中考英语备考话题阅读冲刺练习：文化习俗与节假日活动（含答案）

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1、中考备考阅读话题练习：语言与学习一、阅读理解（共20小题；共40分）ABritishpeoplehavealwaysbeengoodatsayingT'msorry11.Theyusedtobesogoodatitthattheywouldapologize（道歉）forthingsthatweren^eventheirfaull.However,theBritishseemtobelosingtouchwiththeirart.AccordingtoanewbookbyBritishwriterMaxDavidson,i

2、nsteadofsaying°Tmsorry”whentheydosomethingwrong,Britishpeopleprefertochoosetheirwordscarefully・Inthisbook,Sorry一TheHardestWordandHowtoUseIt.Davidsonwritesaboutanumberofrecentapologies.OneexampleisofBritishtelevisionhostJeremyClarkson.HedescribedGordonBrown,theUKpr

3、imeminister（首相）,asnaone-eyedScottishidiot（笨蛋）"•（Brownisblindinhislefteye）Clarksonwasforcedtoapologize・Hesaid,"Intheheatofthemoment,Imadearemark（评论）abouttheprimeminister.NowIapologizeofreflection/1DavidsonsaystheapologywasjustHgoingthroughthemotions（做表面文章）Clarksoni

4、snottheonlyone.ThebestexamplemaycomefromtheUKMP（议员）TessaJowelLShesaidpublicly,"Ifyoufeelourgovernmentfallsshortofwhatyouexpect,thenIsaysorryforthat/1Jowellsaid"sorry”.Butsheisactuallysayingitsnotthegovernmenfsfaultbutthevoters1faultforexpectingtoomuchfromthegovern

5、ment.Perhapsthosepeoplewithinfluencefeeltheymaylosetoomuchbyapologizing.Butasateenager,wouldyoureallywanttoloseaclosefriend,justbecauseyoucouldn'tsaysomethingassimpleasJTmsorryH?Thatwouldbehardtoforgive.1.Whowastheimproperdescriptionnaone-eyedScottishidiot'1usedto

6、describe?C・GordonBrown.D・TessaJowell.2・Whatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinthesecondparagraphmean?A.TheBritisharestillgoodatapologizing・B.TheBritishliketosaysorryforeverythingtheyhavedone.C.TheBritishsay'Tmsorryninadifferentwaynow・D.TheBritishlosetoomuchbysayingHsorryn

7、.3.WhowrotethebookcalledSony—TheHardestWordandHowtoUseItlA・MaxDavidson.B.JeremyClarkson・C.GordonBrown.D.TessaJowelL4.HowwasClarkson'sapologyaccordingtothestory?A.Sincere.B.Friendly・C.Rude.D・Untrue.5.Whatdoesthestorymainlytellus?A.Britishpeopleusedtobepoliteandkind

8、.B.Britishpeopleliketogothroughthemotions.C・Britishpeoplechoosetheirwordscarefullytoapologizenow・D.Britishpeopleareexpectingtoomuchfromthegovernment.BSi