In England ,people don’t often talk to each other when they travel. If you get on a bus or a train. you can see people sitting and looking out of the window. Other people may read books or newspapers.

When you meet English people, they often start a conversation by talking about the weather . So when you meet somebody in England, you can say, “Nice weather for the time of the year!”

“But it was a little cold yesterday, ”somebody may answer.

“But it will get a bit warmer later,”you can say.

Talking like this, they will think,“How friendly you are!”

1.English people _________on the bus.

A. often talk a lot                         

B. never talk to each other 

C. read newspapers        

D. never looking out of the window.

2.When you meet English people, you can start the conversation by talking about the__________.

A. weather                 B. work            C. family            D. age

3.According to(根据) the passage, if you talk to English people about the weather, they will think_________.

A. you are friendly        B. you are right                      

C. you are English         D. you are clever.

4.Which of the followings is true?

A. English people like traveling by bus     

B. English people often talk about the weather

C. English people are unfriendly.           

D. English people like the cold weather.

He has got a chair to sit _____ , but nobody to talk _____.

Here is the content ( 目录 ) of a book．

1.If you’re interested in music, you can read “____”．

A．National sports     B．Sad movies        C．The planets        D．Weather service

2.You can learn something about weather in _____．

A．Unit 1            B．Unit2             C．Unit 3            D．Unit 4

3.In all the units, you can learn the skill of _____．

A．predicting by title                       B．understanding attitude

C．understanding main ideas                 D．guessing meaning of new words

In most languages, a greeting is usually followed by “small talk”. Small talk means the little things we talk about at the start of a conversation.

In English-speaking countries people often make small talk about the weather: “Nice day, isn't it?” “Terrible weather, isn't it?” But there is something special about small talk. It must be about something which both people have the same opinion about. The purpose of small talk is to let both people agree on something. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. People usually agree about the weather, so it is a safe topic for small talk. But people often disagree about religion or politics so these are not suitable topics for small talk in English. The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is taking place. At football matches, people make small talk about the game they are watching: “Great game, isn't it?” At bus stops, people may comment about the transport system: “The bus service is terrible, isn't it?”

Greetings and small talk are an important part of conversation in any language. The way people great each and the things they talk about, however, may be different from one language to another. This shows that there is much more to learn when we learn a language than just the vocabulary and the grammar of the language. We also have to learn the social behavior of the people who speak it.

1.Small talk ___.

2.The best topic of small talk is about ___.

3.The passage suggests that when we learn a language ___.

4.When we say “Great game, isn't it?” we in fact___.

5.What we learn from the passage is that ___.

－Can you _______ English?      

－Yes, only _________