“How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly way for Americans to greet each other. But “ How are you?”is also a very unusual question. It often doesn’t need an answer. The person who asks” How are you?” hopes to hear the answer“Fine”even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. In fact, they are not really a question or an answer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello”or“Hi”.

Sometimes people also don’t say exactly what they mean, For example, when someone asks “ Do you agree?”the other person might think,“No,I disagree. I think you’re wrong.” But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say,“ I’m afraid …”It’s a nicer way to disagree.

People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many phone talks finish when one person says” I have to go now.” Often, the person who wants to finish the phone call gives an excuse,” Someone’s at the door.” The excuse might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to finish the phone call simply doesn’t want to talk anymore, but it isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt the other person.

When they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, thinking of finishing a talk, people don’t say exactly what they are thinking about. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it is part of the game of language.

1.“How are you?”is another way of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.

2.It is polite to say” No,I disagree. I think you are wrong” if you don’t agree with others.

3.When someone says” I have to go now” on the phone, it means he wants to go on talking.

4.“Someone is at the door ”may be an excuse for finishing a phone call.

5.Sometimes, people don’t say exactly what they are thinking about just because they try to be nice to each other.

This was an unforgettable and wonderful experience. It happened about three years ago and it has had a effect on me. I would like to show respect (尊敬) here for the two men I do not know but whose actions gave a new to the words — kind and generous.

I was walking down a busy street on a cold, windy day in early . A homeless man, probably about 60 and without wearing any shoes, was begging for change on a street corner.

A BMW car stopped on the other side of the street and a man who was well dressed stepped out of the car. He was probably about years old.He was wearing a blue business suit with a deep red silk tie. He walked the street and over to the homeless man. Without saying anything, he first gave him a lot of and then he sat down and took off his leather gloves (手套), beautiful black leather shoes and his black dress socks. Then he them to the homeless man. The homeless man took them and stared (凝视) with a(n) mouth.

As he drove off, I can't thinking that it was probably the first time he had pressed(踩) the pedal (踏板) of that top-brand BMW car with a bare (光的) foot! I stood there and the looks of appeared on my face and the homeless man’s.

Two men of about the same age very different lives had met and the one who was in materials had offered than his shoes. He had left this BMW car and down from his high position. He held up the other man when he offered respect, and real generosity.

1.A. strong B. bad C. light D. slow

2.A. opinion B. idea C. meaning D. suggestion

3.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter

4.A. forty B. fifty C. sixty D. seventy

5.A. on B. across C. through D. above

6.A. money B. water C. sand D. clothes

7.A. posted B. handed C. dropped D. threw

8.A. closed B. full C. open D. Empty

9.A. stand B. remember C. forget D. stop

10.A. excitement B. surprise C. sadness D. loneliness

11.A. but B. or C. and D. before

12.A. successful B. careful C. useful D. helpful

13.A. rather B. more C. other D. better

14.A. broken B. fell C. stepped D. rushed

15.A. help B. shoes C. gloves D. kindness

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