第二节完形填空(共15小题,每小题1分,满分15分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的四个选项中,选出可填入空白处

的最佳选项.

Haveyouheardoftheterm“etiquette”Anddoyouknowthat

etiquetteisnotonlyausefulword46veryusefultounderstand?

Etiquetteisnotthesameineveryculture47ineverysituation.

Forexample,standingveryclosetothepersonyouaretalkingwith

isquitecommoninsomeAsiancountries.However;ifyoudothisin

Europe,some48peoplemightfeel49.EveninChina,weallknow

thatetiquetteisnotthesameinallsituations.Perhapswethinkthat

talkingloudlyinourownhomesisfine,butthereareotherplaces

wheretalkingloudlyis50.Forexample,mostpeoplewouldagree

thattalkingloudlyinalibrary,amuseum,oramovietheateris51.

Evenifyouarewithyourfriends,itisbettertokeepyourvoice52

inpublicplaces.Infact,weshouldalso53nottocoughorsneeze

loudlyinpublic.

Ifweseesomeone54therulesofetiquette,wemaypolitely

givethemsomesuggestions.Perhapsoneofthemostpoliteways

55asksomeone,WouldyouminddoingthisorWouldyomind

notdoingthat.Forexample,ifsomeonecuts56youinaline,you

couldaskthem,Sorry,wouldyoumind57theline?Ifsomeoneis

smokingonthebusmyoucouldask,Excuseme,couldyouplease

58thatcigarette?Peopledon’tusuallylike59,sowehavetobe

carefulhowwedothis.

Althoughrulesofetiquettecanoftenbedifferent,somerules

arethesamealmosteverywhereintheworld!Forexample,60is

almostneverallowed.Ifyouseesomeoneyouknowdoingthis,you

canaskthem,Wouldyoumindpickingitup?

46.A.howeverB.althoughC.norD.butalso

47.A.orB.butC.asD.and

48.A.AsianB.AmericanC.EuropeanD.African

49.A.comfortableB.uncomfortableC.happyD.excited

50.A.notallowB.notaskedC.notallowedD.allowed

51.A.politeB.rudeC.impossibleD.Common

52.A.offB.SmallC.loudD.down

53.A.tryB.makeitC.takecareofD.carefor

54.A.followingB.breakingC.obeyingD.broken

55.A.areB.aretoC.isD.isto

56.A.infrontB.infrontofC.inthefrontD.inthefrontof

57.A.waitingB.jumpingC.cuttingD.joining

58.A.putonB.putoffC.putoutD.putup

59.A.becriticizedB.tocriticizeC.tobecriticizedD.criticized

60.A.droppinglitterB.choppingtreesC.smokingD.picking

litterup