It was foolish of you to take a taxi ______you could walk there in five minutes.

---Are you satisfied with what she has done?

---Not a little. It can’t be ________.

Because of the Mid-autumn Day happening to _________, we have just enjoyed a longer          National Day vacation than ever before, but it is estimated that it will be 38 years __________       we can experience such a coincidence again.

_______, I believe, and you will find the student is very outgoing.

--- You ought to have given them some advice.

---         , but who cared what I asked?

We’ll never forget this terrible accident and the damage_______has caused to the area.

---You’ve read the Frog by Moyan,haven’t you?

---Yes,I_______second time and I got a better understanding.

We should get prepared for dealing with ________problems_________.

The students at Sandy’s high school were badly shaken by the news that a classmate had  11 himself. On the suicide note was written: “It’s hard to  12 when nobody cares if you die.”

Glen, a teacher, realized this was a  13 moment about the importance of making people feel

 14 . He asked his class to imagine they were about to  15  and to write a note “telling someone how and why you  16 him or her.”

Sandy, who had a  17  relationship with her mother, decided to write her mother. Her letter  18  “We’ve had some  19  times and I haven’t always been a very good 20 ,but I know I’m lucky to have you in my life. You’re the  21 person I’ve ever known, And even when I disagree with you, I never  22 you love me and want what’s best for me. Thanks for not  23 up on me”.

When her mom read the note, she cried and hugged Sandy  24 but said little.

The next morning, Sandy found a 25  on her mirror: “Dearest Sandy, I want you to know being your mother is ,by far, the most important thing in my life.  26 I got your note, I thought I had lost your love and  27 . I felt like such a failure. I intended to 28 it all last night. Your note saved my  29 .”

Be careful not to underestimate the  30 of expressed appreciation. It won’t always save a life, but it will always make someone’s life better.

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It’s really true what people say about English politeness: it’s everywhere. When squeezing (挤过去) past someone in a narrow passage, people say “sorry”. When getting off a bus, English passengers say “thank you” rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others is sometimes unavoidable, and the bus driver is only doing his job. I used to think the same way, without questioning it, until I started traveling to the British Isles, and here are some more polite ways of interacting (交往) with people in UK.

People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customer and shop assistant in most cases thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one thank you in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposite to Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.

Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize (批评) others. Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers emphasized several times but none of their explanations were intended as criticism. It has been my impression that by avoiding criticism, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. This also is showed in other ways. British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat women to a meal than German men. However, I do need to point out here that this applies to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men! Yes, the latter are a bit tightfisted.

1.What is the author’s attitude towards English politeness?

2.What can be inferred from the passage?

3.We can learn from the last paragraph that Scottish men ______.

4.The author develops the text through the method of ______.