2020天津武警考军校试题：英语考题筛选汇总（九）

Passage 9

Although I had stayed in England for over a year, it was difficult for me to understand the British mind. Traveling to the office every day by train, I watched people hiding their faces behind newspapers. They rarely talked to each other, occasionally lifting their eyebrows to look at their fellow passengers. But when I started a conversation by using the excuse of the weather, I found many have a natural gift for gossip. They would go on telling me all about themselves and their families. Sometimes I was even given their telephone numbers and asked to look them up. At first I took their invitations as they appeared. When I rang and heard the surprised tone “Who?”, I felt embarrassed and pretended I had got the wrong number.

I had to learn to say “please”, “sorry,” “thank you”, whether I felt it or not. Once while buying a ticket to Waterloo, I forgot to say “please”. The man at the counter was offended and would not give me the ticket until I had said “please”. When he handed me the ticket, he said “thank you”. As I was getting into the train, an English woman pushed me with her shoulders, and said “sorry”, and hurried inside to take the only empty seat.

On the way to the office one morning, a man collapsed in my compartment. At Waterloo, everybody left, but I stayed with him until the ambulance arrived and was an hour late getting to the office. I was told that it was not my job to look after strangers.

I found that many did not even look after their own parents who were old and helpless. In India, it is the duty of the children to look after their parents and old relatives. While serving a meal, my mother always gave food to the elderly relatives and the children first and ate whatever was left over. The elderly never felt isolated. They lived with their families and contributed to the happiness of the house.

41. What do you think the writer is mainly talking about?

A. His good experiences in England

B. Why Indians move to Great Britain

C. Some differences between the Indians and the British

D. Why he doesn’t like British people

42. How long had the writer stayed in England?

A. Just a year

B. Over a year

C. About ten months

D. Almost two years

43. What did the writer mean when he said “many have a natural gift for gossip”?

A. Many British people were born speakers.

B. Many British people were talkative.

C. Many British people were hot — tempered.

D. Many British people were talented.

44. What did the writer mean to say by giving us the examples in the second paragraph?

A. English people are very polite because they always say “thank you” or “sorry”.

B. English people enjoy teaching others lessons of politeness.

C. He had to learn to say “please”, “sorry”and “thank you”.

D. English people say polite words without sincere politeness.

45. What does the last paragraph suggest?

A. Many old people in England were lonely because they were not taken good care of.

B. Old people in India never felt isolated.

C. The writer’s mother always ate whatever was left over.

D. Lack of respecting old people was the biggest problem in England.
 

答案解析

41.【答案】C。解析：主旨题。通读全文，特别是根据最后一段中I found that many did not even look after their own parents who were old and helpless. In India, it is the duty of the children to look after their parents and old relatives. 可知作者主要是在讲英国和印度的不同，包括聊天，是否用礼貌用语，对待需要帮助的人时的态度，如何对待年老的父母等，作者讲了英国人和印度人截然不同的处理方法，故选C。

42.【答案】B。解析：细节题。根据第一段首句Although I had stayed in England for over a year...可知作者在英国生活了一年多，故选B。

43.【答案】B。解析：推断题。根据前后语境，特别是 I found many have a natural gift for gossip. They would go on telling me all about themselves and their families. 可知作者是在说，很多英国人很健谈。

44.【答案】D。解析：推断题。作者先讲到自己去买票的事，作者没有说“请”字，售票员很不高兴，感觉被冒犯了，不肯卖票，直到作者说了“请”字后才肯售票。但根据最后一句话As I was getting into the train, an English woman pushed me with her shoulders, and said “sorry”, and hurried inside to take the only empty seat. 可知，英国人嘴上说着礼貌用语，但行动上的表现并非如此。故答案为D。

45.【答案】A。解析：推断题。根据最后一段首句I found that many did not even look after their own parents who were old and helpless. In India, it is the duty of the children to look after their parents and old relatives. 可知与印度的老人相比，英国的老人因为没有子女的照顾而感到孤独无助，故答案选A。