【正文】 ecause of their problems or feeling regret because you39。ve done something wrong. Usually, when you want to ask a stranger a question, you 6 with Sorry to disturb you. In this situation, we aren39。t saying sorry because we feel sad for that person or because we feel regret. So what does sorry really mean? Well, in the British 7 , saying sorry is a way to be polite, especially to people who you don39。t know very well. It39。s also a very 8 way to get what you want. 9 , an actor asked different people on a rainy day if he could use their mobile phones. When he asked one group of strangers without apologizing first, he was only 9 per cent successful in borrowing their phones. 10 , when he apologized to another group about the bad weather before asking if he could use their mobile phones, he was 47 per cent successful. So maybe saying sorry is not just being polite, but it is also a good method to get what you want too!1. A. WhenB. WhetherC. BeforeD. Though2. A. activitiesB. conversationsC. mannersD. discussions3. A. meanB. enjoyC. acceptD. use4. A. tellB. faceC. remindD. greet5. A. developedB. appearedC. improvedD. changed6. A. startB. leadC. replyD. go7. A. historyB. traditionC. cultureD. habit8. A. safeB. cleverC. braveD. true9. A. FinallyB. UsuallyC. MostlyD. Recently10. A. OtherwiseB. HoweverC. InsteadD. Moreover【答案】 （1）B；（2）C；（3）A；（4）D；（5）D；（6）A；（7）C；（8）B；（9）D；（10）B； 【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章分析了對(duì)不起這種禮貌用語(yǔ)在英國(guó)的普遍性，并分析了它在不同場(chǎng)合不同的意義。利用這種禮貌用語(yǔ)也是達(dá)成自己目標(biāo)的一種匆忙的做法。 （1）連詞辨析。句意：不管我們是為提問(wèn)道歉，還是為我們的壞天氣道歉，還是在別人面前打噴嚏（打噴嚏），我們都可能是道歉的頭號(hào)國(guó)家。A. 當(dāng)……時(shí)候；B. 是否；是……，或者……，不管；C. 在……之前；D. 雖然。 盡管。 即使。根據(jù)下文的 or 推斷出應(yīng)填寫(xiě)一個(gè)表示“選擇”的關(guān)系詞，此空是表示兩種情況都真實(shí)是……（還是），或者……（或者），不管…（還是）的意思whether...or...，是……還是……，固定搭配，故選B。 （2）名詞辨析。句意：我們?yōu)樽约涸诠矆?chǎng)合的禮貌而自豪。A. 活動(dòng)；B. 對(duì)話；C. 禮儀，方法。 舉止。 態(tài)度；D. 討論。根據(jù)空前our polite可知，可知后面是行為，舉止，故選C。 （3）動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：因此，我們經(jīng)常使用“對(duì)不起”這個(gè)詞，即使我們不是真的有意的！A. 有……的目的，表示……的意思， 意思是，意味著；B. 享受；C. 接受；D. 使用。 根據(jù)空前don39。t really可知，此空的意思是有意，此空故填mean，故選A。 （4）動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：如果你約會(huì)遲到了五分鐘，你通常會(huì)說(shuō)“對(duì)不起，我遲到了！”給人打招呼。 A. 告訴B. 面對(duì)C. 提醒D. 和（某人）打招呼（或問(wèn)好）。歡迎。迎接。（以某種方式）對(duì)……作出反應(yīng)，問(wèn)候。根據(jù)句意可知，此空是和（某人）打招呼（或問(wèn)好），問(wèn)候的意思，此空故填greet，故選D。 （5）動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：我們?cè)诤芏嗖煌那闆r下使用“對(duì)不起”這個(gè)詞，這個(gè)詞的意思隨著時(shí)間的推移略有變化。A. 發(fā)展；B. 出現(xiàn)；C. 改善；D. 改變，變化。使不同。（使）變換。根據(jù) We use the word sorry in so many different situations可知，在不同的情況下，詞意是是變化，改變的意思，故選D。 （6）動(dòng)詞辨析。句意：通常，當(dāng)你想問(wèn)陌生人一個(gè)問(wèn)題時(shí)，你會(huì)從“抱歉打擾你”開(kāi)始。A. 開(kāi)始；B. 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)；C. 回復(fù)；D. 去。根據(jù)固定短語(yǔ)start with以…開(kāi)始。固定短語(yǔ)，故選A。 （7）名詞辨析。句意：在英國(guó)文化中，說(shuō)“對(duì)不起”是一種禮貌的方式，尤其是對(duì)那些你不太了解的人。A. 歷史；B. 傳統(tǒng)；C. 文化；D. 習(xí)慣。根據(jù)tradition 和 culture，tradition 更多指的是元宵節(jié)鬧花燈，過(guò)年吃團(tuán)圓 飯，圣誕節(jié)裝飾圣誕樹(shù)等約定俗成的傳統(tǒng)；culture 則是不同的文化，會(huì)造成不同人的習(xí)慣或行為方式。可知，此處指文化故選C。 （8）形容詞辨析。句意：這也是一個(gè)非常聰明的方法來(lái)得到你想要的。A. 安全的；B. 聰明的；C. 勇敢的；D. 真實(shí)的。根據(jù)空前a和空后clever可知，此空應(yīng)填形容詞，根據(jù)句意可知，方法，方式用“聰明的”來(lái)修飾，故選B。 （9）副詞辨析。句意：最近一個(gè)演員在雨天問(wèn)不同的人是否可以使用他們的手機(jī)。A. 最后；B. 通常；C. 大部分；D. 不久前， 最近。根據(jù)后文開(kāi)始講一個(gè)演員做一個(gè)社會(huì)調(diào)查的故事，可知此處是時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)，指在某個(gè)時(shí)候做的這件事，故選D。 （10）副詞辨析。句意：然而，當(dāng)他在詢問(wèn)是否可以使用他們的手機(jī)之前就惡劣天氣向另一組人道歉時(shí)，他成功了47%。A. 否則；B. （與形容詞或副詞連用）無(wú)論到什么程度，不管多么；不管怎樣；無(wú)論如何；然而，不過(guò)，但是；C. 代替；D. 此外。根據(jù)上句When he asked one group of strangers without apologizing first, he was only 9 per cent successful in borrowing their phones. 可知，此空表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，并且在句首，此空故填However，故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】此題考查完形填空。 通讀全文，了解大意。 解析命題中的邏輯推理、上下文及情景語(yǔ)境方面的內(nèi)容起著決定性作用。 因此在做完形填空的時(shí)候一定要一氣呵成去讀短文，不要中斷思路。在通讀全文，了解大意的基礎(chǔ)上開(kāi)始答題。答題時(shí)要根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容和要求，結(jié)合短文的主題思想，對(duì)空缺句子作合乎邏輯的推理。要弄清空缺詞句的確切含義，并對(duì)每一個(gè)空白的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)進(jìn)行認(rèn)真分析，反復(fù)推敲。推斷答案。 最后一次閱讀全文也是檢查所選擇的答案是否能夠保證短文的意思完整、語(yǔ)義合理、語(yǔ)法正確的關(guān)鍵步驟。8．閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 One afternoon in June, Maggie was driving back to her house. Her sheepdog, Patches, was sitting in the back with 1 head out of the window to help it cool down. 2 , Maggie heard a loud noise and she began to lose control of the car. Then the 3 crashed into a tree. Maggie opened her eyes and looked around to 4 that her dog was all right. Then she felt a great pain in her left leg. And she realized that the car was filled with thick black smoke. She pushed the car door open and tried to get out, but her trousers were caught in 5 . That39。s when Patches proved （證明是） to be a 6 dog hero. It started biting her trousers until Maggie could pull her leg. Unluckily, that wasn39。t enough because Maggie 7 couldn39。t move. Patches grabbed（抓?。?her jacket with its teeth and bravely pulled her out of the car. She 8 to the ground, but Patches kept pulling until it made Maggie far away from the car. After a while, the car blew up （爆炸）. Finally, the emergency services 9 and they took Maggie to a hospital. Maggie is very proud of Patches. She says that she wouldn39。t be here today to tell his 10 if there were no her brave dog. 1. A. herB. itsC. my2. A. FinallyB. CertainlyC. Suddenly3. A. dogB. carC. house4. A. depend onB. think aboutC. make sure5. A. somethingB. anythingC. everything6. A. richB. luckyC. real7. A. stillB. onlyC. hardly8. A. fellB. jumpedC. led9. A. stoppedB. arrivedC. left10. A. jokeB. problemC. story【答案】 （1）B；（2）C；（3）B；（4）C；（5）A；（6）C；（7）A；（8）A；（9）B；（10）C； 【解析】【分析】這篇短文講述的是Maggie在開(kāi)車(chē)回家的路上出了交通事故，是她的狗救了她。 （1）句意：她的牧羊犬Patches坐在后面，它的頭伸出了窗外來(lái)涼快。her她的；its它的；my我的。根據(jù)句中Her sheepdog, Patches…可知，這句話說(shuō)的是Maggie的狗，故選B。 （2）句意：突然Maggie聽(tīng)到了一聲巨響，她開(kāi)始失去了對(duì)車(chē)的控制。Finally最后；Certainly當(dāng)然；Suddenly突然。根據(jù)上文One afternoon in June, Maggie was driving back to her house可知，Maggie正在開(kāi)車(chē)，而空后是a loud noise，故應(yīng)表示突然…，故選C。 （3）句意：然后車(chē)撞到了一棵樹(shù)上。dog狗；car汽車(chē)；house房子。根據(jù)上文…and she began to lose control of the car. 可知，Maggie失去了對(duì)汽車(chē)的控制，所以是車(chē)撞到樹(shù)上。故選B。 （4）句意：Maggie睜開(kāi)眼，向四周看，確保她的狗沒(méi)事。depend on依靠，取決于；think about考慮，想起；make sure確保。根據(jù)空后…h(huán)er dog was all right可知，Maggie先看看她的狗是不是沒(méi)事強(qiáng)調(diào)在意，故是確保，故選C。 （5）句意：她推開(kāi)車(chē)門(mén)，想下車(chē)，但是褲子被什么東西夾住了。something某事；某物，用于肯定句；anything任何事，常用于否定句或疑問(wèn)句中；everything每件事。根據(jù)Maggie的褲子被某個(gè)東西夾住了，這是一個(gè)肯定句，故選A。 （6）句意：那個(gè)時(shí)候Patches 被證明是一個(gè)真正的狗英雄。rich富有的；lucky幸運(yùn)的；real真正的。根據(jù)下文It started biting her trousers until Maggie could pull her leg. Unluckily, that wasn39。t enough because Maggie ___7___ couldn39。t