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Unit 5·复习预测卷
(满分100分,限时45分钟)
Ⅰ.完形填空(每小题2分,共20分)
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 polite 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 stranger for the time, they will 4 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 minutes late, they might want to be even more apologetic and say, “I'm 6 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 got close to 9 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 B.yourselves
C.ourselves D.himself
3.A.prefer B.mean C.know D.imagine
4.A stop B.leave C.finish D.start
5.A.before B.for C.of D.from
6.A.just B.only C.so D.ever
7.A.When B.Why C.How D.What
8.A.especially B.possibly C.suddenly D.hardly
9.A.same B.strange C.smart D.different
10.A.buying B.keeping
C.borrowing D.lending
Ⅱ.阅读理解(每小题3分,共30分)
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