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【It’sreallytruewhatpeoplesayaboutEnglishpoliteness:it’severywhere.Whensqueezing(挤过去)pastsomeoneinanarrowpassage,peoplesay“sorry”.Whengettingoffabus,Englishpassengerssay“thankyou”ratherthanthed】
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It’sreallytruewhatpeoplesayaboutEnglishpoliteness:it’severywhere.Whensqueezing(挤过去)pastsomeoneinanarrowpassage,peoplesay“sorry”.Whengettingoffabus,Englishpassengerssay“thankyou”ratherthanthedriver.InGermany,peoplewouldneverdreamofdoingthesethings.Afterall,squeezingpastothersissometimesunavoidable,andthebusdriverisonlydoinghisjob.Iusedtothinkthesameway,withoutquestioningit,untilIstartedtravelingtotheBritishIsles,andherearesomemorepolitewaysofinteracting(交往)withpeopleinUK.
PeoplethankeachothereverywhereinEngland,allthetime.Whenpeoplebuysomethinginashop,customerandshopassistantinmostcasesthankeachothertwiceormore.InGermany,itwouldbeexceptionaltohearmorethanonethankyouinsuchaconversation.Britishstudentsthanktheirlecturerswhenleavingtheroom.Englishemployersthanktheiremployeesfordoingtheirjobs,asoppositetoGermans,whowouldnormallythinkthatpayingtheirworkersmoneyisalreadyenough.
AnotherthingIobservedduringmystaywasthatEnglishpeoplerarelycriticize(批评)others.EvenwhenIwasworkingandmistakeswerepointedouttome,myemployersemphasizedseveraltimesbutnoneoftheirexplanationswereintendedascriticism.Ithasbeenmyimpressionthatbyavoidingcriticism,Englishpeoplearemakinganefforttomakeothersfeelcomfortable.Thisalsoisshowedinotherways.Britishmenstillopendoorsforwomen,andBritishmenaremorelikelytotreatwomentoamealthanGermanmen.However,IdoneedtopointoutherethatthisappliestoEnglishmenabitmorethanitwouldtoScottishmen!Yes,thelatterareabittightfisted.
小题1:Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsEnglishpoliteness?

A.Hethinksitisunnecessary.B.Hethinkslittleofit.
C.Heappreciatesitverymuch.D.Hethinksitgoestoofar.
小题2:Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?A.Germanmennevertreatawomantodinner.B.Theauthorthinkit’sunnecessarytosay“thankyou”tothebusdriver.C.InGermany,employersoftensay“thankyou”toemployeesfortheirjob.D.Germansthinkitisunnecessaryt

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  小题1:C小题2:D小题3:D小题4:A   
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