Question

短文填空  根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词,每空一词。

November 21 is World Hello Day. At school, we learned that “How do you do?” and “How are you?” are standard ways to say hello when meeting others. But do you know how to reply to them? Nowadays, do native speakers seldom use them today?

   As we learned, “How do you do?” is for greeting someone we meet for the f  1.    time. And it can be answered with the same “How do you do?”. “How are you?” is often used to greet someone we k  2.    well. It usually follows with an answer of “I’m good, and you?” or “I’m fine, and you?”.

   But English is a casual (随意的) language. The formal “How do you do?” is seldom s   3.   by native(本族的，本土的)  speakers. It is considered old-fashioned(过时的). Yet they greet each other in many other ways.

   You may hear a conversation b  4.   British people： “You all right?” “Yeah, you?” “I’m good. Any plans for the weekend?” or “How’s it going?” “Yea, fine, and you?”. These ways of greeting are very p 5.     for young people to say hello to friends.

   Americans like saying, “What’s up?” or “What’s good?” to friends. Don’t be confused (混淆的). It doesn’t m   6.  “What’s wrong?”. It is just one way of saying hello. And people usually give answers like “Not much” or “Nothing”. “Hey, man” is also popular. But it is only used among men. What do w    7.  say? You guessed it. They often say “Hey, girl.”

    If you meet an Australian, you may hear “G’day, mate”. It means “Good day”. You can

r  8.    with the same “G’day”.

   However, there is no rule to say hello to each other. If you can’t r   9. all of the above, just say “How are you?” . This is the most c  10.   and standard way for people of all ages. You can reply with “pretty good”, “same as usual” or “I’m hanging in there.”

Answer

1.first

2.know

3.said

4.between

5.popular

6.mean

7.women

8.reply

9.remember

10.common

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了人与人交流时问候语的运用问题。

1.first句意：“how do you do”是人们在第一次见面时的问候语。根据句意，故用first。

2.know 句意：“how are you”用于非常了解的人之间的互相问候。Know well 熟悉，了解，故用know。

3.said句意：正式的你好对于本地的人是很少说的。根据句意，故用said。

4.between句意：你可能会听到两个英国人之间这样的对话？在两个人之间，故用between。

5.popular句意：这些互相问候的方式在年轻人之间互相打招呼是很普遍的。根据句意，故用popular。

6.mean句意：那不是说真的有什么事情。意味着，故用mean。

7.women句意：那么女士们会怎么说呢？因为前面说到的是男人之间打招呼，根据句意，故用women。

8.reply句意：你可以同样用“G day”回复.根据句意，故用reply。

9.remember句意：如果你不记得上面提到的，根据句意，记得，故用remember。

10.common句意：这是最普遍和标准的方式，适用于所有年龄段的人。根据句意,这里应该用common。

考点：考查词汇运用。