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Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is ful
Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is ful
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Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully【C1】______ only among people he knows well.
In the presence of strangers or foreigners he often seems inhibited,【C2】______ embarrassed. You have only to【C3】 ______ a commuter train any morning or evening to see the truth of this.
Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a corner; no one speaks. In fact, to do so would seem most usual.【C4】______ , there is here an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which,【C5】______ broken, makes the person immediately the object of【C6】______
It is a well-known fact that the English have a【C7】______ for the discussion of their weather and that, given half a chance, they will talk about it【C8】______ . Some people argue that it is because English weather【C9】 ______ forecast and hence is a source of interest and【C10】______ to everyone.
This may be so.【C11】______ Englishmen cannot have much【C12】______ in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong【C13】______ a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The man in the street seems to be as accurate--or as inaccurate--as the weathermen in his【C14】______ The overseas visitors may be excused for showing surprise at the number of references【C15】______ weather that the English make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are【C16】______ by comments on the weather. "Nice day, isn’t it?" Beautiful!" may well be heard instead of "Good morning, how are you?"【C17】______ the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage.【C18】______ he wants to start a conversation with an Englishman but is【C19】______ to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will【C20】______ an answer from even the most reserved of Englishmen. [br] 【C9】
选项
A、follows
B、predicts
C、defies
D、violates
答案
C
解析
follow vt.跟随,追随,沿...而行,理解,遵循;predict v.预知,预言,预报;defy vt.不服从,公然反抗,藐视,挑衅,违抗;violate vt.违犯,亵渎(圣物),冒犯,干扰,违反,妨碍,侵犯。根据下文内容,可判断填入defied切题。故答案为 C。
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