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1、PeriodFour Grammar&WritingⅠ.阅读理解AItiswidelyknownthatanyEnglishconversationbeginswithTheWeather.SuchafixationwiththeweatherfindsexpressioninDr.Johnson’sfamouscommentthat“WhentwoEnglishmeet,theirfirsttalkisofweather.”ThoughJohnson’sobservationisasaccuratenowasitwasovertwohundredyearsag
2、o,mostcommentatorsfailtocomeupwithaconvincingexplanationforthisEnglishweather-speak.BillBryson,forexample,concludesthat,astheEnglishweatherisnotatallexciting,theobsessionwithitcanhardlybeunderstood.Hearguesthat“Toanoutsider,themoststrikingthingabouttheEnglishweatheristhatthereisnotve
3、rymuchofit.”Simply,thereasonisthattheunusualandunpredictableweatherisalmostunknownintheBritishIsles.JeremyPaxman,however,disagreeswithBryson,arguingthattheEnglishweatherisbynatureattractive.Brysoniswrong,hesays,becausetheEnglishpreferencefortheweatherhasnothingtodowiththenaturalpheno
4、mena.“Theinterestislessinthephenomenathemselves,butinuncertainty.”Accordingtohim,theweatherinEnglandisverychangeableanduncertainanditattractstheEnglishaswellastheoutsider.BrysonandPaxmanstandforcommonmisconceptionsabouttheweather-speakamongtheEnglish.Bothcommentators,somehow,aremissi
5、ngthepoint.TheEnglishweatherconversationisnotreallyabouttheweatheratall.Englishweather-speakisasystemofsigns,whichisdevelopedtohelpthespeakersovercomethenaturalreserveandactuallytalktoeachother.Everyoneknowsconversationsstartingwithweather-speakarenotrequestsforweatherdata.Rather,the
6、yareroutinegreetings,conversationstartersortheblank“fillers”,Inotherwords,Englishweather-speakisameansofsocialbonding.【语篇解读】 全文从英国人见面招呼最喜欢问天气引入中心,为什么英国人那么喜欢以天气为谈论话题,继而深层分析其文化根源——日常问候的方式,一种社会纽带。1.TheauthormentionsDr.Johnson’scommenttoshowthat________.A.mostcommentatorsagreewithDr.John
7、sonB.Dr.JohnsonisfamousforhisweatherobservationC.thecommentwasaccuratetwohundredyearsagoD.Englishconversationsusuallystartwiththeweather答案 D [推理判断题。题干关键词为Dr.Johnson’scomment,定位第一段。根据ItiswidelyknownthatanyEnglishconversationbeginswithTheWeather.众所周知,任何英语交流都是以天气开头。紧接着就举例说明。故选D项。]2.What
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