The English, as a race, are very different from all other nationalities, including their closest neighbors, the French, Belgians and Dutch. It is claimed (声言) that living on an island 36 from the rest of Europe has much to do with it. Whatever the 37 are, it may be fairly stated that the Englishman has 38 many attitudes and habits which make them 39 from other nationalities.
Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a 40 , shy and reserved person who is fully relaxed only among people he 41 well. In the 42 of strangers or foreigners he often seems embarrassed. You have only to walk around a city any morning or evening to 43 the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit 44 their newspapers or have a light sleep in a corner with no one speaking. 45 , to do so would seem most unusual to many foreigners. An Englishman pretending to be giving 46 to overseas visitors, once suggested, “On entering a railway carriage, shake hands with all the passengers”. Obviously , he was not being 47 . There is an unwritten 48 clearly understood code (规则) of behaviour which, if 49 , makes the person immediately suspect(怀疑).
In many parts of the world it is quite 50 to show openly their enthusiasm, emotion, excitement, etc. The Englishman is somewhat 51 . Of course, an Englishman lacks no deep feelings, in fact , no less deeply than any other nationality, but he tends to display his 52 far less. This is reflected in his use of 53 . Imagine a man making a ment on the great 54 of a young girl. A more emotional man might 55 her as “extremely beautiful,” “precious”, however, an Englishman might just say, “Um, she is all right.” The girl who heard this should not be angry because not bad and all right very often have the same meaning as first class excellent and this unique style of language use is mon in England.
【小题1】A．divided B．separatedC．partedD．broke【小题2】A．problemsB．arrangements C．reasonsD．differences【小题3】A．developedB．gotC．createdD．made【小题4】A．differB．separateC．sufferD．vary【小题5】A．noisyB．rude C．nobleD．quiet【小题6】A．recognizesB．knowsC．sees D．likes【小题7】A．frontB．absenceC．lackD．presence【小题8】A．look at B．find out C．tell D．keep【小题9】A．publishingB．sellingC．readingD．showing【小题10】A．In other words B．On the contraryC．On the wholeD．In fact【小题11】A．advice B．performances C．speeches D．way【小题12】A．funnyB．greatC．seriousD．careful【小题13】A．as well as B．orC．andD．but【小题14】A．brokenB．madeC．explainedD．followed【小题15】A．enough B．rightC．normalD．impossible【小题16】A．proudB．kind C．hard D．different【小题17】A．feelingsB．talentsC．giftsD．behaviors【小题18】A．action B．language C．time D．life【小题19】A．speech B．mark C．beautyD．intelligence【小题20】A．speakB．describe C．take D．treatB
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解析： 文章介绍了英国人的与众不同，分析了原因和不同的地方有平时的行为举止，有语言的运用。
【小题1】考查动词：A. divided分成B. separated分离和from搭配parted分手 D. broke打破，有人说这和他们与欧洲的其他部分分开有关。选B。
【小题2】考查名词： A. problems问题 B. arrangements安排 C. reasons原因 D. differences不同，无论原因是什么。选C
【小题3】考查动词： A. developed发展养成B. got得到C. created 创造D. made制作，英国人已经养成了态度和习惯，选A。
【小题4】考查动词： A. differ不同 B. separate 分离C. suffer遭受D. vary 不同，英国人已经养成了和其他国家不一样的态度和习惯。选A。
【小题5】考查形容词： A. noisy 嘈杂的 rude粗鲁的 C. noble高贵的 D. quiet安静的，shy and reserved person和quiet一致，选D。
【小题6】考查动词： A. recognizes认识 B. knows知道 C. sees 看见 D. likes喜欢，只有在非常了解的人中间才很放松。选B。
【小题7】考查名词： A. front前面 B. absence缺席 C. lack 缺乏 D. presence在场，词组;in the presence of在…在场的时候，选D。
【小题8】考查动词： A. look at 看 B. find out 弄清C. tell 辨别 D. keep保存，你只有在早晚在城市散步，才能了解这些。选B。
【小题9】考查动词： A. publishing出版 B. selling销售 C. reading 读书D. showing展示，和newspaper搭配用read。选D。
【小题10】考查词组： A. In other words换句话说 On the contrary 相反 On the whole总的来说In fact事实上， 事实上，这么做对外国人来说是最不寻常的。选D
【小题11】考查名词： A. advice建议 B. performances表现C. speeches 演讲D. way方法，从后面的suggested,可知是advice。选A。
【小题12】考查形容词： A. funny滑稽的 B. great伟大的 C. serious严肃的 careful仔细的，很显然，他不是认真的。选C。
【小题13】考查词组： A. as well as并且 B. or或者，否则. And并且 D. but但是，这是不成文的但大家都懂的行为规则。选D。
【小题14】考查动词： A broken 打破 B. made 制作 C. explained解释 D. followed跟踪，这个规则一旦打破，就会使这个人被怀疑。选A。
【小题15】考查形容词： A. enough足够的B. right 正确的C. normal正常的D. impossible不可能的，在时间的很多的地方，公开的展示自己的热情，兴奋这很正常。选C。
【小题16】考查形容词： A. proud 骄傲的B. kind好心的 C. hard 困难的D. different 不同的，英国人有点不同。选D。
【小题17】考查名词： A. feelings感觉 B. talents才能 C. gifts礼物 D. behaviors行为，英国人很少展示自己的情感。选A。
【小题18】考查名词： A. action 行为 B. language 语言C. time 时间 D. life生活，从后面提到的extremely beautiful,，可知是语言。选B。
【小题19】考查名词： A. speech演讲 B. mark标志 C. beauty美丽 D. intelligence聪明，评价一个女孩的美丽。选C。
【小题20】考查动词： A. speak说话 B. describe 描述C. take 拿 D. treat对待，他可能描述她为extremely beautiful,。选B。