完型填空练与析

Every Chinese-language textbook starts out with the standard phrases for greeting people; but as an American, I always found myself __1__ to speak freely when it came to seeing guests off at the door. Just a good-bye would not do, yet that was all I had ever learned from the __2__ books. So I would smile and nod, bowing like a Japanese and searching madly for words that would __3__ over the visitor's leaving and make them feel they would be __4__ to come again. In my unease, I often hid behind the skirts of my Chinese husband's kindness.

Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrases that __5__ relationships and sent people off not only successfully but also skillfully.

__6__ for the Chinese includes a lot of necessary habitual practice. Although as a __7__ , I'm not expected to observe or even know all the rules, I've had to learn the expressions of politeness and __8__ at a leave-taking.

The Chinese feel they __9__ see a guest off to the farthest possible point-down the flight of stairs to the street below or perhaps all the way to the __10__ bus stop. I've sometimes waited half an hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, __11__ he's gone to the bus stop and waited for the __12__ bus to arrive.

That's very well, but when I'm the guest being seen off, my protests are always __13__. My hostess or host, or both, insists on __14__ me down the stairs and well on my way, with my repeating the "Don't __15__ to see me off at the every landing". If I try to go fast to __16__ them from following, they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me. Better to accept the inevitable (不可避免的事).

Besides, that's going against Chinese __17__ , because haste (doing things quickly) is to be avoided. What do you say when you __18__ someone? Not "Farewell or Godspeed (祝福)", __19__"Go slowly". To the Chinese it means "Take care" or "Watch your __20__ ", or some such caution(谨慎), but translated literally (字面上地) it means "Go slowly".

1. A. easy B. difficult C. unable D. effective

2. A. useful B. terrible C. priceless D. proper

3. A. smooth B. talk C. calm D. take

4. A. content B. ready C. welcome D. eager

5. A. speeded B. broke C. destroyed D. eased

6. A. Parting B. Leaving C. Separating D. Interviewing

7. A. wife B. guest C. hostess D. foreigner

8. A. protest B. refuse C. explain D. state

9. A. can B. will C. may D. must

10. A. farthest B. nearest C. easiest D. shortest

11. A. although B. unless C. if D. since

12. A. fastest B. first C. next D. last

13. A. effective B. unnecessary C. useless D. troublesome

14. A. leading B. seeing C. inviting D. pushing

15. A. trouble B. have C. decide D. walk

16. A. protect B. keep C. discourage D. dismiss

17. A. rule B. custom C. design D. opinion

18. A. meet with B. talk with C. part from D. call on

19. A. and B. or C. but D. even

20. A. foot B. health C. shoe D. step

【答案与解析】

1. C。该空逻辑主语为myself,因此不能填difficult,不是我难说,而是我不会说。2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D。 ease relationships的意思是"润滑人际关系"。6. A。parting意为"分手,告别"。 7. D 8. A。该空表婉言拒绝客人送行,应填protest,第13空前面的protests是一个验证。9. D 10. B 11. D 。since表原因。12. C 13. C 14. B。 本文主题就是围绕给朋友送行展开的。15. A。Don't trouble to do sth. 意为"不必麻烦去做某事"。16. B。keep sb. doing sth. 意为"阻止某人做某事"。 17. B 18. C。part from sb. 意为"与某人分手"。19. C。not...but..."不是......而是......"。20. D。watch one's step意为"留心脚下;谨慎小心"。