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“Haveaniceday!”maybeapleasantgestureorameaninglessexpression.WhenmyfriendMaxiesays‘haveaniceday’withasmile,Iknowshesincerelycaresaboutwhathappenstome.Ifeellovedandsecuresinceanotherpersoncaresaboutmeandwishesmewell.
‘Haveaniceday,next!’thisversionoftheexpressionisspokenbyasalesgirlatthesupermarketwhoisrushingmeandmygroceriesoutthedoor.Thewordscomeoutinthesametonewithafixedprocedure.Theyarespokenatme,nottome.Obviously,theconcernformydayandeveryoneelse’sisthemanagement’sattempttoincreasebusiness.
Theexpressionisoneofthosebehaviorsthathelppeoplegetalongwitheachother.Sometimesinindicatestheendofameeting.Assoonasyouhearit,youknowthemeetingisatanend.Sometimestheexpressionssaveuswhenwedon’tknowwhattosay.‘Oh,youjusthadatoothout?Iamterriblesorry,buthaveaniceday.’
Theexpressioncanbepleasant.Ifastrangersays‘haveaniceday’toyou,youmayfinditheart-warmingbecausesomeoneyoudon’tknowhastriedtobenicetoyou.
Althoughtheuseoftheexpressionisaninsincere,meaninglesssocialcustomattimes,thereisnothingwrongwiththesentenceexceptthatit’salittleuninteresting.Thesalesgirl,thewaitress,theteacher,andallthecountlessotherswhospeakitwithoutthinkingmaynotreallycareaboutmyday.Butinastrangeandcomfortableway.It’snicetoknowtheycareenoughtopretendtheycarewhentheirreallydon’tcareallthatmuch.Whiletheexpressionmaynotoftenbesincere,it’salwaysspoken.Thepointisthatpeoplesayitallthetimewhentheylike.
26.HowdoestheauthorunderstandMaxi’swords?
A.Maxieshowsheranxietytotheauthor.
B.Maxiereallywishestheauthoragoodday.
C.Maxieencouragestheauthortostayhappy.
D.Maxiereallyworriesabouttheauthor’ssecurity.
27.WhatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph2mean?
A.Thesalesgirlisrude.
B.Thesalesgirlisbored.
C.Thesalesgirlcaresaboutme.
D.Thesalesgirlsaysthewordsasaroutine.
28.Bysaying“Haveaniceday,”astrangermay_____.
A.trytobepolitetoyou
B.expressrespecttoyou
C.givehisblessingtoyou
D.sharehispleasurewithyou
29.Accordingtothelastparagraph,peoplesay“Haveaniceday”_______.
A.sincerely
B.asthanks
C.asahabit
D.encouragingly
30.Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?
A.HaveaNiceDay—aSocialCustom
B.HaveaNiceDay—aPleasantGesture
C.HaveaNiceDay—aHeart-warmingGreeting
D.HaveaNiceDay—aPoliteEndingofaConversation
阅读理解
A26-30BDACB