Question

  Do you remember a time when people were a little nicer,a little softer with 1       ? I 2        do,and I feel that much of the world has got away from that. I see such a 3       in New York City,for example,from when I first moved here more than 20 years ago ：people rushing into lifts without giving those 4       a chance to get 5        first,never saying thank you when others 6       a door open for them,or please when they want a classmate to hand 7        something. We get lazy,and we think that something like a simple 8        you doesn't really matter. But in fact it can matter much. It is that no matter how 9        we dress,how beautifully we decorate our homes,or how lovely our dinner 10        are,we can't be really stylish (漂亮的) without good manners (舉止) .

  In fact,I think of good 11        as a kind of hidden beauty secret. Haven't you noticed that the kindest,most generous people seem to keep 12        more beautiful? They become Cary Grant or Lauren Bacall right 13        our eyes. It's 14       how that happens,but it does.

  Take the longlost art of saying thank you. Like wearing a little lipstick (口紅) or making sure your hair is neat,getting into the habit (習慣) of saying thank you can make you feel better about yourself,and then you look better to 15        around you.

(   ) 1. A. the other   B. each other   C. others   D. another

(   ) 2. A. course   B. sure   C. certain   D. certainly

(   ) 3. A. difficulty   B. difficult   C. different   D. difference

(   ) 4. A. inside   B. outside   C. in   D. out

(   ) 5. A. off   B. on   C. out   D. onto

(   ) 6. A. hold   B. take   C. put   D. place

(   ) 7. A. me   B. them   C. us   D. you

(   ) 8. A. to thank   B. thanking   C. thank   D. thanks

(   ) 9. A. fine   B. good   C. nicely   D. nice

(   ) 10. A. parties   B. party   C. evenings   D. evening

(   ) 11. A. ways   B. manners   C. manner   D. way

(   ) 12. A. got   B. to get   C. get   D. getting

(   ) 13. A. before   B. under   C. below   D. behind

(   ) 14. A. a funny   B. a fun   C. funny   D. fun

(   ) 15. A. no one   B. someone   C. everyone   D. anyone

Answer 1

1. B each other是"互相"的意思，這句意思是"人們之間互相友善，溫和"。

2. D certainly作副詞，等于surely和of course。

3. D such a后接名詞，difference表示"差異"，"不同"。

4. A inside作后置定語，修飾those,意思是"里面的那些人"。

5. A get off的意思是"下電梯"。全句意思是說"涌進電梯的人不給機會讓里面的人先出來"。

6. A hold the door open意思是"為某人頂著門(好讓某人先過去) "。

7. B 這個賓格人稱代詞要與主語they—致。

8. C thank you這里作名詞詞組用，意思是"謝謝你"。

9. C dress作不及物動詞，表示"穿著"，接副詞表程度。

10. A party指"宴會"。這里用復數形式，指類別。

11. B manners指習慣舉止態度等(復數形式) ， good manners意為"有禮貌"

12. D keep后接v,ing+sth ,意思是"一直干某事"。

13. A before our eyes意思是"在我們面前"，"在我們的眼皮底下"。

14. C fun是不可數名詞，意為"樂趣"，funny是形容詞，意思是"好笑的"。

15. C 對每個人而言。