阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Few words ___36___ (speak) more often every day on the streets
英语试题 03-02
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Few words ___36___ (speak) more often every day on the streets of Britain than “I’m sorry”. This phrase has become such a common ____37____ (respond) that it has taken on a lot of meanings. Sorry means to apologize. This is simple and easy to understand. But in Britain, it takes on another meaning. It is a ___38___ (culture) expression. Imagine this: a man walks down the street, ____39____ (look) down at his phone. A woman is walking in the opposite direction, toward the man. She sees him, but she can’t get out of the way in time. The man ___40___ (knock) into the woman. Naturally, the man should say sorry, because it was he who wasn’t looking ___41___ he was going. Yet in Britain, it is common ____42____both to apologize. Other times ___43___ may sound funny to hear “sorry”. Some of my friends say it at restaurants, as they ask the waiter: “sorry, but can I order another drink?” It is not to apologize, ____44____ just to express that we need the waiter. In Britain, sorry doesn’t always mean ____45____ (exact) what you think.
【答案】36. are spoken
37. response
38. cultural
39. looking
40. knocks 41. where
42. for 43. it
44. but 45. exactly
Few words ___36___ (speak) more often every day on the streets of Britain than “I’m sorry”. This phrase has become such a common ____37____ (respond) that it has taken on a lot of meanings. Sorry means to apologize. This is simple and easy to understand. But in Britain, it takes on another meaning. It is a ___38___ (culture) expression. Imagine this: a man walks down the street, ____39____ (look) down at his phone. A woman is walking in the opposite direction, toward the man. She sees him, but she can’t get out of the way in time. The man ___40___ (knock) into the woman. Naturally, the man should say sorry, because it was he who wasn’t looking ___41___ he was going. Yet in Britain, it is common ____42____both to apologize. Other times ___43___ may sound funny to hear “sorry”. Some of my friends say it at restaurants, as they ask the waiter: “sorry, but can I order another drink?” It is not to apologize, ____44____ just to express that we need the waiter. In Britain, sorry doesn’t always mean ____45____ (exact) what you think.
【答案】36. are spoken
37. response
38. cultural
39. looking
40. knocks 41. where
42. for 43. it
44. but 45. exactly
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