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【题目】Good manners play an important part in keeping peace and goodwill (友好) in a community. A man with good manners doesn’t hurt other’s feelings, and therefore he’s on good terms with everyone .In this way he helped to keep peace in society.

But a man with bad manners has no respect for others He uses words carelessly and behaves rudely towards others and causes a lot of unpleasantness. In the end, he himself will suffer most. Everyone will avoid him and he will be forced to live a lonely life.

To live well in society, money alone is not enough. We should also have good manners, for it’s human nature to seek friendship; and friendship cannot be bought with money. Friendship has to be earned through our own attitude towards others. If we are kind to others, they will be kind to us, and kindness is essential to good manners .Bad manners drive away friends as well as our own family members.

A man with god manners has many friends. He commands the respect of all those who come into contact with him. He doesn’t talk ill about others. Even when he’s provoked, he tries his best not to offend others. He has sympathy for the weak and the disabled.

There are, however, many people who behave so well outside their homes that they are respected and admired by everyone. But in their own homes they are worse than the devil. Such people cannot be said to have good manners. It doesn’t take long for others to discover this.

If one’s manners are good, one behaves well everywhere, even when one is away from the critical eyes of others. It is therefore essential to have good manners.

【1】The greatest benefit that people with good manners bring to society is .

A. peace B. joy

C. respect D. friendship

【2】The underlined word “provoked” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “ ”.

A. got tired B. proved friendly

C. made angry D. left alone

【3】People with good manners do the following EXCEPT that .

A. they behave well even when they are alone or away from the public eyes.

B. they try their best not to talk ill about others only in public.

C. they are kind towards others and bring a lot of joy to them.

D. they respect the weak and are sympathetic towards the disabled.

【4】We can infer from the text that for people only behaving well outside their homes, .

A. they will still be respected by people outside.

B. it is difficult to say whether they have good manners or not.

C. they can keep friends but will drive away family members.

D. they only pretend to be friendly

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】本文介绍了什么是有礼貌，什么是没有礼貌，以及二者的区别；告诉人们一定要做一个有礼貌的人，既有利于他人，又有利于自己。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句In this way he helped to keep peace in society.可知有礼貌的人对每一个人都会很好，这样的话他就会有助于保持社会的和谐，故答案为A。

【2】词义猜测题。首先理解这个词所在的这句话Even when he’s provoked, he tries his best not to offend others.来理解：即使当他被（），他也会尽最大的努力不去冒犯他人。再结合4个选项的意思，疲劳；友好；生气；不烦扰；逐一进行代入，发现C项代入进去，意思为即使当他被激怒，他也会尽最大的努力不去冒犯他人。完全符合句意，故答案为C。

【3】细节理解题。根据第四段He doesn’t talk ill about others.可知有礼貌的人不会说别人的坏话，无论在什么情况下都是，并不是仅仅在公共场合，故B项的表述错误。

【4】推理判断题。Genuine倒数第二段的描述，那些只在外面有礼貌的人而在家里他们比恶魔还坏，这样的人也是没有礼貌的，他们只是假装有礼貌，时间一长，人们肯定会知道的，故选项D的表述是正确的。