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Unit 10 Section B(3a~Self Check)
一、单项选择。
1.Mom, could you help me ______ my toy car? I can't ______ it anywhere!
A.look for; find B.find; look for C.look; find out D.look for; find out
2.— What do you think of the weather here?
— I ______ hate it, but now I ______ it.
A.used to; used to B.am used to; am used to
C.am used to; used to D.used to; am used to
3.The film Dying to Survive is well worth ______.
A.seeing B.being seen C.to see D.to be seen
4.— We're all here ______ Henry. Where's he?
— He's gone to the library.
A.beside B.besides C.except D.instead
二、完形填空。
British people are famous for apologizing (道歉) in almost every situation. Whether they are apologizing for asking a question, for the bad weather or __1__ they sneezed (打喷嚏), they are probably the number-one nation for apologies.
British people take pride in __2__ on their good manners towards one another in public. As a result,they often use the word “sorry”—even when they don't really __3__ it! Usually,if they want to ask a(n) __4__ for the time, they will start by saying “Sorry to trouble you.” If they're five minutes late __5__ an appointment (约会),they will generally greet the person by saying “Sorry, I'm late! ” If they're 15 __6__ late, they might want to be even more apologetic and say, “I'm so sorry I'm late! ”
__7__ do British people use “sorry” so much? Well, in the British culture, saying “sorry” is a way to be polite, __8__ to people whom they don't know very well. It's also a very smart way to get what they want. In recent research, an actor __9__ different strangers on a rainy day to ask if he could use their mobile phones. When he walked to one group of strangers and asked them without apologizing first, he was only 9 percent successful in __10__ their phones. However, when he apologized to another group of strangers about the bad weather before asking, he was 47 percent successful.
1.A.until B.although C.unless D.because
2.A.themselves