单选题
One silly question I simply can't stand is "How do
you feel?" Usually the question is asked of a man in action--a man on the
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 that morning. It starts
him worrying a little. Every question has its time and place.
It's perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask" How do you feel?" if you are
visiting a close friend in the hospital. 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 are dead."
单选题
According to the writer, greetings such as "How do you feel?" _____
A. show one's consideration for others
B. are a good way to make friends
C. are proper to ask a man in action
D. generally make one feel uneasy
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】第一段五、六句，作者都在讲述，不分场合地用How do you feel 来与他人打招呼，会使对方感到忧虑和不安，所以D正确。
单选题
"You've put a bug in his ear" means that you've _____.
A. made him laugh
B. shown concern for him
C. made fun of him
D. given him some kind of warning
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】考查对put a bug in one's ear的理解，意为“事先警告某人”，与D项 given him some kind of warning一致。
单选题
The question "How do you feel?" seems to be correct and suitable when
asked of _____.
A. a man working at his desk
B. a person having lost a close friend
C. a friend who has fallen ill
D. a stranger who looks somewhat worried
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】细节题。第二段中的第一、二句指出，在看望一位住院的好朋友时，用此招呼是非常适宜的。
单选题
George Bernard Shaw's reply to this question shows his _____.
A. cheerfulness
B. humor
C. ability
D. politeness
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】态度题。文章最后一段，80岁著名剧作家萧伯纳对 How do you feel的问话的回答是：当你到了我这个年龄时，要么觉得很好，要么早已死去了。从中可以看出萧伯纳的幽默。