Question

     What are the basic elements of good manners？Certainly a strong sense of justice is one. Courtesy （礼貌）is often  16   more than a highly developed sense of fair play. A friend of mine once told me of  17 along a one－lane (单行道)，unpaved(未铺好的)－mountain road.  18   was another car that produced clouds of choking  19  ，and it was a long way to the nearest   20   highway. Suddenly，at a   21   place，the car ahead pulled off the road.   22   that its owner might have engine trouble，my friend stopped and asked if anything was wrong. “  23  . ”said the other driver，“But you’ve endured my dust this far，I’ll  24  with yours the rest of the way. ”

    Another element of courtesy is empathy（善解人意），a  25   that enables a person to see into the mind or heart of someone else，to understand the pain or   26   there and to do something to minimize（使最小）it. A man  27  alone in a restaurant was trying to unscrew（旋松，旋下）the cap of a beer bottle，  28  he couldn’t do it because of badly injured  29  . He asked a young busboy to help him. The boy took the bottle，turned his back  30  and loosened the cap without difficulty. Then he  31  it again. Turning back to the man，he  32  to make great efforts to open the bottle without success.   33  he took it into the kitchen and returned shortly，saying that he had managed to loosen it，but only with a pair of pliers（钳子）.

Yet another component（组成部分）of politeness is the ability to treat all people  34  ，regardless of all status or importance.   35  when you have doubts about some people，act as if they are worthy of your best manners，you may also be astonished to find out that they really are.

Courtesy is the key to a happier world.

 

16. A. nothing	B. anything	C. something	D. nobody
17. A. walking	B. running	C. riding	D. driving
18. A. Behind	B. Ahead	C. After	D. Before
19. A. dust	B. smoke	C. gases	D. pollution
20. A. opened	B. taken	C. paved	D. built
21. A. easier	B. wider	C. narrower	D. bigger
22. A. Hoping	B. Seeing	C. Expecting	D. Thinking
23. A. Yes	B. Sure	C. No	D. OK
24. A. do away	B. catch up	C. put up	D. go on
25. A. technique	B. way	C. behavior	D. quality
26. A. unhappiness	B. joy	C. feeling	D. thought
27. A. dining	B. singing	C. working	D. shopping
28. A. so	B. but	C. instead	D. however
29. A. legs	B. arms	C. fingers	D. ears
30. A. slowly	B. happily	C. momentarily	D. secretly
31. A. loosened	B. opened	C. hid	D. tightened
32. A. seemed	B. pretended	C. managed	D. happened
33. A. Luckily	B. Finally	C. Happily	D. Sadly
34. A. alike	B. friendly	C. warmly	D. nicely
35. A. Ever	B. Specially	C. Especially	D. Even

Answer 1

16―20 ADBAC          21―25 BDCCD           26―30 AABCC           31―35 DBBAD