行为的烦恼，并请求帮助。
（1）根据第一封信的内容中的“My close friend seldom says ‘please’.”以及“I have told her a lot of times that it is polite to use ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, but she hardly remembers.”可知是Ms. Hawkins的朋友不知道如何使用“please”和“thank you”而不是Ms. Hawkins，故选错误。 （2）根据第一封信的内容中的“We have been close friends for over 10 years”可知。十多年前，霍金斯认识了她的朋友。故选正确。
（3）根据第二封信的内容中的“it seems that she ordering you to do something. So you have right（权利） to hate her behavior.”可知礼仪博士认为霍金斯女士有权讨厌她朋友的行为。故选正确。
（4）根据第二封信的内容中的“Your friend was probably never taught how to use ‘please’ or ‘thank you’ in normal conversation.”可知也许霍金斯女士的朋友在正常的谈话中不知道正确的说话方式。故选正确。
（5）根据第二封信的内容中的“Remember it is difficult to find another close friend if you lose one.”可知Dr. Manners并没有建议Ms. Hawkins和她的朋友绝交。故选错误。
【点评】考查理解判断题。审读题目，找出相关的依据。读懂短文内容再读题目，把握每一个待判定句子的含义，通过寻读法在原文中找出每一个问题相关的段落与词句，然后依据短文内容对试题所给出的句子进行是非判断。
20．阅读材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Sing a Song of People by Lois Lenski
Sing a song of people Walking fast or slow; People in the city Up and down they go. 5 People on the sidewalk, People on the bus; People passing, passing, In back and front of us. People on the subway 10 Underneath the ground. People riding taxis People with their hats on, Going in the doors; 15 People with umbrellas When it rains and pours. People in tall buildings And in stores below; Riding elevators 20 Up and down they go. People walking singly, People in a crowd; People saying nothing, People talking loud. 25 People laughing, smiling, Grumpy people too; People who just hurry Sing a song of people 30 Who like to come and go; Sing of city people You see but never ________! Round and round and round. And never look at you! （1）The poem is about a ________ city.
A. beautiful B. busy C. rainy D. small （2）In Line 21, the word \
A. alone B. fast C. slowly D. quietly （3）According to the poem, the best word for the blank is ________.
A. borrow B. throw C. know D. allow 【答案】 （1）B （2）A （3）C
【解析】【分析】（1）文章大意题。根据 on the bus ，在公交车上， People passing， 人们路过，on the subway ，在地铁上，可知这首诗是写给在忙碌城市的人们，故选B。 （2）词义辨析题。根据下两句People saying nothing,和People talking loud.，什么都不说和大声地说，可知诗上下两句话对应，意思相反，根据 in a crowd ，在人群中，可推测singly是与crowd相反的意思，alone，单独地，与crowd意思相反，符合句意，故选A。 （3）细节理解题。A 借，B 扔，C 了解，D 允许；全诗讲述了一座忙碌城市里人们的生活，这些人来来去去，但是互相不了解，C最符合，故选C。
【点评】考查阅读理解，这是一篇诗歌，首先通读全诗，掌握诗的意思，在阅读题目和选项，理解题目意思，从文章中寻找细节，确定答案。
