六、阅读短文，从方框内选择适当的句子填入空白处。(有一项多余)
“How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly greeting in the USA. 1. It often doesn’t need an answer. If a person asks “How are you?”, he expects to hear the answer “Fine.”, even if the other person isn’t fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn’t really a question and “Fine.” isn’t really an answer. They are common ways of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.
2. For example, when someone asks “Do you agree?”, the other person might say, “I am not so sure.” 3.
People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking to other people. For example, many conversations end when one person says “4. ” or the person just gives an excuse such as “Someone is at the door.” 5. But that doesn’t matter. The point is that it doesn’t hurt(伤害) the other person’s feelings.
These are ways of being nice to people, and they are a part of the game of language.
A. The excuse may be real, or not.
B. I think it is a good time for more talks.
C. This is a nice way to show that he doesn’t agree.
D. However, “How are you?” is not a usual question.
E. Sometimes, people don’t say exactly what they mean.
F. Perhaps we can continue this conversation another time.
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1.D 2.E 3.C 4.F 5.A

【分析】本题为英语补全对话类题目，解题思路是先通读全文把握文章核心（介绍英语中礼貌性语言的特点，并非字面含义），再逐空分析上下文的逻辑关系（如转折、举例、因果等），结合方框内句子的语义匹配对应空白处。
【解析】1. 第一空：前文提到“How are you?”是美国友好问候，后文说它不需要回答，存在转折关系，故选D（然而，“How are you?”不是普通的问题）；2. 第二空：后文举例说明人们不直接表达同意与否，对应E选项（有时，人们不直说他们的意思）；3. 第三空：前文举例是对“Do you agree?”的否定回应，对应C选项（这是表明他不同意的好方式）；4. 第四空：前文提到对话结束的场景，F选项（也许我们可以下次再继续这个对话）符合结束对话的语境；5. 第五空：前文提到找借口结束对话，对应A选项（借口可能是真的，也可能不是）。
【答案】1.D 2.E 3.C 4.F 5.A
【知识点】英语补全对话；语篇逻辑推理；日常交际用语
【点评】本题考查英语日常交际用语的理解与运用，需结合上下文语境分析句子间的逻辑关系，难度适中，只要理清文章主旨和句子联系即可正确作答。
【难度系数】0.6