单选题
Visitors to Britain may find the best place to 28 local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly hostelries can be minefields of potential gaffes for the uninitiated. An anthropologist and a team of researchers have 29 some of the arcane rituals of British pubs—starting with the difficulty of getting a drink. Most pubs have no 30 —you have to go to the bar to buy drinks. A group of Italian youths waiting 45 minutes before they realized they would have to 31 their own. This may sound inconvenient, but there is a hidden purpose. Pub culture is designed to promote 32 in a society known for its reserve. Standing at the bar for service allows you to chat with others waiting to be served. The bar counter is possibly the only site in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered entirely 33 and really quite normal behaviour. 'If you haven't been to a pub, you haven't been to Britain.' This tip can be found in a booklet, Passport to the Pub: The Tourists' Guide to Pub Etiquette, a customer's 34 of conduct for those wanting to sample 'a central part of British life and culture'. The trouble is that if you do not 35 the local rules, the experience may fall flat. For example, if you are in a big group, it is best if only one or two people go to buy the drinks. Nothing 36 the regular customers and bar staff more than a gang of strangers 37 all access to the bar while they chat and dither about what to order. A. fetch B. offensive C. code D. blocking E. ingratiate F. sociability G. break H. unveiled I. sample J. irritates K. follow L. overturned M. appropriate N. waiters O. responsibility
问答题
【正确答案】I
【答案解析】空前是find the best place to,空后是名词local culture,故此处应填一动词,文章主要讲了英国酒吧与英国文化之间的密切关系,由此可推知,传统英国酒吧是最能领略当地文化的地方,I项sample意为“抽样调查,用样品来检验”,在此,以英国酒吧为样品来调查英国文化,符合句意。因此选择sample“抽样调查”。
【答案解析】空前是is considered entirely,空后是连词and,则此处应填一个形容词。该段提到,“酒吧文化的设计是为了促进社会交往”,而且该句后半部分提到“和陌生人亲切地交谈被认为是正常行为”,因此可推知:和陌生人亲切地交谈被认为是完全适宜的,M项appropriate意为“合适的,恰当的”,符合句意。因此选择appropriate“合适的,恰当的”。
【答案解析】空前是do not,空后是名词the local rules,则此处应填一个动词,该句后半句意为“你将会一无所获”,很显然,这种结果是由非正面的原因引起的,由此可知“如果你不遵守当地习俗,你将会一无所获”。K项follow意为“跟随,遵守”,符合句意。因此选择follow“跟随,遵守”。
问答题
【正确答案】J
【答案解析】空前是名词Nothing,空后是名词the regular customers and bar staff,故此处应填一个动词,前一句提到“你们若是团体前往,那最好是一个或两个人前去买酒”。而后半句讲到“一大伙人一边聊着,一边又优柔寡断不知喝什么酒好,把通往吧台的路给堵住”。综合这些信息可知,酒吧常客和酒保一定会对这种行为感到愤怒。J项irritates意为“激怒”,符合句意。因此选择irritates“激怒”。