美麗       D. intelligence聰明，評價一個女孩的美麗。選C。
小題20:考查動詞： A. speak說話      B. describe 描述C. take 拿      D. treat對待，他可能描述她為extremely beautiful,。選B。
點評：本文是議論文，作者分析透徹，反映的道理深刻，從選項中可以看出，本大題主要還是考查了詞匯的辨析與運用，但更加注重綜合語言能力的運用，需要根據(jù)上下文，了解詞匯用法的同時，結(jié)合語境，做出準確的判斷。
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