话题三 文化差异
Cloze 7(2015抚顺改编)
说“对不起”
Few words are spoken more often every day on the streets of Britain than “I’m sorry”. This sentence has become 1 common that it has had a lot of meanings.
Sorry means to apologize(道歉). It’s 2 to understand. We learn it both as a mother language speaker and as a 3 . But in Britain, it has another meaning. It is a cultural expression. 4 this situation: a man walks down the street, looking down at his phone. A woman is walking in the opposite direction, towards the man. She sees him, 5 she can’t get out of the way in time. The man walks 6 the woman. Who should say sorry? Naturally, the man should say sorry, because he isn’t looking at 7 he is going. Yet in Britain, it is common for both to apologize.
It is 8 that British people, like most people, do not enjoy conflict(冲突). So to calm(使镇定) the situation soon, British people will apologize to 9 ．
Sometimes it may sound funny to hear “sorry”. In Britain, sorry doesn’t always mean 10 what you think. Some of my friends say it at restaurants, as they ask the waiter, “Sorry, but can I order another drink？” It is not to apologize, but just to express that we need the waiter.
1. A. very B. such C. so
2. A. easy B. difficult C. different 3. A. neighbor B. writer C. foreigner 4. A. Explain B. Imagine C. Say 5. A. as B. so C. but 6. A. behind B. into C. around 7. A. where B. when C. why 8. A. taught B. tested C. known 9. A. another B. any other C. each other 10. A. finally B. especially C. exactly
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【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了在不同情境下表达“对不起”时其意思也有所不同。
1. C 【解析】考查副词的用法。句意：这个句子______普遍以至于它有多种意思。very非常，修饰形容词或副词；such如此，修饰名词，其固定结构为such...that“如此??以至??”；so如此，修饰形容词或副词，其固定结构为so...that。分析句子结构知，本句含有so/such...that结构，排除A；空后common为形容词，只能由so修饰。故选C。
2. A 【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。easy容易的；difficult困难的；different不同的。根据上句“对不起意思是道歉”可知，作为道歉这个意思应该是很容易理解的。故选A。
3. C 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意：不仅作为本土人还是作为______，我们都学习它。neighbor邻居；writer作家；foreigner外国人。比照本句前一部分a mother language speaker(说母语的人)可知，这里应指外国人。故选C。
4. B 【解析】考查动词词义辨析。 explain解释；imagine想象；say说。根据后半句“一个人正走在街上，看着手机”知，这里是用一个设想中的情景来说明“sorry”另外一种含义。故选B。
5. C 【解析】考查连词词义辨析。as由于；so因此；but但是。理解前后句意：她看见他，________她没有及时让路。由此知，前后分句之间具有“转折”关系。故选C。
6. B 【解析】考查介词词义辨析。behind在??之后；into进入；around在周围。根据上句“这位女士没有及时让路”可推知，这位男士撞上了这位女士。walk into“碰上” ，为固定短语。故选B。
7. A 【解析】考查宾语从句中从属连词辨析。where在??地方；when当??时候；why为什么。因为他没有看他行走的地方，所以他得说对不起。故选A。
8. C 【解析】考查动词词义辨析。taught教；tested测试；known知道。根据后半句“英国人，像大部分人一样，不喜欢冲突”知，这种行为应是众所周知的。故选C。
9. C 【解析】考查代词词义辨析。another另外一个；any other任何其他；each other互相。根据上文“Yet in Britain, it’s common for both to apologize.”知，当事双方为了平息这种尴尬处境，英国人将会互相道歉。故选C。
10. C 【解析】考查副词词义辨析。finally最后；especially特别地；exactly确切地。联系语境知，在英国，对不起并不总是确切地指你想的(那种道歉)的意思，(而是谦让的一种表现)。故选C。
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