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五、阅读理解。
阅读下面短文，根据其内容填空或回答问题。(24 至 27 每题答案不超过 3 个词，28 题需用完整句子回答。)
“How are you?” is a nice question. It's a friendly greeting that people in the United States use. However, “How are you?” is also an unusual question. 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 person isn't fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn't really a question and “Fine.” isn't really an answer. They are common ways of saying “Hello.” or “Hi.”
Sometimes, people don't say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks “Do you agree?”, the other person may think, “No, I don't. I think you're wrong.” It is impolite to disagree very strongly. So he might say, “I am not so sure.” This is a nicer way to say that you don't agree with someone.
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 burning on the stove.” The excuse may be real, or not. 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.
Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an opinion, or ending a conversation, people often don't say exactly what they are thinking. This is one way of being nice to people, and it's a part of the game of language.
24. “How are you?” is just a common way of saying “hello” or “hi”.
25. If you have a different idea from that of someone else, it is polite to say “I'm not so sure.”
26. When you want to hang up, there are three excuses mentioned in the passage.
27. A suitable excuse is not only polite, but also can't hurt others' feelings.
28. Do you think it's necessary to greet each other? How do you greet your friends?
Yes,I do. I often greet my friends with"Hello!"
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答案： 24. a common way 25. to say 26. three excuses 27. feelings 28. Yes,I do. I often greet my friends with"Hello!"