单选题
Directions:This part is to test your reading ability.There are five tasks for you to fulfill.Youshould read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed．
TASK 1
Directions:After reading the following passage,you will find five questions or unfinshedstatements numbered from 36 to 40.For each question or statement there are four choicesmarkted A,B,C and D.You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter onthe Answer Sheet with a single line through the center．
In China,when you meet a friend in the street,you would say,"Where are you going?"or"Have you eaten yet?"But in England people don't do that.In fact,if you ask an English person these questions,he might think that is his business,not yours.And the common saying"Mindyour own business."will come naturally to his mind．
Now what do people say in England when they meet?They generally talk about the weather.They might say,"Lovely weather,isn't it?"or"It is a bit colder than yesterday,isn't it?"On another day they might look up at the sky and say,"Look like rain,doesn't it?"or"Terrible weather!"or all sorts of things like that．
You may wonder why everybody talks about the weather in England.The reason is very simple:Britain is a very small island country,and in a country like that the weather changes very often and very quickly.Even on a sunny day many people go out and carry an umbrella orraincoat with them."Just to be on the safe side,"they say．
单选题 In China,when people meet their friends in the street,they usually ask"Where are yougoing?"because______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 常识题。文中并没有解释到原因。但根据我们中国人的生活习惯和思维方式，多数情况下，问话人并不十分关心听话人要去哪里或是否真的吃了饭，而只是一种礼貌的招呼罢了。
单选题 If a Chinese ask an Englishman this question"Have you eaten?",the Englishman might______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。由第一段后两句可得出答案。选项中短语“has nothing to do with”表示“与……无关”。
单选题 When people in England meet with each other,they usually talk about______．
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。由第二段句子“They generally talk about the weather.”可直接得出答案。
单选题 In Britain everybody talks about the weather because______．
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。由最后一段第二句“The reason is very simple:Britain is a veiy smallisland country,and in a country like that the weather changes very often and very quickly.”(原因很简单英国是个非常小的岛国，在这样一个国家里，天气经常改变并且变得很快。)可得出答案。
单选题 The weather changes very often in Britain because______．
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。同39题。