The English, as a race, are very differe...

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 comment 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 common in England.

1.                A．divided         B．separated       C．parted   D．broke

2.                A．problems       B．arrangements    C．reasons   D．differences

3.                A．developed      B．got            C．created   D．made

4.                A．differ          B．separate        C．suffer    D．vary

5.                A．noisy          B．rude           C．noble    D．quiet

6.                A．recognizes      B．knows          C．sees D．likes

7.                A．front           B．absence        C．lack  D．presence

8.                A．look at         B．find out         C．tell D．keep

9.                A．publishing       B．selling          C．reading   D．showing

10.                                A．In other words   B．On the contrary

C．On the whole                     D．In fact

11.               A．advice         B．performances    C．speeches D．way

12.               A．funny          B．great          C．serious    D．careful

13.               A．as well as       B．or             C．and  D．but

14.               A．broken         B．made          C．explained  D．followed

15.               A．enough         B．right           C．normal    D．impossible

16.               A．proud          B．kind           C．hard D．different

17.               A．feelings        B．talents         C．gifts  D．behaviors

18.               A．action          B．language        C．time D．life

19.               A．speech         B．mark           C．beauty    D．intelligence

20.               A．speak          B．describe        C．take D．treat