What the Englishmen usually talk about in their daily life is ().
A.price
B.tax
C.weather
D.sports
A.price
B.tax
C.weather
D.sports
According to the survey, if Englishmen expects prices to go up, they will______.
A.spend less
B.buy more
C.buy only what they need
D.postpone buying
The English Weather
"Other countries have a climate; in England we have weather". This statement, often made by Englishmen to describe the strange weather conditions of their country, is both revealing and true. It is revealing because in it we see the Englishman insisting once again that what happens in England is not the same as what happens elsewhere. Its truth can be proved by any foreigner who stays in the country for longer than a few days.
In no country other than England, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day! Day may break as a warm spring morning; an hour or so later black clouds may have appeared from nowhere and the rain may be pouring down. At midday it may be really winter with the temperature down by about eight degrees or more centigrade(摄氏度 ). And then, in the late afternoon the sky will clear, the sun will begin to shine, and for an hour or two before darkness fails, it will be summer.
In England one can experience almost every kind of weather except the most extreme. (Some foreigners seem to be under the impression that for ten months of the year the country is covered by a dense blanket of fog; this is not true.)The problem is that we never can be sure when the different types of weather will occur. Not only do we get several different sorts of weather in one day, but we may very well get a spell(持续的一段时间) of winter in summer and a spell of summer in winter.
The uncertainty about the weather has had a definite effect upon the Englishman's character. It tends to make him cautious(小心谨慎的),for example. The foreigner may laugh when he sees the Englishman setting forth on a brilliantly sunny morning wearing a raincoat and carrying an umbrella, but he may well regret his laughter later in the day!
And, of course, the weather's variety provides a constant topic of conversation. Even the most taciturn (沉默寡言的) of Englishmen is always prepared to discuss the weather. And, though he sometimes complains bitterly of it, he would not, even if he could, exchange it for the more predictable climate of other lands.
"Other countries have a climate; in England we have weather". This statement suggests that ______.
A.other countries do not have fine weather
B.you cannot experience four seasons in a year in England
C.the weather in England often changes and is therefore unique
D.the weather in England never changes
Americans and Englishmen have difficulties in understanding each other.
A.True.
B.False.
Englishmen have their lunch at ______ .
A.nine o'clock
B.one o'clock in the afternoon
C.four o'clock in the afternoon
Englishmen are very careful, because______.
A.England is an island country
B.England is far from other countries
C.the weather changes greatly in a day
Some ______ and ______ were talking in the restaurant.
A.Germans; Frenches
B.Germans; Frenchmen
C.Germans; an English
D.German; Englishmen
A.William Shakespeare
B.William Blake
C.Henry James
D.Samuel Johnson
Englishmen ______.
A.do not often shake hands with friends when they meet
B.often shake hands with friends when they meet
C.do not raise their hats to friends when they meet
Some Englishmen prefer hiring professional decorators, because ______.
A.they are wealthy
B.the craftsman's job is quite complicated
C.the tools are expensive
D."do-it-yourself" brings a lot of troubles
For example, to say "去看电影", people in the U.S. say "go to the movies", but people in the U.K. say "go to the cinema". To say "裤子", people in the U.S. use "pants", but people in the U.K. say "trousers". People in the U.S. say "sure", but people in the U.K. say "of course".
There are a lot of differences. But they still can understand each other.
The Americans and Englishmen both speak English.[A]True.[B]False.答案A
The Americans and Englishmen both speak English.
A.True.
B.False.