《2025年金学典同步解析与测评贵州人民出版社九年级英语上册人教版》

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Different countries and cultures have their own rules of polite speech. When learning a language, it is important to learn the rules of polite speech of the culture.
In spoken English, indirect (间接的) questions are generally considered more formal (正式的) and polite than direct questions. Indirect questions are questions with extra (额外的) words and phrases to make your questions softer. Try using some of these phrases to create indirect questions, “Do you know...?”, “Can/Could you tell me...?” When “Where is the bus stop?” becomes “Do you know where the bus stop is?”, it sounds much more polite.
What makes a question impolite? Most people would consider a question impolite if it’s asking them for information that they don’t really want to share. For example, in many cultures, it is not polite to ask questions about money. If you are meeting someone for the first time, or you don’t know a person very well yet, keep on the topics like sports, music, hobbies, or other general (常规的) ones.
In the English language, “magic words” are very important in polite speech. “Please” is sometimes used as a “magic word”. When eating out in a restaurant, you’d better say “Check the bill, please.” instead of “Bring me the bill, waiter!” Another magic word (or phrase) is “thank you”. When using English to ask for things or information, it is important to use the magic words like “please” and “thank you”.
Polite speech is always welcomed, so why not use it? Try to speak politely in different situations. This will help you communicate better with other people.
(C)9. We should ______ if we want to make our questions more polite.
A. make a good choice of proper places to ask questions
B. speak louder to make everyone hear the question clearly
C. add extra words to the questions to make them sound softer
(B)10. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. It’s not easy for the listeners to find out the impolite questions.
B. Some “magic words” play an important role in our polite speech.
C. Personal topics have to be talked about when we meet a stranger.
(C)11. The writer develops his idea by ______.
A. telling a story
B. listing numbers
C. comparing differences
(B)12. What is the correct structure of the text? (P1= Paragraph 1)

答案： 9-12 CBCB