Question

   Most people don't notice I'm polite,which is the point. I am big and look less energetic. Still,every year or so,someone takes me aside and says,wYou actually are polite,aren’t you?” I'm always thrilled. They noticed. That's the thing. When we talk about politeness,we usually think of please; thank you; I like your hat; etc. AW we need to do is to hear,not to notice.

   When I was in high school,I read etiquette manuals (手册) . No one noticed my politeness except for one kid. He yelled at me about it. aIt's strange that you are always so polite,” he said. I took that as praise and made a note to hide my politeness further. Real politeness,I reasoned,was invisible(看不见的) . It adapted itself to the situation.

   Politeness leaves doors open. V ve met so many people whom,if I had trusted my first impressions,I would never have wanted to meet again. Yet many of them are now great friends. One of those people is my wife. On our first date,she told me at length that she had an operation to remove a cyst (瘤) from her body. This is a cyst with hair and teeth. Of course,it killed the chemistry. But when I walked her home,I told her I'd had a great time. We talked a little after that. I kept everything pleasant and brief. Much later,I learned that she’d been having a very bad day in a very bad year.

   People silently suffer from all kinds of terrible things. The good thing about politeness is you can regard these people exactly the same and wait to see what happens. You don't have to have an opinion. You don't need to make a judgment.

   Last week,my two-year-old son,Abraham met a foreign woman in the playground. Out of curiosity,I suppose,he asked, “What's your name?” The woman told him. Then he put out his little hand and said, “Nice to meet you!” Everyone laughed and he smiled. He shared with her his firmest handshake,like I taught him.

28. Many people don't think the author is polite at first because he doesn't .

   A. look polite

   B. say polite words

   C. listen to others politely

   D. behave politely towards strangers

29. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

   A. The author's good manners.

   B. The author's strange behavior.

   C. The author always making notes.

   D. The author reading etiquette manuals.

30. The author writes Paragraph 3 to show that politeness can .

   A. keep everything pleasant

   B. help people make friends

   C. be good for people's health

   D. give people second chances

31. What's the author's attitude towards his son's behavior?

   A. Embarrassed. B. Surprised.

   C. Satisfied. D. Curious.

Answer 1

28. A 29. A 30. D 31. C

(人际关系)

本文是议论文。作者讨论了什么是真正的礼貌.

28. A.推理判断题。根据第一段中的Iara big and look less energetic可推测，作者的外貌导致很多 人一开始都认为作者不是个懂礼貌的人。

29. A.篇章结构题。根据划线词后的It's strange that you are always so polite 可知，朋友受'不了作 者一直都很有礼貌,所以冲他喊叫。故此处的it 指代的是作者的礼貌。

30. D.推理判断题。根据第三段中的Politeness leaves doors open以及作者和妻子的第一次约

会并不美好，但他们最终喜结连理可知，礼貌能 让人们拥有第二次机会。

31. C.观点态度题。根据最后一段中的He shared with her his firmest handshake,like I taught him 可知，儿子在待人接物时能按照作者教的去 做。因此，作者应该是对儿子的表现很满意。