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【单选题】Generally speaking, aBritish is widely regarded as a quiet, shy and conservative person who is (1) only among those with whom he is acquainteD、When a stranger is at present, he often seems nervous, even (2) . You have to take a commuter train any morning or evening to (3) the truth of this.
Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or dozing in a comer; hardly anybody talks, since to do so would be considered quite (4) .
(5) , there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior which, once broken, makes the offender immediately the object of (6) .
It has been known as a fact that aBritish has a (7) for the discussion of their weather and that, if given a chance, he will talk about it (8) .
Some people argue that it is because theBritish weather seldom (9) forecast add hence becomes a source of interest and (10) to everyone.
This may be so. (11) aBritish cannot have much (12) in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong (13) 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 (14) .
Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references (15) weather that theBritish (16) to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are (17) by comments on the weather. "Nice day, isn’t it " "Beautiful!" may well be heard, instead of "Good morning, how are you "Although the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is (18) pointing out that it could be used to his advantage. If he wants to start a conversation with aBritish but is at a loss to know (19) to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will (20) an answer from even the most reserved of theBritish.
A．reserved
B．urgent
C．embarrassed
D．anxious

网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
考查上下文语义衔接。所填词和nervous并列，因为有了even，意思上比nervous要更深一步，所以选[C] embarrassed“尴尬的”。[A] reserved“腼腆的”，[B] urgent“紧急的”，[D] anxious“焦急的”，都不能表达比nervous更进一步的意思。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>