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1、语言与学习一、阅读理解（共20小题；共40分）ABritishpeoplehavealwaysbeengoodatsaying"I'msorry".Theyusedtobesogoodatitthattheywouldapologize(道歉)forthingsthatweren'teventheirfault.However,theBritishseemtobelosingtouchwiththeirart.AccordingtoanewbookbyBritishwriterMaxDavidson,insteadofsaying"I'm

2、sorry"whentheydosomethingwrong,Britishpeopleprefertochoosetheirwordscarefully.Inthisbook,Sorry—TheHardestWordandHowtoUseIt,Davidsonwritesaboutanumberofrecentapologies.OneexampleisofBritishtelevisionhostJeremyClarkson.HedescribedGordonBrown,theUKprimeminister(首相),as"aone-e

3、yedScottishidiot(笨蛋)".(Brownisblindinhislefteye)Clarksonwasforcedtoapologize.Hesaid,"Intheheatofthemoment,Imadearemark(评论)abouttheprimeminister.NowIapologizeofreflection."Davidsonsaystheapologywasjust"goingthroughthemotions(做表面文章)".Clarksonisnottheonlyone.Thebestexamplema

4、ycomefromtheUKMP(议员)TessaJowell.Shesaidpublicly,"Ifyoufeelourgovernmentfallsshortofwhatyouexpect,thenIsaysorryforthat."Jowellsaid"sorry".Butsheisactuallysayingit'snotthegovernment'sfaultbutthevoters'faultforexpectingtoomuchfromthegovernment.Perhapsthosepeoplewithinfluence

5、feeltheymaylosetoomuchbyapologizing.Butasateenager,wouldyoureallywanttoloseaclosefriend,justbecauseyoucouldn'tsaysomethingassimpleas,"I'msorry"?Thatwouldbehardtoforgive.1.Whowastheimproperdescription"aone-eyedScottishidiot"usedtodescribe?A.MaxDavidson.B.JeremyClarkson.C.G

6、ordonBrown.D.TessaJowell.2.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinthesecondparagraphmean?A.TheBritisharestillgoodatapologizing.B.TheBritishliketosaysorryforeverythingtheyhavedone.C.TheBritishsay"I'msorry"inadifferentwaynow.D.TheBritishlosetoomuchbysaying"sorry".3.Whowrotethebookc

7、alledSorry—TheHardestWordandHowtoUseIt?8A.MaxDavidson.B.JeremyClarkson.C.GordonBrown.D.TessaJowell.4.HowwasClarkson'sapologyaccordingtothestory?A.Sincere.B.Friendly.C.Rude.D.Untrue.5.Whatdoesthestorymainlytellus?A.Britishpeopleusedtobepoliteandkind.B.Britishpeopleliketogo

8、throughthemotions.C.Britishpeoplechoosetheirwordscarefullytoapologizenow.D.Britishpeopleareexpec