《2025年学典四川九年级英语全一册人教版A版》

五、阅读填空。根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有一项为多余选项。

"How are you?" is a nice question. It's a friendly greeting that people in the United States use. 1 It's a question that often doesn't need an answer. The person who asks "How are you?" expects to hear the answer "Fine" even if the asked person isn't fine. The reason is that "How are you?" isn't really a question and "Fine" isn't really an answer. 2
Sometimes, people don't say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks "Do you agree?", the other person may be thinking, "No, I don't. I think you're wrong." It is impolite to disagree very directly, so he or she might say, "I am not so sure." 3
People also don't say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking to other people. For example, many conversations over the phone end when one person says, "I've got to go now." or the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse such as "Someone is at the door." or "Something is boiling(煮沸)on the pot." 4 The person who wants to hang up simply doesn't want to talk any more, but it isn't polite to say so. An excuse is polite, and it doesn't hurt the other person's feelings.
5 This is one way of being polite to people, and it's a part of the game of language.
A. The excuse may be real, or not.
B. It's difficult to speak politely than directly.
C. They are common ways of saying "Hello" or "Hi".
D. However, "How are you?" is also an unusual question.
E. This is a nicer way to say that you don't agree with someone.
F. Whether people are greeting, talking about an opinion, or finishing a conversation, they often don't say exactly what they are thinking.
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