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【单选题】Broadly speaking, theEnglishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully (31) only among people he knows well.
In the presence of strangers or foreigners he often seems inhibited, (32) embarrasseD、You have only to (33) a commuter train any morning or evening to see the truth of this.
Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a corner; no one speaks. In fact, to do so would seem most usual. (34) , there is here an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which, (35) broken, makes the person immediately the object of (36) .
It is a well-known fact that theEnglish have a (37) for the discussion of their weather and that, given half a chance, they will talk about it (38) . Some people argue that it is becauseEnglish weather (39) forecast and hence is a source of interest and (40) to everyone.
This may be so. (41) Englishmen cannot have much (42) in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong (43) a cloud over theAtlantic brings rainy weather to all districts! The man in the street seems to be as accurate--or as inaccurate--as the weathermen in his (44) . The overseas visitors may be excused for showing surprise at the number of references (45) weather that theEnglish make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are (46) by comments on the weather. "Nice day, isn’t itBeautiful!" may well be heard instead of "Good morning, how are you ". (47) the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage. (48) he wants to start a conversation with anEnglishman but is (49) to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will (50) an answer from even the most reserved ofEnglishmen.
A．entertained
B．relaxed
C．amused
D．enlightened

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
[试题分析] 动词辨析题。 [详细解答] 因为前文指出了“英国人安静、羞涩、保守”，这里要讲，“他们仅仅在熟悉的人中间才……”，显然，选用’relaxed (vi. 放松)符合文意。所以答案为B。entertain vt. 娱乐；amuse vt. 使发笑，使愉快；enlighten vt. 启发，启蒙，教导等都不符合题意。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>