Question

In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”, small talk means little things we talk about at the ____41____of a conversation. In English-speaking countries, people often make small talk about the _____42_____: Nice day, isn’t it?” “Terrible weather, isn’t it?” But there is ______43_____special about small talk. It must be about something ______44_____ people have the same idea about. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. People usually agree about the weather, so it is a ______45_____ topic for small talk. The topics for small talk also depend on _____46____ the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are _____47_____. “Great game, isn’t it?” At bus stops, people may say: “The bus service is terrible, isn’t it?”

Greetings and small talk are _____48_____ important part of conversation in any language. The way people greet each other and the things they talk about, however, may be _____49_____from one language to another. This___50_____that there is much more to learn when we learn a language than just the vocabulary and the grammar of the language. We also have to learn the social behavior (社會行為) of the people who speak it.

1.A.front B. endC. start

2.A. weather B. datesC. colors

3.A. nothing B. anythingC. something

4.A. all B. bothC. every

5.A. cheapB. dangerousC. safe

6.A. whereB. whenC. how

7.A. seeingB. looking atC. watching

8.A. the B. an C. a

9.A. the same B. difficult C. different

10.A. soundsB. showsC. looks

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了在西方文化中，經(jīng)常用small talk來開始一段對話，而且對話的內(nèi)容的選擇也是有一定講究的。

1.考查名詞與語境理解。A.front前面；B. end結(jié)束； C. start開始，句意：閑聊時在對話開始之前談?wù)摰男∈虑椤８鶕?jù)句意此題選C。

2.考查名詞與語境理解。A. weather天氣； B. dates日期； C. colors 顏色，句意：人們經(jīng)常閑聊天氣。根據(jù)句意及上下文此題選A。

3.考查不定代詞與語境理解。A.nothing沒什么；B.anything任何事情；C.something一些事情，句意：在閑聊中有些事情也很特別。根據(jù)句意及上下文此題選C。

4.考查代詞與語境理解。A. all所有； B. both兩者都；C. every每一，句意：它必須是一些雙方談話的人都有共同話題的事情。根據(jù)句意“兩者都”是both，故選B。

5.考查形容詞與語境理解。A. cheap便宜的；B.dangerous危險的；C.safe安全的，句意：因此這是閑聊是一個安全的話題。根據(jù)句意此題選C。

6.考查疑問詞與語境理解。A. where哪兒；B. when何時；C. how怎么，句意：閑聊的話題也已在哪兒談話而定。根據(jù)句意此題選A。

7.考查動詞與語境理解。A. seeing看，強(qiáng)調(diào)結(jié)果；B。looking at 看，強(qiáng)調(diào)動作；C.watching一般這看電視或看比賽，句意：在足球比賽時人們閑聊他們正在看的比賽。根據(jù)句意此題選C。

8.考查冠詞與語境理解。句意：在任何語言中打招呼和閑聊都是談話重要的一部分。根據(jù)句意此空是泛指，important又以元音開頭，所以用不定冠詞an，故選B。

9.考查形容詞詞與語境理解。A. the same相同的； B. difficult困難的；C.different 不同的，句意：然而一種語言和另一種語言有所不同，根據(jù)句意及上下文此題選C。

10.考查動詞與語境理解。A. sounds聽起來；B. shows展示，說明；C.ooks看起來，句意：這說明在學(xué)習(xí)一門語言是比單純學(xué)習(xí)詞匯和語法有更多的東西要學(xué)，根據(jù)句意此題選B。

考點(diǎn)：政治經(jīng)濟(jì)文化類