WeallknowthattheBritishpeoplelovetheirmanners(礼仪).Theyarepartoftheirnationalidentity(特性)aswellashavingfishandchipsandcomplainingabouttheweather.RecentlyIreadonlinethattheysaid“sorry”

　　WeallknowthattheBritishpeoplelovetheirmanners(礼仪).Theyarepartoftheirnationalidentity(特性)aswellashavingfishandchipsandcomplainingabouttheweather.RecentlyIreadonlinethattheysaid“sorry”uptoeighttimesaday.

　　AftersomeresearchIhavenotbeenabletofindanyspecificreasonswhytheyarelikethis.Isupposeforcenturiesmannersincludinghowtheybehaveattableandtalktootherpeoplehavebeenoneofthedifferencesbetweenthelowerandupperclassesandthosemannersshowtheirsocialclasses.Britainhastraditionallybeenaquiteconservative(保守的)country.Therearemanyarticlessuggestingthattheirseeminglypoliteattitudeofalwayssaying“please”and“thankyou”isquitefalse(错误的)becauseitisimpossibleforapersontoalwaysfeelthatheorshewantstothanksomeoneorsay“please”.

　　Maybeitisforthisreasonthatpeoplearegoingoneoftwoways:theyaretoopoliteandholdbacktheirfeelingsortheyarenotpoliteatallandexpresstheirtruefeelingsdirectly.SomeBritishpeoplearetiredofpretendingthattheyarealwayshappyandhavingtopleaseothers.Butsometimesbecausetheyfeeltheyhavetobepolitetheyarepreventedfromsayingwhattheytrulythink.

　　( )1.Whatdon’ttheBritishpeopleoftendo?

　　A.Eatfishandchips.

　　B.Havenoquitegoodmanners.

　　C.Bepolitetoothers.

　　D.Talkabouttheweather.

　　( )2.WhatdotheBritishpeoplesayuptoeighttimeseveryday?

　　A.Hello. B.Thankyou.

　　C.Idon’tknow. D.Sorry.

　　( )3.WhatdoesthewriterthinkarethereasonswhytheBritishpeoplearesopolite?

　　①Theupperclassesshouldhavegoodmanners.

　　②Theyhavelearnedmuchaboutpolitenessatschool.

　　③Theyliketoholdbacktheirtruefeelings.

　　④Theyarenothonestatall.

　　A.①② B.③④ C.①③ D.②④

　　( )4.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“pretending”meaninChinese?

　　A.打算 B.假装 C.想象 D.体验