One silly question I simply can't understand is "How do you feel?" Usually the question I asked of a man's action－a man on the go, walking along the street or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He'll probably say," Fine, I'm all right," but you've put a bug in his ear. ——Maybe now he's not sure. If you are a good friend, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk, that he overlooked(忽略)that morning. It starts him worrying a little. First thing you know, he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else. "How do you feel?"
Every question has its time and place. It's perfectly acceptable, for example, to ask "How do you feel?" if you're visiting a close friend in hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying take a train, or sitting at his desk working, it's no time to ask him that silly question.
When George Bernard Shaw, the famous writer of plays, was in his eighties, someone asked him, "How do you feel?" Shaw put him in his place. "When you reach my age," he said, "either you feel all right or you're dead."
1.According to the writer, greetings such as "how do you feel"_______.
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A．show one's consideration for others. |
B．are a good way to make friends |
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C．are proper to ask a man in action |
D．generally make one feel uneasy. |
2.The question "How do you feel" seems to be correct and suitable when asked of________.
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A．a man working at his desk. |
B．a person having lost a close friend. |
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C．a stranger who looks worried. |
D．a friend who is ill. |
3.The writer seems to feel that a busy man should _______.
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A．be praised for his efforts. |
B．never be asked any question. |
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C．not be bothered(烦扰). |
D．be discouraged from working so hard. |
4.You've put a bug in his ear means that you've ________.
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A．made him laugh. |
B．shown concern for him |
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C．made fun of him |
D． given him some kind of warning. |
Mrs. Green, including her husband and three children, lived in a city, 41_was very near the countryside. She worked 42 a teacher and gave music lessons at a school. Of course she was fond of. 43__. Mrs. Green had a good voice and she 44 her classes exciting. But she had a 45 point. Some of her notes (音调) were so high that they sounded like a door which needed 46 . In order to improve her notes, she took 47 chance that she could find to practise.
As her house was not big, she couldn't practise 48__ in it. So she usually left home, walking and singing 49 the country road. She practised her high notes 50 walking. However, each time she heard a person or a car 51 along the road, she 52 singing. She did not want her high notes to be 53 , for she was shy.
One afternoon a fast open car came up to her so 54 and so fast that she didn't 55 it until the car was only a few meters. She was practising some of her 56 and most difficult notes at that time. As the car passed by, she saw a 57 expression come over the driver's face. He stopped suddenly to 58 all the tires (轮胎) carefully.
Mrs. Green felt it shy to tell the driver what the 59 he had heard really was. The driver found 60 wrong, got back into the car and drove off.
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She couldn’t ______ her words _______ by the students.
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A．get…understanding |
B．get…understood |
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C．get… to understand |
D．make…understand |
—I wonder if she will show up at the concert .
----She will . She is only too _______to watch the famous director.
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A．anxious |
B．proud |
C．interested |
D．satisfied |
--- Have you ___________ him to give up the job?
---Yes, I have. But he doesn’t listen to me.
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A．persuaded |
B．suggested |
C．advised |
D．agreed |
That little boy has some trouble _______ in public.
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A．to speak |
B．speak |
C．speaks |
D．speaking |
