We all know that the British people love their manners (礼仪). They are part of their national identity (特性), as well as having fish and chips and complaining about the weather. Recently I read online that they said “sorry” up to eight times a day.

After some research I have not been able to find any specific reasons why they are like this. I suppose, for centuries, manners, including how they behave at table and talk to other people have been one of the differences between the lower and upper classes and those manners show their social classes. Britain has traditionally been a quite conservative (保守的) country. There are many articles suggesting that their seemingly polite attitude of always saying “please” and “thank you” is quite false (错误的) because it is impossible for a person to always feel that he or she wants to thank someone or say “please”.

Maybe it is for this reason that people are going one of two ways: they are too polite and hold back their feelings or they are not polite at all and express their true feelings directly. Some British people are tired of pretending that they are always happy and having to please others. But sometimes because they feel they have to be polite, they are prevented from saying what they truly think.

(   )1. What don’t the British people often do?

       A. Eat fish and chips.  

       B. Have no quite good manners.

       C. Be polite to others.  

       D. Talk about the weather.

(   )2. What do the British people say up to eight times every day?

       A. Hello.                    B. Thank you.

       C. I don’t know.        D. Sorry.

(   )3. What does the writer think are the reasons why the British people are so polite?

       ① The upper classes should have good manners.

       ② They have learned much about politeness at school.

       ③ They like to hold back their true feelings.

       ④ They are not honest at all.

       A. ①②       B. ③④       C. ①③       D. ②④

(   )4. What does the underlined word “pretending” mean in Chinese?

       A. 打算       B. 假装       C. 想象      D. 体验


阅读理解

The size and shape(外形)of your ears show your character(性格)more than any other part of the face. Other parts of the face change shapes as we get older,but ears do not change their shapes. They only change in size.

Reading people’s character from their ears is a very old science. In the past people thought that a person’s ears with colour was dangerous. They also thought that the shape of the ears showed if a person was musical or not. Today,too many people believe that the size and shape of the ears help you know if a person is musical.

Ears are all different,and each different thing has a meaning. Next time you look at a person,see if his or her ears are large,medium-size,or small. Look at the lobes(耳垂). Do they stick to the face? Ears that are always red mean that a person may get angry easily. Ears that are always cold and nearly white colour mean that a person has a nervous(神经质)character.

1. When a baby is born, .

A.his / her ears are red

B.his / her ears will not change all the life

C.his / her ears will not change in shape

D.he / she will get large ears

2. Reading people’s character from their ears is .

A.only for music B.an old idea

C.very new D.a good way to talk with othersw

3. When one’s ears are red,it means .

A.he is a kind man B.he is very happy

C.he may get angry easily D.he drinks too much

4.If you look at someone’s ears,the right way is .

A.to look at his face,ears and nose

B.to look at the size,colour,and shape

C.to look at his mouth,eyes and nose

D.to look at the hair,eyes and colour

5. Which may be the best title of the article?

A.Looking at a person in the right way. B.Ears and colours.

C.The change of ears. D.Ears and characters.

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