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1、Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are Section B 语篇训练 一 阅读理解 2016 金华 阿凡题 1074165 If you meet a British person in the street it is very likely that he or she will apologize whether it is his or her fault 过错 or not It seems that Britain is becoming a nation where everyone is saying so
2、rry Almost each person says sorry about eight times each day and one in eight people apologizes as many as 20 times a day As you may have seen the British apologize more often than members of other cultures A research shows that in many cases people s love of saying sorry in Britain goes a little fu
3、rther than it does for Americans For example about 15 British people would say sorry while only 10 from the US would do this if they sneezed if they corrected someone s mistake or if someone knocked into them In the old days sorry was used to express regret and sadness for having done something wron
4、g But now British people use the expression as a way of showing good manners For example they might say sorry instead of excuse me pardon what or whatever People in Britain also use sorry when they share the same feeling with others so they might say sorry about the rain However British people s use
5、 of sorry may make things very confusing 迷惑不清 and difficult for foreigners who are not familiar with their ways But actually people in Britain pay much attention to the feelings of others This is the very reason why they apologize every day 1 What does the passage mainly talk about A What daily expr
6、essions British people often use B How people in Britain keep in touch with foreigners C The different meanings of sorry in and out of Britain D Why British people say sorry many times every day D 2 In the old days people said sorry when they A did something wrong B asked the way C wanted to repeat
7、something D made a choice A 3 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A Americans say sorry more often than British people B Even British people get confused when they say sorry C Almost every person in Britain says sorry 20 times a day D The British also say sorry to share the same
8、feeling with others D 4 From the passage we can learn that British people A like to talk about the weather B care a lot about others C are difficult to get along with D love to correct mistakes B 二 任务型阅读 阿凡题 1074166 English has some apologetic terms 表示歉意的用语 It seems that they mean the same thing the
9、y almost do However what s the difference between Excuse me I m sorry Pardon and What Pardon Americans don t really use pardon If you do they will probably joke that you re trying to sound pretentious 炫耀的 or joke that you re British I m sorry We often use I m sorry for past events That s to say it i
10、s generally used to apologize for something you have already done For example if you step on someone s foot on a crowded bus you would say I m sorry or sorry Excuse me This is generally a term to ask permission 允许 for something For example you re walking through a crowded space and someone is in you
11、r way You would say excuse me to ask him to move out of your way What Americans usually use it to ask someone to repeat himself If you want to be politer you could say I m sorry what was that or Excuse me what did you say or any other such thing Most Americans will just say What though In our daily
12、life we can also use these terms by mixing them up You could for example ask someone to move by saying Sorry would you mind moving Its an extra polite way to make your request 根据短文内容 回答下列问题 5 Who say pardon more often Americans or the British The British 6 Which term is used for future events accord
13、ing to the passage Excuse me is used for future events 7 When do Americans usually say What When they want someone to repeat himself 8 Imagine a situation to say I m sorry For example when I was cleaning the classroom I dropped my classmate s book on the floor by accident I would say I m sorry to him 9 What is the passage mainly about The differences between some apologetic terms
