3.more→much　　　　　　　　　　 4.去掉a

1.arrived→been　　 　　 　　　 2.interested→interesting

5.The writer of the article seems to think that _______________.

A.with hot lines people won’t get advice from their families or friends

B.hot lines help the callers a lot

C.people had better pay for the advice and phone calls

D.the hot line advisers will solve all of the callers’ problems

[答案] B

§1.4短文改错

I have arrived in Britain three months now. I find 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1.__________

some customs(习惯) new and interested.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2.__________

People here do not shake hands as more as　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 3.__________

we do in China. During the first a few weeks,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 4.__________

I was often surprising because people didn’t　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 5.__________

put out their hand when I met them. Men　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 6.__________

raise their hats to women but do not to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 7.__________

each other. When you go to a friends’ house　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 8.__________

for a meal, it’s not the custom say　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 9.__________

“Thank you” at end of the meal like in China.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 10.__________

[答案]

4.How do the hot line advisers work?

A.They do what the calls tell them to do.

B.They listen to the callers and take their advice.

C.They give the callers advice.

D.They go to the callers’ houses to help them.

[答案] C

3.The advisers working at hot lines 　　　　　　　　　　.

A.are not all paid

B.are all volunteers

C.all have years of education and experience

D.have all been trained for a short time

[解析] 文中有“some…others”结构，表明并非所有的咨询员都是志愿者，C、D两项都是一方面的，不可以偏概全，故选A项。

[答案] A

2.When people call the hot line advisers,they 　　　　　　　　　　.

A.often give their names and telephone numbers

B.generally have to pay for the long distance calls

C.usually pay nothing for most of the calls and advice

D.always try to get in touch with the volunteer advisers

[解析] 文章“anonymous”一词对同学们来说可能陌生，但看了破折号后的解释应明白意为“匿名的，不留名的”。所以A项不对。热线电话是一种服务性组织，因此通常是不计费的。

[答案] C

1.A hot line is a telephone line 　　　　　　　.

A.that is hot　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B.through which people get advice

C.whose number no one knows　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

D.through which callers take a short class

[解析] 理解“hot line”时不能单凭字义，英语中有许多词像“Green House”发生了转义，不指“绿房子”，而意为“温室”。“hot line”就像我们常说的“热线电话”，是专门为人排忧解难、提供建议的。

[答案] B

5.The research done by psychologist Rubin centers around__________.

A.happy and successful marriages

B.friendships of men and women

C.emotional problems in marriage

D.interactions between men and women

[解析] 这是一道概括题。通读全文可以得出结论，心理学家Rubin的研究中心是有关男人和女人的朋友关系。

[答案] B

C

In the past,when people had problems,they went to their families or friends to get advice.Today it is possible to get advice from radio shows,TV programmes and telephone hot lines,too.A hot line is a telephone line that offers a direct way of getting in touch with advisers.Most hot lines are completely anonymous-callers do not have to say their names or telephone numbers.Most hot lines are usually free,too.Callers do not have to pay for the advice or the phone calls-even if the calls are long distance(距离).At some hot lines,the advisers are volunteers(志愿者).Other hot lines pay their advisers for their work.Usually the advisers are full-job people with years of education and experience,but sometimes,the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot line.All the advisers listen to people and help them solve(解决)their problems.

4.Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?

A.Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves.

B.Women are more serious than men about marriage.

C.Men often take sudden action to end their marriage.

D.Women depend on others in making decisions.

[解析] 这是一道细节题。从最后一段第一句话“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,” Rubin writes,“the two share little about their innermost feelings.” 可知，男人几乎不和自己的朋友分享自己的内心世界。

[答案] A

3.According to the text,which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?

A.Ending his marriage without good reason.

B.Spending too much time with his friends.

plaining about his marriage trouble.

D.Going out to ballgames too often.

[解析] 这是一道细节题。从短文的最后一句话it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.可知，在一般情况下，男人不向自己的朋友抱怨自己的婚姻危机。

[答案] C