"Howareyou?"isanicequestion.It'safriendlywaythatpeopleintheUSAgreeteachother.But"Howareyou?"isalsoaveryunusualquestion.It'saquestionthatoftendoesn'tneedananswer.Thepersonwhoasks"Howareyou?"hopesto

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"How are you?" is a nice question. It's a friendly way that people in the USA greet each other. But "How are you?" is also a very unusual question. It's a question that often doesn't need an answer. The person who asks "How are you?" hopes to hear the answer "Fine" even if the person's friend isn't fine. The reason is that "How are you?" isn't really a question and "Fine" isn't really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying "Hello" or "Hi".

Sometimes people don't say exactly what they mean. For example when someone asks "Do you agree?" the other person might think "No I disagree. I think you're wrong..."But it isn't very polite to disagree so strongly so the other person might say "I'm not sure." It's a nicer way to say that you don't agree with someone.

People don't say exactly what they are thinking when they want to finish talking with other people. For example many talks over the phone finish when one person says "I've to go now." Often the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse: "Someone's at the door." "Something is burning on the stove. "The excuses might be real or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more but it isn't polite to say that. The excuse is more polite and it doesn't hurt the other person.

Whether they are greeting each other talking about an idea or finishing a talk people don't say exactly what they are thinking. It's an important way that people try to be nice to each other and it's part of the game of language.

1.When a person in America asks "How are you?" he or she wants to hear" ________ "

A．How are you? B．Hello.

C．I don't know. D．Fine.

2.When a person disagrees with someone it is polite to say"_________ "

A．You are wrong. I disagree. B．I'm not sure.

C．I'm sure I disagree. D．I don’t agree with you.

3.A polite way to finish a talk is to say"__________"

A．You have to go now.

B．I want to hang up.

C．I have to go now.

D．I don't want to talk any more.

4. When a person says "I've got to go now. Someone's at the door." the person may be_______.

A．giving an excuse

B．hurting someone's feelings

C．talking to a person at the door

D．going to another place

5.The rule of the game of language is probably____________ .

A．"Always say what you mean"

B．"Don't disagree with people."

C．"Never say exactly what you're thinking."

D．"Be polite."

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

分 析：
这篇文章主要讲述了日常生活中人们在沟通时要有礼貌，例如朋友见面时的“你好吗？”是一种礼貌的问候；在不同意别人的观点时要尽量委婉；在想挂电话时通常会找一个理由，而不是直接表达出自己的想法。

1.D 细节理解题。根据文章描述The person who asks "How are you?" hopes to hear the answer "Fine" even if the person's friend isn't fine.当一个人问“你好吗？”，他希望听到的答案是“很好”，甚至可能他的朋友并不怎么好。故此题选D。

2.B 细节理解题。根据文章描述But it isn't very polite to disagree so strongly so the other person might say "I'm not sure."但是坚决地不同意别人是不礼貌的，所以另外一个人可能会说“我不确定”。故此题选B。

3.C细节理解题。根据文章描述 People don't say exactly what they are thinking when they want to finish talking with other people. For example many talks over the phone finish when one person says "I've to go now."当人们想结束一段对话时通常不直接表达出他们的想法。例如，很多人在结束电话时通常会说“我必须得走了。从而得知这种表达方式是礼貌的，故选C。

4.A细节理解题。根据文章描述 Often the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse: "Someone's at the door."通常来说，如果一个人想挂电话了通常会给出一个借口，例如“有人在敲门“，故此题选A。

5.D判断推理题。根据文章描述 It's an important way that people try to be nice to each other and it's part of the game of language.对别人友善是一个重要的方式，而且这也是语言策略的一部分。从而可判断语言的一条规则是对别人友善，故此题选D。

考点：
日常生活类短文阅读。

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分析：
考点1：日常生活类

日常生活类阅读理

    阅读能力是中学生学习英语应具备的一种基本能力。学习英语的一个重要目的在于获取信息。通过阅读这一重要手段，我们可以大量地获取知识，拓展知识面，还可以增强语感，培养敏捷的思维能力。

阅读理解也是各地中考试题的必考题型之一，在中考试题中占有较大比例，主要考查学生通过文字获取信息的能力。在中考中，阅读的篇数一般是三到四篇，选材范围越来越广，除故事、幽默、人物轶事外，科普性文章也多了起来。体裁也趋于多样化，有记叙文、说明文、应用文等。还要求学生能理解及解释图表多提供的简单信息等。三四篇短文中有的难度跨度较大，以便拉开档次，体现选拔功能。并且扩大了选材范围，主要考查考生阅读所给材料，理解其中词语、句子或片段含义的能力。有时涉及对全文意思和篇章结构的理解，对一些问题作出推理和判断。阅读理解的考核中包括了对词汇、语法等语言知识的考查，要求学生具备一定的背景知识、各种常识、科普知识和一定的分析及逻辑推理能力；要求学生具有归纳段落大意、中心思想的能力。测试的方向由时间、地点、身份、人物等一些细节问题，改为测试对全文整体意义的理解程度；由考查短文的表层现象改为考对文章深层含义的理解和逻辑推断能力。另外，任务型阅读形式灵活多样，内容丰富多彩，联系实际，易考查学生的灵活运用能力和对语言的综合运用能力。在中考中占30-40分。

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