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  3. Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully 【21】______ only among people he knows well. In

Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully 【21】______ only among people he knows well. In

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问题      Broadly speaking, the Englishman is a quiet, shy, reserved person who is fully  【21】______   only among people he knows well. In the presence of strangers or foreigners he often seems inhibited,  【22】______   embarrassed. You have only  【23】______   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 comer; no one speaks. In fact, to do so would seem most unusual.  【24】______   , there is here an unwritten but clearly understood code of behaviours which,  【25】______   broken, makes the person immediately the object of  【26】______   .
     It is a well-known fact that the English have a  【27】______   for the discussion of their weather and that, given half a chance, they will talk about it  【28】______   . Some people argue that it is because English weather  【29】______   forecast and hence is a source of interest and  【30】______   to everyone. This may be so.  【31】______   Englishmen cannot have much    【32】______   in the weathermen, who, after promising fine, sunny weather for the following day, are often proved wrong    【33】______   a cloud over the Atlantic brings rainy weather to all districts ! The man in the street seems to be as accurate—or as inaccurate—as the weathermen in his  【34】______   .
    The overseas visitors may be excused for showing surprise at all the number of references  【35】______   weather that the English make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are  【36】______   by comments on the weather. "Nice day, isn’t it?" "Beautiful!" may well be heard instead of "Good morning, how are you?"  【37】______   the foreigner may consider this exaggerated and comic, it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage.  【38】______   he wants to start a conversation with an Englishman but is  【39】______   to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a safe subject which will  【40】______   an answer from even the most reserved of Englishmen.
【37】
选项 A、Since
B、Although
C、However
D、Before
答案B
解析 本题考查语篇连接。结合下文“it is worthwhile pointing out that it could be used to his advantage．”说明尽管外国人认为英国人的行为很滑稽，有时这么做还是有好处的。因此文章的逻辑为让步转折关系，应当选择让步连词Although，而其他三项Since 表示因果关系；However 表示转折关系；Before 表示时间先后关系，均不合题意。
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