B
We all know that British people love their manners. They are part of their national identity(特性), as well as having fish and chips and complaining about the weather. Recently I read online that they said "Sorry" up to eight times a day.
After some research I have not been able to find any specific reasons why they are like this. I suppose, for centuries, manners, including how they behave at table and talk to other people, have been one of the differences between the lower and upper classes and those manners show their social classes. Britain has traditionally been a quite conservative(保守的) country. There are many articles suggesting that their seemingly polite attitude of always saying "Please" and "Thank you" is quite false because it is impossible for a person to always feel that he or she wants to thank someone or say "Please".
Maybe it is for this reason that people are going one of two ways: they are too polite and hold back their feelings or they are not polite at all and express their true feelings directly. Some British people are tired of pretending that they are always happy and having to please others. But sometimes because they feel they have to be polite, they are prevented from saying what they truly think.
()4. What don't the British people often do?
A. Eat fish and chips.
B. Have no quite good manners.
C. Be polite to others.
D. Talk about the weather.
()5. What do the British people say up to eight times every day?
A. Hello.
B. Thank you.
C. I don't know.
D. Sorry.
()6. What does the writer think are the reasons why the British people are so polite?
①The upper classes should have good manners.
②They have learned much about politeness at school.
③They like to hold back their true feelings.
④They are not honest at all.
A. ①②
B. ③④
C. ①③
D. ②④
()7. What does the underlined word "pretending" mean in Chinese?
A. 打算
B. 假装
C. 想象
D. 体验

4. 【答案】B
【答题步骤】根据第一段“They are part of their national identity(特性), as well as having fish and chips and complaining about the weather.”以及整体对英国人礼貌的描述可知，英国人有很好的礼仪，B选项“没有很好的礼仪”不符合内容。A、C、D在文中均有提及。
所以答案选B。
5. 【答案】D
【答题步骤】根据第一段“Recently I read online that they said 'Sorry' up to eight times a day.”可知，英国人每天说“Sorry”多达八次。
所以答案选D。
6. 【答案】C
【答题步骤】根据第二段“I suppose, for centuries, manners, including how they behave at table and talk to other people, have been one of the differences between the lower and upper classes and those manners show their social classes.”以及第三段“Maybe it is for this reason that people are going one of two ways: they are too polite and hold back their feelings”可知，作者认为英国人如此礼貌的原因是上层阶级应该有好的礼仪，以及他们喜欢抑制自己的真实感情，①③正确。文中未提及在学校学到很多礼貌以及他们一点也不诚实，②④错误。
所以答案选C。
7. 【答案】B
【答题步骤】根据“they are always happy and having to please others. But sometimes because they feel they have to be polite, they are prevented from saying what they truly think.”可知，他们总是要取悦别人，不能说出真正所想，可推测“pretending”是“假装”的意思。
所以答案选B。