Question

   Most people don't notice I'm polite,which is the point. I am big and look less energetic. Still,every year or so,someone takes me aside and says,wYou actually are polite,aren’t you?” I'm always thrilled. They noticed. That's the thing. When we talk about politeness,we usually think of please; thank you; I like your hat; etc. AW we need to do is to hear,not to notice.

   When I was in high school,I read etiquette manuals (手冊) . No one noticed my politeness except for one kid. He yelled at me about it. aIt's strange that you are always so polite,” he said. I took that as praise and made a note to hide my politeness further. Real politeness,I reasoned,was invisible(看不見的) . It adapted itself to the situation.

   Politeness leaves doors open. V ve met so many people whom,if I had trusted my first impressions,I would never have wanted to meet again. Yet many of them are now great friends. One of those people is my wife. On our first date,she told me at length that she had an operation to remove a cyst (瘤) from her body. This is a cyst with hair and teeth. Of course,it killed the chemistry. But when I walked her home,I told her I'd had a great time. We talked a little after that. I kept everything pleasant and brief. Much later,I learned that she’d been having a very bad day in a very bad year.

   People silently suffer from all kinds of terrible things. The good thing about politeness is you can regard these people exactly the same and wait to see what happens. You don't have to have an opinion. You don't need to make a judgment.

   Last week,my two-year-old son,Abraham met a foreign woman in the playground. Out of curiosity,I suppose,he asked, “What's your name?” The woman told him. Then he put out his little hand and said, “Nice to meet you!” Everyone laughed and he smiled. He shared with her his firmest handshake,like I taught him.

28. Many people don't think the author is polite at first because he doesn't .

   A. look polite

   B. say polite words

   C. listen to others politely

   D. behave politely towards strangers

29. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

   A. The author's good manners.

   B. The author's strange behavior.

   C. The author always making notes.

   D. The author reading etiquette manuals.

30. The author writes Paragraph 3 to show that politeness can .

   A. keep everything pleasant

   B. help people make friends

   C. be good for people's health

   D. give people second chances

31. What's the author's attitude towards his son's behavior?

   A. Embarrassed. B. Surprised.

   C. Satisfied. D. Curious.

Answer 1

28. A 29. A 30. D 31. C

(人際關(guān)系)

本文是議論文。作者討論了什么是真正的禮貌.

28. A.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的Iara big and look less energetic可推測，作者的外貌導(dǎo)致很多 人一開始都認(rèn)為作者不是個懂禮貌的人。

29. A.篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題。根據(jù)劃線詞后的It's strange that you are always so polite 可知，朋友受'不了作 者一直都很有禮貌,所以沖他喊叫。故此處的it 指代的是作者的禮貌。

30. D.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的Politeness leaves doors open以及作者和妻子的第一次約

會并不美好，但他們最終喜結(jié)連理可知，禮貌能 讓人們擁有第二次機(jī)會。

31. C.觀點態(tài)度題。根據(jù)最后一段中的He shared with her his firmest handshake,like I taught him 可知，兒子在待人接物時能按照作者教的去 做。因此，作者應(yīng)該是對兒子的表現(xiàn)很滿意。