Question

Manners nowadays in metropolitan cities like London are practically non-existence, it’s nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her.

This question of giving up seats in public transport is much argued by young men, who say that, since women have claimed equality, they no longer deserve to be treated with courtesy 禮貌、謙讓) and that those who go out to work should take their turn in the rat race like anyone else. Women have never claimed to be physically as strong as men. Even if it is not agreed, however, that young men should stand up for younger women, the fact remains that courtesy should be shown to the old, the sick and the burdened. Are we really so lost to all ideals of unselfishness that we can sit there indifferently reading the paper or a book, saying to ourselves “First come, first severed”, while a grey-haired woman, a mother with a young child stands? Yet this is all too often seen.?

Older people, tired and quick-tempered from a day's work, are not angels, either-far from it. Many a brisk argument or an insulting quarrel breaks out as the weary queues push and shove each other to get on buses and tubes. One cannot commend this, of course, but on does feel there is just a little more excuse.?

If cities are to remain pleasant places to live in at all, however, it seems imperative（迫切的）, not only that communications in transport should be improved, but also that communication between human beings should be kept smooth and polite. All over cities, it seems that people are too tired and too rushed to be polite. Shop assistant's won't bother to assist, taxi drivers growl at each other as they dash dangerously round corners, bus conductors pull the bell before their desperate passengers have had time to get on or off the bus, and so on and so on. It seems to us that it is up to the young and strong to do their small part to stop such deterioration（惡化）.?

What is the writer's opinion concerning courteous manners towards women??

A. Since women have claimed equality, they no longer need to be treated differently from men.?

B. It is generally considered old-fashioned for young men to give up their seats to young women.?

C. "Lady First" should be universally practiced.?

D. Special consideration ought to be shown to them.?

According to the passage communication between human beings would not be smoother unless ________.

A．people were more considerate towards each other?

B. people were not so tired and quick-tempered?

C. women were treated with more courtesy?

D. public transport could be improved.?

The author probably does NOT agree that in big cities _______.

       A. Life will be even worse if no change is made

       B. transport conditions are rather poor

       C. it’s not uncommon to see people quarrel in public places

       D. it’s unreasonable to require the tired people to be polite

The main purpose of the author is to ________.

       A. call on people in big cities to pay more attention to politeness

       B. blame the schoolboys’ rude behavior towards elderly women on the tube or bus

       C. criticize the fast pace of city life

       D. tell young men to give their seats to elderly people

How could you describe the tone of this passage?           

A. acceptable                                     B. opponent

C. negative                                        D. encouraging

Answer 1

【小題1】D

【小題2】A

【小題3】D

【小題4】A

【小題5】D

解析:

本篇為議論文，談論的是大城市人們?nèi)狈ΧY貌，道德標準下降的問題。文章第一句就指出了大都市里禮貌幾乎蕩然無存了。第二、三、四段則詳細論述了這種情況。最后作者呼吁人們應該做點什么使人們的交往和諧客氣一些，不要讓城市居住環(huán)境繼續(xù)惡化。

【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。第二段第一句說很多年輕男子認為既然女性已經(jīng)要求平等，出來工作了，在公共場合就不應再受到特別的禮遇。第二句就說女性從來沒有宣稱她們和男人一樣強壯。而接下來文章又提到還是應該對那些年老的，病弱的和負重的人禮貌，可知作者是不同意那些年輕人的觀點的。本題易誤選B。

【小題2】 細節(jié)理解題。文章最后一段講到人們之間的交往應該和諧客氣，但是人們似乎都太疲乏太匆忙以致無法禮貌些。后面列舉了些例子。由最后一段第二句可知B不對；C只是人們禮貌的一部分，不全面；交通狀況不好并不能作為借口，所以D也不對。

【小題3】 細節(jié)理解題。作者在倒數(shù)第二段中說大人們一天工作后，又累又煩，在擠公車時很容易就發(fā)生爭執(zhí)，甚至吵架，但是在倒數(shù)第三段中又說到交通狀況很差，但是不應作為不禮貌的借口。由此可知B、C都是作者同意的；最后一段第一句表明了A也是作者所同意的觀點。

【小題4】 主旨大意題。文章第一句就指出大都市里禮貌幾乎蕩然無存了。然后列舉種種狀況。文章最后作者希望那些年輕力壯的人盡他們的小職責來阻止這種惡化。通讀全文可知作者的目的還是在呼吁大城市里的人們更注意禮貌。B、C偏離了原文主旨；D不全面。

【小題5】 態(tài)度判斷題。由文末的點睛之筆可知作者的最終態(tài)度仍是從正面激勵人們?nèi)ヌ岣呱鐣�道德意識。